Happy April Fool’s Day!

We have a good time playing tricks on each other in our family every year. Of course, I prefer to do food themed pranks on my kiddos and this year I came across a fun idea online: Mashed Potato Chocolate Chip “Cookies”. I tested them out and they were pretty convincing! Scroll down for the recipe and I will share how well the prank worked as a dessert after dinner tonight.

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April Fool's Mashed Potato Cookies Prank

Makes around 2 dozen "cookies"

Ingredients

• 1 package 2 cups cheesy instant potatoes, cooked
• 3/4 cup 1/2 can black beans, drained

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium bowl mix beans and prepared mashed potatoes until combined.
• Line a baking sheet and add small scoops of the mashed potato mixture in rows.
• Make around 5 rows, 3-4 across.
• Then press down lightly to flatten. They will not expand when baking.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden and crispy.
• Serve warm as prank "chocolate chip cookies".

Notes

Notes: I recommend cheesy potatoes so you get the appropriate light brown colored cookie look. If you use regular mashed potatoes add a few drops of yellow food coloring.

This fun food prank only requires two easy to find ingredients:  mashed potatoes (homemade or instant) and canned black beans.

I recommend cheesy potatoes so you get the appropriate light brown colored cookie look.

If you use regular mashed potatoes add a few drops of yellow food coloring.

In a medium bowl mix beans and prepared mashed potatoes until combined. 

Looks pretty convincing already!

Line a baking sheet and add small scoops of the mashed potato mixture in rows.

Make around 5 rows, 3-4 across.

Then press down lightly to flatten. They will not expand when baking.

Bake for 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees until golden and crispy.

Here is the different in color in regular mashed potatoes and cheesy potatoes. 

Serve warm as prank “chocolate chip cookies”. 

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How fun is this April Fool’s Day breakfast egg prank?!

My kids love all the silly tricks we do on April 1st so this year I thought of a new one to really fool them. I served “sunny side up eggs” for breakfast, two different ways!

Scroll down for the easy recipe and find out if my girls fell for my sneaky prank.

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April Fool's Day Breakfast Egg Prank- 2 Ways!

Makes 2 servings of "eggs" each

Ingredients

• 2 canned apricot halves drained
• 2 canned peach halves drained
• 1 cup vanilla Greek yogurt
• 1 cup Cool Whip thawed
• 1 tsp chia seeds for topping (optional)

Instructions

For the apricot "eggs":

• Start with thawed but still cold and not runny Cool Whip. Add a couple dollops of Cool Whip to the center of a small plate.
• Using a spoon spread to make a circular shape. It does not need to be perfect just as a regular egg is usually not a perfect circle. This will be your egg white.
• Top with one apricot, cut side down, in the center as the egg yolk.
• Repeat with the remaining Cool Whip and cut apricot half.

For the peach "eggs":

• Add a 1/2 cup yogurt to the center of a small plate and spread to make a circle.
• Add a peach half, cut side down, to the center of the yogurt.
• Repeat with the remaining yogurt and peach.
• Optional- sprinkle on chia seeds as pretend pepper.
• Serve the "sunny side up eggs" as a breakfast treat . Happy April Fool's Day!

You can make this recipe one of two ways.

Peaches with yogurt or apricots with Cool Whip. 

Scroll down to see which was our favorite!

For the apricot “eggs”:

Start with thawed but still cold and not runny Cool Whip. Add a couple dollops of Cool Whip to the center of a small plate.
Using a spoon spread to make a circular shape. It does not need to be perfect just as a regular egg is usually not a perfect circle. 

This will be your egg white.  Top with one apricot, cut side down, in the center as the egg yolk.

For the peach “eggs”: 

Add a 1/2 cup yogurt to the center of a small plate and spread to make a circle. 
Add a peach half, cut side down, to the center of the yogurt. 

Ashton had the idea to add “pepper” so we added a sprinkling of chia seeds on top of the peach egg dish. 

Serve the “sunny side up eggs” as a breakfast treat. 

I even left one in the skillet so it really resembled an egg.

They definitely preferred the Cool Whip and apricot the best, as you can see from the clean plate.

The yogurt and peach was larger and I didn’t think it looked as believable . But I just told them it was a turkey egg and they shrugged and dug in!

In the end, they were curious but not totally convinced! But overall it was funny and tasty so I consider that a winning prank!

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Happy April Fool’s Day! 

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Brussels Sprouts Cake Pops

Ingredients

• 12 XL Brussel Sprouts bottoms trimmed
• 1 cup white vanilla flavored candy melts
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• sprinkles for topping

Instructions

• Wash large Brussels sprouts, dry, then peel off any loose leaves.
• Add candy melts to a medium bowl and chocolate chips in a separate medium bowl.
• Melt each for 30 seconds in the microwave at 50% power, stir, then repeat until each is melted.
• Cut a slit in the bottom of each sprout then push in a cake pop stick.
• Once all sprouts are on sticks, dip and twirl each in either melted white candy melts or melted chocolate chips. Make sure to cover all the sprouts completely.
• Tap gently to remove any excess chocolate.
• Top with sprinkles then place on a rack to dry.
• Serve your "cake pops" for a fun April Fool's Day prank!

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