June 4, 2012

Mini Cheese Corn Dogs: Can we Treat you to Some Dog-less Corn Dogs?

How long has it been since you’ve last encountered a “Toilet Surprise?”

If that gave you a half-chuckle, then you know what I mean. If not, read on.

A toilet surprise usually begins when you desperately need to use the toilet. Upon locking the door of your little private box, the first symptom of a toilet surprise reveals itself—a closed lid. When you begin this endeavor, the big question comes to mind, “Should I open the lid or not?”

If you choose to brave the challenge, then you’ll know the answer. If it’s an empty, sparkling white bowl, then the surprise ends. On the other hand, if you see any discolorations—either yellow, brown or green-black, congratulations to your toilet surprise experience.

Lucky for us, not all surprises are of the toilet kind. Some are actually wonderful.

If you’ve noticed in these photos, these corn dogs don’t contain any hotdogs—they’re actually sliced cheese sticks inside that’ll nicely melt when you cook them.

If you’d like to give your friends and family surprises other than the toilet sort, then try and cook this for them.

Mini Cheese Corn Dogs

Yield: 16 sticks

Ingredients

Do not use quick-melt cheese brands for this recipe or else the cheese will spill out of the hotcake coating. You can use other types of hard cheeses.

1 bar cheddar cheese
1 small box Maya hotcake mix
1 tsp baking powder
oil for deep frying
mustard and ketchup (serving suggestion)

Procedure

Slice cheese into sticks.
Secure them with toothpicks. Set aside.
Prepare hotcake batter as directed on packaging.
Add baking powder and whisk well.
Heat oil on medium flame.
Dip cheese stick in batter and gently submerge in the oil.
Repeat for the rest of the cheese sticks.
Deep fry in batches until golden brown.
Drain on paper towels.
Serve with mustard and ketchup.

Post Contributors

Dwight Co

Design & Technology / Founder

Katherine Jao

Chef & Food Stylist / Founder

Mylene Chung

Director of Photography / Founder

Comments

lily

the photos really are amazing! you’d literally want to pick them off your pc screen and eat ‘em!
- http://twitter.com/mylenechung Mylene Chung
  
  Thanks so much Lily! Glad you like them! Try the recipe sometime!:D
Maybs

TOILET SURPRISE!!! hahahahha!! how apt.. i wonder where you got the inspiration. ahahah!
- http://twitter.com/mylenechung Mylene Chung
  
  hahahaha! Goes to show how much Dwight loves talking about these things, we were just talking about it earlier today, at lunch even!XD
http://profiles.google.com/xai.martinez Isai Martinez

Crazy crazy introduction hahaha! But interesting recipe…
- http://twitter.com/mylenechung Mylene Chung
  
  hahaha! Thanks Isai! We blame it on Dwight, he loves these crazy intros!:) Hope you can try the recipe soon!
http://chasingdelicious.com/the-classics-chocolate-chip-cookies/ Russell at Chasing Delicious

Hahaha. Can’t say I’ve ever seen a food blog talk about that before. But how cool are these guys!
- http://twitter.com/mylenechung Mylene Chung
  
  hahaha! Thanks Russell! We try our best to be as crazy as possible! Try the recipe soon!:D
http://momdecuisine.net/ Alyssa

With a three and four year old, I often find those unpleasent suprises. I love these, very cute! And stunning photos!
- http://twitter.com/mylenechung Mylene Chung
  
  Thanks so much Alyssa! Glad you liked the post!:D Try the recipe soon, I’m sure your kids will love them!
Sydneylyn

Love this recipe and will definitely try it tomorrow. I have been wanting to get rid of that bar of cheddar cheese on my refrigerator. Thanks a bunch!! ^.^
- http://twitter.com/mylenechung Mylene Chung
  
  Enjoy and don’t forget to tell us what you think! Thanks for always being our guinea pig and trying out our recipes Syndey!:D
  - Sydneylyn
    
    haha you’re welcome and will surely tell you how it goes!
http://bobbyjonc.tumblr.com/ Bob

Another simple recipe to try this weekend!
- http://twitter.com/mylenechung Mylene Chung
  
  Enjoy! Hope you like it! We’d really appreciate any form of feedback if you can!:D haha!
http://bobbyjonc.tumblr.com/ Bob

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April Barksdale

I live in the U.S. Any thing I can substitute for the batter? These look SO good!!
- http://twitter.com/katherinejao Katherine Jao
  
  Hi April! Try Bisquik pancake mix.
- EatIt
  
  you can also use jiffy cornbread mix. make it as the directions advise, but use less liquid than they ask for to make the batter thicker.
Jaimie

I love corn dogs! I hate toilet surprises! I had a terrible one in India. I was in the bathroom with my mom, it was so bad she slammed the toilet seat cover and pushed me out with her stomach screaming out! out! out! I caught her later in the day with cotton buds dipped in mouthwash “cleaning” her nostrils Now, we can laugh about it
http://www.facebook.com/kristinamanda Amanda Cruz

I love that this post has extra pics of the process–and just enough so I have an idea of how easy the recipe is without reading it yet. Lovely! Do you guys already have posts with HD videos? Seeing the gorgeous photos, I’m already drooling on my keyboard at the thought of art-directed preparation.
EatIt

da fuck did i just read?
Bette Sticks

This reminds me of the precious surprises life brings you when you are not ready or looking! I blew my nose and to my horror there was some red snot. I was like WHAA!? Needless to say I cried – sobbed! – because I thought my head was bleeding out my thoughts and I’d lose all my favorite memories. I laid down and then it hit me! When fighting with my cat (play fight lol) Midges scratched the inside of my nose/nasal passage! THAT’s what the blood was!!! From the scratch. So glad I’m here to see this and know its not just me lol. I can’t wait to make these corn-dogs!