Barbie and Teresa Recipe for Friendship Kitchen Playset

Released in 2024, the Barbie & Teresa Recipe for Friendship Playset is inspired by the animated movie Barbie & Teresa: Recipe for Friendship. In the film, Teresa reconnects with her roots through family recipes, traditional food, and time spent in the kitchen with loved ones. That story gives this playset its meaning, since everything revolves around cooking together and sharing meals in a warm, home-style Mexican kitchen.

The kitchen setup feels cozy, detailed, and very colorful without being bulky. It includes a stovetop, counter space, shelves, and a rotisserie-style oven. One feature I really like is that you can actually make the rotisserie rotate, which adds movement to the scene and makes the cooking setup feel more interactive when you’re displaying or photographing the set.

This fun set includes tamales, which is a detail I really love! Tamales are a traditional Mexican dish made with masa (corn dough), and filled with meats or other fillings, then wrapped in dried corn husks and steamed. In the playset, they come with a pot with a lid and a pair of tongs to take the tamales out of the pot. This reflects the Mexican kitchen shown in the movie and adds a thoughtful cultural detail to the scene.

The accessories are where this playset really shines. It comes with a cutting board and knife, a salsa bottle, a salt container, carrots, a corn cob, a tomato, and a chicken that can also be a turkey if you want, depending on how you like to display your scene. The set also includes a basket that can hold the vegetables and be placed inside the oven, which is a nice touch for setting up cooking scenes and makes the rotisserie area feel more complete.

For serving and plating, the set includes two plates, two sets of forks and table knives, a tray with a Mexican-style print, and a separate tray for the chicken. These pieces make it easy to set up a complete food scene, whether you are displaying the playset on a diorama or arranging it for photos.

The color-change cookies are a cute idea and come with an applicator meant to be used with cold water. In my experience, the cold water does not work very well on its own. What worked better for me was using a small piece of ice directly on the cookies. The decoration appears more clearly that way, although it changes back very quickly. It is still a fun feature, just something to keep in mind if you plan to photograph or display this detail.

The Teresa doll included in this playset has the petite body type, dressed like she appears in the movie and comes wearing the apron that belonged to Teresa’s grandmother in the story, which adds a sweet emotional detail. She has brown hair, brown eyes, and a tan skin tone that reflects her Latina heritage in the film. The outfit is completed with white sneakers, giving her a casual, practical look. These details make the doll feel screen-accurate and help her blend naturally into the colorful kitchen scene.

Overall, the Barbie & Teresa Recipe for Friendship Playset from 2024 is a charming addition to a Barbie collection, especially if you enjoy movie-based sets or kitchen playsets with personality. Between the colorful design, detailed accessories, rotating rotisserie feature, the tamales and cooking tools, and the movie-accurate Teresa doll, this set offers a complete little scene that looks great on display and tells a story at the same time.

Barbie & Teresa Recipe for Friendship Playset, item JCT06.