Friday, May 4, 2012

Candy Construction: How to Build Edible Race Cars, Castles, and Other Cool Stuff Out of Store-Bought Candy!



Candy Construction: How to Build Edible Race Cars, Castles, and Other Cool Stuff Out of Store-Bought Candy!
Sharon Bowers
Storey Publishing, 2010
$14.95, Paperback
978-1-603-42548-3
March 19th, 2012

Genre: Nonfiction—Cooking
Age: 10+
Description: You’d be surprised but teens love cooking! This is a great book to accompany Iron Chef or Gummi Surgery programs. Teens love food, especially if candy is involved so what could be more fun that taking everyday store bought candy and creating edible masterpieces you can play with before eating? A nice introduction gives some background on constructing with candy and includes some recipes for frosting mortar, glue icing, etc.
Opinion: This book will cause a sugar overload! While many of the projects are solely for home constructing, there are a very that can be used in a candy program (such as jewelry). It includes chapters on moving objects, flying objects, holiday objects, and unnatural objects. Favorite projects include the Fudge Brownie Steam Train (made with brownies, Ho-Hos, and peppermint pieces), the Formula One car (made of Oreos, Hersey pieces, fruit slices and candy berries), and a gigantic wafer cookie castle!

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