Candy Sushi

I am all about the whimsical. Green eggs & ham for breakfast, a "hairy cake" for a friend going to Electrology school... you get the idea. My latest whimsical idea... candy sushi! How hard can it be, right? Wrong! Super fun, but what a pain in the tush! Maybe one of these days I will try it again and get the technique ironed out. Here is the cast of characters...

Seaweed................. Green fruit rollups (surprisingly difficult to find!)
Sushi Rice.............. Rice Krispie Treats
Crab & Cucumber.... Sour Punch Straws (Fruit Punch & Apple)
Ginger & Salmon..... Dots

I started off by making a batch of Rice Krispie treats. Instead of spreading them out in a regular 9x13 pan, I used a cookie sheet so the "sushi rice" would be thinner.

While the Rice Krispie treats set, I made some "ginger" by rolling out pink Dots and shaping them into slices.

For the salmon sashimi, I layered small slices of orange and pink Dots and rolled them together. I was trying to get the striation that salmon has running through it. I think it turned out pretty awesome, to toot my own horn. Since I couldn't get it to roll thick enough for sashimi, I decided to make nigiri (a small clump of rice with a piece of fish on top) with this one.

I cut the Rice Krispie treats and smooshed them down on a green fruit rollup... set some sour straw "crab and cucumber" on top... rolled into a log, and sliced. This part was tricky, and had a lot of trial and error. The fruit rollups kept ripping, and the butter in the Rice Krispy treats were making it hard to get the rolls to "stick." The end result was pretty cute and sugar-tastic.