April Fool's Day Recipes

April 1st is our favorite day to get tricky in the kitchen. These fun April Fool’s Day recipes and faux foods are great ways to turn tricks into treats.

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Paper Plane

This paper plane cocktail recipe combines bourbon, Aperol and amaro Nonino for a perfect sip. The balanced bitter, sweet and tart drink will soon become your signature pour.

April Fools’ Cake Recipe

This recipe is so easy to put together, and it's so tasty it will be requested more than just on...


10 Creative April Fools’ Food Ideas

Feed (and fool) your family with these fun April Fools' food ideas, including meat loaf cake, sweet pizza, candy onion...


April Fools’ Drink Recipe

Your family will pucker up to one of our favorite April Fools food pranks! These berry "beverages" look inviting to...


Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

5 reviews

This brown butter chocolate chip cookies recipe, made with brown sugar and slowly simmered butter, is an amazing upgrade to...

Ranch Dip

Ready in what feels like five seconds, ranch dip is the easiest recipe to whip up at a moment’s notice....


Fig Balsamic Walnut Flatbread

1 review

With sweet figs, tangy balsamic and rich goat cheese, this is one of my favorite flatbread recipes. It's also delicious...

The Best April Fools’ Food Pranks (We’re Not Kidding)

Looking to prank your family this April 1st? Here are some hilarious April Fools' food pranks that'll get a giggle...


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18 April Fool’s Day Foods Your Kids Will Love

Show your kids you have a healthy sense of humor with these April Fool's Day foods and treats. Whether...


Sunny-Side-Up Dessert

My boys love this sweet take on eggs and toast. To make the "egg yolk," you can use all sorts...


Octopus and Seaweed

5 reviews

Your hungry kids will squirm with delight when they get a look at these remarkable smiley sea creatures perched on...

April Fools Berry Soda

8 reviews

Your family will pucker up to one of our favorite April Fools food pranks! These berry "beverages" look inviting to...


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Layer Cake Meat Loaf

5 reviews

If the kids are always asking to eat dessert first, here's your chance. The moist "cake" layers are really full-flavored...


Tangy Parmesan Tilapia

29 reviews

If you want a gluten-free fish coating, this works beautifully! Some reduced-fat mayos may contain gluten, though, so check the...


Ice Cream Tacos

Ice Cream Tacos look just like the real thing—but they're stuffed with chocolate ice cream and topped with cherries and...


Heavenly Crab Cakes

6 reviews

When I switched to a low-fat diet, I thought I'd never be able to eat crab cakes again. But then...

April Fools’ Cake

10 reviews

This recipe is so easy to put together, and it's so tasty it will be requested more than just on...