Have you ever made your own potato chips? I saw this deliciously inspiring post today on SavorySweetLife.com that shows you how to make potato chips in the microwave. You’ll need a mandoline or a vegetable peeler, but otherwise it’s really simple. This got me thinking about other homemade “junk food” that’s on my radar. Here are my random yet delicious musings:
My friend Dave is notorious for his homemade Twinkies; Real Simple has a recipe for hot pretzels; Tastespotting.com has a category for homemade junk food (albeit, there’s only 1 item in it); and Giada has created her verson of homemade cheetos: fried polenta.
What other “junk food” would you/do you make yourself?
photo: SavorySweetLife.com
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Love these!
Dear Kathleen,
Great food blog! Your topics & recipes are always sure to please. Homemade Twinkies you say? Wow, that’s impressive. Growing up, the magic was always in how the heck they got the cream not to spill out.
I recently wrote about my love of reading cookbooks like novels. In my essay, I mention a recipe called “Hopscotch Candy” from the cookbook WHERE’S MOM NOW THAT I NEED HER? by the Frandsens. I think this might make the cut as homemade junk food.
You can read my essay over at The Millions: http://www.themillions.com/2010/02/joy-of-cooking-a-novel-experience.html.
Yours truly, Sarah
Hopscotch Candy
1 6-oz pkg. butterscotch chips
1/2 C. peanut butter
1 3-oz. of chow mein noodles
2 C. mini marshmallows
Melt butterscotch chips. Stir in peanut butter until mixture is smooth. In a larger bowl, mix marshmallows and chow mein noodles. Pour butterscotch mixture over noodle mixture. Stir to coat. Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper and chill until set.
It’s like taking all the yummy, sticky parts of Girl Scout Tagalongs and Samoas and mixing them up in one cookie candy. Yes, let your imagination wander on that! A junk foodies’ delight!
in the microwave??? that might just be the most exciting news I have read all day! Can’t wait to try this
My kids and I made a version of Auntie Anne’s soft pretzels and mustard sauce I found in a magazine. They were crazy good…I mean really, really good. I haven’t made them again because I can’t afford the caloric intake involved.
oven fried sweet potatoes! I just slice up the potatoes into strips or wedges, spray the baking sheet with oil, spread out the fries evenly and spray the tops. Bake for 20-30 min (depends on how thick the fries are) and then top with seasoning salt. yum!
mac’n'cheese, ice cream/sorbet/milk ice, and pizza are regular from-scratch junk foods in our house too
Sarah, thanks for the kind words. I can’t even wrap my tastebuds around what Hopscotch Candy would taste like. I might just have to try it. What I’d really love to find a recipe for are homemade hostess cupcakes. Crumbs has them in NYC — they’re to die for!
You need to check out Local Lemons, she does the ultimate makeover on junk food or should I say fast food! Really fantastic!