The Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween-Themed Charaben

Name: The Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween-Themed Charaben
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 Plain cooked rice; 1 Salt for rice ball; 1 Your favorite ingredients (Note: Since these will be used for the face parts, red ingredients such as ume paste, salmon flakes, or mendaiko [seasoned cod roe] might be too grotesque); 1 Red sausage

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My husband was crazy about the Nightmare Before Christmas event at Disneyland. I didn't want to buy any more collectibles, so I make this bento every season.

The less attention to detail you put into making these, the better it turns out. I made this for adult bentos because it might be too scary for children. Recipe by Yukipiyo

My husband was crazy about the Nightmare Before Christmas event at Disneyland. I didn't want to buy any more collectibles, so I make this bento every season.

The less attention to detail you put into making these, the better it turns out. I made this for adult bentos because it might be too scary for children. Recipe by Yukipiyo

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

My husband was crazy about the Nightmare Before Christmas event at Disneyland. I didn't want to buy any more collectibles, so I make this bento every season.

The less attention to detail you put into making these, the better it turns out. I made this for adult bentos because it might be too scary for children. Recipe by Yukipiyo

My husband was crazy about the Nightmare Before Christmas event at Disneyland. I didn't want to buy any more collectibles, so I make this bento every season.

The less attention to detail you put into making these, the better it turns out. I made this for adult bentos because it might be too scary for children. Recipe by Yukipiyo

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Ingredients

To make the Jack Skellington rice ball:
1Plain cooked rice
1Salt for rice ball
1Your favorite ingredients (Note: Since these will be used for the face parts, red ingredients such as ume paste, salmon flakes, or mendaiko [seasoned cod roe] might be too grotesque)
For the spider sausages:
1Red sausage

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Steps

1

Form the slightly cooled rice into a ball. A slightly thick and flat oval makes a good shape.
2

Cut the nori seaweed parts with scissors. Make one of the eyes a little smaller than the other. Make the nose holes slightly long and tear-shaped.
3

Make three long, thin lines, with one forming a slight curve, to compose the mouth.
4

With the leftover nori, cut short lines in irregular lengths and decorate the mouth as shown.
5

For the spider wiener, make a head as you would for a crab, but cut ten legs, then fry.
6

I didn't have red rice, so I fried an egg and created the shape with a cup to make this character bento.