Autumn Treats that Kids can Make!
Crunch, Crunch, Chrunch. It’s time for autumn and you know what that means. Now is the season for fall cider mills, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and tailgating with friends. Fun times can be had with the kids (or you) making a special treat, so when SweetWorks sent me a selection of their autumn decorative candies, I knew that it was time to make some food crafts for kids!
The kids and grandkids will love making this one. Only the smallest children will need your guidance and the bigger kids can have at it and create these gorgeous Autumn Trifles in a matter of minutes. This would be a great kids food craft for school, church groups, scouts or for just some at home fun.
Just so you know, a trifle is an English dessert dish. It is usually made from thick (or often solidified) custard, diced fruit interwoven with sponge fingers or more delicate sponge cake thin layer (soaked in sherry or other fortified wine which name precedes the word ‘trifle’ when describing it) and/or fruit juice/syrup (fruit trifle) and almost always topped with whipped cream. In this case, being a food craft for kids, I obviously did not include any alcohol (but you could for an adult version).
Left to Right: Cookies and Cream Autumn Trifle (made from Little Debbie’s Cookie and Cream Cakes and Sweetworks Autumn Mix Sixlets and Pearls), Orange Snowball Autumn Trifle (made from Hostess Orange Snowballs and Sweetworks Autumn Mix Sixlets and Pearls), Chocolate Autumn Trifle (made from soft chocolate cookies and Sweetworks Autumn Mix Sixlets and Pearls
I created 3 Autumn Trifle versions from the recipe below.
- Cake-like layering ingredients like brownies, snowballs, soft cookies. Homemade or store bought
- Sweetworks Candies (sixlets and pearls in autumn colors) or frosting or ice cream to go between cake layers. It's fun to have an assortment for a variety of trifles.
- Whip cream or frosting or syrups to add interest to the top
- Trifle containers: you can use individual trifle cups or clear short glasses or ½ pint mason jars
- Start with your cake-like ingredients. Cut to size of your container and layer one in. It's even okay to cut the cake a bit big and smoosh it in for extra gooyness.
- Layer with Candies
- Repeat steps 1&2 once or twice depending on height of container
- Top with a dollop of frosting/whip cream, chocolate sauce, and some more Sweetworks candy
- Your imagination is your limit with this recipe.
The Sweetworks candies are so beautiful and colorful, a little goes a long way. They are just the right highlight on just about any dessert you make. In big quantities they make an amazing display for any holiday. SweetWorks manufactures and distributes upscale gum, candy and chocolate. Whatever you may be looking for, SweetWorks has it!
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Looks pretty. Too much sugar for my tastes.
The candies look so fall like! Fall is my favorite time of year!
I love all the fresh new ideas for fall recipes and I enjoy making stuff and the house smelling like homemade baked goods.
Looking good love their candy
Thanks for your great blog
We were just talking that with all the clown sightings around here and people well being idiots, we thought about just have some friends over with their kids and doing some craft like things. This looks like one of the ideas we will consider! Thanks for sharing!
(AUTUMN TREATS THAT KIDS CAN MAKE!) Oh man, would our three year old grandson have a blast with digging into all of this and creating a masterpiece of his own!
I’m dieting to get 5-10 lbs off. This is torture
This dessert looks yummy
Everything here looks delicious! I know my grandchildren would have a field day enjoying making and decorating there own.
This looks so yummy!!! Great for fall time 🙂
I would like to make something like these trifles instead of buying a super expensive wedding cake, and serve them at my wedding this fall. They are super beautiful, and would coordinate well with the candy buffet I am seriously considering setting up.
It looks so good and colorful. The kids will love to make these.
Love the fall colors. I’m not ready to do this just yet, but it’s fall is almost here. This would be a fun activity/treat for kids after school to make their own trifle. Plus, it’s sponge cake day, and a sponge cake would work well as the cake layer of this recipe.
Thanks for sharing such a simple but creative and fun project for everyone. This would be fun for a kids group meeting or just for a creative desert at home. Just add a little ice cream and it would be the perfect summer recipe.
ohhh that looks good.i will have 2 try ty
Looks good love to try this
These Autumn Treat Truffles are so awesome looking! The colors are really autumn like and eye catching! They would definitely add to the Decoration to any Autumn theme. Not counting being a chocolate delight to your taste Buds! 🙂
I will have to remember these when Autumn comes around again. Very creative!
They all look so good.