Going green for the holidays.

Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail.

As a kid we used to make popcorn Christmas trees with popcorn, marshmallows, spice drops and green food coloring. They were so much fun. One year I was temping in an office and had no money but it was my turn to bring in a holiday treat. I decided to make the trees with Rice Krispies as the popcorn needed to be air popped and I didn’t have an air popper.

I don’t know if I used too much food coloring or it didn’t absorb enough. I tried one and it tasted good, wrapped them up and started getting ready for bed. I went into the bathroom and my whole mouth was green. I was horrified. I was hoping to get hired by this company and wanted to make a good impression- green stained teeth was not the way to go. The next morning I got up early and ran to the store to get bakery items.

Eventually I did get hired but then the company went bankrupt so maybe I should have given them all green treats.

Not the worst story but I laugh thinking if I hadn’t tried them what a disaster it would have been. I did save a couple of them for myself, it’s not easy being green.