Last week we had Dirt 'n Worms for Mother's Day, again. It's one of those things I started innocently enough and now I'm contractually obligated to make every year. I changed it up a little this year to keep things interesting and it was declared to be the best dirt 'n worms ever. Which probably means my contract has been amended to say "Deluxe Dirt 'n Worms".
I added a layer of brownie at the bottom and some sour gummy worms (not pictured).
This is the basic Dirt 'n Worms recipe and this is the Best Fudgy Cocoa Brownie recipe, from CafeDelites.com that I used. My brownies were baked to perfection in 20 minutes. These are not cake brownies, these are ooey gooey with a nice crust brownies. For the tablespoon of oil I used coconut oil and it gave the brownies I nice mild coconut flavor, if you're into that kind of thing. I kept the brownies, pudding mixture, worms and cookie crumbs separate, and assembled single portions right before serving.
But the visual aspect of the worms is undeniable. I think I like the way they look laying across on the brownie,sticking out from under the pudding goop, better than the traditional route of sticking them on top.
Of course if all the worms were under the goop, you would need something to decorate the top. A tombstone perhaps? I've seen where people use Milano cookies with iced epitaphs as gravestones . Wouldn't it be fun to honor horror Moms? Bates, Voorhees, White...
So brownie, worms, pudding and whipped cream mixed together with crush cookies, topped with more crushed cookies, topped with yet another cookie decorated with icing. Nope, that doesn't sound excessive at all.
Speaking of Creeptastic Moms...Watching mother themed movies for Mother's Day isn't something I had considered before, but some channel was promoting their marathon of mom related movies of the overly contrived lame comedy variety, which I felt was decidedly lacking. Especially when you can catch the aforementioned moms in Psycho, Friday the 13th and Carrie. Not to mention kickass Sci-Fi moms, like Sarah Connor. And what would the whole Alien's franchise be without a mother's love? [I love this Aliens Mother's Day card by the way.] For those that truly just want a light hearted comedy, they could always binge on Santa Clarita Diet.
We went middle of the road with the creepy, but not gory, ever fabulous Coraline. It's a great movie to watch with the kids, because no matter what your failings are, as long as you are not a soul sucking monster who likes sewing buttons on children's eyes, they'll be grateful that you're their Mom.
I used to make this with my preschoolers but I have to admit your version is so much more deluxe. I think we should invent a worm candy that actually looks like a worm. You know, brown and slimy. That's because I am with you - gummy anything is not my favorite.
ReplyDeleteAwesome idea! So I looked around a little and I did find where people made worms by rolling out caramels and making line indents. They looked pretty decent and I can do caramel and chocolate for sure. I love the idea of making worm slime. I know there are edible slime recipes, the trick would be finding one that actually tastes good.
DeleteThis woman made the most awesome worms and maggots! She even gave the worms a little glaze. Not quite slime, but I admire her attention to detail. http://shaneskillercupcakes.com/tag/maggots/
But she used fondant, ick. Maybe sculptable frosting with some cocoa powder would work. I did think about making maggots. We recently had to extract a very ripe dead raccoon from under the deck, so I have maggots on the brain. But I felt it was too soon to go there, even for me.
Looks like I have some experimenting to do before next year…
This sounds so gross. Lol I'm not a big worm fan. But looks like a great idea for those kids who are into the opp factor.
ReplyDeleteFor sure the kids like it. If you think this is gross I’ve been working on something even worse…
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