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Seriously Sweet: How to make a Candy Salad!
Sunday, September 21, 2008 
As part of the Cakespy entry in the Foodbuzz “24 Meals, 24 Cities, 24 Blog Posts” worldwide blogging event, we made just about the sweetest salad ever--here's how to make your own!
We used Merckens Green candy wafers, which can be purchased at cakesnthings.com. Originally we thought that using a leaf mold might work for lettuce (you can see some of them on the bottom layer of the salad), but we discovered this method that worked even better:
Step 1: Melt 'em: You may find that one method works better for you than another. We melted them in the microwave, but many swear by the double-boiler method. Check out the different options here.
Step 2: Spread out a long sheet of plastic wrap (12 inches long or so). On one half of the plastic wrap, spread a 1/3 inch thick layer of the melted confection.
Step 3: Fold the unused portion of the plastic wrap over the candy, and smooth down to a desired thickness (not too thin or it will break!).
Step 4: Wrinkle the still-warm candy gently with your fingers, to give little wrinkles and ripples like on lettuce leaves.
Step 5: Let cool for 20-30 minutes or until solid.
Step 6: Gently uncover. Pieces may break off at the ends, but this is ok--lettuce is abnormally shaped after all!
Garnish as desired (with cake cubes for "croutons", red cookies for tomatoes, etc)
tagged cakespy mischief, how to
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Reader Comments (12)
oh, cakespy, could you seriously kick any more butt?
You're right! This is about the sweetest salad ever! I LOVE it! Can you imagine how kids would go crazy about this? Oh forget about kids, I'm carzy about it, lol! Brilliant!
Beautiful work!! Congratulations on your 24, 24, 24 post! :) That salad is amazing.. it is so nice that you shared your tips! Thank you!
Celine: Or, perhaps you should say, could any more teeth be destroyed? :-)
Clumbsy: Oh yeah...crazy delicious! My fave type of salad!
Laurie: Merci beaucoup! It was a lot of fun!
That's hilariously creative!
This is just a marvelous technique. Thanks for sharing it!
That is so clever! I'll have to try this with my nephews. They will love a candy salad!
I love it
Thank you for sharing the 'how to.'I love it you are so creative!!!Sweet success!!
That is so creative! I love the tomato cookies and cake croutons too!
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