ALCLAD COOKWARE

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Monster Munch was launched in Britain in 1977, originally produced by Smiths, and advertised as 'The Biggest Snack Pennies Can Buy' (referring to the then-relatively-large size of the crisps) and has been available in Roast Beef, Pickled Onion, Saucy, Bacon, Cheese & Onion, Prawn Cocktail and Salt & Vinegar flavours. Each pack contained a different monster on the front of the packet. There was even a "Monster Munch Club" available at some point during the period where Smiths owned the snack food. Members of the club received a "monster munch munchers" membership pack, which included a membership card, pen, several story books, and a story tape which included six "tall stories" and accompanying songs.

Monster Munch brand was taken over by Walkers in 1995. The monster characters were completely redesigned, and the size of the crisp was reduced. Walkers relaunched the brand with the flavours 'Pickled Onion', 'Flamin' Hot', 'Spaghetti Sauce' and 'Hamburger'. Since then the range of flavours has changed several times. The range currently consists of 'Pickled Onion', 'Roast Beef', 'Chilli Dog' and 'Flamin' Hot.'

Pickled Onion has remained in the selection throughout the years, with Roast Beef appearing in almost every combination. A controversial 'Vanilla Ice Cream' flavour of Monster Munch was launched in 2004 as a limited edition, and was received with mixed reaction. This type of Monster Munch was non-savoury, and contained no salt. In February 2007 Monster Munch were re-launched in new packaging (along with other Walkers brands such as Wotsits and Quavers) to coincide with the new usage of SunSeed oil in their ingredients.

I didn't come up with this idea -- it's all over the web -- but when Daniel's Star of the Week week finally arrived, it was so cute I couldn't pass it up.

I did the frosting with an el cheapo Betty Crocker cake decorating kit I picked up at Bed Bath & Beyond before Christmas. The plastic squeezy containers are so so SO much easier than screwing around with a bag. Oh my God.

The eyeballs are just Wilton candy melts with what I'm sure you can tell are chocolate chips, "glued" on with some uncolored frosting. I used some Duff color for the fur that I still had after doing Daniel's birthday fondant (did I ever post pics of that? hmm), and it was perfect.