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A preschool teacher shared this snack for kids Kings Cake recipe with me. Her students loved this sweet snack on Fat Tuesday in honor of Mardi Gras. JDaniel and I decided to try it out. I wanted to see if my kindergartner could complete the steps to make this fun snack. It was no surprise that he did a great job. He was able to do every step except putting the Kings Cake rolls in the oven and taking them out. I did that for him.

Step One- Baking the Rolls

Put the contents of a tube of cinnamon rolls on a greased pan and cook for the time listed on the package.

Step Two- Frosting the Rolls

The frosting for the cinnamon rolls can in a small plastic bag. I cut a hole in one of the corners of the frosting bag and JDaniel squirted it each of the rolls. ( He might have licked his fingers a little bit.) If you buy a can of cinnamon rolls that has the frosting in a small can you can heat the icing for a few seconds in a microwave and then transfer it to a plastic bag to squirt it on the rolls.

JDaniel used a plastic knife to spread the frosting to areas of he felt needed just a little more.

Step Three- Adding Sprinkles to the Snacks for Kids

Snacks for Kids- Kings Cake Recipe - Adding Sprinkles

Prior to cooking the rolls we combined gold (yellow), green, and purple colored sugar and sprinkles into a small sprinkle container. (We have various holiday sugar and sprinkle containers leftover from special meals and dessert creations.)

Snacks for Kids- Kings Cake Recipe - Frosting

When the rolls were frosted, JDaniel added the mixture to the top of the rolls. Some ended up with more sugar than sprinkles, but all of them looked delicious.

Step Four- Taste Testing

Snacks for Kids- Kings Cake Recipe - Tasting

We both test tested the Kings Cake rolls and decided that they made a wonderful snacks for kids.Hints:

You could easily make the rolls ahead of time and just put out the frosting and sprinkles for your children to work with.
Having plastic knife to spread out the frosting really helped cover more of each roll.

If you are looking for some Mardi Gras activities for your preschoolers or kindergartners, you might want to check out my Mardi Gras Mask and Learning Activities post.

Deirdre Smith writes/owns JDaniel4’s Mom. After twenty years as a elementary school and technology resource teacher in Northern Virginia, she became a stay at home mom in upstate South Carolina. Her blog features ways she and her 5 year old are exploring learning, crafting, creating healthy meals and living life to its fullest. Deirdre can also be found on her blog’s FB page. You can also check her out on Google+.

Mardi Gras Lunch- This BTL lunch was made for my son. I loved taking the mask apart and eating it one piece at a time.

Tomorrow is Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras! I thought is would be really fun to construct a bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich into a Mardi Gras mask for JDaniel. It was so much fun to search the vegetable aisle at the grocery store for ingredients for this lunch. I really wanted to find lettuces that would look like feathers.

This is a little over the top! I know! I probably got a little carried away with the lettuce part of the mask. JDaniel would probably agree with you if you think so. He didn’t really like either of the lettuces used in the sandwich. I am grateful that he was willing to try them.

The other parts of the sandwich were a big hit. He loves bacon! The bacon disappeared first. JDaniel also loves grape tomatoes and tortilla bread. JDaniel wanted seconds of all of those foods. Due to there being only a little of each in the sandwich I willing obliged. If I were to do it again, I might leave off the lettuce! I could have created the feather section with a little more bacon and tomatoes cut into fancy shapes.

Along with the sandwich JDaniel got veggies straws. I thought they looked a little like confetti. Thankfully he didn’t think they tasted like confetti. He really enjoyed them. You could substitute them with carrots and celery if you want. They would be great served as stick or pieces of large confetti.

Do you foods favorite Mardi Gras foods?

I bet some of you love to serve red beans and rice, gumbo, etouffee or jambalaya. They are all wonderful food from New Orleans. If they are not your children’s favorites you might want to serve them a BLT like this one.

I hope you have a wonderful Fat Tuesday tomorrow.

This post is linked to Muffin Tin Monday!