FAMILY FUN
Best Kids’ Cooking and
Baking Experiences
in the DMV
BY LINDSAY C. VANASDALAN
I Serving up all types of candies
and treats—nostalgic varieties,
candy-by-the-pound jars, every
chocolate bar you could imag-
ine (including bacon and potato
chips!)—Henry’s opens up its
modern candy store to kids with
fun classes and camps for bak-
ing and decorating. Owner Patty
Craver is also a full-time pas-
try chef, which means she offers
lots of house-made goodies in
the store, such as fresh pastries,
Cookology 21100
Dulles Town
Cir- chocolate-covered Oreos, cake
cle, Sterling, VA 20166 | pops, buckeyes and fudge. Sum-
mer camps for ages 6-12 include
cookologyonline.com/kids Is your little chef looking for lunch and a baking craft.

more options to hone their
culinary skills? Kids with big The Kosher Chocolate
dreams of becoming a chef can Factory
get started at Cookology, which 14803
Southlawn Lane
offers a range of camps; fam- (behind the Dunkin Donuts),
ily cooking classes; one-on-ones Rockville,
MD 20850
| with mom, dad, a grandparent kosherchocolatefactory.com
or caregiver; and a workshop. Learn how to make your own
Cooking classes at Ballston chocolate at The Kosher Choco-
Quarter and Dulles Town Cen- late Factory, part of the JCrafts
ter begin as early as age 3. Kids workshop series. Families can
will learn skills such as measur- sign up for two programs: choc-
ing, mixing and rolling. All age olate from scratch and truffle
groups will work with a profes- making. This kosher series also
sional chef and explore cuisine allows children to explore the
including New World, seasonal, historic connection between
healthy and gluten-free varieties. Jews and chocolate and mold
some kosher-themed chocolate
shapes. Kids will also get to make
Henry’s Sweet Retreat
4823 St. Elmo Ave., Bethesda, MD their own custom box of truffles
20814 | henryssweetretreat.com to take home. L’chaim!
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s your child a budding gour-
met? Soon your little one
could be making you pan-
cakes every morning, not just
on Mother’s Day! Just kidding …
but your little chefs will love the
opportunity to learn (and eat)
more at these cooking and bak-
ing classes in the DMV.

The Red Bandana
Bakery 8218 Wisconsin Ave., Suite
101, Bethesda, MD 20814 |
theredbandanabakery.com Here’s a baking class you and
your child can complete in the
comfort of your own home.

Order kits from the gluten-free
bakery with a 4-inch or 6-inch
cake round (dairy-free, vegan
and keto-friendly options) and
frosting, sprinkles, fondant, pre-
serves filling, cake board and
a piping bag and get baking. A
pre-recorded instruction video
from the head baker will be avail-
able to play as you create. Kids
can also try other kits, including
scratch-made pizza, cookie deco-
rating, chickpea blondies, bagels
and cinnamon rolls.

Wild Wood Pizza
1600 Village Market Blvd.,
Suite 120, Leesburg, VA 20175 |
wildwoodpizzeria.com “Pizza is a great equalizer. It
doesn’t matter if you’re young
or old,” reads the Wild Wood
Pizza website, and that quote
translates to its cooking classes!
Kids of all ages will participate
in hands-on pizza making in the
Village at Leesburg. Chef Curtis
Alfred will teach them how to
roll and knead dough and create
their own pizzas, which will then
be placed in the wood-burning
oven by Wild Wood staff. Parents
or guardians must be on site,
but only children younger than
10 require cooking supervision.

Purchase an extra DIY pizza kit
to take home after class. ■
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