Hey guys, it’s Ro!
Welcome to another Nerdy Nummies!
Halloween is right around the corner, it’s only a few days away.
It is this Friday and it is my favorite holiday!
To get in the spirit this year I have been playing the video game Costume Quest.
Which is probably the most adorable RPG Halloween game that I have played thus far.
It is a game where you and your friends trick or treat, collect candy
and you unlock these really cool, super powered costumes. You fight monsters,
and as you play your way through the game you earn different Creepy Treats.
There are 3 full pages of Creepy Treats in your game journal. And I thought it
would be perfect to recreate some of these recipes for Halloween.
So, today we are gonna be making Booger Pies, Mice Crispy Treats and Barf Roll-ups.
Let’s get started!
Since we are making so many recipes today from scratch, I am going to explain how
to make each recipe as we go, because that will be easiest for you.
There are a lot of things going on here, so the first thing that we’re gonna
be making are Booger Pies. Meep!
So you’re gonna need 2 big mixing bowls, and in the first mixing bowl we are
going to mix together, 6 ounces of unsalted butter, 1 and 1/2 cup light
brown sugar, 1/4 cup of dark brown corn syrup and 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
And then we’re gonna blend together until everything is combined and smooth.
Once it’s all mixed together, now we’re gonna mix up a lot of our dry ingredients
in this bowl over here. So, we are going to add 1 and 1/2 cup all purpose flour,
1 and 1/4 cup of graham cracker crumbs, 3/4 teaspoon salt, 1/2 a teaspoon of baking
powder, 1/2 a teaspoon of baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, then
you’re gonna whisk them together. As soon as you’ve got your dry ingredients and
your wet ingredients, now you are slowly gonna add your dry ingredients into
your wet ingredients, mixing at a low speed until everything is combined.
Once these are mixed together you’re gonna add 2 tablespoons of whole milk, and
you’re just gonna pour it in slowly as you mix.
Once you’re dough is ready, pick it, put it on top of your plastic wrap,
you’re gonna flatten it out and cover it up and put it in the fridge
for 1 hour to chill and then we’re gonna cut some cookies.
Once your cookie dough has chilled you’re gonna take a little bit of flower, sprinkle
it on the surface so that your cookie dough doesn’t stick.
Ohh it smells so good! It smells like graham cracker!
You’re just gonna sprinkle a little bit of flour on top, you’re gonna roll it out so it’s about
a 1/4 inch thick, we’re almost there anyways but we’re just gonna do it a little
bit more.
Once you’ve got your dough rolled out you’re just gonna take a little bit of
baking spray. Oh, jeez not again! Oh, there we go! OK! And, you’re gonna spray
your cooking sheet so that they won’t stick, just a light spray.
Then you’re gonna take a circle cookie cutter, this is a 3 inch, and cut out
a bunch of cookies. And transfer them to the baking sheet.
Now that you’ve got all your cookies on the sheet, you’re gonna heat your oven
to 325 and bake for about 10 minutes.
And just a reminder, you’ll want to bake an even amount of cookies because
it will take 2 cookies to stick together to make a Booger Pie.
Once your cookies are done baking you’re gonna put them on a baking sheet, make
sure they’ve had plenty of time to cool, and then we are going to stick them
together like a little sandwich. In this little baggie I have marshmallow cream
which I have dyed green with a drop of food coloring.
Then you’re just gonna take 2 of the cookies and stick 'em together.
Once you’re done putting all your cookies together we’re just gonna stick them in
the fridge for about 15 minutes to chill. And while those are chilling, we’re
gonna heat up the chocolate. To heat up the chocolate you put 20 ounces
of bittersweet chocolate into a glass bowl over boiling water, and mix it
until it melts. Once the chocolate is melted, remove it from the heat, bring
it over to your baking station and we are going to allow it to cool.
Now you’re gonna take 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, add it to your chocolate
and whisk it together. Now it’s time to dip our Booger Pies!
This is my favorite part. So over here, I just, on top of a cutting board, put
a piece of wax paper so that our Booger Pies do not stick to the surface.
And I’ve got 2 forks over here. So what you’re gonna do is, pick up one of
your little cookie pies, and you’re gonna submerge him into the chocolate.
There we go, jiggle it around, and now you’re gonna pick him up.
Just let the excess chocolate drip off for a second, just give it a little jiggle.
The you’re just going to transfer it over to the piece of wax paper and
let the chocolate set. After you’re done dipping the Booger Pies you’re just
gonna set them in the freezer for about 10 minutes to chill, and while those
are chilling, we’re gonna move onto our second recipe. We’re gonna make
some Barf Roll-up!
To make Barf Roll-ups, these are apple fruit roll-ups, they are delicious.
The things you will need, will be: A blender, you’ll also need some baking spray,
3 granny smith apples, 3/4 cup of regular sugar, chopped up peanuts, I just bought
regular peanuts and then chopped them up on a cutting board. 2 tablespoons of fresh
lemon juice, and then you’re gonna need an apple peeler, to peel your apples,
and a core-er. I use this because it’s just the easiest thing ever. And I’m gonna
do that on a cutting board. The last thing that you’ll need is a baking sheet with
a piece of tinfoil on it. I’m using a 17 by 11 inch pan, but you can use whatever
size you have, it’s give or take.
The first thing that you’re gonna do is peel your apples, peel and core them.
I like to peel them first so I got this little peeler, and just take your time,
get all that skin off. Now you can use a knife, but I like to use this
device because it is the easiest way to core an apple. You just line up the
center hole, right in the middle of your apple and just press down. And look
at that! The core comes right out, perfect! Then you’re gonna put your little
apple slices in the blender. Now that we’ve got all of our apples in the blender
we’re gonna add our sugar. Now we’re gonna blend them up until we’ve got a nice
smooth consistency. Now we are gonna add our lemon juice and we are gonna
mix one more time. Once we’ve blended all of the apples together, you are going
to transfer our fruit puree into a medium-sized saucepan, we're gonna bring this over to
the stove. Turn it onto medium heat, and we’re gonna let our apples simmer
for about 35 minutes. And, this part is totally optional, you can add a little bit
of green food coloring to make it look more like barf.
After about 35 minutes your mixture will thicken, it will get gooey, and you will
know it’s time to take it off the heat and you’re gonna bring it back to
your baking station.
We’re back here at our baking station and our fruit roll-up mixture is all ready.
And the first thing that you’re gonna do is make sure that you have a piece of tinfoil
on your baking sheet. And you’re gonna take a little bit of baking spray, whatever
you’d like, spray it down. Now you’re just gonna pour the mixture on top, then
you’re gonna do your best to flatten it out, evenly across the pan with your
spatula. And then we’re gonna sprinkle on some peanuts on the top.
Now you’re gonna heat your oven to 200 degrees, and we’re gonna bake this for 3
hours. That is a long time, but we slow bake fruit leather, that’s just how
you do it. Once your Barf Roll-up is done baking, give it plenty of time to cool.
It looks so gross! It looks just like from the game and it looks just like barf!
We are gonna flip it onto a piece of wax paper. Put the wax paper over the top, and
then 1, 2, 3 flip. Gently peel off the tinfoil, now we’re gonna cut our apple
Barf Roll-up into strips. I’m just gonna take a big cutting knife and
cut all the way down. And then, this is the fun part! This is pretty exciting, OK.
We’re gonna roll it, eeeeewwwww! There you have it! Barf Roll-up!
Now do this to the rest of your rolls and we’re on to the next recipe,
Mice Crispy Treats!
The things you will need, will be: 5 cups of Rice Krispies cereal, 4 cups of
marshmallows, a baking pan, some baking spray, whatever you’d like to use,
1/4 cup of butter or a 1/2 a stick. And then to decorate you’ll need:
Black chocolate melts, and sliced almonds for the little ears. And you’re also
going to need a medium sized saucepan. And if you’re in a hurry and you don’t
have time to make Rice Krispie treats, they do sell these little individual
Rice Krispie bars which are about the exact same size. Let’s get started!
You’re gonna grab your butter, marshmallow, Rice Krispies and your medium sized
sauce pan and we’re gonna head over to the stove.
The first thing you’re gonna do is turn your stove onto low heat and
you’re gonna add your butter and stir frequently until the butter has
completely melted. And once it’s melted, then you’re gonna add all of your marshmallows.
And you’re gonna stir them together until they have completely melted. And once
they’ve melted you’re gonna to remove from the heat, and you’re gonna slowly stir
in all of your Rice Krispies. Once you’ve mixed in all of your Rice Krispies I
came back over to the baking station, and you’re gonna take a little bit of
baking spray, grease your pan. And then you’re gonna pour all of your
Rice Krispies into the pan. Then take a piece of wax paper and you’re gonna put it on top,
and just flatten them down. Now you’re gonna take your Rice Krispies
and put them in the fridge for about 1 hour to chill. And while they’re
chilling, we’re gonna heat up our black chocolate and make some little mouse
whiskers. To make the mouse decorations, the first thing you’re gonna do
is take a piece of paper, and I’ve just sketched, I just free-handed these, they
don’t need to be perfect, little mouse ears, whiskers and tails. And you’re just
gonna slip it underneath a piece of wax paper, I’ve just taped it down so I’m
just gonna wiggle it under there. And I’ve melted the black chocolate and you’re
just gonna pour it into a plastic baggie so I’ll have more control when I’m making
my little shapes and designs. And I put a number 1 tip at the end so that I would
have a little bit more control. And then you’re just going to trace all of your
designs. Chocolate dries really quickly, so as soon as you make your designs
they should be ready in a few minutes. We just finished our chocolate decorations
and our Rice Krispies have chilled. And now we are gonna take a big cutting knife
and we’re gonna cut our Rice Krispies out into little rectangles for our
Mice Crispy treats! Now that we have got our Rice Krispies rectangles we are
gonna add all of our little mouse decorations. I’m going to start with the tail,
they’re so cute! And I’m just gonna stick it in the back. Now that we’ve got all
the little mouse tails on, we are gonna put on their whiskers and ears. And I’ve
kept the chocolate, so if you want to draw on little eyeballs, or use the
chocolate to help connect the ears, feel free to do that, it’s very helpful.
Ta-da!
Here are all of the creepy treats that we made from the video game Costume Quest!
We made Booger Pies, Barf Roll-ups and Mice Crispy Treats!
I had so much fun, if you guys have any other ideas for any other Nerdy Nummies
please let me know, leave me a comment down below, and I will do my best to
make it happen!
Also, I will post pictures on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr, and
if you guys make any of these treats, please send me pictures because I get a big
kick out of seeing your baking creations, I love them!
OK, thanks again you guys, bye-bye!
And, oh! Happy Halloween!