droolicious : toasters

A Toast To Breakfast Toys

Lisa Estall — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:04:00 GMT

Get your mornings started with this KidKraft Toaster Set. Your child can join you in the kitchen and pretend to make breakfast while you prepare their real food.

For $29.95, this wooden set includes a toaster that pops up, 2 slices of bread, 2 bagels, a stick of butter with Velcro straps, a plate, and a butter knife.

You can buy this at A Rocking Horse To Love.

For the Culinary Copycat

Lisa Mulcahy — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:10:00 GMT

Anything that keeps my toddler occupied while I’m cooking is ok in my book. I’ve given in to fridge magnets (even though I vowed to never have one of those refrigerators with tons of crap hanging off of it) and have sacrificed some skillet pans, but now I think it’s time to break down and buy some “appliances” for my son. These look just like Mommy and Daddy’s toaster, coffee maker and mixer.

Since he’s going though a big time copycat phase, I think he’ll be pleased and will hopefully turn to his own culinary creations instead of hanging on my leg. Cookin For Kids’ toaster, coffee maker and stand mixer, are affordable at $9.99 each and besides looking good they move and make sounds like the real thing.

Girls Rule in the Kitchen

Erin Behan — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:19:00 GMT

One of the advantages of being at home with your new baby is that you can spend an inordinate amount of time researching things like toasters and no boss will tell you to quite messing around. Which is how I came across this toaster, which is only negligibly about toasting.

What it's really about is girl power, the kind you can print on your sliced bread, thanks to this Pop Art toaster ($34.99) available at Target. The slogans "boys r smelly," "girls rule" and "drama queen" are among the sayings you can have burnt into your little lady's morning routine. And you'll note, the toaster is blue, not pink (although you can also get it in white).

Warm Your Buns the Alessi Way With This Sleek Modern Toaster

Aaron Burgess — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:03:00 GMT

I'm not sure if this mirror-polished, Giovannoni Stefano-designed toaster with bun warmer ($199 from Alessi) actually gets Eggos and hot-dog buns any tastier than a run-of-the-mill Black & Decker toaster might, but cripes, will your bread look awesome popping out of it. And that's really all that matters, right? (I kid!)

Besides the built-in bun-warming rack on top, there's an optional rack for sandwiches that allows you to crisp up your PB&J (though runny ingredients are highly un-recommended) inside the toaster. It's well-designed for smaller spaces (16" long; just under 5" wide and 8" high), and built to last from 18/10 stainless steel.

Pop Goes the Wooden Toaster

crazedparent — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:11:00 GMT

There'll be no more breaking of mom and dad's real toaster when Junior(-ita) gets ahold of this wooden version. It's sturdy and can probably handle some serious playtime, unlike some of the plastic versions on the market. And besides, it's really cute.

The wooden toaster sells for about $25.