Recipes for Cubs in the Kitchen

Cub Scouts love to cook. There are several Cub Scout adventures related to cooking. And even if you aren’t working on an adventure, helping to prepare a healthy and fun snack or meal promotes independence. And it might also encourage a Cub Scout to try something new. Here are some ideas to help your Cub in the Kitchen:

Here are some recipes to get you started.

Edible Campfires Recipe

Scouts should know how to build a fire. I am always amazed how many kids don't understand the concept of using tinder and small sticks. This snack will help introduce the concept.

Chicken Wrap Recipe

At our March Pack meeting the Cub Scouts worked on the Nutrition belt loop. A nutritionist came in and did some great activities with the Cub Scouts, including bringing in a chicken wrap recipe and letting each Cub Scout make his own chicken wrap.

Donut Snowman Craft/Recipe

Today's Winter Wonderland idea for Cub Scouts is both a craft and a snack. Make snowmen out of powdered sugar donuts, some pretzels, and a few other easy to find ingredients.

How to Make Homemade Popsicles

Popsicles are a great summer treat. And the ones from the store are very convenient, but sometimes it's fun to make your own. Your kids can get pretty creative with the ingredients. If you have your own popsicle molds, great! Otherwise it is still pretty easy to make your own frozen treats.

Fruit and Yogurt Parfait Recipe

One of the kid's aunts, who is a nutritionist, came in and did some activities and made some healthy dishes with the Cub Scouts. One of the recipes she made with them was this fruit and yogurt parfait recipe.

Edible Spiders Recipe

A snack made with crackers and pretzels. This recipe does not require any cooking, so it can be made at a meeting even if you don't have access to a kitchen.

Astronaut Pudding Recipe

This makes a great snack for any space themed meeting. We used it when ZM's den worked on Bear Elective 1 - Space. It can be a little messy, so we went outside.

Turkey Treat Cupcakes

Here's a fun dessert to make with your kids this time of year. Use it to fulfill Bear Achivement 9 (What's Cooking) requirement f: "With an adult, make a dessert for your family" or just for fun at a den meeting.

Magic Wands Recipe

If you are using the Abracadabra theme this month, try making some Magic Wands to go with them. This recipe is simple enough that you could use it at a Pack meeting.

Forgotten Cookies Recipe

My kids always enjoy making these cookies. They are called forgotten cookies because you put them in a hot oven, turn it off, and then forget about them until the next morning.

Candy Cane Cookies Recipe

ZM really enjoy making holiday treats. To him, if it has a special shape, that makes baking extra fun. So these are a good Christmas treat to make with Cub Scouts. They don't have a strong mint flavor, but are more like a sugar cookie.

Shamrock Cookies

St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner. Here is a fun recipe to make with your Cub Scouts to celebrate.

Apple Smiles Recipe

This is a nice recipe to make in the fall when fresh apples from local orchards are readily available. When assembled, this should look like two lips (the red sides of the apples) with two teeth (the marshmallows).

Rice Crispy Treat Trees Recipe

If you are doing something related to forestry, you can make these tree shaped snacks to go with the theme. Or make them for something related to family trees.

Earth Treats Recipe

In honor of Earth Day, here is an Earth themed snack. Basically these are rice krispie treats shaped like the earth. You can make small "earths" or larger ones, but it seems to set better if you don't make them too big.

Cub Juice Potion Recipe

A bubbling bowl of potion will add fun to any magic themed meeting. If your Cub Scouts have never seen what happens when dry ice is placed in a bowl of punch, they will be amazed. Use this idea with the Abracadabra theme.

Snowball Cookies

These are a family recipe. As kids we called them "snowballs" because that is what they look like - small ball shaped cookies rolled in powdered sugar. My mom always called them Russian tea cakes.

Gooey Butter Cake Recipe

Gooey Butter Cake is a favorite type of coffee cake here in St. Louis. This version of the recipe is even easy enough for Cub Scouts to make. It is rich, so don't cut too big of a piece for yourself!

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe

We always carve at least one Jack 'O Lantern in October. We never let the seeds go to waste though. We roast them and eat them instead. These never last long in our house.

Red White and Blue Bread Braid Recipe

This is a recipe for cooking with Cub Scouts. This is a little more involved than some recipes I used with my Cubs, but they really enjoyed kneading the color into the bread. And even if the colors don't come out bright red, white, and blue, Cub Scouts will enjoy eating fresh baked bread.

French Toast Recipe for Cub Scouts

This is a very easy French toast recipe. French or Italian bread works well in this recipe, but plain white bread will do.

One Pot Hoppin’ John Recipe

Hoppin' John is traditionally served on New Year's Day to bring luck through the year. You can have in anytime though. This recipe works at camp or you can cook it at home on your stove.

Ticks on a Toilet Seat Recipe

What's the best way to get a picky eater to have a healthy snack? Make it funny!

Jack O Lantern Creamsicles

We had some creamsicles and some black icing gel so we decided to have some Halloween fun with them. We made these Jack O Lantern creamsicles. This would be a fun snack/craft for a den meeting.

Soil Sample Cupcakes Recipe

Scouts always enjoy playing with their food! This would make a nice snack for any den meeting based on one of the ecology lessons.

Firecracker Burgers Recipe

Scouts BSA and Venturers can make this one at camp or your Cub Scouts can help you make this for the Fourth of July to help fulfill their cooking requirements.

Candy Corn Mix Recipe

You could count this for Bear requirement 9b: With an adult, make snacks for the next den meeting. It isn't the healthiest thing in the world, but it probably a little better than the bags of chips or ding-dongs the parents used to send for our den when we had our meetings right after school.

Sharksicles Recipe

Nobody wants to go out swimming and meet up with a shark! But if you are at a Cub Scout meeting and the shark is your popsicle snack, that is another story. So to go along with this month's aquatics theme for Cub Scouts, here is a snack idea.

Pumpkin Bread Recipe

Pumpkin bread is a favorite snack bread and dessert at our house. This recipe is easy enough for kids to make.

Banana Wheels Recipe

Cub Scouts can make this snack at home for themselves or it would work as a snack at a den meeting.

Baseball Cookies Recipe

It's baseball season. If you are doing a sports theme with your Cub Scouts, why not make some baseball cookies?

Apple Crisp Recipe for Cub Scouts

Cub Scouts love to cook. They might need some help peeling and cutting the apples for this recipe, but they should be able to handle the rest of it with supervision. And they will love getting their fingers messy making the crumb topping.

Dad’s Favorite Star Cookies Recipe

Here is another Christmas cookie. These are not very sweet. ZM and LC like to sprinkle these with colored sugar before we bake them.

Checkerboard Cake

Since I am featuring a chess theme this month, I thought I'd suggest making a checkerboard cake which will look similar to a chess board when sliced as a snack to go along with this theme. One easy way to make a checkerboard cake is with a special checkerboard cake pan.

S’mores Nachos Recipe

Just because it is too cold to go camping doesn't mean that your Scouts can't enjoy s'mores.

Ham and Cheese Bites Recipe

Here is a snack for your Cubs in the kitchen. This one is simple enough that they should be able to do most of it themselves.

Soccer Cake

A few years back, one of our son's coaches had an end-of-season party for the soccer team. My husband likes to decorate cakes, so he made a soccer cake for the party. Since I am showcasing a soccer theme this month, I thought I'd share the idea with you.

Cub Cafe Cub Scout Pack Meeting Plan (Health and Fitness)

BSA has a Cub Scout pack meeting plan called Cub Cafe related to health, nutrition, and fitness. For more ideas for use with this theme, see my Cub Cafe program theme page.

Pepperoni Crescent Wheels Recipe

Here is a "wheel shaped" snack to go with this month's cycling theme. These are pretty easy to make and would be a good snack for a meeting. Younger Cub Scouts will need some help with these, but they are simple enough that they can do a lot of the recipe themselves.

Campsite Honey Apples Recipe

Here's an easy snack recipe for camp or for a den meeting. No cooking required!