Cantelope Recipe
- 2 cantaloupes
- 2 chocolate chips
- 4 toothpicks
- 2 slightly green bananas
- Using a sharp knife, cut off just the end of a cantaloupe. Be careful not to cut off too much, or you will have a hole in the face of your Cantelope.
- Using your knife, outline the shape of the Cantelope's smile in the cut portion of the cantaloupe. Once you get the smile outlined, gently scoop out a small amount of cantaloupe to form an indentation.
- Cut a rectangle lengthwise into what will be the top of your Cantelope. After you have formed the outline with a knife, insert a long knife tip first to cut out the piece.
- Cut into your second cantaloupe. Scoop out some seeds and clean them on a paper towel to remove any residue. Push pointy parts of seeds into the edges of the smile to form teeth.
- Pierce the spot where you will place eyes in the face of the Cantelope using the tip of a knife. Gently push tips of chocolate chips into eye holes.
- Using your second cantaloupe, cut a slice of cantaloupe and remove seeds to form the top piece of your Cantelope. Place into rectangle cut-out on top of Cantelope.
- Using toothpick, poke holes in the bottom of Cantelope for legs. Once holes are in place, skewer the ends your bananas (cut to 2 inch length) with toothpick and insert into Cantelope.
- Now your smiling Cantelope dinner companion is ready to romp across the table!