Desserts for Kids: Brownies, Cookies, Pudding and Pie

Seven sweet endings to a meal: a chocolate brownie, a cookie, a slice of pie, chocolate mousse, a creamy custard, Spanish flan with its caramel sauce, and pudding. Several of them, custard, flan and pudding, are close cousins, all made by cooking milk, eggs and sugar.

Brownie, custard and pudding are the longest words, at seven letters. Custard and mousse read backwards.

Common Desserts Vocabulary: 7 Words to Find

Words run across, up and down; 4 of the 7 read backwards. The longest words are Brownie, Custard and Pudding, with 7 letters each.

Brownie: A dense, fudgy square of chocolate cake.
Cookie: A small, sweet baked biscuit.
Custard: A creamy sauce or dessert of milk, eggs and sugar, cooked gently until thick.
Flan: A baked custard with a layer of caramel sauce, popular in Spain and Latin America.
Mousse: A light, airy dessert, often chocolate, made with whipped cream or egg whites.
Pie: A baked dish with a pastry crust and a sweet or savory filling.
Pudding: A soft, creamy dessert, or in Britain any dessert at all.

How to Solve the Common Desserts Word Search

"Brownie" has the only B and W and reads normally across. "Flan" has the only F and L and runs upward, like "pudding". Look for the doubles: OO in "cookie", SS in "mousse" and DD in "pudding".

Dessert Party Activities for Kids

Vote on the class's favorite dessert.
Bake simple cookies or brownies together.
Ask which desserts are baked and which are chilled.