My daughter wanted to have a Valentine’s party with friends from kindergarten. We made the Cheese Crackers the weekend before (she has a turn first in rolling out the dough as it is rather crumbly with so much grated cheese, then I roll it as thin as I can without breaking it for the crackers to be crispy). I froze them (cut into heart shapes) to bake the day before.
Rather than frosting the Chocolate Zucchini Brownies, we dusted them with powdered sugar. It always makes me smile to get kids to eat vegetables in their chocolate!
Menu
Weelicious: Whole Wheat Cheddar Crackers
(With purple grapes, topped with watermelon “heart”)
Chocolate Zucchini Brownies
(Use a medium-size heart cookie cutter to make the brownies heart shaped after baking)
Strawberry Lemonade
Activities
One or Two Weeks Before
Purchase all game items
Make Cheddar Cheese cracker dough, punch out heart shapes and freeze (I place parchment paper between layers of cheese crackers)
Week Before
Prep all game items
Day Before
Make Chocolate Zucchini Brownies
Bake Cheddar Crackers. When completely cool, place on serving platter and cover with plastic wrap
Wash purple grapes. Spread on clean dish towel and let dry thoroughly. Place grapes on skewers leaving room to add strawberry (or watermelon heart) on top.
Wash and hull strawberries, dry thoroughly.
OR
If using watermelon, cut slices and using a small heart-shape cookie cutters punch out hearts.
Place strawberries or watermelon “heart” at top of fruit wands. Wrap with saran wrap and store in refrigerator.
Morning of
Use a large cookie cutter to punch out Chocolate Zucchini Brownies. Dust with powdered sugar and place on serving platter.
Place fruit wants in a vase, or lay on a serving platter
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Produce
Purple Grapes
Strawberries OR watermelon
Zucchini
Refrigerated
Shredded sharp cheddar Cheese
Eggs
Lemonade
Pantry
Chocolate chips
Skewers
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