Worms 'N Dirt

February 07, 2012

Sounds disgusting, doesn’t it? Would it change your mind if I told you it was made from melted chocolate and Chow Mein noodles?

This is just one of the fun things we did at our very first Boy’s Book Club meeting this last Saturday! We also looked through the choices for the April through July meetings. If you were not able to attend, here is the list of options:

School Adventures Books (April) 

• Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
• Frindle by Andrew Clements
• Lunch Walks Among Us by Jim Benton
• The Latchkey Dog by Mary Jane Auch
• The Rat Brain Fiasco by Julie Berry

SciFi/Fantasy Books (May) 

• Kenny and the Dragon by Toni DiTerlizzi
• Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
• The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth
• The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
• War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

Mystery Books (June) 

• Genius Files by Dan Gutman
• The Sherlock Files: the 100-Year-Old Secret by Tracy Barrett
• The Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
• The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
• Mudshark by Gary Paulsen

Sports Books OR Your Pick Graphic Novel (July) 

• Football Genius by Tim Green
• Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
• Mudville by Kurtis Scaletta
• The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter
• The Comeback Challenge by Matt Christopher

Please pick your top choice in each category and email it to Sara Wagner at swagner@mymcpl.org. And don’t forget to come in to the Red Bridge Branch to get your copy of The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan for our next meeting! See you on Saturday, February 18th at 11:00am!

Recipe for “Worms ‘n’ Dirt”

• 2 Bags of semi-sweet Chocolate chips (can substitute butterscotch chips for one or both of the bags)
• 2 cans of Chow Mein noodles

1. Melt the chocolate/butterscotch chips. (You can use a crockpot, stirring often. You can also use a microwave, just make sure to use a microwave-safe container and for 10 seconds at a time.)
2. Add the noodles and stir until thoroughly mixed.
3. Drop the mixture in spoonfuls onto wax paper or aluminum foil. Let sit for 30-40 minutes until chocolate has hardened (or put in the fridge/freezer for 10 minutes if you get impatient and want to eat them sooner).
4. Makes roughly 2 dozen cookies.

Sara W.
Red Bridge Branch