Hello everyone and welcome back to Magical Treats at Home! It’s been almost a year since we’ve been able to bring you some theme park inspired treats, and well, you’ll still need to sit tight for a new one but we’ll squeeze one in before year-end. Promise! Until then, THANK YOU for visiting, and THANK YOU for making these treats!
Now let’s look check out some Thanksgiving Day (or week!) treats to make!
Mickey Mouse Pumpkin Spice Beignets
Mickey Mouse Celebration Whoopie Pies
Thanksgiving is tomorrow here in the US; a Thanksgiving that will not run its usual course. And so today on the site we have a pie, but not really a pie, that you could serve at your nontraditional Thanksgiving feast. TLDR: it’s a pecan pie rice crispy treat. YES a whole 9” pie.
Disney is known for whimsical treats, but sometimes they’re a bit on the silly side too. Like the crispy treat pies this year. I love the idea behind them, and I think the treat makers must have had a lot of fun making them. And I know we all loved eating them as the flavor combinations came through and it definitely was a unique, and 2020 way, to eating pie this year.
I’m presenting the recipe formed inside a 9” pie plate, but those that have seen the whole “pie” at the resorts (it was made available both in Florida and California), might have noticed its domed shape from the mold it was made in. I figure, if you’re going to serve this at your Thanksgiving dinner this year, it should arrive at the table in a proper pie plate.
Since we’re dealing with hot sugar here, I would not recommend the younger kids come help with the bases here. However, making and piping the frosting “cream” and decorating with sprinkles is a great way to get them involved in a holiday dessert.
Now that we’ve thrown out all the conventional ideas of a traditional dinner this year, I do hope you make this pie. If you’re at home celebrating with just one or two of you, this also freezes really well. Just cut it into slices and freeze up to 3 months for best flavor.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Pecan pie and crispy treat lovers unite with this full sized maple scented Pecan Pie Crispy Treat. A Disney-inspired holiday treat.
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I am in a Facebook group with a bunch of people who are fanatical about the caramel corn from Karamell-Küche inside the Germany pavillion at Epcot. But you will probably never see a recipe for that here for one little reason… I hate popcorn. From the smell to the tiny shells getting stuck in my gums, everything about popcorn is just a miss for me. I do, however, thoroughly enjoy the buttered popcorn flavor from Jelly Belly, and “butter” is my favorite flavor of KitKat. You WILL see some caramel treats from Karamell-Küche on here though, just not the popcorn. And today, we’ll be making the caramel drizzled Mickey Mouse shaped crispy treat.
Back in March I panicked about what might be hard to get once we were in quarantine and I ended up with a case of marshmallows. A case. Of marshmallows. You all might want to buckle up for more crispy treats and marshmallow wand ideas because I’ve got PLENTY.
Over the past year of making these Disney-inspired treats I’ve come to realize that I’m a real fan of cripsy treats. Well, most any treat on a stick I guess. And the Disney team gets very creative and cute with these, and right now I’m especially into this version from Karamell-Küche at Epcot. At its base, a plain crispy treat is delicious. But this version, besides being a fun Mickey Mouse shape, is coated in chocolate and drizzled in caramel. The combination, although simple, hits so many right notes, in my mouth.
I’ve also learned a new technique for decoration from those candy masters that I’ll share with you today if you’re interested in getting nice clean lines for decorations on the odd angles you find with a Mickey Mouse crispy treat. Hint: grab a piping bag.
For the caramel, you can optionally decorate a few ways. One is to just buy yourself some caramel sauce if you want the easiest method. Second, you can melt caramel squares with some milk or cream and a little water and then go from there. Or, if you’ve got the time, make caramel sauce from scratch. As always, I’ve got all the info you need in the recipe below.
Kids love to decorate, so for this recipe, once cooled, kids can help cut out the Mickey Mouse shapes. And then they can decorate with the warm melted chocolate. Depending on which route you take for the caramel they may be able to help decorate with the drizzle. Just remember, cooked caramel on the stove is SUPER HOT and little hands might want to get in there and taste it. Don’t let that happen.
Epcot might be open to some people right now, but it’s slim pickings at Karamell-Küche, so stay home, make a batch of these caramel drizzled crispy treats, and maybe watch a YouTube video of last years Garden Festival. Enjoy!
The classic Mickey Mouse crispy treat is made into a decadent goodie with a dip in semisweet chocolate and topped with buttery caramel. A Walt Disney World inspired treat!
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We’re back again today with another Disneyland park inspired Easter treat. Similar in style to yesterday’s Bunny Butt Cake Pop, today we’re not getting quite so technical with this Bunny Butt Easter Crispy Treat.
Yes! Disneyland did it again with some super cute crispy treats shaped like Peter Cottontail’s, er, cottontail. I just loved seeing these and the cake pops on my last few visits to the park in March. It was hard to narrow down what treats to make for Easter, but in the end, the bunnies won.
Unlike the smaller cake pops, these treats use flaked coconut to make a big tail for these Easter rabbits and the feet decorations are piped on. (And if you’ve got a large Mickey Mouse cutter at home, you’re in luck, since these use that shape, but flipped upside down to create the bunny butt!) Our batch below makes 3 generously sized crispy treats but you can definitely double this recipe using the handy button in the recipe too!
If you’ve saved your leftover white chocolate from yesterday, then you should still have plenty leftover to coat these and do some piping work. If not, no worries! These are still super easy to make even with a little extra time melting chocolate.
One trick I learned with these this time, is that you can speed the firming up stage by sticking these straight into the freezer for a little bit right after pouring the mixture in the pan. Then go straight to cutting out the shapes. I’d still stick them back in the fridge after cutting so they don’t un-firm up quickly though before coating and decorating. This trick came in handy when I realized I was late for snack time this week and needed to put something in front of my kids ASAP.
Speaking of kids, this is a fun treat for kids to decorate. I like to stay clear of small hands touching the molten marshmallows, but that cools down very quickly once it’s out of the saucepan and into the baking pan to set.
Ok, now let’s make some bunnies! And don’t forget to check the notes below for more tips!
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Sweet, chewy, crispy treats get the Cottontail treatment in these cute, Easter themed Bunny Butt dessert. A Disneyland-inspired treat.
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Fun fact, my nursery, 30…*cough* almost 40 years ago was Winnie the Pooh themed. My baby blanket was the Hundred Acre Woods and just this past year my mother sent it to me across the country, in perfect condition. So, it’s probably no wonder that Pooh is a favorite of mine. And I thought it high time to show a little love to that chubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff with these Hunny Pot Crispy Treats inspired by those found in Disneyland.
There’s starting to be quite a number of these variations on the site and that’s because Disneyland just does the cutest job on these. I also love these because they’re not super hard to make.
Right now the outside world is looking mighty different for many, if not most, of us. And while we’re all stuck indoors, many of us with one or more kids, now also stuck indoors with us, finding some projects like this to work on together can hopefully provide a bright spot in the day.
Also, let’s be real, crispy treats are great plain on their own too. So if you need a quick snack to whip up with very few ingredients, this works. But if you do want to try your hand at decorating these, please do! You don’t need to be an artist and if your kids start distracting you while decorating and you suddenly forgot what you were doing and mess up the words *ahem*, it’s still OK.
The decoration on here is a simple combo of semisweet chocolate chips and yellow candy melts. The golden hue to the “honey” and lettering is achieved through adding a little of the melted semisweet chocolate to the yellow candy melts. I use a plastic piping bag to color in the honey and letters, but you can also do this by hand, or if you have it around, use a squeeze bottle for a bit more precision (I’ve seen the candy makers at Disneyland do this but they’re working with volume and have a lot of candy melts in that bottle to work with. Just putting a little bit in will cool them off quickly and you’ll need to keep a warm water bath nearby to prevent this.).
If you make these treats in a loaf pan, shaping them is also quite easy. Divide the rectangle into three equal-ish parts, and then shape with a sharp knife. You basically need to round the corners off and these cut through without much give. Just be careful that you’re not leaving them out too long from the fridge to cut and then dip, or they’ll soften up too much.
Sounds pretty sweet, huh? Ok, let’s melt some marshmallows!
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A favorite at Pooh Corner! This chewy, crispy, sweet Hunny Pot Crispy Treat is a snap to make and decorate. A Disneyland-inspired treat.
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