Simple S'more Parfait Recipe

I have recently began to involve my children in the kitchen in a more intentional way.  They really love helping to cook and so I have been trying to be more intentional about not turning on the tv while I am prepping dinner, but calling them over to help me.  It can be tricky sometimes, but it is paying off because I have children to who love to cook!  So today I am sharing a really fun and tasty, simple Smore Parfait Recipe that is a perfect dessert for your little ones to help you with, no matter their age!

My daughter (who is 8 years old) was able to make this entire dessert from start to finish all by herself!  My 5 year old, needs a little help in the beginning but he can assemble parfaits like a pro!

I know if is often hard to involve kids in the kitchen because it can be messy and it can take twice as long sometimes.  But my goal is to raise children who are self sufficient and part of that is teaching them how to cook, clean and do laundry!  So sometimes a little extra mess is worth the end result!

Plus, these S'more Parfaits are stinkin' delicious!!!  YUM!

And they were so simple to make, I even video taped my daughter putting them together for you!  In reality they took about 14 minutes for her to make start to finish so it is a fairly quick project.  But don't worry, this video is LESS THEN 1 MINUTE!  So it is perfect to quickly see how it's done!

Simple S'more Parfait Recipe

Ingredients:

• Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix
• Milk to make chocolate pudding
• Graham Crackers
• Mini Marshmallows
• Mini Chocolate Chips

Directions:

1. Make the instant chocolate pudding according to package directions.
2. Crush graham crackers.
3. In a small dish, layer crushed graham crackers on the bottom, followed by chocolate pudding.
4. Top with mini marshmallows and mini chocolate chips.

Enjoy!

(you can snag the prinable version of this recipe at the bottom of the post)

Whenever I let my children help in the kitchen they always feel so accomplished!  They also work on math skills and improve fine motor skills without even knowing it!

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