[For Seniors] April Snack Activity: Ideas to Enjoy Spring with Homemade Sweets

Fluffy Marshmallow Mousse

[Only 3 Ingredients] How to Make Fluffy Marshmallow Mousse [Easy Snack]

So fluffy and pure white you’ll want to touch it! How about a mousse made with marshmallows? Put milk and marshmallows in a pot and heat until smooth and liquid.

Once the marshmallows are fully melted, pour into dishes and chill in the refrigerator until set—that’s it.

Top with a lemon wedge and drizzle with lemon juice for extra refreshment! Its very soft texture makes it easy to enjoy even for those whose chewing strength has declined.

It’s also great topped with strawberries, kiwi, and more!

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Araki Jakkan

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Cream soda to be eaten slowly

Oyachube! 'Yukkuri Taberu Cream Soda' (Oyachube! 'Cream Soda to Eat Slowly')

Melon cream soda with a scoop of vanilla ice cream floating on melon soda—it’s a beloved menu item for kids and adults alike.

Still, some people may feel they have to rush because the ice cream melts too quickly.

This version is perfect for those people: it uses ice cream that’s slow to melt.

Mix ice cream base with milk and freeze it.

Combine melon shaved-ice syrup with carbonated water and a thickening powder, then stir gently until it thickens; pour it into a glass to finish.

Even with the thickener, you can still enjoy the fizzy sensation, making it a safe option for older adults with reduced swallowing function.

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transparent cake

[Only 2 Ingredients] Just mix and chill! How to make a transparent cake! / [syun cooking]

Here’s an eye-catching idea for a transparent cake.

As the name suggests, this cake lets you see right through the inside.

The “sponge” is actually made with gelatin, so you can easily make it by simply mixing and chilling.

It looks beautiful topped with fruit, and you can also embed fruit inside.

There are many ways to decorate it, so try coming up with your own original design.

Note that gelatin takes time to set in the fridge, so keep that in mind.

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Warabi Mochi in Anmitsu Style

Oyachube! “Anmitsu-style Warabi Mochi”

Warabi-mochi has a jiggly, gelatinous texture in your mouth.

It’s often dusted with kinako (roasted soybean flour), but topping it with matcha or drizzling it with kuromitsu (brown sugar syrup) is also delicious.

Warabi-mochi is made with warabi starch, though using warabi starch can sometimes result in a slightly firmer texture.

Try some tweaks, like using a store-bought kit that yields softer warabi-mochi, or making a soft version with potato starch (katakuriko).

You can also turn it into an anmitsu-style dessert by adding sweet red bean paste and fruit, then drizzling kuromitsu on top.

It transforms warabi-mochi into a more festive Japanese sweet than usual, and it’s likely to be enjoyed by older adults as well.

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Nakajima Junko

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Tricolor Mousse

Easy with 4 ingredients! Hinamatsuri three-color mousse

A three-color mousse is the perfect dessert for spring.

The three colors represent the hues of hishi-mochi.

It’s said that red symbolizes peach blossoms, green represents fresh greenery, and white evokes snow.

First, for the white layer, use marshmallows and milk.

For the green layer, use matcha.

For the red layer, use strawberry jam.

Pour each color into cups in separate layers and chill them in the refrigerator.

Finish with whipped cream and strawberries on top, and it’s done.

It’s a visually beautiful and easy-to-eat dessert, making it recommended for seniors.

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Nanaka

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Baked churros

[No-Fry, Easy] How to Make Churros Without Frying Using Pancake Mix

Let’s try making theme park–favorite churros as a snack activity at a senior care facility! This recipe doesn’t require deep-frying, which lowers the hurdle for preparation.

Put milk and oil in a pot and heat over medium.

Once it comes to a boil, turn off the heat and add pancake mix, stirring to combine.

Be careful not to burn yourself.

Beat eggs in a bowl, then add them to the dough you just made in two additions.

At first the dough won’t come together easily, but if you use a spatula to cut through it finely and then repeatedly press the dough against the bowl and fold it over, it will come together more smoothly.

Transfer the dough to a piping bag fitted with a star tip, pipe onto parchment paper, and bake in the oven.

The toasty aroma makes this a mouthwatering treat!

Sakuramochi Making

[For the Spring Higan, Sakura Mochi] The world’s easiest sakura mochi made with a rice cooker

Let’s try making sakuramochi, an essential treat for the Peach Festival.

When you think of sakuramochi, you picture a gentle pink wagashi, right? Color glutinous rice with food coloring and cook it; once it’s done, knead it and shape it into balls.

Wrap sweet red bean paste with the glutinous rice, place desalted cherry blossoms or leaves on top, and it’s ready.

Using a rice cooker instead of a steamer makes it simple.

There’s also a type of sakuramochi made by wrapping red bean paste in a pink wheat-flour crepe.

This is called Chomeiji sakuramochi, and it also seems like something enjoyable to make together with seniors.

Enjoy a lovely time with delicious, fun-to-make sakuramochi.

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Nakajima Junko

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