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A meditation on sushi - with a twist

October 13th, 2006 · 3 Comments

Candy Sushi - 4

(Plate of sugarful sushi © 2006 Nika)

Sometimes it is fun to play with food and the idea of food. I was in that sort of mood when I set out to approximate sushi as closely as I could with grocery store candy.

How To:

You can do this in so many ways, I chose the following methods.

Some of the basic materials included: fruit leathers, marshmallows, red hots, coconut shavings and an Xacto knife.

Candy Sushi - 1

(Basic building blocks - fruit leather, coconut, red hots, marshmallows © 2006 Nika)

I used white marshmallows as an inner white base to lend stability and structure to the rolls.

Candy Sushi - 2

(Construction © 2006 Nika)

On some of the rolls I topped off the marshmallow with coconut for a plain roll. On others I added red hots to imitate red tobiko.

Candy Sushi - 3

(Red Hot Tobiko © 2006 Nika)

Enjoy!

Candy Sushi - 5

(Another view of the sushi © 2006 Nika)

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3 comments for this entry ↓

  • 1 peabody // Oct 14, 2006 at 5:10 pm

    I love this idea…so cute.

  • 2 Brilynn // Oct 14, 2006 at 7:46 pm

    This is so much fun!

  • 3 The Culinary Chase // Oct 18, 2006 at 10:21 pm

    How ‘cool’ is that!! My daughter would love this! She’s a sushi freak anyway so to serve a sweeter version would be the cat’s meow! Cheers! Heather

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