I went around through the candy lane in the grocery store. I settled on several types of fruit roll ups, strawberry, tie dye, and an assortment pack that contained fruit by the foot, gushers, and fruit roll ups. The assorted pack was great because the fruit by the foot was cut into designs which worked so wonderfully in making little flowers. I also grabbed a box of blue fruit by the foot, twizzlers, gummy worms, and nerds.
For the rice crispy treats I followed the instructions on the box but added an extra tablespoon of butter and a half teaspoon of vanilla extract for flavor.
I took the solid colors of red fruit by the foot and laid them out in a line three rolls long. It was important to keep some pan spray nearby to put a little on your palms before touching the rice cripsy treats. It will help if you do this as fast as possible because the treats will harden the longer you work with them. You can push and form the rice crispy treat to fit the size of the fruit roll up. Once there is a thin layer of the rice treat on the fruit roll up place a twizzler and gummy worms for lay inside the treats. Then roll from one side in to make the roll. Allow to sit for an hour to help hold together and then you can cut them into pieces.
For the rice crispy treat nigiri you can take some of the rice crispy treat in your palms and squeeze them into ovals. Use a rolling motion to shape but use firm pressure to keep them holding together. Once the balls are all formed you can go back and add the fruit roll up squares that you can cut from a large fruit roll up. You can also cut the fruit roll ups into strips to be the "nori" around the nigiri. You can place a swedish fish on top of a few of them. I used the nerds to act as the fish eggs but they were tricky. I placed a square piece of fruit roll up on the crispy ball and then with a little water I wet the top. I allowed it to get a little sticky then rolled it in the nerds.
For the soy sauce you can use a little bit of chocolate syrup in a bowl. For wasabi I took some sour sugar powder that was green and rolled a balled up piece of tootsie roll in the powder. The green grass was a green fruit by the foot that I cut into the grass shape. It's better to have all the grass, wasabi, and other items for garnish out of the wrappers and laid out ready to be used before making the rice crispy treats.
They were a big hit and here are the pictures...
Also some pictures of the kids from the party.... all adorable!
