The Hot Dog Slic'r

When it comes to feeding your kids, it can be a struggle to gt them to eat. They don't always want to cooperate with you. Sometimes you need to get creative and let them have a little fun to help them enjoy their meal and make your life a little easier.

The Hot Dog Slic'r is one of those things that can help you give your kids some fun while they eat. This little dog is a fun way to take your average hot dog and cut it into small, bite sized pieces.

Here's how it works, Take a hot dog, cold or hot, place it in the base. The second piece is placed over it and you push down. This cuts the hot dog into small pieces. You can serve it in the base or you can place the pieces on a plate. If you serve it in the base, the small bowl in the front of the dog's face can be used as a dipping bowl for your child's favorite condiment.

The "blades" of the Slic'r are not sharp, so it is safe to use, and even your kids could use it safely. It cuts okay, but does take some wiggling and a good push to cut all the way through, although lining it up just right over the base does not always work too well. It took me 3 hot dogs to finally get it lined up just right. My husband did not complain about that though. LOL!

It wasn't easy to cut through the hot dogs but not too bad to use except the hot dogs do not want to stay in the base all nice in a row to use it like a plate/bowl. The pieces want to fall out every time, like in the picture above. I couldn't push them back through the holes and it is not easy to get them all back in it to serve it that way. Much easier to just place them on a plate or in a bowl. You can still use the little bowl in front of the dog as a condiment dish, but it isn't quite the same thing as having the hot dog in it too. Maybe after a few more cuts, I'll get the pieces to stay.

This is a fun thing for you to use with your kids to help make meal time a little more fun for them. The Slic'r washes on the top rack of the dishwasher or you can do it by hand, and it's easy to store. For me it seems to be more work to use than it should be, but if it is fun for the kids, I'm okay with that.

This reviewer received the product free or at a discounted price in order to bring you an honest review. No other form of compensation was given. All opinions are those of the reviewer. 

We Can't Wait For More Warm Weather For More Fun Bonfires

For as long as I can remember, I have enjoyed a bonfire and siting around it roasting hot dogs or s'mores! Some of my fondest memories have been made with my family around a good bonfire. One thing I do remember really well is looking for sticks to roast with. They had to be long enough for dad to carve a point on the end and still long enough to be back from the fire enough.

I am so thankful to have a much better solution these days than a stick hunt! Marshmallow Pro has a super nifty set of Marshmallow Roasting Sticks that fit the bill exactly!

The sticks are wonderful. They have two tines on the forks, just right for putting on 2 or 4 marshmallows or even 2 hot dogs. The ends of the forks are pointed, so you do need to be careful with them, but they are not super sharp pointed. It's just enough to get through the marshmallows and hot dogs (or sausage, or any number of things you can roast). They come with tiny red caps to cover the tips with, and I love them! I know they won't be poking out through the storage bag or poking me as I dig them out.

The roasting sticks come in this nice nylon carrying case, so you have all of them in one place all ready to go. The sticks are only 10" long in the case, but they telescope out to 34" from end to end. It's a nice length to keep yourself from being too close to the fire, but close enough to roast things. When the roasting sticks are extended all the way out, they are very sturdy and not flimsy at all. I was impressed with the quality of these. Plus there are 5 colors, so everyone can keep track of their own roasting stick.

Now here is one of the really neat things about these roasting sticks, at the top of the handle, between the handle and the metal is a small heavy black plastic piece that holds the bottom of the telescoping metal. You can turn that as you hold the stick to rotate what you are roasting without having to turn the handle. In fact, you can do it with one hand holding the handle and rotating the stick with your thumb. It's pretty neat and so stinkin' easy to brown things evenly with these!

We can't wait for all the bonfires we will have this year and all the new memories we will be making around them with our Marshmallow Pro Roasting Sticks!

You can purchase the marshmallow Pro Roasting Sticks HERE!

This reviewer received the product free or at a discounted price in order to bring you an honest review. No other form of compensation was given. All opinions are those of the reviewer.