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I believe that being together as a family and playing while learning new skills is the best kind of fun! I’m sharing a recent fun day we had where we brought the app, Toca Kitchen 2 to life in our kitchen! I have been compensated for this post by Toca Boca for my participation in this campaign as part of the Mom It Forward Blogger Network.
The girls and I LOVE to cook and have fun in the kitchen.
The only problem is we just don’t have the time to spend in the kitchen that we wish we had. That is why I was so excited to learn about Toca Kitchen 2! It is like a virtual kitchen where you can make all sorts of yummy {and crazy} creations and feed them to a very silly guest!
The wildly popular Toca Kitchen is back with Toca Kitchen 2!
With new guests to cook for, more tools to play with, and new food combinations to test out, Toca Kitchen 2 invites all chefs to get messy and start playing. Made for kids ages 4 and up, Toca Kitchen 2 lets kids cook however and whatever they want. Kids select a character and then head into the kitchen. From there, they can select any food item from the fridge to cook or feed the character. With a number of ingredients, 5 different kitchen tools (including a juicer, frying pan, and an oven), and a number of condiments/seasoning, kids can get creative. Once their dish is complete, it’s time to feed the characters and watch them for their reactions!
Before I let my girls use a new app I always test it out myself first.
After about 30 minutes The Little One started to get angry with me and told me I wasn’t “testing” I was playing… and I totally was! It’s REALLY fun to play and the guests are hilarious! The girl below has to be a vegetarian like us… or at least that is what The Little One says because every time she was offered meat or fish she made the best grossed-out faces and shook her head NO! Little One had so much fun feeding her all sorts of interesting concoctions… like pear and toasted bread smoothies. Even my older two have been playing with it!
We decided to bring Toca Kitchen 2 to life in our own kitchen!
The girls came up with a recipe idea for New Year’s Eve from the app, and then I fine-tuned it after they made it the first time. Their idea turned into Five minute Fresh Fruit Tarts!
There was lot’s of fruit chopping, dough shaping and some snacking while they made the recipe. I didn’t help at all… I just documented the fun!
Here they are in action!
We made an Instagram video of their recipe too! So much fun!
This is our favorite guest. He seemed to really appreciate our efforts when we made him food and seemed happy to eat anything… {raw fish and pear juice anyone?} but when he sneezes watch out! Messy times!
This is my kids’ perspective of the Toca Kitchen 2 recipe in the app.
The girls subbed out croissant dough for the loaf of bread in the app and chose some specific fruits too! I love that Toca Kitchen 2 inspired them to want to cook in real life too… but I appreciate that with this app they can “cook” anytime they want… and I don’t have to worry about cleaning up the kitchen!
Five Minute Fresh Fruit tarts
Ingredients:
- Fresh fruit of your choice, washed and chopped
- 2 tablespoons of sugar
- 1 tube of refrigerator croissant dough
Directions:
- Shape dough into little circles. I folded all the corners into themselves. Bake till golden brown following instructions on the tube.
- Remove from the oven and using the bottom of a mug squish down the center of the crusts to make an indentation for the fruit.
- Top with fruit.
- Sprinkle a little sugar on top. You can also drizzle a little chocolate sauce or even a glaze made with 1/2 a cup of powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons of water.
- Serve right away!
Toca Kitchen 2 can be purchased for $0.99 on the Apple App Store (for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) from Toca Boca, a play studio that makes digital toys for kids. Since its first product launch in 2011, Toca Boca has released 26 apps that have been downloaded in over 160 countries worldwide. With over 75 million downloads to date, Toca Boca apps focus on stimulating kids’ imagination so that they can play and have fun in a safe digital environment with no in-app purchases or external advertising.
Having no in-app purchases or external advertising is SO important to me.
Especially since The Little One spent $25 last month on a new house for her pony on another app. I’ve learned it’s almost impossible to block purchases so not even having them available is huge! I know that she can safely have open-ended play with Toca Kitchen 2 without me having to worry about extra charges or which ads she will see.
That is a cute idea. I bet they were really tasty!
Wow, these look so good! My kids love anything topped with fresh fruit!
This sounds great! My kids and I like to make pizzas together more than anything else.
My daughter loves to be in the kitchen, so I’ve got to download this app for her. That fruit tart sounds delicious.
We have several TOCA apps, I pay for the premium ones too- the kids love them and I even spend time messing around with them (hello hair salon.) This is a great way for kids to grow and engage beyond their tablet or smartphone screens!
This looks like an amazing and nutritious snack/breakfast! My kids really love to be hands on in the kitchen and would have a lot of fun with this recipe! Thanks so much for sharing!
Those look so yummy. It looks like your daughter had a wonderful time helping you make them.
Letting the kids help in the kitchen is always the most fun. They have such a great time helping and learning.
This looks like fun. What a great snack.
Oh, yummy! I love fruit tarts. The game looks fun. I love that there aren’t in-app purchases!!
This sounds like a cute app. I wish I still had an iphone, I miss out on some fun apps. The tarts sound yummy too.
What a delicious looking snack! I love that it can be made in 5 minutes.
What a great idea to get the kids involved with cookingM those tarts look delicious!
I love fresh fruit tarts! They look nice and simple to make and the girls did a great job!
So good and healthy! Thanks for sharing
That looks so good and it looks like your kids had fun making them.
Looks like a delicious tart, the girls look like they had so much fun too. The app is great, nice to see the girls having a good time and learning at the same time.
What an awesome app, this would be great for our home ec in our homeschooling – yummy recipe!
My kids love the Toca apps. We mostly download the free ones. For $0.99, this app is worth it. That fruit tart looks yummy too! Now that my kids are older, I look forward to cooking with them together more :).
Wow! Those fruit tarts look incredible. My kids just love Fruit so this would be a perfect treat for them! I need to give this a try!
I love cooking recipes with children. I also like that this is EZ and fast for help with a stress free AM!
These look yummy! I love your kitchen!
This cooking app is a really neat idea. Your fruit tarts sure look yummy.
This is a good way to encourage kids to learn to cook. Ours all love it and it is is crazy to me when i hear of older kids who can’t even cook a frozen pizza.
Adorable, easy, and quick! And surely delish! Pinning!
Yummy! I don’t mind spending time making dinner, but breakfast needs to be simple and quick. These are perfect for my family.
These fruit tarts look like total yum! And it looks like you guys has so much fun. We have good times in the kitchen too.
Very smart idea! The best part is that the tarts look professionally made and delicious. 😉
The perfect breakfast for my kids. These tarts taste good and my kids will always eat them without complaints!
This is fantastic. Love getting kids in the kitchen. So much fun.
These look and sound amazing indeed. I love the fact that the girls are working together in the kitchen. It is so sweet. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
We love all the Toca apps and this would be a fun one. I have to show it to my kids.
What a quick and delicious treat! Perfect for a party finger food. I love it!
My kids love the TOCA games. This one looks like a lot of fun, I will have to get it for them. Also thanks for the yummy recipe. My daughters will love making this.
A cooking app for kids!! This is amazing and this looks good!
This looks very easy and tasty. I am not the best cook so I love the idea of using croissant dough in a recipe. Your kids look like they are having so much fun baking.
I have all the ingredients and will be making this with my kids tomorrow! Thank you, this looks really easy 🙂
So cute and quick to make – my boys love TOCA apps, we will have to check this one out too!