Food Fun Friday - Valentine's Fortune Cookies - Guest Post from Shaped by Grace

It's Food Fun Friday on Mess For Less! We have Reannah here today from Shaped by Grace (don't you just love the name of her blog?) and she is sharing some easy personalized fortune cookies you can make for your little ones. She is very DIY and crafty sort of mom and I think you are just going to love all of her ideas. Please pay her a visit!

Thanks Vicky! And hello lovely readers of Mess for Less! I am so excited to be guest posting here today!! My name is Reannah and I blog for Shaped by Grace. I’m an English teacher by day and a Single Mama by night. And somewhere in there I manage to blog about life, crafts and creativity! Today I am sharing a creative food activity I thought would be a perfect little treat for you to surprise your kids or someone special!

There is more to these fortune cookies than meets the eye… {wink!}

I love making special treats for my kids around the holidays and this easy snack is one of my favorites! So first, I set the stage… {Strawberry milk and fortune cookies}

Then I let my boys open up their fortune cookies:

And surprise! Inside was their own personalized fortune!

To make this whole treat, you will need:

-8oz. Milk + 1 Tbs Strawberry Mix = Pink Strawberry milk!!

-1 package of Fortune Cookies

Personalized Fortune Cookies step-by-step:

1. Wrap one fortune cookie in a wet paper towel and microwave for 30 seconds.

2. IMMEDIATELY take the fortune cookie out of the microwave, unwrap from the paper towel,{Usually after 30 seconds things aren't too hot, but be careful if you do this multiple times!} and GENTLY open up the fortune cookie just enough to pull out the original fortune.

3. Take out the old fortune and put in YOUR personalized fortune!

4. Fold the fortune cookie back into it’s original shape and hold while it cools and re-hardens. {They literally take SECONDS to cool which is perfect if little hands want to help! As soon as you remove things from the microwave your kids can help shape and hold the cookie – unless you’re surprising them like I did!} :)

Can you see my brand new fortune peeking through?

Because they cool so quickly, as soon as you are done making all your fortunes, you can enjoy your treat! To make this snack more festive I wrapped glass bottles with some cute Valentine printables…

…poured in the strawberry milk, and voilà! An instant Valentine’s snack that literally took just a few minutes to make!

To save you even more time, I’ve added the bottle wrappers and some pre-made fortunes here for you – for free! Just for being friends of Mess for Less! Just right click on the image below to save, print and enjoy!

Are you ready to make your own? Have fun and thanks so much for reading! With this treat you are sure to have one lucky little Valentine! xoxo

Thank you Reannah! Aren't those just the best and the easiest things? Now why didn't I think of that? 

Here are some of my favorite posts from Shaped by Grace:

Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

Easy Pumpkin Muffins

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