Take on the chocolate mint face race challenge

You’ll need

Before you begin

Use the safety checklist to help you plan and risk assess your activity. Additional help to carry out your risk assessment, including examples can be found here. Don’t forget to make sure all young people and adults involved in the activity know how to take part safely.
Make sure you’ll have enough adult helpers. You may need some parents and carers to help if you’re short on helpers.

Remember to check for allergies, eating problems or dietary requirements and adjust the recipe as needed. Make sure you've checked everyone's dietary requirements and allergies then adapted the recipe as appropriate. This may include ensuring no cross-contamination during food storage, preparation and serving, too.
Check if there are any items of food (or packaging) that people can’t touch or be near to or if there are items that people might not be comfortable using in the activity. 
Be conscious about who may be fasting when providing snacks, eating and drinking – you may want to plan this activity for when everyone can get involved or leave out the eating and drinking part.
Depending on the size of your section, you may want to split everyone into multiple teams to make it easier to judge who ate their chocolate the quickest.

Everyone should take their chocolate or biscuit and get ready to place it on their forehead.
Everyone needs to tip their head back, so they’re looking at the ceiling.
On the count of three, everyone should place the chocolate on their forehead.
People need to move the chocolate into their mouth without using their hands, but only their facial muscles or movements.
If the chocolate drops on the floor, they could either be out or start again with a new chocolate.
The first player to eat their chocolate wins!

This quick game required you to move your body in new ways. Was it very difficult to get the chocolate from your forehead into your mouth?

Did anyone discover that the longer you take, the quicker the chocolate melts onto your face? Now, make sure you clean your face!

All activities must be safely managed. You must complete a thorough risk assessment and take appropriate steps to reduce risk. Use the safety checklist to help you plan and risk assess your activity. Always get approval for the activity, and have suitable supervision and an InTouch process.

Active games: The game area should be free of hazards. Explain the rules of the game clearly and have a clear way to communicate that the game must stop when needed. Take a look at our guidance on running active games safely.
Food: Remember to check for allergies, eating problems, fasting or dietary requirements and adjust the recipe as needed. Make sure you’ve suitable areas for storing and preparing food and avoid cross contamination of different foods. Take a look at our guidance on food safety and hygiene.