Toffee Rat Onna Stick - From Nanny Ogg'S Cookbook

• 500 g white marzipan
• 1 strawberry licorice bootlace (twizzler)
• 6 ounces toffee icing
• 16 ounces chocolate sprinkles
• 1/4 cup black icing
• 6 tablespoons white sugar
• 4 tablespoons water

1. You will also need: brown thread (for non-edible whiskers- optional) and 4 toffee apple sticks.
2. Break the Marzipan into 4 equal pieces and shape into rats.
3. Trim the bootlace to size and insert appropriately for tails.
4. Coat the bodies with a thin layer of toffee spread and roll them in the chocolate sprinkles to give the effect of fur.
5. Use a small blob of icing for the eyes.
6. If doing whiskers cut a few 5 cm lengths of thread and 'sew' them through the nose.
7. Gently push a stick up each-- er, rat, making sure it is secure.
8. It's all a bit dreadful, isn't it?.
9. Bust still much better than using a real rat.
10. In a heavy bottoms pan dissolve the sugar in the water and cook over a medium heat until it's golden brown (warning this gets very hot so be careful!).
11. When it's ready turn off the heat and quickly coat each rat in it- do NOT use a pastry brush as it will melt!
12. Place the rats in a cool dry place to set.

strawberry licorice, toffee icing, chocolate sprinkles, black icing, white sugar, water

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/toffee-rat-onna-stick-from-nanny-oggs-cookbook-100635 (may not work)