Getting your kids in the kitchen from a young age is a great way to teach them a valuable life skill. If you want them to engage with cooking, you should always start with some sweet treats that they are sure to love. But you need simple recipes that they can get involved with, or they will get bored because they are just watching you cook. 

The good news is, there are plenty of great dessert recipes that are simple and fun to make. These are some of the best dessert recipe ideas to try with kids. 

Rice Crispy Treats 

Rice crispy treats are a classic one for kids because they’re easy to make, they’re fun, and they’re delicious for the whole family. You don’t need to do any baking, you just need to melt some marshmallows and chocolate and mix everything together, so there isn’t much that can go wrong. The kids will need some supervision when melting the ingredients, but apart from that, they can do every stage of the recipe. This great marshmallow cocoa krispies recipe is perfect if you want a slightly different take on the classic rice crispy treat recipe. It’s a great starting point for kids that have no experience in the kitchen. 

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Once your kids are more confident in the kitchen, you can start branching out into more advanced recipes that teach them more skills in the kitchen. Chocolate chip cookies are ideal because they’re an iconic dessert.  And even though the recipe is still fairly simple, it teaches a lot of new skills. Your child can get to learn the oven and about mixing ingredients in the right order— instead of throwing everything together at once. They’ll also learn a valuable lesson about timing, because you have to be quite precise with cookies if you want them baked to perfection.

Cupcakes 

Cupcakes are another brilliant option because they are easy to do and they’re great fun. You can use a simple cake batter recipe that is easy to make, and once you have cooked the cakes themselves, you can really start having some fun with the decoration. This is the perfect option for very young kids that can just help you with the decorating, but it’s equally good for older kids that want to help out with the whole process. 

Banana Bread 

Banana bread is ideal for kids because it’s so easy to make. There are some brilliant recipes that only have a few ingredients and the best thing is, you don’t need a mixer. So, if you are baking with young kids and you worry about them using the mixer, this is the best recipe to go for. It also gives you the chance to use up some old bananas and cut back on waste in the kitchen. 

These are all great recipes that you can do with young kids, so you can inspire a passion for cooking from a young age.