14 Childhood Treats Recipes

A square piece of homemade snickers bar on a piece of parchment.

Homemade Snickers Bars1/14

Know what really satisfies? Making your own gooey, peanutty, caramel-y, milk chocolate-y Snickers candy bars at home.

Two homemade toaster tarts on a sheet of parchment drizzled with glaze.

Homemade Pop Tarts2/14

Though we dearly loved Pop Tarts as kids, even then we thought the packaged pastries ought to be better. Flakier. Fruitier. Fresher. Just like these. And they're quite simple to pull off.

Big glass bowl of layers of vanilla wafer banana pudding topped with sliced bananas, Nilla wafers, and whipped cream

Vanilla Wafer Banana Pudding3/14

Not a lot has changed since you last had this after-school classic. It's still easy. It's still quick. And it's still gosh darned comforting as heck.

Chocolate fudge pops with popsicle sticks melting on a white surface.

Chocolate Fudge Pops4/14

They look like fudgsicles. They taste like fudgesicles. Yet they're made from cocoa, coconut milk, and honey, so don't give a second thought to indulging in them.

Confetti Cookies5/14

Cloudy with a chance of sprinkles. That's our forecast for anyone who wishes to recreate the sugar cookies of their childhood.

A glass mixing bowl filled with homemade nutella and a spatula rests inside the bowl

Homemade Nutella6/14

No longer are you safe from temptation just because you summoned enough fortitude to skip the Nutella aisle at the store. Not safe at all.

A pink homemade sno ball--coconut-covered dome--on a white plate with two more in the back

Homemade Sno Balls7/14

Fashioned from chocolate cake, filled and frosted with meringue, and festooned in a feathery pink coconut boa, these are the real deal.

Different shapes of homemade animal crackers lying on a chalkboard background.

Homemade Animal Crackers8/14

Made from scratch with natural ingredients, these are gonna remake all your memories of stale, bland animal crackers in the circus box.

A slice of twinkie bundt cake dusted with confectioners' sugar and turned to show the cross section.

Twinkie Bundt Cake9/14

A ginormous riff on the iconic American snack cake, this Twinkie look-alike boasts a beauteous appearance, an amped-up vanilla smack, and ingredients you can actually pronounce.

Homemade hostess cupcakes on white plates.

Homemade Hostess Cupcakes10/14

Unequivocally better than those preservative-laden cake imposters you grew up on. Swear. And you can customize whatever you want to write on top, whether the name of your team or a sweet little something.

Homemade Thin Mints11/14

Can't wait for your boxes of Girl Scout Thin Mints to arrive? No worries. We got you with this trusty gluten free recipe.

Eight homemade Milano cookies in a metal loaf tin.

Homemade Milano Cookies12/14

Forget Pepperidge Farm. Where’s the satisfaction in just ripping the bag open? Where's the longing that comes with anticipation? Right here with these homemade Milanos.

A glass jar filled to the brim with cheesy fish crackers.

Cheesy Fish Crackers13/14

No preservatives. No artificial coloring. Just real, honest-to-goodness ingredients—and maybe a little goldfish giddiness.