Celebrate the Earth With EnviroKidz
Monday, April 06, 2015
What better way to ring in the spring season than with a party to celebrate the earth! With Earth Day coming up on April 22, EnviroKidz invites you to throw a Celebrate-the-Earth party to make learning about animals and the planet fun and delicious for kids. Why not try making some tasty Chocolate Garden Cups featured above? Or try these easy no-bake Koala Crisp™ Mini Cupcakes using the recipe below.
Koala Crisp™ Mini Cupcakes
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Yield: 18 mini cupcakes
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp brown rice syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups EnviroKidz Koala Crisp™cereal
Icing:
- 3 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 tbsp butter, softened
- 3/4 cup icing sugar
- 4 tsp cocoa powder
- 4 strawberries, sliced
Directions:
Grease a mini-muffin pan and set aside. In saucepan set over medium heat, bring butter, honey and brown rice syrup to boil. Boil for about 1 minute or until mixture is well combined and slightly thickened. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla and cereal. Divide evenly and press into 18 mini-muffin cups. Cool completely. Remove from pan.
Icing: Meanwhile, in a bowl, beat cream cheese and butter together until well combined. Gradually beat in icing sugar and cocoa until smooth. Transfer icing to a piping bag fitted with a star tip. Pipe a swirl of icing onto each cupcake. Garnish with a strawberry slice.
Calories per serving: 91
Fat 4g
Cholesterol 10mg
Sodium 46mg
Carbohydrates 14.5g
Fibre 0.5g
Sugar 10g
In celebration of the planet, Envirokidz is offering an @EnviroKidz Celebrate-the-Earth Party Kit, valued at $100, to one lucky reader.
The kit includes:
- 10 free product vouchers, valued at $50
- EnviroKidz products needed for the recipes above and EnviroKidz snack bars
- Download-and-print party invites
- Party Banner
- Party swag including animal stickers from our 1% for the Planet nonprofit partners such as The Australian Koala Foundation and Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
- Activity books full of fun, educational games and quizzes featuring your favourite EnviroKidz Animals.
Contest is open to Canadian and US residents only, except where prohibited.
Disclosure: I received product to help facilitate this review. Any opinions expressed in this post are my own. Recipes courtesy of Nature's Path EnviroKidz.
60 COMMENTS
we are planting a garden this year, and we recycle whenever we can
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ReplyDeleteOops should read no more than 1 garbage bag a month lol
DeleteWe have been recycling as much as we can and will continue to do so.
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ReplyDeleteWe celebrate by recycling everything we can, using refillable water bottles and we are going to be helping to plant some trees this year. (Judy Cowan)
ReplyDeleteWe recycle and conserve water. We just bought rainbarrels!
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ReplyDeleteWe will get out and garden this spring.
ReplyDeleteWe plan to work on our garden! My kids are so excited to start planting seeds!
ReplyDeleteWe plan to celebrate the Earth by being outside and enjoying nature's beauty. We try to teach our 2-year old to respect the outdoors and keep things clean by picking up discarded garbage.
ReplyDeleteWe will be joing in and cleaning up on the local trail and river bank. We recycle and reuse and the kids enjoy helping the earth,community,and home.
ReplyDeletewe do what we can. first we don' t own a car, only an e bike, stroller & friends. we recycle & compost. we use reusable shopping bags & water bottles. we will be starting the garden soon.
ReplyDeleteMy little guy is young so I pan to take time to explain to him what recycling means and how we use it at home
ReplyDeleteWe are involved in our local community clean up. The kids love it!
ReplyDeleteLori R Jackson
We compost and recycle, and reuse as much as we can.
ReplyDeleteMany of the kids in our community (mine included) have an outdoor spring clean & pick up all the garbage that's collected outside as it's all over their soccer field, etc. We also recycle & use stainless steel bottles/containers whenever possible.
ReplyDeleteI plan to recycle and to clean up garbage and litter to help the earth!
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ReplyDeleterecycle more and clean up!
ReplyDeleteWe started recycling paper products recently and updated all our appliances to energy efficient.
ReplyDeleteBy recycling everything we can and by turning off the tap while brushing our teeth!
ReplyDeleteWe plan to reduce our garbage and recycle.
ReplyDeleteWe are slowly cleaning out the house, and making sure that what can't be sold or donated is processed properly. It's amazing how many electronics (including kids toys) can now be recycled through depots.
ReplyDeleteWe are careful to leave nature as it should be ... clean! No littering. Using reusable containers. Enjoying walks in the woods.
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ReplyDeletewe recycle and try to repurpose items as well
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ReplyDeleteFlorence C
We recycle as well as help keep the parks clean
ReplyDeleterecycling, reusing, and watching our energy consuption
ReplyDeleteI will celebrate the earth by spending tons of time out in nature
ReplyDeleteI plan to recycle and pick up trash.
ReplyDeleteWe recycle and reuse as much as possible.
ReplyDeleteI will clean up my yard and bring any recyclables to the depot ! :)
ReplyDeleteWe are just going to keep doing what we are doing, reduce, reuse and recycle
ReplyDeleteBy being thankful for this wonderful world we live in.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm going to let my kids plant things this year so they can get an idea of how wonderful it all is.
going to do neighborhood clean up
ReplyDeleteWe always celebrate the earth by composting! :)
ReplyDeleteWe are recycling a lot of toys and clothes right now as part of spring cleaning.
ReplyDeleteWe recycle and reuse as much as we can and compost all food scrapes and paper.
ReplyDeleteWe participate in neighbourhood clean ups as well as recycling, and being energy efficient whenever possible :)
ReplyDeleteWe are teaching the kids about resources and their importance, from animals to material goods!
ReplyDeleteWe're planting flowers.
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ReplyDeletei plan to start using compost
ReplyDeleteWe'll be working on our garden.
ReplyDeleteI plan to celebrate the earth by keeping up recycling, composting and energy savings.
ReplyDeleteI will be turning off electronics at the outlet.
ReplyDeleteBy being ever more environmentally conscious.
ReplyDeletewe help the earth by recycling and turning off lights when not needed!!! Cheryl on Rafflecopter
ReplyDeleteWe celebrate by spending the day cleaning up the river bank near our home.
ReplyDeleteBy using my waste to make fertilizer for my garden!
ReplyDeleteThis summer we want to build a vegetable garden!
ReplyDeleteI would love one of those Koala Crisp™ Mini Cupcakes right now.
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