| Level: | Intermediate |
| Total: | 2 hr 40 min |
| Active: | 40 min |
| Yield: | 16 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups milk
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 to 4 tablespoons instant tapioca
- 1 teaspoon extra-strength vanilla extract
- Dash almond extract
- 5.5 ounces banana-habanero chocolate
Instructions
- In a medium pot add the milk, sugar and egg. Let stand for 5 minutes. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, and bring the mixture to a boil. Remove from the heat, and add the tapioca, vanilla extract and almond extract. Chill the mixture for 2 hours.
- Meanwhile, start prepping the chocolate. Place the chocolate in a glass bowl and microwave on medium heat for 35 seconds at a time until the chocolate melts. Using a clean pastry brush, paint the chocolate molds with the melted chocolate, then freeze.
- Transfer the tapioca to a pastry bag. Remove the chocolate from the molds and pipe the chilled tapioca in to fill. Top with more melted chocolate, and then freeze until solid.
- To make the chocolate legs, drizzle some melted chocolate on wax paper in long strands, then freeze. Break the chocolate strands into pieces and stick them on the sides of the bugs using some melted chocolate as the glue.
- Serve the cockroaches on their backs.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 16 servings |
| Calories | 98 |
| Total Fat | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Carbohydrates | 14 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 12 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Cholesterol | 14 mg |
| Sodium | 21 mg |
Reviews
I absolutely loved the flavor of the roaches. The habanero really brings out the earthy tones and the banana helps to balance the roughness of the legs and antennae. 10/10 would recommend this. I do recommend smashing the roaches first (preferably with two days of leiway since they can survive for up to three days without a head). I prepared this wonderful snack for my son and his friends for their playdate. One even fainted from excitement- I think he really liked it! Would recommend to all moms who need a fast recipe. Definitely trying out new flavors soon! Maybe apple cinnamon? White kale cockroaches (for vegan Tuesdays)- yum!
I prefer using home grown cockroaches, as in my home we do not eat anything sweet ir unhealthy. So I actually place cockroach eggs in random spots of my house and allow them to eat my left over spinach. All I eat is spinach. God lord help me. Everyday I spindle further and further into this deep pit I have dug myself into. Nothing helps me anymore. I’ve come so low to the point to infest my home just to feel something. And possibly eat something. And I can across this. This actually cured my depressive episode. This actually saved me. Due to this recipe I have given my life over to the lord. 10 years ago I was baptized due to this recipe. So delicious, very crunchy but still tender. The taste is smooth and it goes down like butter. I would recommend this recipe 10/10.