Fun Facts & Fair Trade Recipes for Kids

Bring the story of small farmers to life with kid-friendly treats made with fairly traded ingredients. These special snacks can be the starting point for a classroom or kitchen conversation about where some of our favorite foods come from.
Fair Trade Chocolate Chip Cookies
Featuring: Equal Exchange Organic Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
These classic cookies are made even sweeter with chocolate chips that are organic and fairly traded.
Chocolate Chip Facts:
- These chocolate chips are made with cocoa from Peru and sugar from Paraguay.
- Both countries are located in South America.
- Peru has many mountains and rainforests, and Paraguay has many swamps and is mostly flat.
- Both the cocoa and the sugar were grown by groups of farmers who work together and own their own land.
Organic Chocolate Pudding
Featuring: Equal Exchange Organic Baking Cocoa
Add some organic goodness to this easy-to-make treat.
Cocoa Facts:
- This chocolate pudding is made with cocoa from the Dominican Republic.
- Cocoa comes from cacao (ka-cow) beans.
- The Dominican Republic is located on an island in the Caribbean.
- The Dominican Republic has many beaches, mountain ranges and fertile plains that are good for farming.
- The group of farmers who grew these cacao beans have their own cocoa processing plant!

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