Twizzle me this
July 12, 2018 5:13 PM Subscribe
I need to bake something that, somehow, incorporates Twizzlers. I don't really like Twizzlers. Neither does anyone I'll be baking for. Just using them for decoration seems like cheating. What are some creative ideas that might actually cause us to change our opinion? (Exact recipe not needed, just looking for inspiration.)
You must be on game show or something :-)
My first thought was ice cream, but that's not baking. I would go for something dense like that - a bread pudding?
posted by xammerboy at 5:26 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
My first thought was ice cream, but that's not baking. I would go for something dense like that - a bread pudding?
posted by xammerboy at 5:26 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
I'm thinking something involving a food processor to really grind them up, and then mixing into a batter.
posted by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 5:28 PM on July 12, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 5:28 PM on July 12, 2018 [3 favorites]
If you don't want to use them as a decoration, you could bake small chunks into sugar cookies...
I wonder if you could melt them to make icing?
posted by DTMFA at 5:30 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
I wonder if you could melt them to make icing?
posted by DTMFA at 5:30 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
Thought about this more while heating up my dinner... another idea is to cut then in half length-wise and make Fudge with a Twizzler layer!
posted by DTMFA at 5:41 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by DTMFA at 5:41 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
There’s a place here that chops them up and bakes them into chocolate chip cookies - they are actually quite good.
posted by scrute at 5:47 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by scrute at 5:47 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
Work them into something where the flavor will sort of make sense. I'm thinking a berry scone of some sort. Chop the twizzlers up and add them to the batter.
posted by bunderful at 5:48 PM on July 12, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by bunderful at 5:48 PM on July 12, 2018 [2 favorites]
These cupcakes use Red Vines, which are similar to Twizzlers, as a filling. It's an artificial monstrosity of a recipe (it includes microwaved Coke Zero), but you could just follow the filling portion. Bon appetit?
posted by defreckled at 5:49 PM on July 12, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by defreckled at 5:49 PM on July 12, 2018 [2 favorites]
My grandmother used to make oatmeal cookies that had a piece of orange slice candy (the sugar-coated gummy kind) pressed in the center, or chopped and distributed through in bits. I loved them, I could see Twizzlers having the interesting chewy texture it did.
When I got married, the groom's cake had a spray of chocolate-dipped twizzlers (my husband's favorite candy) set into the center of it. It kind of looked like fireworks, it was great.
posted by Lyn Never at 5:50 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
When I got married, the groom's cake had a spray of chocolate-dipped twizzlers (my husband's favorite candy) set into the center of it. It kind of looked like fireworks, it was great.
posted by Lyn Never at 5:50 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
Red Vine Licorice Cupcakes. As a Red Vines fan, she advises against using Twizzlers. I'd go for it anyway.
Oops, a double. Would you take Strawberry Twizzler Krispies instead?
posted by MonkeyToes at 5:53 PM on July 12, 2018 [3 favorites]
Oops, a double. Would you take Strawberry Twizzler Krispies instead?
posted by MonkeyToes at 5:53 PM on July 12, 2018 [3 favorites]
Not what you asked for, but this question brought back vivid memories of using a twizzler as a straw for my slurpee (I am from Winnipeg in case that helps with context). Made me smile, thanks!
posted by Lawn Beaver at 5:59 PM on July 12, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Lawn Beaver at 5:59 PM on July 12, 2018 [2 favorites]
Maybe use them as a lattice top for a pie or tart? This recipe (apologies for video format) doesn't really demonstrate brilliant technique and I can't vouch for the taste at all, but with a little skill and the right filling (NOT ganache, WAY too sweet, but maybe lemon?) a spin on something like this could work.
posted by halation at 6:28 PM on July 12, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by halation at 6:28 PM on July 12, 2018 [2 favorites]
Could you soak the twizzlers in vodka to make a twizzler-flavored vodka? Or go the non-alcoholic route and make a twizzler simple syrup? Either could be used to soak a cake or quick bread.
posted by stripesandplaid at 6:46 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by stripesandplaid at 6:46 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
So first I'd untwist the twizzlers into strands... and then maybe use the strands to make faces on cookies maybe? How recognizable do they need to be? You could always melt them with some powdered sugar and cream into a glaze... or just do something cool with the strand like tie the strand insouciantly onto, like, a butter cookies shaped like a key... or form the strands into the hair on doll face cookies...
posted by fingersandtoes at 7:16 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by fingersandtoes at 7:16 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
Some sort of fruitcake using rainbow twizzlers?
Oatmeal Twizzler cookies?
posted by Sassyfras at 7:20 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
Oatmeal Twizzler cookies?
posted by Sassyfras at 7:20 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
Cut them flat and use as the base of mini baked pies. People can ignore or eat around them because they’re on the bottom.
posted by iamkimiam at 10:41 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by iamkimiam at 10:41 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]
First I would bake, boil, microwave, and fry some samples to see what sort of result you get from these processes....maybe a genius idea breaks loose.
If the twizzlers don't heat/cool appealingly, maybe you could encase 2" lengths in a protective layer of marzipan then wrap in crescent roll dough? The rolls bake quickly enough that the heat might not penetrate to the twizzlers inside their vaults. And then you would have Twizzler Wellingtons.
Or you could pat down a thinnish layer of graham cracker crust, lay the twizzlers on top in a radial pattern, and encase them wth another thinnish layer. On top of that you could scatter green-tinted coconut shreds, and on top of THAT pour a blue-tinted no-bake cheesecake filling studded with gummy fish and sea creatures. And then you could tie on a vintage 50s hostess apron and serve the folks who set you this challenge a Transoceanic Cable Cheesecake.
posted by apparently at 3:19 AM on July 13, 2018 [3 favorites]
If the twizzlers don't heat/cool appealingly, maybe you could encase 2" lengths in a protective layer of marzipan then wrap in crescent roll dough? The rolls bake quickly enough that the heat might not penetrate to the twizzlers inside their vaults. And then you would have Twizzler Wellingtons.
Or you could pat down a thinnish layer of graham cracker crust, lay the twizzlers on top in a radial pattern, and encase them wth another thinnish layer. On top of that you could scatter green-tinted coconut shreds, and on top of THAT pour a blue-tinted no-bake cheesecake filling studded with gummy fish and sea creatures. And then you could tie on a vintage 50s hostess apron and serve the folks who set you this challenge a Transoceanic Cable Cheesecake.
posted by apparently at 3:19 AM on July 13, 2018 [3 favorites]
Slice them into little rings and then mix them in with angel food cake batter. You'll get a cake with little partially dissolved red rings, festive!
posted by under_petticoat_rule at 6:40 AM on July 13, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by under_petticoat_rule at 6:40 AM on July 13, 2018 [2 favorites]
Trim the ends off, fill them with whipped cream and call them Twizzolis.
posted by under_petticoat_rule at 6:41 AM on July 13, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by under_petticoat_rule at 6:41 AM on July 13, 2018 [1 favorite]
I'm not sure twizzlers are actually hollow in the way many of these ideas seem to imagine. (Would a red-vines dish count?)
It's not baking, but how about melting them into a liquid (in a double boiler, or very carefully and with lots of stirring in a thick walled pot) and pouring them over extra cold (ideally dry-ice temperature) ice-cream? A twizzler shell ice-cream bar sounds pretty good.
The other option is to go the "spam cake" route and just use them for their ingredients. Sugar and corn starch aren't hard to use. Dissolve them in hot water, boil it down to a syrup, and use it to make pink tapioca pudding or to replace the sugar in the baked good of your choice.
I'll happily eat a twizzler over any non-savory food that has been baked. So, it's probably best to ignore my advice.
posted by eotvos at 8:08 AM on July 13, 2018 [1 favorite]
It's not baking, but how about melting them into a liquid (in a double boiler, or very carefully and with lots of stirring in a thick walled pot) and pouring them over extra cold (ideally dry-ice temperature) ice-cream? A twizzler shell ice-cream bar sounds pretty good.
The other option is to go the "spam cake" route and just use them for their ingredients. Sugar and corn starch aren't hard to use. Dissolve them in hot water, boil it down to a syrup, and use it to make pink tapioca pudding or to replace the sugar in the baked good of your choice.
I'll happily eat a twizzler over any non-savory food that has been baked. So, it's probably best to ignore my advice.
posted by eotvos at 8:08 AM on July 13, 2018 [1 favorite]
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