swamp juice

courtesy of: family fun
submitted by: missi
serves: 8

- 1/2 c tapioca pearls (check the baking aisle)
- yellow, green, and blue food coloring
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 8 gummy fish
- seltzer water
- lemonade
- gummy worms

1. bring 6 cups of water to a boil and add the pearls. reduce heat slightly and boil the pearls, stirring occasionally for 20-25 min.

2. divide the pearls and remaining water between two bowls. add 3 drops of yellow and 1 drop of green to one bowl, 4 drops of blue to the other. mix in 2 tbsp of sugar in each bowl. allow to sit for 25 min, drain and rinse pearls with cold water.

3. spoon 2 tbsp of pearls into each glass and drop in a gummy fish. fill the glass with seltzer water, then add a splash of lemonade. place a gummy worm around the spoon as shown.

image: family fun magazine