On your marks, get set, go! It's time to cheer on Team USA as they compete in the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. You can have your own watch party with your friends and family, complete with these award-winning snacks! Ask a parent or guardian to help you get started using the ingredients and instructions below.
Olympic Rings Cupcakes
Whether homemade or store-bought, these cupcakes are sure to win first place in deliciousness!
What You'll Need:
Cupcakes with vanilla frosting (can be homemade or store-bought)
Multi-colored round cereal, such as Froot Loops
Paper towels
Directions:
Smooth the top of the cupcake by gently pressing it upside down onto a paper towel. This will make it easier to stick the cereal on top!
2. Place one piece of blue, purple, and red cereal side-by-side on top of a cupcake. This is the first row of the Olympic rings.
3. On the bottom row, add a yellow cereal piece and a green cereal piece side-by-side.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 with the remaining cupcakes.
Fun Facts About the Olympic Rings:
The Olympic rings made their debut in 1913, and they were designed by Pierre de Coubertin.
The rings' colors (blue, yellow, black, green, and red) symbolize the five continents that participate in the Olympics: Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania (Australia and New Zealand), and North and South America (combined).
The addition of the white background behind the rings creates the sixth color. Coubertin said, "The six colors thus combined reproduce those of all nations without exception.”
There are seven versions of the rings, but the multi-colored version is the most recognizable and reflects the original design.
Olympic Torch Chips
This snack is lit! Using only two ingredients, you can make a snackable torch of fire.
What You'll Need:
Cheese puff chips, such as Cheetos
Cake ice cream cones
Directions:
Fill each cone with chips and arrange them to look like flames. Voila! You're ready to be the next Olympic torchbearer!
Fun Facts About the Olympic Torch:
The 2024 Olympic Torch Relay had 11,000 participating torchbearers.
The relay started in Olympia, Greece (the birthplace of the Olympics), with the lighting of the torch. From there, the torch made its way to France on board the ship Bélem.
Being selected as a torchbearer is a huge honor! Torchbearers are chosen based on their character and embodiment of one or more of the Olympics' core tenents: sport and the Games, communities, the collective, and diversity. These lucky people come from all walks of life and include past Olympians, public figures, and French citizens.
Each torch is unique to the host country and Games! You can view past designs here.
Olympic Gold Medal Cookies
Go for the gold! You don't have to be an Olympic athlete to win one of these yummy medals.
What You'll Need:
Vanilla sandwich cookies, such as Oreos
Fruit snack strips, like Fruit by the Foot (any variety)
Directions:
Gently untwist the top of the cookie. Set aside.
2. Unroll a fruit snack strip and tear it in half. Set one piece to the side.
3. Gently press both ends of the fruit snack strip into the bottom cookie's creme.
4. Press the top cookie over the fruit snack strip. Repeat steps 1-3 with the remaining cookies.
Fun Facts About the Olympic Medals:
In each sporting event, the first-place winner receives a gold medal, the second-place winner a silver medal, and the third-place winner a bronze medal.
The first gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded in the 1904 Summer Olympic Games in St Louis.
The 1912 Summer Olympic Games in Stockholm featured the last solid gold medals. Today, gold medals contain a minimum of 92.5% silver and at least 6 grams of gold.
Medals for the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games vary in size and weight. Summer Olympics medals tend to be smaller and lighter than Winter Olympics medals.
Sources:
"Seven Things You Didn’t Know About Olympic Medals." Visit Colorado Springs, 1 November 2023, https://www.visitcos.com/blog/seven-things-you-didnt-know-about-olympic-medals/. Accessed 31 July 2024.
"The Olympic Torch Relay." International Olympic Committee, https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/olympic-torch-relay. Accessed 31 July 2024.
"The Torchbearers." International Olympic Committee, https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/olympic-torch-relay/selection-process. Accessed 31 July 2024.
"Olympic Rings – Symbol of the Olympic Movement." International Olympic Committee, https://olympics.com/ioc/olympic-rings. Accessed 31 July 2024.
Yuko, Elizabeth. "What Do the Olympic Rings Symbolize?" Reader's Digest, 28 July 2024, https://www.rd.com/article/olympic-rings-meaning/. Accessed 31 July 2024.
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