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Apple Monster Mouths with Sunflower Seed Teeth and a Strawberry Tongue

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Makes 16 monster mouths

Ingredients

  • 4 large apples any firm variety
  • 4 tablespoons sunflower seed butter or smooth peanut butter
  • 64 sunflower seeds about 4 per mouth
  • 8 small strawberries halved lengthwise
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice mixed with 120 ml water to prevent browning

Instructions

  • Quarter each apple and remove the core, cutting a shallow wedge from the skin side of each quarter to form the upper and lower 'lips' of the mouth.
  • Dip each cut apple piece briefly in the lemon water, then pat dry.
  • Spread about half a teaspoon of sunflower seed butter along the inner flesh of the lower lip piece.
  • Press 4 sunflower seeds into the seed butter along the lower lip to form teeth.
  • Place one strawberry half, cut side down, in the centre of the lower lip as the tongue.
  • Rest the upper lip piece on top at a slight angle so the mouth looks open and menacing.
  • Arrange on a platter and serve within 1 hour for best colour.