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Honeydukes Express Trolley Cart


Pizza was the main course, so all we made were treats for the Honeydukes Express Trolley Cart found on the Hogwarts Express, although we took some liberties.  I decided crudite had no place at Hogwarts. And, no one eats it anyway.  Kidney pie wasn't an option.

Licorice wands

Treats:
  1. Acid pops (Dum Dums thinly dipped in honey - warm in microwave to thin - and rolled in Pop Rocks, do this just before - and I mean just before - the party so the Pop Rocks still pop and they don't melt off)
  2. Chocolate frogs (mold from Amazon, used dark cocoa Wilton candy melts, stick in freezer for about 10 minutes and then pop them out of the mold)
  3. Jelly slugs (Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers, stick 'em in a bowl!)
  4. Licorice wands (Red Vines with tips dipped in white Wilton candy melts with sprinkles)
  5. Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans (fake Jelly Bellies from Vons, another stick 'em in a bowl)
  6. Butter beer (served at a set time as it involves whipped cream)
You don't really need recipes for the treats above, but here is an easy one for the Butter Beer:
  1. Ice
  2. Cream soda
  3. Imitation butter flavoring (about 1/4 tsp per glass)
  4. Homemade whipped cream (with a little powdered sugar, vanilla, and butter flavoring mixed in, I bet you could use Cool Whip but I just hate it)

Hagrid's Cake for Harry

Rubeus Hagrid made this cake a breeze.  No need to construct a Hogwart's castle out of fondant or the Weasley's house out of gingerbread.  The kids can make lopsided, misspelled cakes all day long! 

Pink icing with green lettering. 

What is the line/crack down the middle?  Does it represent the lightning shaped scar?  Is it where Hagrid sat on it and broke it enroute?

Hagrid's homemade cake for Harry's 11th birthday
photo courtesy trwrobot