I was super excited a few weeks ago when Jill Mills reached out to me and asked me to be a part of her blog tour. If you haven’t seen it already, she just published her super cute book, Wild Eats and Adorable Treats, and it’s chock full of 40 animal-inspired meals and snacks for kids. I was so excited to be a part of her book tour that I jumped in and tried my hand at creating a healthy dessert with this Darth Vader Star Wars Inspired Dessert Idea. It was so much fun to create, you have to check it out!
I was so excited to be a part of this book tour that I decided to create my own fun little treat. Of course, this is arguably not animal themed, but it is a HUGE theme in out household. Even my phone makes the Darth Vader “breathing” sound when someone sends me a text. I just had to create something fun, and her book was my inspiration.
Darth Vader Star Wars Inspired Dessert Idea
We are counting down the days until the new Star Wars movie and we will probably go with a large group of people and have a get-together before or after we see the new film. This would be a fun snack idea to have to serve, and it’s super easy to make.
Here is what you will need to have on hand for this Darth Vader Star Wars Inspired Dessert idea:
- black grapes
- toothpicks
To create this fun little Darth Vader mask I just started by creating the eyes, and then the triangle used as his respirator.
After that, it was all about making the shape of his helmet with the grapes.
I think it turned out super cute! And the kids loved it.
Jill’s book is chock full of 40 amazing animal inspired meals and snacks for kids, and adults who are still kids at heart. You can find Wild Eats and Adorable Treats on Amazon
and Barnes and Noble.
Not only is this book completely cute with all of the awesome animal-inspired snacks, but Jill is having an amazing giveaway in conjunction with her book release. Make sure you enter to win all of the fabulous prizes below. There will be 3 different winners for 3 amazing prize packages, so make sure to enter to win.
Make sure you follow Jill and all of her adventures on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and her blog.
Make sure you let her know Darth Vader from PinkWhen sent you!
Lynn says
October 21, 2015 at 12:36Love this!! My wild and crazy Star Wars obsessed boys will love this too.
Perfect after school snack!!
stephanie annmarie bookwalter says
October 23, 2015 at 12:48i like cooking
Jenny simmons says
October 21, 2015 at 13:06I love baking and decorating cakes with my kids. Sure we make a mess but they have so much fun!!
Isabel Acosta says
October 21, 2015 at 13:43Every year I make a point of baking and decorating cookies for Santa. It make me proud to take time to show my boys how to cook or bake
Sadie K. says
October 21, 2015 at 13:55Wild hand mixer/blender memories. It always seems to splatter all over the place, to include us. 😉
Gina says
October 21, 2015 at 14:40I love how simple this is and that its all stuff we’ve already got here in our kitchen. My sister in law is a huge Star Wars fan and it has started rubbing off on my 4 year old so he’ll get a kick out of this.
Susan says
October 21, 2015 at 14:49When my boys were little they loved helping me do any sort of baking, whether it be punching the bread down or decorating cakes or cookies they were all over it. Now I have Muffins aka grandkids to help me
Jodi says
October 21, 2015 at 15:31Thank you for giving me the opportunity to enter for a chance to win.
Kassady says
October 21, 2015 at 15:31My best kitchen memories with my little ones are baking and decorating cupcakes and cookies. This year we’re going to try decorating a gingerbread house.
Jenny says
October 21, 2015 at 17:24We have “Kitchen Wednesday” after school with my 3 & 5 yr olds. Every week we find a fun recipe to make together. We all love our special kitchen time! Thanks for the great ideas!
Krystal Watson says
October 22, 2015 at 09:09My favorite reaction came from my daughter when I made her a turkey breakfast last Thanksgiving using pancakes, fruit, and eggs. So fun!
Beth Willis says
October 22, 2015 at 09:27Love Darth Vader
Carolyn says
October 22, 2015 at 16:39I love getting creative with food. My boys never know what to expect. I’ve done graveyard brownies and rat sweet potatoes for an October birthday.
Danielle Welsh says
October 22, 2015 at 21:13I love baking with my kids. We just made pumpkin shaped sugar cookies and the kids had so much fun!!!
My kids and I love to make all different types of cookies together. My kids love to crack eggs, measure, and stir! It is so much fun! My boys will soon be the ones running the show in the kitchen while I assist them!!!
Sonel Steyn says
October 23, 2015 at 03:39My Idea of fun in the kitchen is to give my kids the pre-mix batter plus decorative edible items and let them make their own muffins, cupcakes, pancakes…. and believe me they always come out with the weirdest looking stuff but damn they taste good!!!!
I love to have my kids in the kitchen with me,,,, they are my inspiration and they are always so helpful in making stuff and cleaning afterwords
Ashley says
October 23, 2015 at 07:25Love this. My son would die for it.
Teri Knight says
October 23, 2015 at 07:39My daughters love cooking in the kitchen with me. We’ve made tons of memories just laughing and making whatever recipe we can find. My youngest loves to go to the library and check out all the kiddie cook books and then come home and pick what she wants to try. I remember the time she picked out an Angry Birds one which had ALL egg recipes in it. We had eggs for every meal for a week straight so she could try them all.
Makenzie Pulsifer says
October 23, 2015 at 09:36I just love baking! This even has the best ideas for those with kids or those without. I love these, gonna try some stuff with and for my hubby!
April says
October 23, 2015 at 14:17we are bakers in my house, my children love helping me mix and pour and decorate. we are all the time trying new recipes and ideas. my kitchen could use an update on tools… this would be super cool to win! thank you!
Marcia says
October 23, 2015 at 22:11Won’t let me post” dearth cadet from pink when sent me”????
Marcia says
October 23, 2015 at 22:16Love to do so many things in kitchen fis r my gran! Sandwich shapes love me her favorites, such as butterflies and flowers! Shelled Apple cups filled with Carmel coated Apple sticks, veggie people is a hit also????
Joni Anderson says
October 23, 2015 at 23:43English Muffin Pizzas was a favorite when my girls were little – I sliced open the muffins had pizza sauce, cooked crumbled hamburger, sausage and pepperoni as well as some chopped peppers, onions or any other topping they wanted everything in separate bowls. The kids decorated their own pizzas and there was always lots of laughs and some times competition of who’s looked the best. We did this the most on slumber party nights for a late snack.
Love the Darth Vadar snack you could add black licorice to help define the outline.
Joni Anderson says
October 23, 2015 at 23:48Pancakes are another fun cooking activity to do with children, you can use a multitude of items to make different shapes and designs I use plastic bottles with a thin squirt top so I can use different flavors to help create different designs.
Candice says
October 24, 2015 at 08:37Darth Vader from Pinkwhen sent me….
I am a mother of five…my husband and I love to be in the kitchen with the family…it’s Family time!!! I love to look through your pictures with our Autistic son whom we home school to look for his next project. To see his excitement picking out, through completion of the project is just amazing! Thank you for helping us with creative ideas!!!!!
Carisue says
October 24, 2015 at 19:32I want to try to do more fun thanksgiving and Christmas edible crafts this year.
Rebecca Sousa says
October 24, 2015 at 19:45My 10 year old grandson lives with me and we cook together all the time! He is a wonderful boy who loves to learn new things!
Laura says
October 24, 2015 at 22:04Super cute!
Laurie Hogan says
October 25, 2015 at 08:43Cool stuff!!!!
Audrey says
October 25, 2015 at 16:54Thank you for the great ideas…everyone in our family loves to cook. I can’t wait to try some of you receipes.
Becky says
October 26, 2015 at 13:34I love the inspiration and making food fun to eat and pleasant to look at puts a smile on my face!
CECILIA BURNS says
October 26, 2015 at 18:40I love all of the great things you have on your page !! I will be using some at our Church .. THANK YOU <3
CECILIA BURNS says
October 26, 2015 at 18:43Yes ,it is nice to make it with the bots..I have 2 grown sons now & the can out cook a lot of ladies !! Keep it up ..love this page.
CECILIA BURNS says
October 26, 2015 at 18:46now I have 5 grand daughters & hope they learnfrom this !!
LYN WILLIAMS says
October 26, 2015 at 23:20THESE ARE CUTE IDEAS. SOME WOULD EVEN TEMPT KIDS WHO DON’T LIKE CERTAIN FOODS TO EAT THEM WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS!
Paloma says
October 28, 2015 at 07:42So cool! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Ina says
November 5, 2015 at 13:11I love these ideas to use when I’m around the grands!
Ina says
November 6, 2015 at 09:01My children loved helping with cookies and baking when ever they got the chance to!
Darlynn Galipeau says
November 5, 2015 at 18:19Loved spending time with my kids in the kitchen, I’m looking forward to spending time with the grandkids (when they get here) and making some of these fun ideas! Thanks for the inspiration.
tammy hill says
November 9, 2015 at 01:27love to cook and all the little ones in the house love to help i have pics of my 2 year old niece roll out dough and loving it teach them young lol