766 fun fun recipes

Baked oatmeal studded with dried fruit and baked in individual cups until just set. A make-ahead, kid-friendly breakfast topped with a fun fruit smiley-face the little ones love.

Homemade fortune cookies cooked on a griddle, folded around a hand-written paper fortune, and cooled in muffin tins until crisp. A fun kids' project and a charming party favor for Chinese New Year.

Blue gelatin aquarium dessert with gummy fish suspended in jiggly jello. A fun no-bake treat kids love to make at birthday parties, with only 4 ingredients and 15 minutes of prep.

Halloween black cat cookies turn rich chocolate cookie dough into spooky-cute pops, with pinched ears, fork-pressed whiskers, candy corn eyes, and red-hot noses. A fun bake the kids can help shape.

Varicose Veins on a Leaf is a creepy Halloween appetizer with French-style green beans dyed red to look like veins, arranged on lettuce leaves with sliced almond bones. Spooky, edible, fun.

A sugar-free dirt cake made with devil's food cake mix, chocolate pudding, cream cheese, and crushed cookies on top. All the fun of a classic dirt cake without the added sugar.

Adorable clown cupcakes made from cake mix, ice cream scoops, and sugar cones, decorated with whipped cream collars and candy faces. A fun kids' birthday party project that's more craft than baking.

Colombian banana cake made with yellow cake mix, Coca-Cola, mashed bananas, and chopped nuts. A fun, fizzy twist on banana cake that bakes in a 13x9 pan and feeds a crowd.

No-bake Jack-O-Lantern pie with orange Jello and vanilla ice cream in a chocolate Oreo crust, decorated with candy corn and licorice. A fun Halloween dessert kids can help make.

Spaceship cake shapes a chocolate loaf cake into a rocket, studs it with slivered almonds for porthole windows, and pours warm hot fudge sauce over the top. Fun retro kids' birthday cake.

Shamrock cookies for St. Patrick's Day, a tender mint-scented shortbread tinted green, shaped from three little dough balls plus a stem and dusted with green sugar. A fun holiday baking project.

No-bake peanut butter bars packed with crispy rice cereal, chopped peanuts, and colorful M&M's pressed on top. A fun, kid-friendly treat that comes together in one saucepan, no oven required.

Enchilada chili dogs roll a hot dog and a smear of chili sauce inside a soft tortilla, then bake until golden. A fun, hand-held, kid-friendly mashup of two cookout favorites.

Ham Head is a fun Halloween food art project for kids. A round ham slice becomes a spooky face with hard-boiled egg eyes, olive pupils, pickle mouth with olive teeth, carrot ears, and string cheese hair.

Seasoned ground beef and deviled ham patties stacked with creamy cottage cheese mashed potatoes and crispy fried onions, then baked until bubbly. A fun, retro comfort food dinner the whole family will devour.

Build-your-own grilled shrimp tostadas on crispy fried tortillas with refried beans, fresh guacamole, salsa, lettuce, and Mexican cheese. A fun, hands-on Mexican dinner that feeds a crowd in 40 minutes.