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HOW TO EDIBLE
CRAFTS
BUILD
Edible Race Cars,
Castles, and
Other Cool Stuff

Out of
store-bought

Candy!

Sharon Bowers, Author of Ghoulish Goodies

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 contents
Introduction, 00 Chapter 5

Chapter 1
(Un)Natural Wonders
Creepy-Crawlies
Blueprints and Woodland Creatures
Construction Notes Chapter 6
Chapter 2 Holiday Treats
Things that Go Vroom Easter
Candy Construction Site Thanksgiving
Fudge Brownie Steam Train Christmas
Race Cars
Appendix
Biplane and Helicopter
Outer Space

Chapter 3 on-site rules

Flights of Fancy

Photos © Kevin Kennefick, Illustrations © David Sheldon

Pyramids of Giza
Pirate Ship
Martian-Mallows and Aliens
1.
Absolutely no eating while building: What
construction worker snacks on the job?
Fairy-Tale Castle

Chapter 4 2.
One item can be chosen from among the
supplies, or one piece of what was built,
but it’s to be eaten after cleanup.
Fun and Games
Board Games
Arm Candy
Candy Sushi
3.
Candy construction workers always brush
their teeth after work.

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 �e Frog
Makes 1 Toad

What You’ll Need

q Approximately 1⁄3 cup Butterscotch Dough (see
page 000)
q Green Dots
q Mini chocolate chips
q Small round green candies (a combination of
Nerds and M&M’s works well)
q 2 pretzel sticks
q Green fruit leather

What To Do
1. For each frog, shape about 1⁄3 cup of the
dough into a large rounded disk, a little
narrower toward the back half. Put it on
the plate or platter you’ll use for serving.
2. For eyes, press mini chocolate chips into
the centers of green Dots. Press two Dots
into the front of the frog, set wide apart.
3. For the mouth, use the tip of a paring
knife to trace a wide smile under the eyes,
down low on the edge of the disk. Also
use the knife to trace the outline of back
legs.
4. Press M&M’s and Nerds on the back to
make warts. Stick with the all-green look
shown in the photo or be creative with an
assortment of colors.
5. To make each webbed foot, break a pret-
zel stick into three pieces and press the
pieces, fanned out, into the dough under
one of the back leg outlines. For the web-
bing, cut a triangle of fruit leather that’s
wider than the fanned pretzel pieces.
Drape it over the pretzels and press down
between them.

Woodland Creatures  5
 

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 �e Ĉastle
What You’ll Need
A With the wafer cookies lying flat on the
q 2 packages filled wafer cookies
work surface, use mortar to build two
q Chocolate or Vanilla Mortar (see page 000) or
1 can store-bought frosting side walls that are two wafer cookies
q 1 (8" x 4") pound cake (the kind found in the wide and nine cookies high. Mortar the
frozen-dessert section of the supermarket) thin sides of the cookies, as shown.
q 2 graham crackers
q 1 (1.55-ounce) chocolate bar, such as Hershey’s
(the kind that are evenly divided into rectangles), Side walls of the
optional keep, two cookies
wide
q Chocolate-covered pretzel rounds or star-shaped
cookies
q Candy for decorating: mini jelly beans, dragees,
licorice string, sour strips, gum tape, mini
cookies (any color or shape you like that’s not
too heavy to hang on a wafer wall with frosting
mortar) A Build the keep front and back as if you
q 2 (18-ounce) packages round sandwich cookies were laying bricks: alternate rows of two
(such as Oreos or Golden Oreos) whole cookies with rows of one whole
q Ice cream cones (the pointy kind)
cookie flanked by two halves. (When
q Sprinkles
cutting the cookies in half, use a sharp
q Fruit leather
chef’s knife). Again, mortar the thin
sides of the cookies.

What To Do
1. To build the walls of the keep (the interior Front wall of the
keep, alternating
building, with four walls and three towers): whole and half
A Select a platter or cutting board to serve cookies Project #4055
Missy Shepler
Image #4055
as your work surface and, ultimately,
your castle’s base.

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Project #4055
Missy Shepler
Image #4055

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 Put Away the Legos!
In Candy Construction, author Sharon Bowers reveals
how inexpensive and readily available store-bought
candy offers an irresistible treasure-trove of crafting
material. Her projects are sure to delight every candy-
loving child and provide families with hours
of crafting fun.

Ĉandy Ĉonstruction
Great for birthday parties, holidays, and other special
occasions, Candy Construction is packed with creative
ideas to ignite young imaginations.

the Author
Sharon Bowers is the author of Ghoul-
ish Goodies and three other books. She
writes an award-winning grilling column
for Cabin Life magazine and is a former
producer for the Food Network’s web-
Availa
Candy Construction b
Septem le
site. She lives in New York City with her
be husband and two sons.
2010! r
Full-color; photographs and illustrations
throughout; 144 pages; 7 x 8 Publicity Contact:
Paper: $14.95 US / $18.95 CAN Amy Greeman (413) 346-2113
ISBN: 978-1-60342-548-3; No. 62548 or amy.greeman@storey.com

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