I first heard about fairy bread earlier this year from my Australian friend and fellow expat, Claire. I was pretty skeptical about the treat but I decided to let Carter give it a try and, of course, he loved it! I mean, really, what’s not to love? Fairy bread is super simple to make and although it’s not the healthiest of foods it is a yummy treat for kids! We decided to do a festive take on this Aussie treat by cutting the bread into Christmas tree shapes.
Fairy bread is just three ingredients: bread, butter and sprinkles. First cut your bread into Christmas tree shapes using a cookie cutter. Then, spread butter all over. “Real” fairy bread is cut into triangles, FYI.
Then, sprinkle those sprinkles all over! Really pile them on there. We used Christmas colors for our festive fairy bread, but of course you can use whatever colors you like.
Serve and enjoy!
Be sure to make extra to share with a friend!
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Awesome – but for the genuine fairy bread experience you need to pour the sprinkles onto a plate then press the buttered bread on top for FULL COVERAGE! (sorry I did not explain this) π : )
Good to know! I’ll have to edit that in π I’m not sure my son could have handled that many sprinkles at inches though!
Heheee I love your take on it! I too am puzzled about this treat but hey, we Americans eat a lot of funny stuff, so I love that you just went with it! I definitely think we should make these for snack tomorrow. In this season I don’t even limit sweets, my kids have “Smarties” themed advent calendars (Trust me, I tried to push the Playmobil and Lego ones, but the siren song of chocolate won out) and they’ve been eating Smarties right after breakfast for the past 5 days. lol.
Oh yes we have the kinder chocolate advent calendar this year! Last year we tried the playmobil one and I still can’t find 75% of the pieces!
I have heard of fairy bread but never tried it myself. I was just thinking, instead of sprinkles one might use finely chopped zucchini, carrots and the like to make it a healthy treat. Of course there is not much “fairy” about a veggie bread any more π
ha ha, so funny. Well, now there’s something to get out when we’re desperate for a snack that will actually work to bribe the girls. Which will be after we’ve eaten through two chocolate advent calendars sent by their great grandmother, seven treat bags from Samiclaus, return to the halloween candy we had to put on hold for the advent calendar, plow through easter and then, wow, the barren treat-less summer! ha ha.
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Fairy bread was a staple at my birthday parties growing up. I love the idea of making them at Christmas too π
I wish I had these growing up! In India, the equivalent is a chutney sandwich – while bread slices sandwiched with savory chutney, and cut into triangles, a mainstay of childrens’ parties
Great idea. I will reserve this for a rainy day when the cupboard is bare for zvieri. Seeing your bread makes me miss the fresh sliced bread we get in Ireland. The Swiss long-life equivalent is not the same.
Oh this looks like a great treat the kids could make up on their own and serve up to friends or each other! Some of our friends gifted us Dutch bread sprinkles – this would be a perfect use for them too.