comfort food desserts

July 5, 2011 1:53 PM

Can you recommend great kid-friendly desserts from around the world? Along the lines of rice krispie treats or banoffee pie.
posted by roger ackroyd to Food & Drink (20 answers total)

Chocolate cornflake cakes.
posted by essexjan at 1:56 PM on July 5, 2011

Do you mean friendly for kids to make them? I'm not aware of many deserts that kids don't like.
posted by cmoj at 2:04 PM on July 5, 2011

Honey bubble - like rice krispie treats, but honey flavoured.
posted by Paragon at 2:18 PM on July 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

Alcohol-free rum balls. Super easy to make, no baking required, addictively delicious and tons of variations possible (a package of crushed vanilla wafers, a can of condensed milk; mix in melted chocolate chips, cocoa powder, chopped walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, coconut, orange zest, peanut butter or whatever the kids want; roll in chocolate vermicelli, grated coconut, chopped nuts, cocoa powder or just powdered sugar).
posted by halogen at 2:21 PM on July 5, 2011

Mango sticky rice!
posted by sunchai at 2:22 PM on July 5, 2011

Peppermint creams. Also mentioned in Marguerite Patten's Junior Cook Book, which I used a lot as a kid in London.
posted by vickyverky at 2:26 PM on July 5, 2011

White Christmas.
posted by hot soup girl at 2:26 PM on July 5, 2011

My daughter and I recently made raspberry fool together - she's six, and it was the perfect level of challenge for her. And delicious.
posted by jbickers at 2:29 PM on July 5, 2011

Mantecaditos are some simple to make cookies that kids can help with.
posted by DrGirlfriend at 2:51 PM on July 5, 2011

Brigadeiros!
posted by wallaby at 3:01 PM on July 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: cmoj, I mean desserts easy enough for kids to make with the minimum of adult supervision.
posted by roger ackroyd at 3:05 PM on July 5, 2011

Here is a great video of three Brazilian kids showing how to prepare Brigadeiros. I made a few batches for a Christmas party last year and everyone loved them.
posted by bCat at 3:19 PM on July 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

Not sure about from around the world, but...Muddy Buddies! (also called Puppy Chow by Girl Scouts everywhere)
posted by terilou at 5:19 PM on July 5, 2011

Eton mess is super easy - break up
merengues, cut up strawberries (this is the only bit that needs supervision), and mix it all up with whipped cream - done! and so tasty.
posted by jb at 5:37 PM on July 5, 2011 [2 favorites]

From Australia you could go with the always tasty Lamington (if you're making them with kids you can use a pre made sponge cake and just make the chocolate icing and have fun dipping) or if you're feeling more adventurous how bout a Pavlova?
posted by caliban at 7:20 PM on July 5, 2011 [2 favorites]

How about making "pseudo" sopapillas by frying flour tortillas and sprinkling them with sugar and cinnamon.
yummy!
posted by calgirl at 8:40 PM on July 5, 2011

"pseudo" sopapillas makes me think about fry bread or elephant ears. We just used fridge biscuits, but the result is the same.

What can I say, Mom's family were Oakies
posted by fiercekitten at 8:50 PM on July 5, 2011

I just made ice cream sandwiches with some 5th/6th graders, but is easy enough for younger kids.

2 cookies (flavor of your choice), ice-cream (flavor of your choice).

Put cookie on plate. Spread softened ice-cream on cookie. Add sprinkles or chocolate chips at this point. Put second cookie on top. Eat.


The one I made was oatmeal raisin with a chocolate/caramel swirl ice-cream and some chocolate chips in the middle. Yummers.
posted by kathrynm at 7:10 AM on July 6, 2011

Coconut Ice.
posted by zamboni at 7:54 AM on July 6, 2011 [1 favorite]

Chocolate crackles.
posted by hot soup girl at 4:18 PM on July 6, 2011