Today on the Stay-at-Home Chef, I'm showing you a fun and tasty April Fool's dinner that will leave your family guessing. Nothing is quite as it seems in this meal, and we're going to explore the art of cooking behind this clever trick.

To start, we'll begin with those meatloaf cupcakes. You can use any meatloaf recipe you want for this one; I've included links to my favorite recipes in the video description. Make sure you're using a lean ground beef, as this will help prevent shrinkage as it cooks and result in more substantial cupcakes. You'll form your meatloaf into balls and place them in the muffin hole - think of it like a giant meatball, really. When they come out of the oven, bake at 350°F for 35 to 40 minutes. Next, you'll need some mashed potatoes that will fit perfectly into piping bags like normal cupcakes. You can use food coloring to make them fun colors and divide them up in different ways - it's all about having fun with this part.

Now that we have our meatloaf cupcakes ready to go, let's work on those French fries. Heat about an inch of vegetable oil in a pan until it reaches 350°F. Peel two Granny Smith apples and cut them into the shape of French fries. Pour 1/4 cup of corn starch into a bowl and lightly dust each of your French fries with the corn starch before frying them in batches for 2 to 3 minutes, or until they're golden brown. You can roll them in cinnamon sugar for an extra sweet treat, but I like them just as they are - even put them in a French Fry Basket to keep the illusion going.

The final part of our April Fool's dinner is what we'll call "main course SL dessert," which sounds suspiciously like a meatloaf with fries. But trust me when I say that it's a game-changer. You'll need six cups of Cocoa Krispies in a gallon Ziploc bag and smash them up into little bits to create this mixture. It looks almost like ground beef, but don't let that fool you - it's actually just Cocoa Krispies! Add another cup of the whole Crispies to give it some texture, then melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large saucepan and stir in 3 tbsp of cocoa powder. Once that marshmallow is nice and smooth, pour it into your mixture and shape it into a meatloaf on a lightly greased pan.

Now, here's the important part: let this "meatloaf" cool and harden completely - about 30 minutes should do the trick. While that's cooling, mix together 1/4 cup of seedless red raspberry jam with 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder to create a delicious sauce. Spread it on top of your so-called meatloaf, then assemble everything together for an April Fool's dinner where nothing is quite as it seems.

Overall, I hope you enjoyed this fun April Fool's dinner and that your family will love it too. If you want all the instructions and recipes, check out the link in the video description - they're all on my website at www.thStayAtHomeChef.com. Give this video a quick thumbs up to let me know you liked it, and subscribe to my channel for more awesome recipes. See you later!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: entoday on the stay-at-home Chef I'm showing you a fun and tasty April Fool's dinner nothing is quite as it seems in this meal that delicious meatloaf main course that's actually Rice Krispy Treats the classic French fry side dish those are actually apples the tasty looking cupcakes for dessert those ones are actually your meatloaf with mashed potato frosting this is a fun meal today I'm going to be taking you less through the recipes of it and more through the art of cooking we're going to start with those meatloaf cupcakes I have a lightly greased muffin tin and a batch of Meatloaf you can use any meatloaf recipe you want I've included links to my favorite recipes in the video description make sure you're using a lean ground beef for this 85 515 9937 those are good mixtures meat shrinks as it cooks and the fat comes out so the less fat you have the less shrinkage that will occur you don't want to end up with puny cupcakes you'll form your meatloaf into balls and put it in the muffin hole it's like a giant meatball really and you want that nice rounded top that looks like a cupcake once you have all your cupcakes the baking time and baking temperature will be the same no matter what recipe you use so bake them at 350° for 35 to 40 minutes you'll also need mashed potatoes I have mine right here I'm going to put it into a Piping Bag just like I would for normal cupcakes you can use food coloring to make it a fun color divide it up and make multiple colors whatever you do it's fine these are going to be really cute once your meatloaves are done remove them from your muffin tin and put them into a cupcake holder Frost your cupcake in the same way you would a regular cupcake next we'll work on our french fries heat about an inch of vegetable oil in a pan till it reaches 350° then peel two Granny Smith apples and cut them into the shape of french fries pour 1/4 cup of corn starch into a bowl and then lightly dust each of your French fries with the corn starch then simply fry them in batches for 2 to 3 minutes until they're golden brown they have the same shape and texture and look as a french fry when they're done so fun you can roll them in cinnamon sugar if you want for an extra sweet treat but I like them just as they are I even put them in a French Fry Basket to keep the illusion going next we're going to move on to our main course SL desert what is it I don't know we're moving on to our meat well fries Krispies you'll need six cups of Cocoa Krispies in a gallon Ziploc bag and smash it up into little bits you want to pulverize it you'll see where I'm going with this because it looks kind of like ground beef so then just take this pulverized Cocoa Krispies and pour them into a mixing bowl add in another cup of the whole Crispies just to give it some texture and you'll see it looks an awful lot like ground beef melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large saucepan stir in 3 tbsp of cocoa powder and then stir in 10 oz of mini marshmallows and let it melt all over low heat once that marshmallow is nice and smooth pour it in with your Cocoa Krispies I'm going to use lightly greased hands to free reform this into the shape of a meatloaf on a lightly greased pan now don't try and cut into this meatloaf anytime soon you need it to cool and Harden completely which takes about 30 minutes now what's any great meatloaf without a great sauce to go on top I have 1/4 cup of seedless red raspberry jam I'm going to add in 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder stir this together I'm going to spread this on top of our so-called meatloaf put it all together and you have a dinner where nothing is quite as it seems I hope you enjoyed this fun April Fool's dinner and that your family loves it too for all of the instructions and recipes click on the link in the video description it's all on my website www.th stayathome chef.com give this video a quick thumbs up to let me know you liked it and subscribe to my channel for more awesome recipes see you latertoday on the stay-at-home Chef I'm showing you a fun and tasty April Fool's dinner nothing is quite as it seems in this meal that delicious meatloaf main course that's actually Rice Krispy Treats the classic French fry side dish those are actually apples the tasty looking cupcakes for dessert those ones are actually your meatloaf with mashed potato frosting this is a fun meal today I'm going to be taking you less through the recipes of it and more through the art of cooking we're going to start with those meatloaf cupcakes I have a lightly greased muffin tin and a batch of Meatloaf you can use any meatloaf recipe you want I've included links to my favorite recipes in the video description make sure you're using a lean ground beef for this 85 515 9937 those are good mixtures meat shrinks as it cooks and the fat comes out so the less fat you have the less shrinkage that will occur you don't want to end up with puny cupcakes you'll form your meatloaf into balls and put it in the muffin hole it's like a giant meatball really and you want that nice rounded top that looks like a cupcake once you have all your cupcakes the baking time and baking temperature will be the same no matter what recipe you use so bake them at 350° for 35 to 40 minutes you'll also need mashed potatoes I have mine right here I'm going to put it into a Piping Bag just like I would for normal cupcakes you can use food coloring to make it a fun color divide it up and make multiple colors whatever you do it's fine these are going to be really cute once your meatloaves are done remove them from your muffin tin and put them into a cupcake holder Frost your cupcake in the same way you would a regular cupcake next we'll work on our french fries heat about an inch of vegetable oil in a pan till it reaches 350° then peel two Granny Smith apples and cut them into the shape of french fries pour 1/4 cup of corn starch into a bowl and then lightly dust each of your French fries with the corn starch then simply fry them in batches for 2 to 3 minutes until they're golden brown they have the same shape and texture and look as a french fry when they're done so fun you can roll them in cinnamon sugar if you want for an extra sweet treat but I like them just as they are I even put them in a French Fry Basket to keep the illusion going next we're going to move on to our main course SL desert what is it I don't know we're moving on to our meat well fries Krispies you'll need six cups of Cocoa Krispies in a gallon Ziploc bag and smash it up into little bits you want to pulverize it you'll see where I'm going with this because it looks kind of like ground beef so then just take this pulverized Cocoa Krispies and pour them into a mixing bowl add in another cup of the whole Crispies just to give it some texture and you'll see it looks an awful lot like ground beef melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large saucepan stir in 3 tbsp of cocoa powder and then stir in 10 oz of mini marshmallows and let it melt all over low heat once that marshmallow is nice and smooth pour it in with your Cocoa Krispies I'm going to use lightly greased hands to free reform this into the shape of a meatloaf on a lightly greased pan now don't try and cut into this meatloaf anytime soon you need it to cool and Harden completely which takes about 30 minutes now what's any great meatloaf without a great sauce to go on top I have 1/4 cup of seedless red raspberry jam I'm going to add in 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder stir this together I'm going to spread this on top of our so-called meatloaf put it all together and you have a dinner where nothing is quite as it seems I hope you enjoyed this fun April Fool's dinner and that your family loves it too for all of the instructions and recipes click on the link in the video description it's all on my website www.th stayathome chef.com give this video a quick thumbs up to let me know you liked it and subscribe to my channel for more awesome recipes see you later\n"