15 Slumber Party Recipes For The Kiddos

A grey plate half-filled with mac and cheese canapes, with a few resting beside the plate

Mac and Cheese Canapés1/15

Fancy schmancy mac and cheese canapés? Why not? Plop these lovelies on a silver platter alongside flutes of Champagne or tuck them into a lunch box.

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

Cheesy Fish Crackers2/15

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

A carved wooden bowl filled with barbecue potato chips.

Barbecue Potato Chips3/15

A cheater's version of homemade barbecue potato chips that will have you hooked for life. Taste 'em and get back to us.

Eight mini hog dogs wrapped in puff pastry on a parchment lined baking sheet

Pigs in a Blanket4/15

Without further ado or feigned guilt, allow us to reacquaint you with a long-lost childhood friend.

Pieces of chicken fingers, a smear of ketchup and two toddler sized forks on a white sheet.

Chicken Fingers5/15

No funnily named fillers. No mystery meat. Just chicken and cornflakes and little tykes clamoring for more.

Seven oven-fried chicken drumsticks on a white surface.

Oven Fried Drumsticks6/15

Some things never go out of style. Witness this throwback to the 50s recipe for drumsticks rolled in crumbs of any sort. Potato chips. Wasabi peas. Rice crackers.

Three square slices of meatball pizza on strips of parchment paper, with fresh Parmesan sprinkled overtop.

Meatball Pizza7/15

The traditional Italian approach to pizza is one of restraint. We, uh, sort of took a few liberties with that. Okay. A lot of liberties. We don't hear anyone complaining.

Three striped juice pops stacked on top of each other.

Striped Juice Pops8/15

Magnificently sweet, outrageously vibrant, unconscionably healthful, and altogether lovely. That's what we think of these juice pops. Dare you to guess the ingredients.

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

Homemade Snickers Bars9/15

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

Several chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting and candies on top on a wooden chair.

Halloween Candy Cupcakes10/15

Halloween candy still tempting, teasing, tormenting you? We divulge how to keep it outta your house—and off your hips.

Two girls sharing a chocolate cookie decorated with sprinkles.

Chocolate Cookies11/15

Sometimes cookies are so amazing your instinct is to keep 'em all to yourself but you find yourself simply not being able to resist sharing them with loved ones. These are them.

Vanilla Milkshake12/15

Cold, creamy, and eminently slurpable, just like the vanilla milkshakes mom used to make. In other words, perfect in all ways.

12 schnecken, pecan cinnamon buns, covered with pecan-caramel topping, and chopped pecans on a wire rack

Schnecken ~ Pecan Cinnamon Buns13/15

Schnecken translates from German quite literally as snails, although to us it means gooey, sticky pecan caramel buns.

Maple-Candied Bacon14/15

Dessert for breakfast. That's the best we can do to convey--in words as opposed to contented moans, anyways--what this maple-candied bacon recipe means to us.

Cast-iron skillet with a Dutch baby--a popover pancake--topped with powder sugar on a set breakfast table

Dutch Baby15/15

Everyone who's made this easy and show-stopping pancake is lauding it as the airiest, most perfect puffed pancake they've encountered. Sorta makes you want to experience it, yeah?