Kid's Favorite Recipes

Dippy Dogs

One package hot dog wieners
4 tablespoons oil (or more if needed)
1 package Jiffy corn bread mix (or yellow self-rising corn meal, one egg, and 1/3 cup milk)

Cut wieners in half, drop in cornbread meal mixture, spoon onto hot griddle, brown on both sides. Serve with ketchup or mustard.

This is a quick and easy lunch treat for kids!

Sticky Carmel Popcorn

80 small Marshmallows, approx
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 quarts of popped popcorn

Melt butter and brown sugar in the microwave on high. Add marshmallows and cook on high until melted together, stirring after each minute.
Cool only until just melted for sticky popcorn, approximately 3 minutes for crunchy. Pour over popcorn and mix well.

Variations
Chocolate: Use 1/2 cup white sugar and 2 Tbs. Unsweetened cocoa, instead of brown sugar

Popcorn lovers will love this!!

Cracker Candy

1/4 pound (one sleeve) saltine crackers
1 cup butter (margarine won't work)
1 cup sugar
1 large bag of chocolate chips, optional
chopped Almonds, optional

Line cookie sheet with foil and butter well. Break the crackers and try to layer them evenly on the foil.If you are going to use the Almonds, I like to brown them in the butter. Boil the butter and sugar for exactly 3 minutes. Pour over the cracker and bake in the oven at 400° for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with the chocolate chips. As the chips melt, spread them evenly over the mixture. You can then sprinkle with the almonds if you wish. When cool, break into pieces.
This is a family favorite!

Dirt Cake

20 ounce package Oreo® Cookies
2 (3 1/2 ounce) vanilla instant pudding
3 1/2 cups milk
16 ounce carton Cool Whip®
8 ounce package cream cheese
1/2 cup butter
1 cup powdered sugar

Chop cookies up in a blender or food processor and set aside. Make pudding according to directions. Stir in Cool Whip. Mix cream cheese, butter and sugar together in separate bowl making sure that all lumps are dissolved. Combine pudding mixture with cream cheese mixture by stirring together. Use a deep glass bowl and layer the cream mixture with the chopped cookies beginning and ending with the cookies. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours before serving.

Hints: This dessert always goes first at gatherings. Kids especially love this! You can make this dessert even more fun by doing the following: Line a clay or plastic flower pot with plastic wrap. Layer the cookie and cream mixture in the pot ending with the cookies. Before serving, stick a plastic or silk flower in the top of the pot. Take a few gummy worms and stick in the top of the mixture leaving just the top of their heads peeking out! This will look like a real potted flower! Please make sure to bring extra gummy worms along as there is always a struggle over who gets the worm!