April Fools’ Day Pranks For Families
There’s nothing we love more than a good April Fools’ prank, and these food tricks are a silly and fun way to “fool” your family members and friends. Serve one of these treats up for a good joke on April 1st. It’s a joke in the best of taste, and you’ll be the favorite Mom or Dad on the block. We have TV dinner cupcakes, mini candy hamburgers, a giant hamburger cake, and ice cream cone cupcakes. We have some of the best food fake-outs for you right here! And the best part is, they actually taste really yummy! Scroll down to see the recipes for our Mini Candy Burgers and TV Dinner Cupcakes. Click on the links below for our Hamburger Cake and Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes.
Hamburger Cake: This Hamburger Cake is such a fun dessert for summer barbecues, birthday parties or picnics. Layers of yellow cake with bright frostings in the middle make it look just like a giant hamburger!Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes: The cupcake cooks directly inside the cone to make a fun ice cream illusion—without all the melting mess of scoops of ice cream.
April Fool’s Mini Candy Burgers
The idea for these darling Candy Burgers came from a friend I used to work with back in the day. This is a great April Fools’ recipe for kids. No baking involved, just assembling (see recipe below). Kids love tricking their friends with these. Cut up little apple slices to look like mini-fries and you have a full-on “Happy Meal”! What are you waiting for?
Suggestions for Mini Hamburgers
Make sure your peppermint patties aren’t too big. The mini York patties work great or any kind that are just bigger than a quarter.To get that “lettuce” look toss a little shredded coconut with a drop of green food coloring in a bag.Use a little bit of honey on the top of the ‘Nilla wafer to get the sesame seeds to stick, making it look like a hamburger bun.These are fun to serve with some apples cut into matchstick size, for a mini burger and fries “meal”.
How to Make April Fools’ Day Mini Hamburgers
April Fools’ TV Dinner Cupcakes
We got the idea for April Fools’ TV Dinner Cupcakes from “Hello, Cupcake!” There are so many cool ideas in this cookbook. It’s incredible how much the cupcakes look like an actual TV dinner! Here is a few tips for making these fun cupcakes: Share It on Instagram!
Use boxed cake mix to speed along the process. The best part is decorating so save some time and effort by using your favorite cake mix for the cupcakes.From start to finish, a dozen cupcakes took us a little under an hour (including baking time). So these really aren’t time consuming and they look like you spent hours decorating!Check out the recipe card below for ideas on candies to use for the cake decorations. For the peas and carrots we love using lime Runts and orange Starbursts, Skittles can also be used. They look just like real veggies!For the drumstick cupcakes, either crushed Corn Flakes cereal or graham crackers work perfectly, so use whatever you have on hand.Mashed potatoes and gravy never looked more realistic when you use store bought caramel sauce. Drizzle it over the top of fluffy vanilla frosting and your eyes will deceive you! These are so much fun to make and eat.
How to Make April Fools’ TV Dinner Cupcakes
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