FunBites Hearts - Cuts kids' food into fun-shaped bite-sized pieces . . . Great for picky eaters and bento!
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Product Description
FunBites Hearts makes a heart from 10 geometric shapes. FunBites is patented because it's the first and only kitchen tool to cut kids' food into fun shaped bite sized pieces. FunBites is made in the USA of high performance food grade material chosen for its strength, sharpness and durability. Picky eaters meet their match. Try on all kids food like waffles and pancakes, to deli, melon, cheese, brownies and more. Great for Bento lunches too. FunBites was invented by a mother and her daughters to make healthier food choices fun and mealtime less stressful for everyone. Join the fun. FunBites bite sized mealtime magic.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #49491 in Baby Product
- Color: Pink Hearts
- Brand: FunBites
- Model: 2001
- Released on: 2012-01-15
- Dimensions: 1.75" h x3.75" w x6.00" l,.40 pounds
Features
- Great for pancakes, deli, grilled cheese, quesadilla, burgers and more
- Picky eaters love FunBites; Great for Bento and other creative lunches
- Made of high-performance food-grade material for sharpness and durability
- Curved blades easily cut through food with rocking motion; Matching popper ejects food without touching hands
- Made in USA; BPA free; Top-shelf dishwasher safe
By C. J. Abel
FunBites are perfect for picky eaters and to add even more fun to Bento Box Lunches or Muffin Tin Meals. It is an awesome kitchen tool that cuts kids' food into fun bite-sized shapes. Now available in two sets: Cube It! creates bite-sized squares and Luv It! makes a big heart and two smaller hearts from geometric shapes. Works great on any kids food from pancakes and sandwiches to burgers and cake! Made in the USA, BPA free, dishwasher safe and mom invented. These are great for kids and parents.
Bento Boxed Lunches and Muffin Tin Meals are all the rage these days. Actually Bento has been around in Japan for centuries, but now has become more popular in the United States. They are meals put together in a fun and aesthetic way that are placed in containers for convenience. Kyaraben or charaben (character bento) is a whole form of elaborately arranged bento which features food decorated to look like people, characters from popular media, animals, and plants. Muffin Tin Meals use muffin tins as the container. There are so many ways to arrange the food to make fun pictures of things or just make it pleasing to look at.
I received Luv It! My kids love Luv It! and so do I. It is so simple to use and you can use it on a number of foods. I just stuck with the basic heart shape that the Luv It! popped out, but don't you just stop there! You can also rearrange the shapes to create new designs. Be creative!
Try it on: Omelets, Melons, Strawberries, Apples, Pears, Kiwi Fruits, Grilled Cheese, Deli Sandwiches, Quesedillas, Burgers, Pancakes, Waffles, Tofu, Cheese, Pizza, Fruit Leather, Deli Meats, Brownies, etc. You can also use Cube It! to make your own croutons.
Of note when making sandwiches, I did find that when using spread or sauce (like: jelly, jam, peanut butter, mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, etc.) you have to be careful not to use too much. If the sandwich has other ingredients besides the spread you can place the spread or sauce in the middle of those instead of directly on the bread. Otherwise it will make the bread mushy or gush out of it when you use the FunBites. Also, toasted bread works better for sandwiches.
I would love to see a flower shaped cutter from FunBites someday :) For now they have Cube It! (cubes) and Luv It! (hearts).
DISCLOSURE/DISCLAIMER: I received this product for free to facilitate my review. My thoughts are mine and my family's own opinion and have not been altered by anyone else. I did not receive any other compensation for doing this review.
By Bou Shin
I love the color and the shape of this product, plus its a great and safe way to get young children involved in making their own meals. It makes it cute and you can have a fun time making your own little puzzles. It has safety handles on the side for gripping but unless you're using this to cut through soft cheeses it can be a bit hard to use. You have to "rock" the product in your hands and at times the pusher (smaller and thicker block) can get stuck or won't move out all of the product. You may have to use a skewer or toothpick to remove the hearts, also.
I have not tried the squares product but it may be easier as it doesn't have the curves and ridges that the Hearts Cutter contain. If you're not used to using food cutters on non-desserts, you may want to practice with something else before this but it can help with making easier, soft-food lunches for your little ones. I would suggest it if you would like something new to try, but be careful as I actually had to put my whole weight on the cutter as I "rocked" it back and forth so that it would cut through a whole-wheat sandwich. Get some practice with it and see if your child (or you) likes it or something similar to it.
I've written a more thorough view on my blog "Shin's Vegan Lovin'. I had received the Funbites Hearts Cutter for free for a review.
By Ludicrous Mama blogging at Biting the Hand That Feeds You
For the record, I rarely give ANYTHING 5 stars, so don't let that mislead you into thinking there's anything wrong with this product!
As far as cutters go for food, this is one of the easiest to use, because of the thing that pushes the shapes back out. Trust me. When using a cutter for small shapes, that's a HUGE advantage! I don't have to poke them out of each hole with a finger!
Cleaning CAN be frustrating, if you're cutting gooey foods. You'll want to do a quick swipe with a bottle brush in each compartment before putting the pushing tool in and running the whole thing through the dishwasher. For foods that aren't gooey, should be fine to just put the parts together and dishwasher them.
I personally am not a big fan of the triangles making a heart. I can never seem to get the pieces to stay in the cutter before popping them intact onto a plate, so I end up having to reverse-engineer the layout, and feel like a lab monkey. HOWEVER, they are GREAT for making OTHER shapes, like kites, boats, ice cream cones, etc. And the heart-shaped holes are amazing on harder foods, like carrot coins! With the mini metal cutters, I usually end up with bruises on my palms after cutting a bunch out. Not with this! It feels almost like cheating...
I haven't come up with a solution to the sandwich fillings bloobing out the sides or splitting through the top of the bread, for gooey fillings like toasted cheese or PBJ. You can cut the bread first, then make a zillion tiny little sandwiches (No thanks!) Or I just give my daughter the bread shapes and some PB and Jelly in little cups and let her dip. Fun! I also give her a knife to spread her own, if she so chooses. This is not a problem with non-melted meat and cheese sandwiches, pancakes, fruit, veggies like carrots and cucumbers, etc.
