CUB GRUB

Soda Pop Pops

Santa Clara County Council

Ingredients, Supplies:

• 2 12-oz cans lemon-lime soda
• 1 14-oz can sweetened condensed milk
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• 10 wooden sticks
• 10 5-oz paper cups
• Foil

Directions -

• In a bowl, stir together soda, condensed milk and lemon juice.  Pour into the 10 cups, and cover each with a piece of foil.  Make a hole in the center of the foil with a sharp knife, and then insert a wooden stick through the hole.
• Freeze 4-6 hours.
• To serve, remove roil and tear off paper cup.
• Makes 10 servings.

Ants on a Log

San Gabriel, Verdugo Hills & Long Beach Area Councils

Ingredients:

• 1 celery stick per person
• Peanut butter
• Raisins

Directions:

• Spread peanut butter on celery sticks.
• Dot the peanut butter with raisins

Baked Eggs In The Shell

San Gabriel, Verdugo Hills & Long Beach Area Councils

Ingredients:

• 12 eggs
• Salt and Pepper
• Bread (optional)
• Margarine

Directions:

• Pierce small end of egg with a pin.
• Place eggs in hot ashes with small end up.
• Bake for 10 to 20 minutes.
• If desired, serve hot on buttered toast and season with salt and pepper.

Hot Dog Pie

Santa Clara County Council

Ingredients:

• ½ pound ground beef
• 4 hot dogs, cut in half lengthwise and sliced
• 1 can (16 oz) baked beans
• ½ cup ketchup
• 2 T brown sugar
• 2 T prepared mustard
• 2 oz processed cheese (Velveeta), cubed
• 1 unbaked deep-dish pastry shell (9 inches)
• 4 slices American cheese

Directions -

• In a large saucepan, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. 
• Add the hot dogs, beans, ketchup, brown sugar, mustard and cheese cubes. 
• Cook and stir until cheese is melted.
• Meanwhile, lightly poke holes in pastry shell with a fork. 
• Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.  Fill with hot beef mixture. 
• Cut each cheese slice into four strips. 
• Make a lattice topping over the pie.  
• Bake 5-10 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.
• Serves 4-6.

Pita Pizza

San Gabriel, Verdugo Hills & Long Beach Area Councils

Ingredients:

• 3 pitas
• 4 ounces of mozzarella cheese
• 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil
• 1 small jar or can of pizza sauce
• Pepperoni or other toppings

Directions:

• Cut pitas in half by separating at the edges to make two pizza crusts out of each pita.
• Top pitas halves with pizza sauce, cheese, and other toppings.
• Fry in oil until crust is lightly browned. (Adult help needed)

Hobo Popcorn

San Gabriel, Verdugo Hills & Long Beach Area Councils

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon popcorn kernels
• 18” x 18” square of heavy or doubled foil
• 1 teaspoon oil
• Butter and salt, if desired, for seasoning

Directions:

• In the square of foil add popcorn kernels and oil together. Bring foil corners together to make a pouch.
• Seal the edges by folding, but allow room for the popcorn to pop.
• Tie each pouch to the end of a skewer.
• Hold the pouch over the hot coals.
• Shake constantly until all the corn has popped.
• Season as desired with butter and salt.

Creamy Crunchies

San Gabriel, Verdugo Hills & Long Beach Area Councils

Ingredients:

• 1 apple
• 3 tablespoons cream cheese
• 1 tablespoon strawberry jam

Directions:

• Core apple.
• Cut the apple into 8 to 10 slices.
• Spread each apple slice with cream cheese.
• Spread the jam on top of the cream cheese.

Stuffed Potatoes

San Gabriel, Verdugo Hills & Long Beach Area Councils

Ingredients:

• 1 potato per person
• Vienna sausage
• foil

Directions:

• Core each potato.
• Insert a Vienna Sausage in each potato.
• Wrap each potato in foil.
• Set in hot coals to bake for 45-90 minutes.
• Remove foil and slice. (Optional: add cheese and/or fixings of your choice.)

Jell-O Apples

Baltimore Area Council

Ingredients:

• 3 oz. package of Jell-0 (any flavor),
• 5 apples.

Directions -

• Pour the dry Jell-0 into a medium size plastic bowl.
• Slice the apples in a food processor,
• Then dump into the bowl.
• Cover with a tight lid, and shake until apples are evenly coated.
• Yummy! Try different flavors of Jell-0 and see what you like best.

 

Bundt Cake Worm

Baltimore Area Council

Ingredients:

• Bundt cake (any flavor),
• string licorice,
• white icing,
• green food color.

Directions -

• Bake the cake and cool.
• Cut the cake across the middle and re-arrange the two pieces to form an “S” shaped worm.
• Work on a large piece of cardboard covered with foil, or on a large platter.
• Frost with green tinted icing.
• Lay pieces of licorice across the top curve of the cake to form the sections.
• Cut smaller pieces of licorice and stick into the front end for the feelers.