Hunks of Flesh Rice Krispie Squares. The Grossest Halloween Treat Ever…

by Lora Wiley-Lennartz

I know I know. Disgusting, but I love me some Halloween. It’s my favorite holiday and I adore creative and disgusting Halloween treats.

Halloween is not really celebrated in Germany and it’s one of the things I miss most being an expat. Ok, so we do have Octoberfest and Karneval in Germany but there is no where else I would rather be than in NYC on Halloween for the parade and the parties. This year I am lucky enough to be there.

These treats were inspired by the craziest thing. Several months ago I saw this google generated ad for how to lose belly fat illustrated with a cross section of belly fat.

Some people think, “hmm maybe I should check into losing some belly fat”.   Me?  I saw a rice krispie treats opportunity and found inspiration to gross out my readers in October.

Because that’s how I roll.

Here’s how I made them:

Hunks of Flesh Rice Krispie Treats

 

First I made the Rice Krispie Treats by using this classic rice krispies squares recipe from the Kellog’s site .

Then I made some vanilla buttercream frosting, divided it in half and tinted each half a different color with a few drops each of gel coloring.

To get the two different shades of the skin layers, I colored one with Wilton’s Rose and the other with Wilton’s Pink . Click here for one of my favorite buttercream recipes. I used plain vanilla but you can add cherry, raspberry strawberry or any other flavor you like.

I layered the buttercream on in two layers, light pink first and then the darker pink on top. If you put the pan in the fridge for about 30 minutes after adding the first layer of buttercream, it makes adding the second layer easier.

After both buttercream layers were done, I put the pan back in the fridge for another 30 minutes while I made the fondant for the final layer.

For the top skin layer,  I made marshmallow fondant and colored it with Wilton’s Peach gel coloring. Fondant recipe here.  Tips on how to color fondant from Wilson’s website here. I did have to stop myself short of drawing little hairs on the skin and it was so tempting to try and create goosebumps. Next time. Definitely.

I rolled out the fondant, cut a large square to match the size of my pan, retrieved the pan from the fridge, covered the buttercream with the fondant and put the pan back in the fridge for about an hour.

While the layers were cooling, I  mixed up a small batch of Royal icing (recipe Here) and divided the batch into two parts and colored each. I used Wilson’s Red Red gel coloring with a touch of Burgundy for one batch and a few drops of Wilton’s Violet gel coloring to get a lavender color in the other. I have no idea why it looks so blue in the pictures.

I put each color in a disposable pastry bag or ziplock bag and snipped a tiny hole in the corner of the bag. You can also fit the bag beforehand with a tip with a very small opening.

I removed the pan from fridge cut the treats into into squares with a sharp knife.

Using one color, then the other, I painted squiggles on the sides of the treats to represent the veins and vessels.

I thought they might be way too sweet but surprisingly, they were pretty good to eat.

Dr. B thought they were hilarious but maybe that’s just doctor humor. Next time, I am sending him to work in the ER with a tray of them.

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10 comments

How To Be Perfect October 27, 2010 - 11:32 am

What a brilliant idea, I love these x

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Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella October 26, 2010 - 11:09 am

Haha that's brilliantly mad! I would expect no less! 😛

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Reeni October 26, 2010 - 1:39 am

You have to be the most creative baker I know! That is too funny! You did an excellent job recreating it. Love it!

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Rick October 24, 2010 - 12:55 pm

That is freaking awesome! I want one just to look like a cannibal.

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shaz October 24, 2010 - 10:58 am

This is briliant Lora! Do you read the blog Not So Humle Pie? You should definitely submit this to her science cookies round-up.

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Ali October 22, 2010 - 5:33 pm

"To get the two different shades of the skin layers, I colored one with Wilton's Rose…"

Hahahaha, I love how matter-of-fact this sounds. The skin layers…GAH! I would totally pick these over learning more about belly fat.

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kotomi October 22, 2010 - 5:32 pm

LOL!!! While every other baker/blogger is making jack-o-lanterns and ghosts, you're making cross-sections of belly fat. this is so hilarious and amazing. Love!!

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Andrée Lachapelle October 22, 2010 - 3:16 pm

That's hilarious, you actually really made me burst out laughing with your belly fat story. Thank you 🙂

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naomi October 22, 2010 - 4:45 pm

OMG! You are hilarious! I love it. I love gross-ness of it all!

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SprinkleBakes October 22, 2010 - 3:34 pm

I LOVE THIS. I used to work in a pathology lab, and this reminds me of…. well, some things I saw there LOL.

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