#GASTRONOMIA Kid’s Eats: Candy Sushi

I’m not the most ‘kid’ creative person in the world and often come up short when thinking of ideas on how to keep my little monsters entertained. No longer can I get away with calling our numerous trips to the grocery store an ‘adventure’ and we can only go to the neighborhood park so many times before we all (well, mainly me) want to shoot ourselves. So, when I ran across this candy sushi idea from Mommyknows, I immediately set this plan into action. The kids absolutely loved it. One note, be prepared for a sugar meltdown followed by a possible napless afternoon but watching them make their ‘sushi’ creations was worth it.

I used the original recipe to make up a batch of Rice Krispie squares. Definitely add a few extra marshmallows to the recipe to make sure they don’t turn out too crispy.

Once they have cooled, trim up the slab of Rice Krispie treats into a neat rectangle and put on wax paper.

Add candy. Twizzlers, gummi worms, jujube fish and fruit roll-ups work great but get as creative as you want. Just stick to the gummier candies.

Roll treats tightly and trim excess with sharp knife.

Once you’ve trimmed the roll, wrap the fruit roll up around it and squeeze. Leaving the plastic wrap on makes it less sticky to roll but just make sure to remove plastic wrap before cutting. Mommy did the cutting because she is a bit of a control freak.

So colorful and crazy sweet.

Unfortunately, our candy sushi did not make it to the above ’presentation’ level but was thoroughly enjoyed by all, including our dog, Maddie

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