Fork and Beans

Making food fun for the family

A Chocolate-Covered Tee-Pee

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It would quite unfair if I didn’t pay homage

to my special ethnic heritage for this theme’s:

I know the blonde hair and super pale skin

make you instantly think:

“She must have American Indian blood in her!”

It’s as if you know me…

This fact always throws people off

but the truth is, I really do

have a good portion of Red Cherokee blood

running through my veins.

So in honor of my heritage and Thanksgiving,

I wanted to do a fun food project

that represents another side of the Thanksgiving table:

The building of a chocolate-covered tee-pee

Watch how it magically turns from a simple foundation

into a fully decorated tee-pee:

(fireplace not included)

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

  • 1 GF ice cream cone (cut out triangle for tee-pee opening and a small opening on the top)
  • 1 Dr. Lucy’s cookie for the base
  • GF pretzels
  • melted vegan chocolate chips
  • vegan icing, various colors
  • 1 small slice of strawberry for flame in the fire
  • handful of cacao nibs for sprinkling

DIRECTIONS:

  1. First, coat cone with melted chocolate. Place 2 pretzel sticks in the top hole and allow to set.
  2. Coat cookie with chocolate. Use chocolate as glue to set cone on top of cookie.
  3. Place pretzel bits in formation of fire logs and set strawberry on top (using choco as glue) .
  4. Using icing, make patterns on the tee-pee.
  5. Sprinkle with cacao nibs for dirt.
  6. Eat or just adore.

It’s almost as if I can feel the warmth

of the tee-pee fire hitting my skin…

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Comments

  2. Lets toast some vegan marshmallows on that bad boy of a fire! 🙂
    This is such a fun idea. It looks kind of time consuming though. How long did you spend on this?

    • I have a year’s supply of Dandies so I will bring the marshmallows! It probably took 30 minutes, Isobelle. It wasn’t too bad really… I think the fireplace was the biggest pain in the butt of all of it.

  3. I first thought, ‘Oh, that teepee needs a fire.’ But you delivered, as always, I shoulda knowd.
    Ha-li-he-li-ga
    You be happy.

  5. Kahyoot! And my husband is a tiny bit Cherokee, too. His great-itty-great-great grandmother, I think. Did the Cherokee live in tee-pees?

  10. I almost bought GF pretzels last night. Until I realized they were EIGHT DOLLARS A BAG.

    My boyfriend (err, ex?) claims to have Cherokee blood running through him, too! And he’s pale as a vampire. I think you two might be lying.. 😉

    • Have you seen the GF Synder’s pretzels? They taste *just like* the real thing. I think those were only 5 bucks. ONLY 5 bucks, ha! Listen to that, as if that is a deal. And when you say ex-boyfriend, you aren’t talking about your current bf are you??? ARE YOU?? Because we need to chat if so…

      • Whaaat? I didn’t even know Snyders made GF pretzels. I am going to hunt them down tomorrow. And eat the entire bag.

        And yes, the same boyfriend who gave me the name ladycakes. Now what am I going to call my freaking blog?

        • I just found them a week ago at WholeFoods. And I ate them. ALL. In two days. They were *that* good.
          Son of a b, man. What the h-e-double hockey sticks happened???

  12. This, is a work of ART!
    I love it!
    It’s amazing how a few strategically placed pieces of pretzel and a bit of strawberry can be transformed into a fire.
    Brilliant. 🙂

    • Thank you so much, Nina! I wasn’t sure if it looked like a fire initially but I am so glad to hear you think so. I think my ancestors would be proud 🙂

  13. Love this!!!

    Another great & creative idea!

    Don’t know where you come up with these, but keep them coming!

    • Yeah, I don’t know either… he. Love you bud. I like having your comment everyday. When you get back home, you know that I will be expecting this to carry on…