If you have kids, by now you've been begged for some of these squishy, bouncy water balls. Even if you don't have kids you've probably seen the commercials. Little tiny marbles that grow when you soak them in water and provide hours of creative fun. Yeah right!
My son lasted about 20 minutes before he went "But what do they DO?" Ummmm...nothing. Somewhere a man is flying cross country in his new jet laughing his butt off at all of us, but I digress.
Now that you bought the Orbeez and the kids are bored with them, what can you do with water balls?
What are orbeez anyway?
First, let's start with what they are. Orbeez are a superabsorbent polymer that can absorb and retain extremely large amounts of liquid relative to their own mass. These SAPs are then formed into a ball for that waterball look.
You're probably more familiar with them though as the stuff inside diapers & sanitary pads or those gel like chunks in the pot of plants that grow in water like the Lucky Bamboo plants. Which brings me to my first 'alternative' use....
Have you tried golden Oreos yet? They are almost the same as regular Oreos but yellow in color and more of a vanilla flavor. Oh so good! I have a serious addiction to these things. Well, after seeing yet another regular Oreo cheesecake recipe pop up in my Facebook feed, I started thinking that I could do this with golden Oreos!
I decided to adapt my favorite mini Oreo cheesecake recipe to use this flavor instead of the original chocolate and after tweaking it a bit.....I came up with this super easy Golden Oreo mini cheesecake recipe.
