This isn’t my usual muffin recipe. The ingredients are decidedly different — and more colorful.
My kids love those multi-colored crayons at the store and their playgoup; my husband I don’t love the price of them. We also don’t love the scads of broken crayons in the kitchen. What’s a parent to do?
This thrifty one couldn’t see throwing all those crayon ends that no one wants to draw with away. Instead, I made new, multi-colored crayons.
Just take the broken bits of crayon, peel off the papers and chop them on a cutting board lined with waxed paper into smaller pieces (mine are about 1/4-inch long). I made red multi-tonal ones for my daughter and blue tones for my son.
Preheat the oven tabout 250. Line muffin tins with cupcake cups, then fill the cups about a third to halfway.
Pop the muffin tin into the oven and bake for about 20 minutes or until the crayon bits are melted.
Don’t they look like multi-colored Reese’s peanut butter cups?
Allow to cool, then draw, color or write with your new crayons. These would also make a great gift for kids or a favor for kids’ parties.
