Make These Cute Rilakkuma & Kaoru Snacks That Will Chase Away Your Monday Blues

By Amelia on 27 Apr 2020

Creative Editor

Any Rilakkuma fans here? ?? Well, we simply adore this fuzzy toy bear, that's always lazy and relaxed, a true representation of how we would want our Mondays to be like.

If you have tried making Disney snacks, how about have a go at making these simple & cute Rilakkuma snacks that will surely chase away your Monday Blues?

Read on to find out more!

#1 Rilakkuma Pound Cake

Ingredients needed:
- 1 cup of unsalted butter in room temperature
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 can sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Ready-make chocolate pound cake
- Chocolate icing/chocolate sprinkles

Photo from @yutianliangzi

How to make:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees first. Add butter to the pan and dust the pan with flour, and tap out the excess.
- Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter and sugar until they turned light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, followed by adding vanilla and salt. Turn the mixer to low speed and gradually add the flour until the entire batter is combined.
- Scrape the batter into the pan and spread it evenly. Ensure that you run a knife through the batter to tap the pan so as to remove trapped air in the batter.
- Bake until golden brown and using a toothpick, insert it into the center of the cake.
- There should be moist crumbs that are on the toothpick.
- Using the Rilakkuma cutter, cut the ready-chocolate cake to form a Rilakkuma face.
- Add the ready-made Rilakkuma chocolate cake onto the butter pound cake and put it back into the oven.
- Let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes and invert it onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Add some chocolate icing/icing of your choice to form Rilakkuma's face.

Photo from @yutianliangzi

#2 Rilakkuma Sandwiches

Ingredients needed:
- 6 slices of bread
- 4 tomatoes
- 1 lettuce
- Chocolate sprinkles
- Strawberry jam
- 2 bananas
- Nutella
- Eggs

Photo from @yutianliangzi

How to make:
- Using a Rilakkuma cutter, shape the plain pieces of bread into a Rilakkuma face.
- Optional: Add it to the toaster. Remove it from the toaster when done.
- Slice the banana into smaller pieces to add as Rilakkuma's nose.
- Add Nutella and chocolate icing to form the eyes and mouth of Rilakkuma.
- Add strawberry jam to form Rilakkuma's ears.
- Place Rilakkuma bread to the serving plate. Add lettuce and tomatoes to the serving plate as decorations.

#3 Rilakkuma Strawberry Cookies

Ingredients needed:
- Any pink strawberry chocolate of your choice
- 1 cup of butter
- 1/2 cup of cornstarch
- Sugar
- Vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- All-purpose flour
- Salt
- Milk
- Strawberry and chocolate icing
- Cooking spray

Photo from @yutianliangzi

How to make:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees with 2 baking sheets.
- Cream butter with cooking spray, sugar, egg yolk, salt, and vanilla extract until fluffy. Add in the milk and mix well.
- Fold in the all-purpose flour and cornstarch. Use a spatula and your hands to mix the dough.
- Continue to mix the dough until it becomes soft for 10 minutes. Cover the dough with a plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Pour the strawberry chocolates onto a big mixing bowl and heat it up.
- Mix and grind it until it is fully melted.
- Roll the dough to 1/4 inch thick.
- Pour the dough into the melted strawberry chocolate while using a Rilakkuma cutter so as to form the cookie dough.
- Place the Rilakkuma cookies on the baking sheets and bake for 15 minutes. Cookies are supposed to be light brown.
- Cool the cookies.