On Monday night, we hosted our first ever teen candy sushi event…and it was awesome!  I was completely blown away by how creative our Syosset teens were.

For our sushi materials, I bought Rice Krispie treats, marshmallows, Twinkies, Yodels, Fruit by the Foot, Gummy Worms, Swedish Fish, Jelly Belly jelly beans, Sour Patch Kids, gummy raspberries, sprinkles, and green icing “wasabi”.  Plus other assorted items from the children’s cupcake program earlier in the day (bonus!)

We didn’t give any real instructions, other than showing some pictures and offering up some suggestions on how to use the materials (like smush the rice krispies and wrap them with the fruit roll ups, put a swedish fish on top, stuff like that).  It was the originality of the teens that led to amazing creations:

I was seriously impressed, and even tried it myself, using a twinkie and some jelly raspberries to create the look of fish roe:

Next time I will make sure to buy more Rice Krispie Treats and Fruit by the Foot, but otherwise, I could be happier with how the event went!

Nice work to all the sushi chefs!

Sharon Long

Teen Services Librarian