Hocus Pocus Bun Recipe

Hocus Pocus Bun Recipe

Thursday, October 27, 2022

I was looking for easy snacks to make for spooky movie nights, in this, the best season ever-Spooky Season! I stumbled across something called Hocus Pocus Buns on Facebook so I went hunting for a recipe and I found a few which seemed to differ slightly, but the one I'm sharing here was the easiest, messiest, quickest, and the most fun sounding so I tried it, and OH.MY.GOD!! I found this recipe at Fork to Spoon and the lady behind Fork to Spoon may be my new favourite blog person. Please go check out her recipes, I'm going to work through all the yummy air fryer ones! 

Anyway, back to Hocus Pocus Buns...

You're going to need Marshmallows (I used the normal-sized pink and white ones), Cinnamon sugar, butter, and croissant dough (the jus-rol stuff works well although it comes pre-perforated which can cause some mess if you don't seal the properly). 

INGREDIENTS

1/2 Cup Melted Butter 

1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar

2 Tsp Ground Cinnamon 

Croissant Dough

Marshmallows (8-12)

METHOD

Melt your butter in a bowl and set to side

Mix sugar and cinnamon together to make cinnamon sugar and set aside

Roll out dough and cut into 8-12 equal pieces-the Jus-Rol dough makes exactly 12 so if you use that you get more!

Once everything is prepared dip each marshmallow in melted butter then roll it in the cinnamon mixture and place it in the centre of your dough. Close up the dough any which way you can to ensure no gaps.

Brush all your wrapped marshmallows with more of the butter and then sprinkle with your leftover sugar,

Set your Air Fryer to 160° and a cooking time of 8 minutes. 

Line the air fryer tray with parchment paper or silicon fryer liners (if you have them they will keep your fryer cleaner in case of marshmallow leaks).

Place each bun in the fryer spaced apart to avoid sticking together. (The ninja dual fryer 9.5l fits 6 in each side-otherwise you may have to do two batches).

And that's it! They come out you place them on a tray or plate and you can dig in. Just remember hot marshmallows can be TOO hot so maybe wait more than the 30 seconds I did!

15 minutes and boom, perfect movie night snacks! I think maybe a Hocus Pocus marathon. 

Much Love

Aj x

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Saturday, February 22, 2020

If you know me at all and you're reading that title and thinking something is very very wrong! I am self-admittedly NOT a cook. The kitchen is not my domain, unless we're talking about baking which is a horse of a different colour of course. I am the furthest thing from a foodie it is possible to be so I tend to just stay out of the kitchen altogether and leave it to Damian, who LOVES his food. So trust me I get it that you might be thinking "there is absolutely no way AJ is cooking actual food" and honestly you'd be right! I am categorically not being the chef in this scenario-I have however set Damian a challenge, which is to cook a healthy dinner for four (or a meal that he can cook and freeze to cover at least four meals) for less than £5.50-using Schwartz Recipe Mixes!

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Thursday, December 05, 2019

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Meet Lando-the cutest, clingiest, fussiest Patterdoodle in the land.

Perfectly Fudgy Chocolate Brownies Recipe

Perfectly Fudgy Chocolate Brownies Recipe

Monday, May 27, 2019

I don't know if you know this about me but I am an awful, awful chef! I cannot cook, I'm terrible with gauging timings, I can't eat much so I can't taste the food to see if it needs seasoning, and I don't have the patience required if I'm quite honest. My favourite (and most embarrassing) story about me trying to cook, involves me phoning Damian-while he was away in Newcastle- to ask how to turn our oven on! We'd lived in the flat for two months at this point *insert shameful dog eyes here*!

Photo by Calum Lewis @ Unsplash

You Can't Top This

You Can't Top This

Thursday, September 08, 2016

Right, so I remember a time where I hated getting mail! I'm sure I'm not alone in that, letters were either telling me I owed money, or telling me off for not being where I was supposed to be when I was supposed to be there! The mailman was feared, letters landing on the doormat brought only dread and then the internet took over the world and somehow suddenly mail was great again. Gifts were delivered by post, thank you cards arrived from people that still appreciate that great tradition, #bloggermail became a thing and then something beautiful happened-FOOD!! Food in the post, food to my door, food I didn't have to drag my sore sore body to the shops for! Food by post might be the best thing ever :-)!!

So here I am minding my own when the lovely people at CakeToppers ask me if I would like to try their cupcakes...who would say no to cupcakes?? Of course I said yes and the rest is gorgeous, tasty, moist, and expertly made history, look how pretty...

It's a Celebration

It's a Celebration

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Does anybody else ever sit and wonder where certain traditions and rituals originated from? Who celebrated the first birthday (Jesus?), what happened at parties before they wrote Happy Birthday? When did we start assigning materials to wedding anniversaries- seriously what is romantic about tin?? Why do we blow out candles, and for that matter who decided we celebrated with cake anyway?

Vegan Pancakes // Recipe // Healthy Spring Eating

Vegan Pancakes // Recipe // Healthy Spring Eating

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Hello!! *Waves erratically*

How is everyone doing? Have we all been having a great Spring? I absolutely love Spring, it absolutely definitely has to be my favourite season (I'm sure if I lived anywhere other than Scotland, my favourite would be summer, but I don't so it isn't lol). One thing I always seem to have more energy for in Spring is baking, I love shutting myself in the kitchen, blasting my music and just getting my bake on.

One day a week or two ago I had a huge craving for pancakes,but not just any pancakes, vegan pancakes! Now I am not a vegan, if I was I would absolutely starve to death- no joke- but I do love making things that everybody can eat. By making vegan products no-one is excluded because they DON'T TASTE ANY DIFFERENT TO NON-VEGAN ONES!! I'm sorry I shouted but my friends always turn their noses up when I tell them something is vegan, and there is no need.

Anyway enough rambling! I made Vegan pancakes, and here's what you need to know to make your own.

Ingredients: 
1 cup (150g) of plain flour
1 tbsp of sugar
2 tbsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
1 cup (240ml) of soya milk (or other vegan equivalent)
2 tbsp of vegetable oil

And no that is not a typo I did write 2 tablespoons of baking powder, I don't know why you need so much but trust me you do.

Method:
It really is such a simple recipe, alll you have to do is...

1. Pop the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together in your chosen bowl and mix until well combined. Just use a wooden spoon for this because and electric mixer will just send everything flying all over you.
2. Once all your dry ingredients are mixed together, mix in the soya milk and oil and beat together until smooth. You can use your electrix mixer for this part if you wish but I stuck with my spoon and they turned out grand. N.B. The finished mixtue will appear at lot thicker than your average pancake batter, this is OK! 
3. You all know how to cook pancakes right?? No? Okay...
4. Add just under a tsp of oil to a frying pan on a medium heat and shoogle it around until the whole pan base is oiled. Then drop a large spoonful of batter into pan. Once the pancake starts to bubble all over (approx 2/3 minutes) flip  it over and cook for a further 2 minutes...et voila!! 

Perfect Vegan Pancakes!! All you have to do it add a topping and enjoy! My favourite topping for warm pancakes is my Pure Soya Vegan Spread (just like margarine but so much better for you).

What do you like on your pancakes? Jam, chocolate spread, butter, or traditional lemon and sugar, or have you got any suggestions for the ultimate pancake topping?? Let me know in the comments. Oh and if you try this recipe be sure to let me know what you think.

Much Love
AJ
xx