Nosebleed Nougat

This is a simple nougat-style candy flavored to transform it into a muggle version of Nosebleed Nougat from Harry Potter fame.  In its magic fictional form, this candy is double-sided with the red side intended to cause nosebleeds and the other side halting them.  In this version, the red side delivers a blood-inspired flavor rather than a bloody nose.  It starts out tart and gets salty while delivering a hint of umami.  Opposite the red side is a nice vanilla banana flavor that's a pleasant counterpoint to the sensations created by the red.

Stock your very own Skiving Snackbox using these, some delightfully nauseating Puking Pastilles, and heat-inducing Fever Fudge.

Step 1: Supplies

1 jar marshmallow creme (7oz.)
powdered sugar
1 teas soy sauce (balsalmic vinegar makes a nice substitution here)
1 package unsweetened strawberry flavored drink mix (Kool-Aid or similar)
1 teas salt
red gel, paste, or powdered food coloring (optional)
1/2 teas vanilla extract
1`/2 teas banana extract
1/4 cup finely chopped nuts (variety of nuts is up to you)
Oil (spray preferred)
Foil

Comments

[jcoop]

Thank you for doing these candies. I plan on having kids over on the break and we are doing a Harry Potter cooking day. Everyone is very excited including me! Keep up the great instructables!

[starshipminivan]

Thank you!
I am doing Fainting Fancies this week to complete the quartet for Skiving Snackboxes.

[Tiktaky]

I suffer anemia, and have to drink liquid Iron supplements daily, I can't stand them by themselves, and they ruin any juice you mix them with.

So I used this recipe, but substituted the Soy sauce for the iron supplement. It really tastes like blood, and the saltyness really makes it palatable, and the banana/vanilla is strong enough to remove the taste.

I'd actually be included to add iron to this recipe when making it for fun, It would be a real surprise to anyone game enough to try it.

[indyjoe]

that is cool.

[scoochmaroo]

Love that you invoked umami.
I think you have a viable business on your hands here.

[starshipminivan]

Hehe, no food business for me. It's just nice to play around in the kitchen sometimes.

[triton37]

A simular recipe can be used for these.

http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Blood-flavoured_lollipop

[Xenobia]

What you could do is add wasabi for a short nose-rush feeling that would feel similar to a nosebleed but only last a couple of seconds.

[Mongpoovian]

These are awesome! I think this is my favorite of your skiving snackboxes by far.

[mogombotps]

These sound oddly appealing and fun to try if you're brave enough. Kind of like the Jones Soda holiday packs.

[starshipminivan]

I've had their green bean casserole flavor. It was fun to try but, wow, it was weird! The fainting fancies I just posted actually make use of an entirely savory flavor--no sweetness at all in one half.

[thepelton]

All I was suggesting is Ipecac, which is small potatoes compared to warfarin.

[Bartboy]

You should make something from the snackboxes using laxatives, so it actually works.
Same with the puking pastills, you should use vomit-inducing drugs and antinauseants :)

[starshipminivan]

You are not the first to suggest it. I concocted these without medications in them because they are for a very general audience, including children. With kids it's fun to gross them out, not make them sick. I felt that they should be fun to present with some unusual flavors inspired by the idea of the original. These candies are a very basic concept that people are likely to expand upon in their own ways.

[aliampolizzi]

None of your harry potter magic recopies really do what they are intended right?

[starshipminivan]

Correct. They aren't "special effect," more like "taste effect." One side has a really unusual taste inspired by the effect the fictional candies are supposed to produce. The other has a more conventional flavor. In these it's a really tart, salty flavor.

[EnigmaMax]

You can put warfarin in the red to start the bleeding, and some phylloquinone to stop it. But, I wouldn't recommend it, unless if you like eating rat poison.