Create tasty, edible worms. This recipe is simple and great for Halloween, April Fool's, or anytime you feel like snacking on wormy goodness! If you can make jello, then you can make these cool looking worms.
Ingredients
2 packs (3 oz) Raspberry jello
1 pkg unflavored gelatin (for extra firmness)
3/4 cup whipping cream
3 cups boiling water
15 drops green food coloring
100 flexible straws (or enough to fill your container)
Tall container (1 quart or 1 liter carton of milk)
Directions
1) Combine gelatin in bowl and add boiling water.
2) Let it cool to lukewarm and then add the whipping cream and 15 drops green food coloring.
3) Gather your straws (don't forget to flex them out) and put them in the container. It's important that the straws have a tight fit so the jello stays in the straws. For this reason, a 1 liter carton may be better; you will probably get longer worms since there is a tighter fit. If you have a bigger container, a rubber band around the straws is helpful. Or you could just add more straws to fill the container.
4) Add the gelatin mixture to the straw-filled container and let it set until firm.
5) There are multiple ways you can remove the worms from the straws. You can roll a rolling pin over the straws and squeeze them out or you can hold the straws over warm water. The worms will slip right out.
And voila! Jello worms are served.
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1) Warm up the straw a little (running some warm water for just a second was great. Submerging the straw, not so much.
2) Use a point nozzle with a bike pump to blow them out.
combined they worked marvelously.
I would also like to point out that because all of the gelatin-filled straws are being held together in one small area (compared to being spread out on in a pan), they will need a longer set time before they should be removed.
These look great - I can't wait to try them.
I tried so many ways to get them out of the straws and the only thing that eventually worked "OK" was to bend the straw in half and squeeze it out all the way down then turn it over and squeeze it out the other end.
I was wondering why it was so difficult, because seriously, I had to use herculean strength to get them out that way also (my fingers are actually sore) and they still came out kind of mangled looking (they didn't all keep the tube shape very well).
The solid color parts looked neat and were slightly easier to push out put the see through colored parts were freaking hard!
So, I did some research (which I should've done before hand, duh), and in this recipe it calls for 1 pkg unflavored gelatin and that confused me, since I've never used unflavored gelatin I only used 1 ENVELOPE instead of the whole box which is what other recipes call for, so, next time I will be using the WHOLE BOX OF UNFLAVORED GELATIN and hopefully not go insane trying to make this.
*fingers crossed*
http://www.instructables.com/id/Molecular-Gastronomy-Arugula-Spaghetti-by-MOLECU/
It is a lot 'thicker' in substance and far less likely to break up.
You'll find it in the Cake making section of most shops.
With cooked ground beef crumbles, it would be a main dish bowl of worms and dirt.
Or just leave it out. Use more water instead. They won't look quite as worm-y, but will still be pretty awesome.
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Though using gelatin or agaragar with non-meat based purees can make a wonderful consomme like soup, if you use the right proportion, let it set, then let it melt in a sieve and collect the bleeding liquid.
1) let them set longer. The straw acts as insulation, thus they will need longer to set in the refrigerator.
2) less whipped cream
3) less water
The trouble was getting the worms out of the straws quickly enough to not be a major pain in the rear/completely frustrating to the point where I gave up after about 50 straws (that happened, and I had about 150 to go). Rinsing them with warm water so that they "slid out" wasted a lot of them in the sink, and turned a lot of them that made it into a bowl into watery goo. Squeezing them out was messy, time consuming, and infuriating. Blowing them out was not an option because I had a cold. Any helpful hints?
My guests still enjoyed eating them right out of the straws. ;) They were a hit and the ones I DID manage to get into the crumbled cookie "dirt" disappeared quickly.
Great instructable!
His reaction as he was putting it on a plate was PRICELESS!
Probably wouldn't taste as good as Oreos though :-)
"Good lord! George, he's gonna show up with a coffee can full of worms! Red can, Hills Brothers. I'll lay a bet on it."
Put you in my gift guide for guys! Just thought I'd let you know :)
..incredibly..GAG..weak stomach
Best Wishes
Since they are made with gelatin is there a problem with them melting at room temperature?
Thanks for this cool 'ible.
I could put a worm on my hook and sit on the bank of the river and gorse out the other fishermen while I eat the worms.
This made my wife laugh.
(Voted, btw ;)
Thanks for sharing!
great job!
Nice work :D