Hot Snacks How-Tos
How To: Make marshmallow and popcorn brain balls
These tasty little popcorn treats resembling brains are easy to make and lots of fun. Impress the little ones with your food humor. Taste this Marshmallow and Popcorn Brain Balls recipe. Make marshmallow and popcorn brain balls.
How To: Make no bake peanut butter cookies
In this video series John King shows you how to make no bake peanut butter cookies. A great summer treat for when you don't want to turn on the stove!
How To: Make homemade donuts
In this video series, our expert will demonstrate how to make homemade donuts. You will learn how to make a variety of donuts, including an easy glazed donut, traditional jelly donuts and powdered sugar donuts.
How To: Grill halloumi cheese
Halloumi with pomegranates and mint a new take on grilled cheese. Can be cut up and used as an appetizer. Made in Cypress, Greece and Turkey.
How To: Make "Shooters" one-bite hors d'oeuvres
From the hip -- "Shooters" are one-bite hors d'oeuvres that are easy to make great for parties.
How To: Prepare Asian-style spring rolls
Asian-style spring and summer rolls are easy to create at home and can make a cooling supper on a hot evening. Use fresh herbs, such as mint, cilantro and basil and wrap With colorful, cooling vegetables -- such as shredded carrot, cucumber, or bean sprouts -- and vermicelli rice noodles. Add cooked, chilled seafood, tofu or chicken if desired.
How To: Toast nuts
Toasting nuts really brings out their flavor, not to mention it gives them a delicious crunch. Spread nuts in an even layer on a rimmed baking sheet and bake in a 400-degree oven, watching them carefully so they don't burn, for 10 to 15 minutes. Cool and store in an airtight container for up to two weeks.
How To: Drain yogurt
Yogurt makes a healthy and delicious addition to dips, sauces and soups, but sometimes it can make a recipe taste watery. The solution is to drain the yogurt in a sieve lined with cheesecloth or a clean, lint-free dish towel in the refrigerator overnight until the yogurt becomes thick and creamy-looking.
How To: Prepare Thai spring rolls
This video shows you how to prepare Thai spring rolls (Po Pia Thot), a favorite appetizer or snack that everyone enjoys.
How To: Make Thai tuna toast
This Thai dish is a good snack or appetizer. You will need baguette bread, chunky light tuna in water, eggs, cornstarch, chopped water chestnuts, sesame seeds, choppped fresh ginger root, chopped green onion and cilantro, fish sauce, fresh pepper, sugar and vegetable oil. Make Thai tuna toast.
How To: Make ice cream in a bag
This short video teaches you how to make real ice cream with your preschooler with just some plastic bags. This is a wonderful activity for using measuring skills, scooping and pouring skills, and experiencing a science reaction. The best part is the great tasting ice you can make in about 5 minutes!
How To: Make homemade wonton crisps
Chef John tells us that he normally would avoid any in-home deep-frying, but as you’ll see in this clip, these go so fast, and we use such a small amount of oil that it’s actually quite fast and easy. Most grocery stores carry both round and square “wonton wrappers” or, as they are sometimes called, “wonton skins.”
How To: Make homemade peanut butter
Rich, creamy peanut butter tastes great on sandwiches, in recipes, or even by itself. Try making this peanut butter recipe with your kids. You will need peanut or vegetable oil, roasted, unsalted peanuts and salt. The oil thins the peanut butter. For crunchy peanut butter, chop some additional peanuts. Pour them into the bowl, and stir them into the peanut butter. Spread the peanut butter on your favorite bread for a delicious snack at any time of the day.
How To: Make low-carb snacks
Michel Nischan shows you some great low-carb snacks, such as mozzarella sticks and peanut butter covered vegetables. However, the best low-carb snack is the Mexican pizza. Created with a toasted tortilla, refried beans, strained salsa, and low fat cheese. Bake it in the oven for four minutes, and you have one tasty snack
How To: Make wontons
Watch this instructional video to learn how to make wontons. All you need is chicken (or any other meat), green onion, soy sauce, pepper, sesame oil, and water. Wontons are an Asian dish.
How To: Make almond biscotti
Biscotti is a tasty afternoon snack and also goes great with a steaming cup of coffee. Learn how to make almond biscotti at home. You will need almonds, baking powder, salt, flour, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, and almont extract. Happy coffee break. This is an Italian snack.
How To: Make nachos with homemade chips
Nachos are the perfect appetizer, especially when the tortilla chips are warm and crispy. Learn how to make your own nacho chips the simple way - with fresh corn wraps. these corn chips are made from corn wraps and they are so easy to make. Cut a stack of corn wraps into triangles, place them on a cookie sheet lined with foil and bake them in a 350 degree oven for about 15 minutes or until they turn golden brown. Here is an easy chip tip: If you want, you can spray the chips with cooking spra...
How To: Make spicy glazed nuts
A simple but tasty party snack, these glazed nuts are both sweet and salty with an added spicy punch. For this recipe you will need:
How To: Make yummy crunchy peanut brittle
Satisfy your sweet tooth with a batch of yummy peanut brittle. This crunchy candy uses just a handful of ingredients and is a cinch to make. You will need water, sugar, roasted peanuts, corn syrup, peanut butter, butter, salt, parchment paper, and baking soda.
How To: Make Vietnamese spring rolls with fresh bean sprouts
These spring rolls are fun to make. You can choose your own ingredients, but you really need to use fresh crisps bean sprouts. Pair these spring rolls with your favorite dipping sauce
How To: Soak walnuts for less acidity
Elaina Love explains why walnuts can be more alkaline after soaked. When you drain the nuts all the brown acids wash away leaving them even more delicious. Soak walnuts for less acidity.
How To: Make sweet, buttery caramel corn
This recipe for sweet, buttery caramel corn will have your little ones asking for more. Serve it as a snack or as a treat at a child's party.
How To: Prepare cheese garlic fries
These fries are served at alot of ballparks. You will need frozen fries, butter, garlic, parsley, cheese and kosher salt. Prepare cheese garlic fries.
How To: Make crispy zucchini fried in breadcrumbs
A yummy snack which has been a popular food in bars since 1980. Parmesan and thyme are the key ingredients to make it taste great. Make crispy zucchini fried in breadcrumbs.