The world of Harry Potter gives us much to imagine

For those of you who are not familiar with the Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of a wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry’s quest to overcome the Dark wizard Lord Voldemort, whose aims are to become immortal, conquer the wizarding world, subjugate non-magical people, and destroy all those who stand in his way, especially Harry Potter*”.

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter

One of the most popular things about the story of Harry Potter is all the food it has throughout the books. It has all sorts of food, from magical to traditional British and sweets to full meals.

I’ve had the opportunity to enjoy some of these delicious delights and I am going to tell you a little about them.

Anything from the trolley?

The first time I really got an idea of the popularity of the food and candy was from the trolley witch. she’d go up and down the isles asking the children if they’d like anything from the trolley.

When I was fortunate enough to go to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Florida, I was able to visit Honeydukes.

Honeydukes is the candy shoppe located in Hogsmeade and carries most the sweets found in the books.

Here is a list of sweets I’ve tasted along with a description:

Peppermint Toads: peppermint creams shaped like toads (“hop realistically in the stomach!”)*.

In this case, these peppermint toads were small morsels of dark peppermint flavoured chocolate.



Fizzing Whizbees: massive sherbet balls that make you levitate.*

In this case, they have made this into bee like chocolates that contain popping candies, when eaten the popping candies fizzle and pop in your mouth.





Chocolate Frog: come with a collectable card of a famous witch or wizard in each pack.*

This is actually what it seems, there was a fairly large chocolate frog and it did come with a collectable wizards card.





Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Bean: These beans are essentially the same as regular jelly beans, but with flavors that you would never expect.

In this case, they are exactly identical. I have had some flavours and they are extremely realistic. Some are lovely and some are atrocious.

Some flavours include:

baked bean

booger

chocolate

coconut

coffee

curry

ear wax

grass

liver

marmalade

pepper

peppermint

sardine

spinach

sprouts

strawberry

toast

toffee

tripe

vomit

Sherbet Lemon: Also known as lemon drops, sherbet lemon is actually a non-magical treat, but a favourite of Dumbledore’s.

In this case, they are exactly as described.

Pumpkin Juice: Is commonly seen throughout the Harry Potter books. It is very popular in the wizarding world and can be enjoyed at anytime of the day.

In this case, it is identical to it’s description. Refreshing when cold, has pumpkin and spice flavours.

*Harry Potter Lexicon – http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizworld/candy.html

I hope you enjoyed reading about these treats come to life as much as I enjoyed sharing this information with you. Stay tuned for created recipes from my imagination to yours!

Until next time…

*Evanesco*

-N

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