We are still celebrating earth week here at our house. To help us celebrate I planned a special dessert for our dinner tonight.
We don't have dessert very often at our house. So when we do, its a BIG deal!
To set the mood for dinner, I had the kids help me decorate the table. A few simple decorations can really make a HUGE difference in the atmosphere in your home or at dinner time. Pretty soon everyone is happy and excited because things are different and therefore more "special." All I did to set the mood was display a couple packs of flowers I bought for our garden and then added some gummy worms (that's where the helpers came in handy). The gummy worms were not just for decoration, however, they were part of our dessert later.
For dessert we made dirt cups with worms (sounds yummy, right!). There are lots of variations on this dessert out there, but here is how I did it. I used chocolate ice cream for the bottom layer then crushed cookies and sprinkled them on top to look like dirt on the ground. We used Oreo cookies but you can choose any kind of cookie, really. Then we added a few more gummy worms to look like they were digging in the "dirt."
To make it more fun for everyone, I had some help crushing the cookies. Before dinner started, I gave everyone a small baggie with cookies. I recommend using ziplock bags, but sandwich bags would work too if you're not too messy. I gave everyone about 3 cookies. Then while we waited for everyone to gather around the dinner table, we crushed our own bag of cookies. We just set our crushed cookies aside until dinner
was finished.
When we finished our meal, I scooped the ice cream and everyone added their cookies on top and grabbed some gummy worms. (The gummy worms were already cleverly placed on the table, remember?) Then our dessert was ready to eat. Yum! I must say, that was some of the best dirt I've ever had! :)
Afterwards we had time to go out in the garden and plant the flowers I bought. I love marigolds, they look so perky in my yard!
When we finished our meal, I scooped the ice cream and everyone added their cookies on top and grabbed some gummy worms. (The gummy worms were already cleverly placed on the table, remember?) Then our dessert was ready to eat. Yum! I must say, that was some of the best dirt I've ever had! :)
Afterwards we had time to go out in the garden and plant the flowers I bought. I love marigolds, they look so perky in my yard!
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