Volcano Party Menu

Volcanoes (Main Dish)

1/2 lb. hamburger (or other ground meat
1/4 pkg. taco seasoning
1 C. shredded jack cheese
Sliced black olives
1 pkg. (8oz) dinner rolls
2 C. coarsely crushed corn chips
1 can tomato sauce
8 tsp. grated cheddar cheese
8 slices of black olive

Brown ground meat and drain well. Stir in seasoning. Mix in chesses and olives, set aside. Divide roll dough into 16 sections. Shape into flat rounds and sprinkle on corn chip crumbs, pressing crumbs in slightly. Place 8 rounds on greased cookie sheet. Divide meat evenly amoung 8 rounds, shaping into volcano cone-shape. Press sides of dough closed with fork.  Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes. When ready, transfer to plates and top each with tablespoon of sauce, 1 teaspoon cheddar cheese, and 1 olive slice forming "lava flow".Serves 8

Earthquake (drink)

1 C plain yogurt
1 C fruit (peach, papaya, strawberries)
Shake these two ingredients up for a delightful, creamy cool aftershock.

Whirl in the blender until smooth.
Serves 2

Volcano dessert

Simply make and angel food cake, drizzle red icing out flowing from the center ("lava" or "magma"). Add sprinkles "tephra"

Messy Mud Pie

3 1/2 C. chocolate wafers (graham crackers or chocolate sandwich cookies
6 Tbsp. melted butter
1 Qt. chocolate ice cream
1/2 C. chocolate fudge topping
1/2 C. semisweet chocolate chips
1 C heavy cream
1/4 C powdered chocolate milk or hot cocoa mix
Crust:
Place cookies in large ziplock bag, close and crush (to resemble dirt). Pour 1 1/2 C of the crushed cookies into a 9 inch pie pan (save the remaining for topping)
Stir in melted butter, press in bottom and sides of pan. Freeze for 20 minutes
Filling:
Remove ice cream from freezer to soften for 10 minutes. Spread half (2 C) onto the bottom of the chilled crust. Dig potholes in the ice cream. Fill each with 1 Tbsp of fudge topping. Freeze for 10 minutes or until set.
Stir chocolate chips "rocks" into the remaining ice cream. Remove pie from freezer and spread remaining ice cream evenly over top. Place the pie back in the freezer while you whip the cream
Top:
Pour heavy cream into a mixing bowl and beat with a hand held mixer at high speed for 3 - 5 minutes (or until cream starts to thicken). Add chocolate milk mix and beat for 1 -2  minutes, or until beater starts to leave swirls in the cream.
Remove pie from freezer, spread whipped cream evenly over top. Sprinkle pie with remaining cookie crumb. Cover and freeze for 3 - 4 hours.
Serve:
Once the pie has frozen solid, slice into wedges and eat right away.
Serves 6 - 8

Volcano Breakfast

If you want to start off your volcano day party with a volcano breakfast try this:
Put a pile of scrambled eggs (in a cone shape) in the center of each plate with a small indent in the center. Fill the center with ketchup and drizzle down the sides

If you have more ideas e - mail me and I will add them and give you credit.

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