Posted by Ethne~
Friends, Santa brought the girls an Easy Bake Oven. The most hilarious part about this is not Shaun’s reaction, because he totally
rolled with it – what a dad; the total laugh riot is that every time I tell
people about the EBO, the first thing they say is “is it even safe to
eat?” This is all true.
So, yeah, we’ve got one. Not the blue boy-colored one that Hasbro came out with at
Christmas (well, they made one for some boy), we’ve got the regular, Easy Bake
Ultimate Oven. And you must say
the full name, cuz my kids do. So
I guess it’s EBUO if I don’t want to get corrected by my kids and trust me, I
don’t.
Santa got each of them one of the refill packs, which I
scouted at Target and those cost $6.99 each. I have a little something to say about this.
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With regard to the EBUO itself, it’s decent. The instructions are really clear, the
baking is electric, like a toaster oven, and while you can’t see the items
baking, it’s not a light bulb anymore folks so YES, THE STUFF IS SAFE TO EAT. And the way it's set up, it's safe, with supervision, for the girls not to burn themselves.
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| That is pretty stinkin' adorable! |
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| It's rather flat on the bottom, but rounded cute enough |
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| The smallest - you don't bake in them, just for decoration |
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| A miniature amount of frosting |
But look at the size of these cupcakes I made! Sure, they’re cute. I mean, I pretty much adore miniature
things {– doesn’t the girls’ 6th birthday party theme need to be
everything in miniature?? Let’s
face it, teensy nachos, tacos, cakes, cupcakes, trifles, hamburgers, etc. –
best ever!!!} but when each of these nickel-sized cupcakes costs 70 cents each,
that’s RIDICULOUS!!!
Plus, the flavor is meh. And you have to measure EXACTLY right. Don’t let the tablespoon of water added
to your mix be a ‘full’ tablespoon or it will throw the whole chocolate chip
cookie batch into a flat hot mess. (I had learned my lesson for these red velvet cupcakes.)
So, I’ve done some searching…I found a website that PURPORTS
to have a ka-jillion EBUO recipes here – some totally from scratch and some using
box cake mixes. I’m down with that
since those cost around $1 if you shop around for sales or use coupons. So, Friends, I am TOTALLY going to
WOM-COTT the EBUO refill mixes and am going to try to make my own from the
website…I’ll let you know how we fare.
And FYI, the girls love the EBUO – They help me by opening
the packages and barely getting them into the bowls, and then they lose
interest by the time the oven is pre-heated for 20 minutes. Then they try to sneak licks of the
dough/batter before baking; and by the time the stuff is actually baking, I’m
the proverbial little red hen. And
guess who does the clean-up?
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| Ya right! But isn't he handsome?! |
