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Pear Penguins

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March 10th, 2010

Recipe courtesy of Bean Appetit: Hip and Healthy Ways to Have Fun with Food by Shannon Payette Seip and Kelly Parthen, with Carisa Dixon

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Servings
Makes 1 Pear Penguin
Ingredients
  • 2 mini chocolate chips
  • 2 white chocolate chips
  • 1 pear
  • 3 tablespoons chocolate chips, melted
  • 1 thin slice of baby carrot, cut into a small triangle
  • 1fig, cut in half diagonally
  • Pastry brush
    • Directions
  • 1.

    Your penguins need eyes to see how cute they will become! Push the mini chocolate chips in the center of the white chocolate chips to form eyes. Now waddle like a penguin twice around the table.

  • 2.

    Even though penguins can't fly, they still need wings. Use a butter knife to carefully cut a slice in both sides of the pear to form wings, making sure to keep the tops of the slices attached to the pear. Use a peeler to shave the pear skin off in between the wings in an oval shape. This is the penguin's white tummy.

  • 3.

    Use a pastry brush to paint chocolate on the penguin's body, everywhere but his stomach. Use a toothpick to notch a spot for each of the chocolate chip eyes and the carrot beak. Insert the eyes and carrot beak. Balance the pear penguin on a plate and place the fig halves for feet. Dress up in black and white clothes for this frosty feast!

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