Rice Krispie and candy sushi

Mike B sez, "For my 7-year-old son's school lunch birthday party, my Japanese wife made faux sushi using Rice Crispy treats, Swedish Fish, Fruit Rollups and licorice. And of course she packed it all in a proper faux lacquer (plastic) sushi box. It was a big hit with my son's classmates."

Birthday treats for school (Thanks, Mike!)

[#1 posted by skramble, March 19, 2009 1:25 PM]

that's awesome. I need to get me one of them japanese wives.

[#2 posted by inkfumes, March 19, 2009 1:30 PM]

Will my Japanese Robot Wife be able to make these?

[#3 posted by brie, March 19, 2009 1:53 PM]

I love these so much. I must knock off...

[#4 posted by TJ S, March 19, 2009 1:58 PM]

@Inkfumes:

Yes, but it will require a firmware upgrade.

[#5 posted by mypalmike, March 19, 2009 2:21 PM]

Fake sushi at age 7? I don't think I knew what real sushi looked like until I was 18. These folks must be some of them liberal elites I done heard about.

[#6 posted by dofnup, March 19, 2009 3:12 PM]

Sooo cute and funny!! May steal idea one day >_>

[#7 posted by gredux, March 19, 2009 3:53 PM]

My daughter and I made these last year, minus the box, for her 10th birthday. A parade of teachers made their way into the class to see them. It was a proud moment.

[#8 posted by bellamama, March 19, 2009 5:15 PM]

My daughter had a candy sushi-making party for her 13th party this year. They had a ball.
Not for nothing, she was born in Japan, with a Japanese papa. (I'm a gaijin wife.)

[#9 posted by Donner, March 19, 2009 7:12 PM]

I've made candy sushi before - rolls, with chocolate ganache in place of nori.

But not nearly as beautiful as these. Well done!

FWIW, my daughter first ordered sushi on her own at age 5 (before I'd ever even tried it). She's been hooked on unagi ever since.

[#10 posted by benofiniquity, March 19, 2009 8:01 PM]

There are wonderful examples of this if you look around a little.

http://food-furious.blogspot.com/2009/02/candy-sushi-part-4-mrs-butterworths.html

[#11 posted by Cruftbox, March 19, 2009 8:32 PM]

My daughter Mira and I made mock sushi once. We had a great time. Here's our how-to. Her friends at school loved it.

[#12 posted by jackie31337, March 20, 2009 1:45 AM]

Those are made of win! I would try it myself, but I think I would make a horrible mess of it. I've never tried to make sushi myself. The few times I've seen it made, it looked like it took some skill to do.

[#13 posted by RexallWodehouse, March 20, 2009 9:05 AM]

These are also great for Halloween and especially for April Fools' Day.

Great job, by the way -- looks like the real thing!

[#14 posted by Baldhead, March 20, 2009 10:33 AM]

seen it before. major sugar overload after about three of them- good for any party, not just kids.

[#15 posted by HOTDAMN, March 20, 2009 11:24 AM]

Does anybody else think "My Japanese Wife" would be a sweet band name?