Liz's and Pab's Diner!

I was invited to a party this past weekend and the theme was burgers without borders. What a cool theme, right! We had four different types of meat: pork, lamp, beef, and chicken. Since the main dishes were burgers, I thought why not make some sweets which looked like burgers with fries! (:


Supplies/Ingredients:
-Vanilla wafers
- thin mints/grasshoppers
- oreo fudge cremes
- sugar cookie mix (or you can make it from scratch)
- sweetened flaked coconut
- frosting
- food coloring: green, red, yellow
- foil cupcake liners
- sandwich bags or pastry bags

Burgers

> You will start by coloring your frosting and coconut

> Take two sandwich bags and fill each up with a good amount of frosting

    (I just eye-balled how much I thought I needed, but I believe 1/8 to 1/4 of a cup

     is a good amount. Plus you can always add more)

> Add 2-4 drops of yellow food coloring to one bag (mustard) 

   & 2-4 drops of red to the other (ketchup)

> In your third bag put in a good amount of coconut 

    (Again, I eye-balled and used a handful. But I think 1/8 to 1/4 of a cup 

     is a good amount)

> Then add 2 drops of green food coloring to your coconut bag (lettuce)

> Next pick out two nice looking vanilla wafers

    (Usually, I just pick out a nice one for the top "bun" because for appearance)

> You can use thin mints or oreo fudge cremes as the patty

    (This depends on your preference. I enjoy the thin mints! (: But my boyfriend 

     doesn't like the flavor of mints to I use orea fudge cremes for him) 

      - just a note the oreo will be sweeter

> Lay one wafer on the opposite side and add some frosting to hold your patty

> Place your thin mints/oreo on top of the wafer & add your condiments (frosting)

> I just make a zigzag design with the yellow/red frosting

    (Since I used sandwich bags, I just cut a tiny bit off of the tip)

> Then you add your lettuce (coconut) on top

> & finish your burger by topping it with another wafer

    -Another nice touch is to add sesame seeds on the top wafer to make it look 

     more like a burger. I just did not have any this time.

 

 

 

 

> I made a total of 26 burgers but I did have some leftovers. 

    So, I assume you can make 30-40 burgers if you were to use all your supplies. 

French Fries

> You will start by following the instructions of the sugar cookie mix 

    or make your own from scratch

> Get a cookie sheet pan and lay out foil and spread some butter on the foil

> Just spread the batter out flat on the sheet and check on it every 3-5 mins since

    it is thinner than cookies

> You can also add yellow food coloring to the batter if you want a more yellow
    color to the fries, but I think the natural color of the sugar is more realistic 

> Take the sheet out of the oven & cut right away when the cookie is still warm

    (This is because it will be easier and will not crumble when you cut them)
> Just cut them to look like fries and also proportional to your burgers 

 

Time to decoration!

Supplies: 

- foil cupcake liners

- checker printed wrapping paper

- twine

- mailing labels

- party baggies

> So any little touches will make your sweets extra cute! (:

> I put the burgers into the foil cupcake liners so it looks like the burgers

    are wrapped in foil just like fast food joints!

> For the fries, I just used some wrapping paper and folded into a simple 

    pocket to hold the French fries.

> I also purchase some plastic baggies to put the sweets in 

   & just tied it with some twine! 

> Pablo made a label for the baggies which tied the whole project together!