Today I have another fun Harry Potter themed food idea to share with you - a completely edible book sandwich!
For World Book Day this week I made a fun booked themed lunch for each of my boys, based on their chosen costumes.
This fun edible book sandwich was one of the Harry Potter themed foods that I packed in my older son's Harry Potter lunch, and it went down so well when I shared it on Instagram that I think it deserves a blog post of its own!
Be sure to check out my tutorial video so you can see just how easy this is to make!
This cute book sandwich is actually super easy to create. The 'cover' of the book is a standard tortilla wrap, which I cut to size then decorated with an edible food writer pen. It's very quick to make so you could easily make a whole library of book sandwiches for a Harry Potter or book themed party!
To speed up the process you could keep the book cover design really simple with just a title, or go as elaborate as you like with colourful food pens - whichever works best for you!
As this was for a Harry Potter themed lunch, I chose a suitable book to recreate in food form - the classic 'Quidditch Through the Ages'.
Edible Book Sandwich
Ingredients:
- 2 slices bread
- sandwich filling of your choice
- 1 large tortilla wrap
- black edible food writer pen
Method:
Make up a sandwich with a filling of your choice. Cut the sandwich into a neat rectangle.
Place the sandwich on top of the tortilla wrap, then use it as a guide to cut out a larger rectangle for the book cover. The length of the rectangle should be two and a half times as wide as the short side of the sandwich, and the width slightly longer than the long side of the sandwich.
Fold the tortilla rectangle around the sandwich to make the book cover. The tortilla should stay in place once folded, but if it needs sticking down you can use a little cream cheese, hummus, peanut butter or honey as edible 'glue' to hold it in place.
Draw on your book cover design using the edible food writer pen. I roughly copied the front cover of 'Quidditch Through the Ages' but you can use any book cover of your choosing.
Pack in a lunch box or arrange on a plate to serve.
Enjoy!
For more fun and healthy Harry Potter themed food, check out my easy cheese owls, or my golden snitch oranges!
If you liked this fun sandwich idea, you might also enjoy some of the other fun sandwiches that I've shared here on the blog over the years!
Or for more fun food ideas and tutorials like this one, check out the Fun Food for Kids section here on the Eats Amazing blog or follow my Fun Food Ideas for Kids Pinterest boards for loads more ideas from all over the web.
Grace
Edible Book Sandwich
Ingredients
- 2 slices bread
- sandwich filling of your choice
- 1 large tortilla wrap
- black edible food writer pen
Instructions
- Make up a sandwich with a filling of your choice. Cut the sandwich into a neat rectangle.
- Place the sandwich on top of the tortilla wrap, then use it as a guide to cut out a larger rectangle for the book cover. The length of the rectangle should be two and a half times as wide as the short side of the sandwich, and the width slightly longer than the long side of the sandwich.
- Fold the tortilla rectangle around the sandwich to make the book cover. The tortilla should stay in place once folded, but if it needs sticking down you can use a little cream cheese, hummus, peanut butter or honey as edible 'glue' to hold it in place.
- Draw on your book cover design using the edible food writer pen. I roughly copied the front cover of 'Quidditch Through the Ages' but you can use any book cover of your choosing.
- Pack in a lunch box or arrange on a plate to serve.
Video
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Ben says
This is a great idea to make sandwiches a bit more interesting to children! I would definitely want to eat my sandwich like that and make friends jealous! Ha