Sunday, April 11, 2010

Peep Sushi


Okay, we must have way too much time on our hands a) to troll the internet long enough to FIND something like and b) to take the time to MAKE this, but I guess we do.

We (well, really John) made these to give as favors for William's birthday party. (We'd outsourced the whole party to Sportstime, so I guess we felt guilty and had to go all out for the goodie bags.)



There's really not much in the way of a recipe here:

Ingredients:

Rice Krispy Cereal
1 bag of marshmallows
3 tbsp. butter
Peeps
Fruit Roll-ups
Fruit by the Foot
Rainbow Twizzlers
(It is useful to get a sushi mat -- you can find these in the Asian food section of just about any grocery store.)

Method:

1. Make the Rice Krispy treats using the recipe on the box (3 tbsp. butter, 1 bag marshmallows, 6 cups Rice Krispies) but leave half of the mixture in the warm pot. Press the other half in an 8" x 8" pan.

2. Unwrap a Fruit Roll-up and put it on the sushi mat. (It helps if you refrigerate them for about 15 minutes before starting, otherwise they stick and rip and make you yell at your cat.)

3. Coat your hands in cooking spray, then take a good handful of the warm mixture and spread it out on the lower third of the sushi mat. Place two Twizzlers horizontally along the middle of mixture and then roll it up in the mat. Slice into 4 pieces and set aside. Make as many rolls as you can until you use up all the mixture.

4. Turn to the Rice Krispy mixture you pressed into the pan. Cut into rectangular pieces about 1" x 2". Take a Peep and slice it in half, laying it on top of the Rice Krispy piece. You can also vary the look by wrapping some Fruit by the Foot around the middle.

5. Package them in sushi trays (that you can buy from your friendly sushi restaurant for about .10 cents each).