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NUTTY COCOA KRISPIES FOOTBALLS

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I have never been invited to a Super Bowl Party (or a book club or bunco group, for that matter).  It may because I don’t care for football (gasp!). So I have to make my own fun for Super Bowl LVIII (or at least the commercials), which will include Nutty Cocoa Krispies Footballs.  If you, however, have been invited to a Super Bowl Party, and bring these little treats, they will be intercepted quickly.  Hope your team wins!

Pro tips — (1) Mini marshmallows melt quicker than regular-sized ones (duh); (2) Jif peanut butter is my favorite and is not as sweet as some other brands; (3) You have to work quickly to form the footballs.  I find it best to dump the mixture in a 9×13 baking dish sprayed with cooking spray, and spray my hands as well.  If you leave the mixture in the pot, it will turn to mortar (trust me); (4) when piping the stitching, don’t let perfect be the enemy of good; (5) they look great nestled in edible Easter grass (which I know everyone keeps on hand just for such occasions).

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NUTTY COCOA KRISPIES FOOTBALLS
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Ingredients
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 10-ounce package marshmallows
  • 6 cups Cocoa Krispies
  • ½ cup creamy peanut butter
  • Prepared vanilla frosting*
Instructions
  1. Melt butter in a large pot over medium low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Stir in peanut butter. Remove from heat. Add Cocoa Krispies and stir until well coated. Working quickly (and I do mean quickly), shape mixture into 3-inch footballs. Use prepared icing to pipe on stitching (a ziploc bag with the corner snipped works just fine if you don't have or don't care to use a piping bag and piping tip).
  2. *You can make a frosting by mixing 1 cup of powdered sugar with ½ teaspoon vanilla extract and 2-3 tablespoons of heavy cream (just enough to make it piping consistency -- if too runny, add a little more powdered sugar).

Are you ready for some footballs?

 

TRUFFLED POPCORN

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This weekend was the Texas/OU game — also known as the Red River Rivalry.  This is serious football.  When I was in law school at the University of Texas, I remember getting the schedule for on-campus interviews, and at the bottom it noted that there would be no interviews on “Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and the Texas/OU game.”  Yep — the Texas/OU game is right up there with the Jewish high holy days.

OU beat Texas this year, as happens from time to time.  But even though I’m not celebrating a victory for my alma mater, I am celebrating this recipe for Truffled Popcorn, which is a great football party snack.  Truffles, however, are an acquired taste, and if you have not yet acquired that taste, then don’t bother with this recipe.  In fact, I first bought truffle oil a few years ago, and threw the bottle out because I thought it had gone bad.  Silly girl.  But if you are a truffle lover, this popcorn is a special treat.  Truffle oils tend to vary in intensity and flavor, so you might want to add the oil a bit at a time and taste as you go, to make sure the truffle flavor does not become overwhelming.

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TRUFFLED POPCORN
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Recipe type: Snack
 
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • ½ cup popcorn kernels
  • 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon truffle oil
  • ¾ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
  • ¼ teaspoon rotisserie chicken seasoning, herbes de provence, or other rosemary spice blend
Instructions
  1. Pour vegetable oil into a heavy large pot with a lid. Place 3 kernels in the oil, cover pot, and heat over medium high heat. When the first kernel pops, immediately add the popcorn kernels. Shake the pot gently to distribute kernels evenly, and leave lid slightly ajar to allow steam to escape. When the popping slows to 2-3 seconds apart, remove from heat and pour popcorn into a large mixing bowl. Drizzle truffle oil over popcorn, sprinkle pepper, salt, and seasoning blend over popcorn, and mix until combined.