Dessert Wars is an activity designed for teams of approximately 6-12 players. All players will work together to name their “bakery”. Once all of the bakery names are in, all teams will receive and assortment of items ranging from:  Brownies, Cream Puffs, Crepes, Angel Food Cakes, Doughnuts, and Cinnamon Rolls, to Assorted Color Sugar Cookies, Canollis, Pastry Tarts, and Chocolate Chip Cookies.

 

There are two rounds (30 pts per round – 60 is a perfect score!): In Round 1, Bakeries will have 12 minutes to decorate their dessert. Themes are given, right before the time officially starts. Teams must decorate to represent the theme. They are also given a “secret ingredient” which must be incorporated into their display in some way. Our dessert wars are not a free for all though! Each team will have a budget that they must work within, so you must chose your ingredients carefully because once you use up your budget no additional ingredients will be given out. To avoid a “bum rush”, teams pick 2 players from their bakery to be their buyers.

 

In round 2, you are given a new budget and a new theme…once again, you will have to stay within budget, and incorporate the secret ingredient. 12 minutes on the clock!

 

At the end of each round, all teams must have their dessert displayed on our table. Teams will be judged on the following:

 

  • Overall Presentation
  • How well the dessert represent the given Theme
  • How well the bakery used the available ingredients
  • How well the bakery incorporated the “secret ingredient”
  • Cleanliness (“bakers’” hands and tables)

 

Creativity

 

After the judges have tallied their scores, all bakeries are welcome to get their dessert and taste! Highest score wins the gold medals! If your bakery didn’t win, don’t worry! We have 2 more rounds in store for you. Each round has a new theme and a new secret ingredient! Good luck and let the battle begin!

 

Potential Inventory (Ingredients might vary based on time of year)

 

Pudding
Maraschino Cherries

Oreos
Licorice
Sprinkles (pink, yellow, blue, and orange)
Pretzels
Marshmallows
Food Coloring (red, green, yellow, black)
Lollipops
Modeling Chocolate (both regular and white)

Pixie Stick Dust (orange, purple, pink, blue)
Bananas
Fruit Loops
Chocolate Chips
Chocolate Shavings
White Chocolate Chunks
Plastic Spoons
Bowls
Single Serving Plastic Cups
(used to get ingredients)
Pastry Bags (NEEDED!!)

 

 

 

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