Burger Bites
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At least once a week, someone will email or ask me if I have any easy recipes they can do with their kids. Because really, who better to ask than a 34-year-old single woman with no children, right?
But I digress. Here is that recipe. The thing to keep in mind while making these is DON’T WASTE TIME. If you don’t follow Jenn’s instructions precisely, the buns won’t stick to the burgers. (Er, the Nilla Wafers won’t stick to the peppermint patties.) You’ve been warned.
Photos of the process here.
Ingredients
1 bag peppermint patties
1 box Nilla Wafers
1/2 cup shredded coconut
2 drops green food coloring
sesame seeds
water
Preparation
First put 24 Nilla Wafers “round side” down, on a cookie sheet. Then top them with a peppermint patty. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Set aside 24 more Nilla Wafers to act as the top of the “bun.”
Put your coconut in a bowl with a sealed lid, or a ziplock bag works fine too. Add the food coloring and couple of drops of water while you’re at it. Seal the container and shake til you get a nice “tinting” of green - looks like lettuce, get it?
Now put your topped Nilla Wafer/open faced patties in the oven for only about 1-1/2 minutes, check them to see that they are glossy and not totally melted - just “melty.”
Take them out of the oven and IMMEDIATELY top with tinted coconut.
Then IMMEDIATELY put the burger “tops” on, pushing a bit to secure them to the patty. I can’t stress this step enough. You have to act quickly and not let the chocolate melt, or there will be no stickage. There’s a lot of IMMEDIATELY goin’ on here, and for good reason, once this thing cools you are outta luck. Work quickly, it’s only to your benefit.
Now here’s where the burger really takes shape. Get a small bowl of water and brush a few drops of water on the top of the bun. (Or use clean fingers.) Then sprinkle with sesame seeds. Now these things REALLY LOOK like burgers.
Recipe from my friend and fellow blogger, Jenn.
Comments
8 Responses to “Burger Bites”
These are adorable! The sesame seeds really do make them look like mini-burgers. Without those it would be up for grabs.
cute recipe! i don’t have kids, but i want to round some up so i can make these for them. =) or maybe i just secretly want to make them for myself . . .
How clever!
And don’t think that if you don’t act IMMEDIATELY with the coconut that you can pop the last few in the microwave for a few seconds because they will bubble up like the Blob. Not that that happened to me or anything.
Now this is a burger I can handle…I don’t eat meat:) How fun!
That was hysterical - “who better to ask than someone with no kids”…. it’s like asking me for marriage advice when I’ve already had 2 unsuccessful marriages….hysterical.
Those are so incredibly awesome!!
You can also make “mustard” and “ketchup” with white icing and red/yellow food coloring. Helps the illusion and shoot the sugar content up!