Hotel Transylvania: Mouse Jelly recipe
Let me get a bubonic moose nose omelet with cockroach paste and mouse jelly. And with egg whites.
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, 2012
Hotel Transylvania: Mouse Jelly recipe
First off, what on earth is mouse jelly?! My first assumption was that it was mice set in jelly. After a bit of research, the dish doesn’t look like it contains any mice at all. It really just looks like a bunch of squiggly lines set in jelly. Now, I know it’s a made up dish in the movie but I’m really curious to know what the intention was. If anyone has an idea, please let me know!
For this recipe for mouse jelly, I’m creating what I first assumed mouse jelly to look like. This is so much fun to do with your kids and it really doesn’t take much time set. You can get creative and purchase different molds so you can set spiders, ghosts, or even skulls in jelly. To keep outer jelly clear, it’s only flavored with vanilla and sweetened with sugar. You can get more creative with the flavor of the mice. In this case, I flavored it with coconut milk. This recipe is nothing mind-blowing but it’s so much fun and I think that’s especially important during the Halloween season! My nephews had such a kick from making and eating this recipe so I hope you and your friends and family enjoy it as well.
You can find the mice mold at most craft and bakery stores but I purchased mine online on Amazon.
Hotel Transylvania: Mouse Jelly recipe
Hotel Transylvania: Mouse Jelly
Ingredients
Mice Jelly
- 2 tbsp powdered gelatin
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 cup coconut cream
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
Clear Jelly
- 3 tbsp powdered gelatin
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 cups hot water
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- seeds from one vanilla bean
Instructions
Mice Jelly
- To create the mice jelly, combine the water and gelatin in a bowl and stir together. Let it sit for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, heat the coconut cream and sugar in a saucepan until very hot, it does not need to be boiling. Add the hot coconut cream to the bloomed gelatin and stir to combine. Let it cool a bit while you prepare the mold.
- Lightly grease the mold with vegetable oil. Wipe off any excess with a paper towel. Pour the mixture into each mold. Refrigerate until set, this will take about 30 minutes. Take the jelly mice out and gently pressing on the edges to release them. Repeat with the rest of the mixture.
- Refrigerate the mice while you prepare the clear jelly.
Clear Jelly
- In a bowl, bloom the gelatin by combine the gelatin and 1/2 cup of water. Let it sit for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat the water, sugar, and vanilla until hot. Pour the mixture into the bloomed gelatin and stir until it has completely melted. Set aside to cool.
- Prepare a loaf pan by lightly greasing it with vegetable oil. Wipe off any excess with a paper towel. Once the jelly has thickened, pour the mixture into the prepared loaf pan.
- Let it sit in room temperature until it has really thickened but not yet set. This will take about 45 minutes. Insert the mice into the jelly. Remember to place them upside down because it will later be inverted.
- Refrigerate for 2 hours or until completely set. Gently press the edges to release the jelly from the mold.
