Here’s an easy way to get your toddler involved in Thanksgiving baking by decorating OREO Cookie Balls!
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I wanted to involve Little J as much as possible, so when we got home, I let him help me crush the OREOS in my food processor. It’s a small one, so he was able to help put the cookies in and press the button to crush them. He doesn’t get to sit on the counter very often, so he thought it was pretty cool that he was up there helping me.
After I mixed the OREOs with the cream cheese, rolled them into balls, and froze them for 10 minutes, I started getting the decorations ready in little paper cups. He was really interested in what I was doing, and I was glad that he knew something fun was happening. I placed my freshly-chocolate-covered Cookie Balls and the decorations on a cookie sheet, and let him go to work!
Little J was a natural! He did end up eating a lot of the candy corn, but every time I had to take the tray to dip more Cookie Balls, he got upset. He did pretty well, and it was a great way for him to work on hand-eye coordination as well as the fine-motor skills it took to grab some of the decorations. Putting the decorations in the little baking cups was perfect for his little hands!
This was such a great way to get Little J involved in Thanksgiving baking, since a lot of the other things he won’t be able to help me with. And it kept his attention the whole time, so I know he had a lot of fun.
Making OREO Cookie Balls is a great way to get your toddler involved in Thanksgiving baking, too. And with only three ingredients, they are super simple to make. Here's an easy way to get your toddler involved in Thanksgiving baking by decorating OREO Cookie Balls!
Official OREO Cookie Balls
Ingredients
Instructions
- Dip the Cookie Balls in small numbers and let your toddler decorate them as they go.
- Don’t worry about stray sprinkles, candies, or other decorations. It’s going to get messy and that’s okay!
- Use a wide variety of different toppings so your toddler has several things to choose from.
- Put your decorations in mini cupcake wrappers. The shallow cups make it easy for your toddler to grab the decorations, and they are small enough that even if your toddler picks them up and dumps them, it’s not a big loss.
- Have extra candies on hand. Your toddler will eat them.
- Decorate the OREO Cookie Balls right after you dip them. The chocolate dries faster than you would think!
- Have fun! Your toddler certainly will!
Little J and I both had a good time making and decorating these delicious Thanksgiving treats. It was such an easy way to get him involved in Thanksgiving baking, and I can’t wait for his sister to be able to help next year!
What tips do you have to get your toddler involved in Thanksgiving?
kimberlyjob says
We love this recipe! How fun to let your kids decorate the finished project. I love the pictures of your little guy and that you're letting him freely create. 🙂
onetipsychick says
I don't have toddlers any more but they used to help out just like this. It was so much fun and I have some really great memories. But more importantly, they have some too!
Amy R. says
This is so cute! I will have to give this a try with my little one. She's 3 and starting to become interested in what I do in the kitchen. Looks like your little one had a lot of fun!
eglover0616 says
These look so delicious and so fun to make!!
Evelyn@MyTurn for us says
I am loving seeing all those little fingers having fun with food!!! And the Oreo Cookie balls sound great also!!
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Britney says
So cute! I have been trying to have my little guy help/watch a little bit just to keep him entertained. So fun and they look awesome!
Melanie says
Kids love helping out! Sometimes I just give my daughter little food items to create with!
1shamrocks says
Love these Chelsea! Having little ones "help" is always entertaining 🙂
Summer Davis says
This post is SO precious. I absolutely love that he is in there helping out and putting decorations on the OREO Cookie Balls. My husband was home today while I was looking through these posts and he saw yours and said it was his favorite! Little J is so lucky to have you as a mama and I'm so lucky to have run across this adorable blog post because I just know my kids would love to help me in the kitchen with these too! #client
Meagan says
This is so amazing for numerous reasons! It's such a great idea for getting kids involved in the holidays and helps them with their fine motor skills, which is right up our ally. Oreo balls are also my favorite candy during the holiday season. I'm not a huge candy eater, but I can never say no to oreo balls. I'm definitely using this idea this holiday season. Thanks!
naptimecreationsemily says
how awesome!! those look so good! How fun that you made these together!!
fnnkybutt says
Send him my way – I need some of those cookies!
Chelsea says
That's a great idea! Give them something to do whatever they want with!
Chelsea says
Thanks! I love it, too 🙂 He had a lot of fun getting to put all the different decorations on. Especially when he realized he could just dump all the toppings!
Chelsea says
That is important! And they will hopefully want to do it with their kids one day!