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I can do these no cook sweets (below) no prob but are there any cooked sweets (that need hob or oven) I can do with children? No boiling sugar etc as that is too difficult even for me!

Coconut ice condensed milk, icing sugar, dessicated coconut, red food colouring
No-cook fudge condensed milk, icing sugar, butter
Peppermint creams condensed milk, icing sugar, peppermint extract, green food colouring
Caramel crisp marshmallows marshmallows, caramel ice cream topping, rice krispies
Truffles butter, icing sugar, chocolate, chocolate sprinkles

10-12 year olds should be able to cope with boiling sugar.

Your list is about as much as I could think of without taking risks.

You could cook condensed milk in the can to make things like Millionaires' Shortbread. Tiffin bar is something that also springs to mind.

Nigella's rocky road crunch

I find the exact recipe too rich but I

Use 1/2 milk and plain chocolate
Replace the marshmallow with dried fruits (sultanas, chopped dates etc)
Use a mix of biscuits (digestives, malted milk whatever broken bits are in the bottom of the barrel
Use rice crispies

My batch this time has bashed up trifle sponges in it

Looks good guys, thanks.

I would boil sugar if I was just with one or two children, but I need something for my Guide unit where I and the other adults can't keep an eye on all of them all at once, so I have to be able to give instructions and trust them at least a little. Plus they all have very varied experiences in the kitchen - one has never even made a sandwich would you believe?

Have now googled and found
Millionaires Shortbread
and
Tiffin

Really good ideas for me! Thanks.

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I made Nigellas rocky road for my sixth formers the other week and they loved it.

i remember doing some mad things with glace cherries and marzipan - anyone got a clue what i'm on about

yay found it