Candy Sushi; AKA sugar wrapped sugar in sugar (Recipe Post)

Post by The Grumpy One

So it's time for my now "Weekly Recipe Post."

This was actually the recipe I was going to do last week, which I am actually in trouble because this was my stand by recipe just in case I couldn't think of anything.  Oh well that now gives me 6 days to think of what to do.  If you have anything you want me to put "The Grumpy One" twist too or something that seems scary that you want me to try to simplify, leave a comment at the bottom (Note...for those of you at the office that I bring the extras to, this is NOT your personal snack service, so I will only take your ideas if they are really good :)  So without further blabbing, I introduce Candy Sushi...or as I call it "Sugar Wrapped Sugar in Sugar."

So we start off with just a few ingredients...

Marshmallows, Butter, Fruit Snacks (I use the organic bunny fruit because they are juicer) Fruit rolls (I use grape because it looks more like the Norri used in real sushi) and Rice Krispies (I tried the frosted ones thinking they would look more like rice since they look whiter...I was wrong...instead they just doubled the sugar dose.)

You start by making Rice Krispies Treats... Without trying to insult you and explain how to do that; I will just instead explain a Super Fast, Super Easy way to make them by using my good friend...The microwave.

Put 3 Tablespoons of Butter and 4 Cups of Marshmallows in a decent sized microwave bowl (make sure the bowl is big enough to take those ingredients and the cereal....

Put that in the microwave for 3 minutes, but watch (1. to make sure it doesn't burn. 2. It's so fun to watch the marshmallows blow up to 10 times their size in the microwave.) Make sure you have a spoon and oven mitts ready.  As soon as you take it out (with the oven mitts... I wasn't going to say it...but then I thought about some of my audience...hahaha) start stirring, and then stir in 6 Cups of Rice Krispies. Keep stirring until they are gooey or what ever way you like them.

Next either get a greased or buttered pan, or do what I do, and layout wax paper on my table...and carefully layout the treats into a flat square-ish shape. If they are gooey like mine, it doesn't have to be perfect since you can still mold them later.

Now put a line of fruit snacks close to the edge of your squar-ish.

It is up to you how thick your line is going to be, but remember the thicker it is, the bigger your roll is going to be, also if you just barely put any in, the visual of the "stuffing" in the sushi isn't going to be as prominent (I know that I sound professional explaining this, but deep down I just want to say..."Just throw some freaking snacks in...its candy...not art.)

Now you need to roll it...you know, like a roll.  A key to this is spray a little pam on your fingers so the treats don't stick to you.  Also another thing I wasn't going to say...please let the snacks cool a little so you don't have molten lava marshmallow goo sticking to your fingers.

You might have to "Mold" them a little, but once you get a nice roll, use a buttered or Pam sprayed knife to cut it away from the rest of the square-ish.

Now remember it is ok if a little color is showing, because it is still going to be wrapped in fruit rolls.

Take the same buttered knife and cut little "rolls."

You want to make them close to the same width of your fruit roll-ups, but if they are a bit bigger, that is ok because you can still squish and mold them.
 
Now take the individual rolls (you might want to butter your fingers again...if for no other reason then it is fun) roll them into your fruit rolls. 

Once you get just a little more than a complete covering, use the knife to cut the excess.

Now just do that a few dozen more times and you will have a complete plate full of sushi that even the people that say they don't like sushi (even though they have never tried it) will eat and enjoy.

Just like last time, I only saved a few for the boys and I (Kara just like real sushi, wants nothing to do with them so I made extra non-shushified Krispy Treats for her) and the rest are going to the office with me in the morning.

So those of you that enjoyed the smores on a stick that I brought to work last week, these will be on my desk right after morning formation, first come first serve. Now to think of something for next week.