🍞 Ghost Toast

Ghost Toast for kids: the whole recipe

Let's spread a friendly ghost on toast and give it a BOO face! This easy Halloween treat is for ages 5 to 9 (grades K–3rd), takes about 10 minutes and serves 2. Crumb, our tiny chef, reads every step aloud with a picture, so a child can follow along, and every hot or sharp step is marked for a grown-up.

Ingredients

• 2 slices of bread (or gluten-free bread)
• 3 tablespoons cream cheese
• 1 tablespoon raisins

Tools

A toaster (grown-up), A butter knife, Measuring spoons, A plate.

Steps

1. Wash your hands with soap for twenty seconds.
2. Grown-up step: A grown-up toasts 2 slices of bread until golden and crunchy.
3. Let the toast cool for a minute, so the spread won't melt.
4. Spread 3 tablespoons of cream cheese on in a ghost shape: a round head and a wiggly bottom.
5. Press on two raisin eyes and a raisin mouth that says O!
6. Ghosts for breakfast! Say BOO, then crunch.

Safety notes

• Hot! A grown-up does this part.
• Contains milk, wheat. Tap "Allergies?" on the Kitchen's front page and the swaps fill themselves in where there is one.
• Read the label on packets for allergies.

Kitchen science

Toasting turns bread golden and crunchy: heat browns its sugars and proteins, the way a marshmallow goes golden.

Make it your own

• Make pumpkin toast: orange cheese and a little celery stem.
• Cut the toast with a ghost cookie cutter first.
• Make a whole ghost family on one big slice.

More Halloween treats for kids

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• 🎃 Roasted Pumpkin Seeds (snacks, 50 minutes)
• 🎃 Jack-o'-Lantern Quesadillas (lunch, 20 minutes)
• 🧁 Pumpkin Muffins (baking, 40 minutes)
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