How neat! I saw the picture first and jumped directly to the story, I thought it was real for a second or two! :)

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Those look so cool! Did you make them, and if so, how? Or is there a place where you ordered or found them?

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if you want to buy some, there are a lot of companies that do this. Here's one:

http://kookisushi.com/

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For a good friend's birthday last year, I bought her a gift pack from Kooki Sushi. She's an art school graduate and self-employed designer. She's always been into baking and was getting into creative chocolates. I figure this was the perfect gift.
It was. She was amazed at the quality (including the shipping packaging). She said they looked real and apparently taste pretty good, too!
Its a tad pricy but if you know anybody that may appreciate such a gift, I highly recommend it.

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Any guesses as to what is used to make the ones in teh photo? Besides the obvious Rice Krispies, I'm thinking small pieces of papaya or dried apricot, marshmallow or marshamallow creme, and maybe marzipan for the dark stuff wrapped around it? How about the red caviar-looking stuff? What do you suppose that is?

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Interesting, I too would like to know the products they used to make these cookies.

LJ, I recently saw a piece on the $1000.00 ice cream sundae served at Serendipity, and it contains caviar that looks just like the pic above, and they stated it has a very sweet taste unlike most caviar which is very salty. Just a thought...

I will be checking these out for someone I know will love them. Happy eating all!

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I've actually made these with my kids. I'm not sure what ingredients were used in the pictures above, but I used watermelon flavored (dark green) fruit leathers for the outside, and gummy worms for the centers (you can also use the sticks of flavored licorice). And yes, the "rice" is Rice Krispie treats. We took them to a church function for the children, and they were a HUGE hit - especially among the adults! ha!
A Google search for Rice Krispie sushi will get you many different recipes. :)

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Here's a page explaining the various items:

http://www.chocolateatlas.com/Sushi/Sushi.htm

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I love this. I always feel so elegant for some reason when I eat Japanese food. I tend to eat less as well. I usually order in from a Japanese place near where I live and they always pay so much attention to how it is packaged. Far more so than most restaurants. I have recently upgraded my dining utentsils and have bought everything at Target...so funky and cheap.

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These are terrific! My college daughter loves sushi and all things Japanese; I want to make some to send her. Thanks for all the helpful links!

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I think they used red hot candies in little bowls to look like caviar. How fun!!

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Where can I buy these or get the recipes?

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lol, I made something like those sometime! They're a lot of fun to eat~

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I made rice crispy sushi for my son's preschool class(he is now 11 yrs old). Back then, the treat went over well with the adults, but the kids didn't know what to do with them. Southernliving.com has 3 variations on the recipe. Unfortunately, the website doesn't have the picture that went with the magazine article. Some of the ingredients have obvious uses: fruit roll ups for the rolls, swedish fish or gummy fish for the nagiri, etc... I even have trays shaped like fish that I use for serving. Here is the link to the recipe that I used:

http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=257532

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http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/kids/feature/famf0400mocksushi

Easy to make

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Those Look good!

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That is a great idea. We love sushi; even my children enjoy it. It would really be fun to make these cookies for my next sushi party! My guest would be thrilled.

I love creativity!
http://thecajunchef.blogspot.com/

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