Were you a crayon-eater in kindergarten? Well, you don't have to like wax to enjoy these crayons. They look too real to eat, but they're truly edible, and a very fun treat for a lunchbox. Want to see what they're made out of?
This idea comes from Mandy at Gourmet Mom on the Go. She makes these little treats out of just two things: Thick pretzel rods, and colored candy melts. Dip the ends of the pretzels in the melted colored candy, then cool and roll up in a crayon wrapper. Easy!
Mandy even offers free downloadable templates for the crayon wrappers. You can also customize them with kids' names, like Brooke did here at The Crafting Chicks (pictured above).
• Get the instructions and crayon wrapper template: Edible Crayons at Gourmet Mom on the Go
Also check out another set of instructions and some thoughts on pencil boxes at Christy's blog:
• Edible Crayons for Teacher Appreciation at The Girl Who Ate Everything
And here's one more crazy example of edible crayons on a whole other level: Luxirare's edible crayons can actually write!
Related: Back To Work and School: 15 Great Lunchbox Snacks
(Images: Christy of The Girl Who Ate Everything; Brooke of The Crafting Chicks)
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I respect the creativity, but the thought of ingesting these is gag-worthy.
Haha to above comment: that means it is kid food at its best! I can't stand batches of dyed candy melts, hazard of being a cake decorator, but for say a yellow batch I could just add a drop of blue to to make a green batch and leave it at 2 colors, I could handle this. Birthday lunches only!
So is this seriously a thing? Parents of young children creating and serving edible versions of things kids tend to try and eat but shouldn't because, I don't know, they're toxic?
Why would you do this? Seriously, someone give me one good reason.
It's the thought of being grouped in with people like this that makes me nervous about procreating.
As cute as these look, I agree with Jess13. Kids that young should not be encouraged to eat something they have been taught to avoid.
So how safe are those artificial colors? FD & C #s 1 through 1000?
"Parents of young children creating and serving edible versions of things kids tend to try and eat but shouldn't because, I don't know, they're toxic?
Why would you do this? Seriously, someone give me one good reason."
If your child is already old enough to know that "I shouldn't eat REAL crayons, but FAKE ones make it fun to pretend."
Seriously, your average eight- or nine-year-old would probably not only get it that you're not suppopsed to eat real crayons, but would probably give you an eye-roll if you reminded them of that and say, "well, DUH, mom, I'm not a BABY."
My main problem is that candy melts taste disgusting. It's cute, but I'd rather serve something that tastes good.
Not only the artificial colors, but I also have a problem with the incorrect cutesy spelling (bak2skool)
I agree with @Pinetree - candy melts are gross. Real white chocolate and food coloring (esp. natural ones) would be better.
The idea is REALLY cute though, and I would have never thought of using pretzel rods. My first guess was marzipan or some other soft, chewy substance.
Crayons aren't toxic. They aren't good for you, but they probably taste better than candy melts. I'll bet you could do the same thing with white chocolate and India Tree dye.
Candy melts are indeed gross tasting. My first thought when I saw these was that they were repackaged salt water taffy sticks. Harder to do yourself (unless you have a taffy puller in your house?) but better tasting than candy melts, in my opinion.
My favourite cook book when I was a kid was based on food mentioned in Roald Dahl's books, so pencils with their ends dipped in toffee so you could actually suck on your pencil (instead of chewing on pens) and lickable wallpaper. I was about 6 or 7 when I discovered the book and well aware that I shouldn't be eating the real life version of many of these recipes (tar anyone?) But food versions of inedible things were very appealing and a bit of fun. If you can't have fun when you're a kid, when can you?
Cute idea, but it doesn't sound like it would taste very good...I have never heard of candy melts though so maybe it's just because I'm unfamiliar with them.
Though it is cute, I agree with @Hazel8 ... if you're making lunch for children, why on earth would you deliberately use misspellings? Poor spelling isn't something one should be reinforcing for children, particularly not on purpose. Two more letters for the Back2School wouldn't have been a burden. Between purposeful misspelling, encouraging eating crayons, and discouraging doing homework, this kids got an uphill battle for the future. Yikes.
Wow, way to over analyze and pick apart someone's cute idea for a treat for a kid everyone.