Pirates on Parade!This was a huge hit at Zachary's 4th birthday party two weeks ago. I would definitely suggest this easy treat to anyone looking for a crowd pleaser that doesn't take tons of time.
I must also give credit to Nicole at Planning With Kids, a great blog with lots of ideas I've enjoyed. I saw her post on creating Milky Way Cars and thought it was just adorable. But as Zach was having a pirate party, I wanted to be sure to adapt the idea to our needs.
Ingredients:
- Teddy Grahams; I used Honey bears
- Snack size candy bars; I experimented with both 3 Musketeers and Milky Ways, see my tip below
- Pringles Sticks; I used cheese flavor because that was all I could find!
- Mini-Fruit Roll Ups; cut into 1/3 sections, rectangle shape works best - portrait orientation []
- Black icing gel
Steps:
- Take all the candy bars out of the wrappers and put onto a cookie sheet lined with wax paper.
- Use the black icing gel to create the pirate eye patches on each Teddy Graham. The best way to do so is to use one dab of gel right from the tip for the patch over the teddy's eye, then use a toothpick with a little more black gel to draw in the string (is that what it is called? or band?) of the eye patch.
- Push the Teddy Graham pirates into the candy bar, in the front part of the ship (er, candy bar)
- Cut two small holes in the Fruit Roll Up (the sail) so you can thread the mast in (the Pringle Stick). If the sail is sagging, just pinch the fruit roll up a little bit.
- Very carefully, push the mast and sail into the back part of the ship
- Show off to your kids! They should oh and ah and say things like "Mom, you are the best party cooker in the world!" (thanks Zach!)
- Next time I do this, I will use all all 3 Musketeers. They were much easier to push things into without breaking. The Milky Ways had the caramel or whatever goodness inside and it made it more rigid.
- If you are making this for a summer party, or in a hot and muggy location -- you may want to put the cookie sheet full of pirates in the freezer before displaying them at the party. The roll ups get a bit sticky and the candy bars get a bit soft in the heat.
- You could certainly adapt this idea to other themes as well, be creative!
- I also used a few pirates and a few of these pirate ships on Zach's cake. I had enough ships in the freezer so that all the kids got their own with their slice of cake - no fighting.
No need to wait for a special occasion to make these, this would be a fun scout troop activity or family fun on a rainy day. I was able to find most of the ingredients either on sale or had a coupon, so it wasn't very costly. It didn't take allI that much time - I made them on the morning of the party. And I have to admit, it was a lot of fun making these.I'd love to see photos of any variations you try on this. Please be sure to comment with your link!
4 more things to say about this:
What a great twist on the milky way cars. Would it be okay if I use one of your photos and link back to you for the instructions on how to make these?
I'd be delighted! Please do. One of these days I will get fancy and start putting watermarks or overlays on my photos...but I'd love the link back. Thanks so much!
I googled pirate treats and ended up here! :) Thanks for the great idea of the pirate teddy grahams. Looking to do treats for preschool, so not sure about the boats being cany bars. Any other ideas...?
Hi Anita! What about using some fruit instead of candy bar for the boat. I'm thinking maybe a colorful melon, like cantaloupe? Or maybe a cucumber? Something that would hold up during the prep stage, but not be too hard to put the "mast" in. Let me know how it turns out! Would love to see a photo posted to the Kids Meal Crowd facebook page with your final project. Good luck!
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