Have you seen Despicable Me 2? I saw the movie a few weeks back and I loved it. When I saw the scene where Gru wears an edible nacho chip hat at some Mexican party, I was awestruck by how genius the idea was. I knew I had to try to make a nacho sombrero too. I looked around the Internet for a recipe, and the only useful thing I could find was this instructable. I used it as the base for this DIY.
Last Saturday my boyfriend and I threw a pretty huge birthday party together (our birthdays are about 2 weeks apart) and I simply knew it was the perfect opportunity to make a nacho hat to feed and entertain our party guests.
Put 3 cups of flour in a bowl. Add a little bit of oil and some salt and spices. Just throw whatever in there you think would make it taste good. I used a lot of garlic powder, quite some salt & pepper and threw in some other random spices that my boyfriend had laying around. We made the hat two times. The first time as an experiment to test the concept, the second time at the night of our party. The first time we used way too little seasoning. The bread had very little taste so my advice would be: more is more. See this part as a bit of an experiment, adjusting it to your own taste and preferences. Add a cup of water to your flour and knead everything into a ball of dough. Then use a rolling pin to make a big flat dough circle.
You will need something to make the shape of a hat. We used an upside down glass bowl in a spring form pan as the base for the hat shape. Look around what you have in your home that fits well on your head and will survive the oven. Use aluminum foil to make a ring shape on top of the bowl and then cover the whole bowl with aluminum foil. The top of the hat will become the container of salsa dip, so make sure the aluminum bowl is deep enough.
When you are satisfied with your basic hat shape, grease the aluminum and spring from pan with oil so the dough won’t stick to it. Then take your dough and carefully place it in your mold. Make adjustments to the dough until it is nicely covering your shape and is starting to look like a hat. Then bake it in a preheated oven at 180°C or 350°F. Although the instructable I found recommends starting out with only 5 minutes of baking, I found that our hat needed about 25 minutes of baking time. I guess it depends on your oven, so simply put it in there and check every now and then if it is done or not.
If you are ambitious you can make your own salsa or guacamole dip too, but if you are more interested in the basic idea of the hat than the actual culinary experience I would recommend buying a ready made salsa dip (like I did).
Our nacho hat was a huge success at our party. Although it might take two times to get it right, once you know how to make one it is quite a simple way to add something special to boost the party atmosphere and impress your guests.
So, who will make an edible nacho hat for his/her next party?
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21 Comments
Carolynn Markey
August 26, 2013 at 18:24
WOW THATS GENIUS! O_O
Ellie
August 26, 2013 at 18:42
I loved the idea of a Nacho hat from despicable me 2 aswell!! Hats off to you for making it!! xxx
Magical Daydream
August 27, 2013 at 17:26
hahaha nice one ;)
Isabelle Krake
August 26, 2013 at 19:09
That is so cool!
genius
~ i s a b e l l e
Oranges and Apples
August 26, 2013 at 20:57
haha, brilliant!
bekswhoknits
August 27, 2013 at 04:22
the simpsons also has this idea…. i know what my boyfriend is getting for his birthday now!
Magical Daydream
August 27, 2013 at 17:26
yes! I saw something like that coming by when I was searching for a recipe
bekswhoknits
August 27, 2013 at 04:37
plus I hope you don’t mind but I loved this post so much I wanted to share it on my blog!
(I say I hope you don’t mind because I used one of your photos without permission first so I’m more than happy to take it down if you’re unhappy with the way that I’ve linked to it or anything like that.)
Magical Daydream
August 27, 2013 at 17:28
No problem. I saw you credited/put a link so everything is good like that :) I’m happy to know you liked it :)
knittingwithheart
August 30, 2013 at 05:03
Hey there! Thanks bekswhoknits for posting on your blog :) LUV this idea ❤
Nerd Burger
August 28, 2013 at 12:39
Man I hope I get invited to this party. Hahaha. You are crazy. This hat is amazing.
Magical Daydream
October 25, 2013 at 14:36
If you are in the Netherlands, give me a call and we can have a party with an edible nacho hat! haha
juni // hej juni
August 29, 2013 at 12:36
this is way too cool!!! I have to book mark this, this is just amazing :)
Rachel
August 29, 2013 at 18:30
Oh my god, this is tooooo cute. You are adorable.
Party Hat
September 17, 2013 at 10:03
WOW! This is really an amazing and attractive post about edible nacho party hat. I appreciate your posted wonderful photos. Thanks for sharing such an interesting post.
Anonymous
October 20, 2013 at 18:14
Simpsons did it first!
Magical Daydream
October 25, 2013 at 14:38
I know! But I only find out when I was searching for a recipe.. Don’t know if Despicable Me copied the idea or had the same brilliant thought. Either way, i am thankful for their inspiration ;)
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hey
February 19, 2016 at 04:02
yo
KanjengEdin
February 9, 2017 at 11:06
Thats my seek in nacho hat on dispicble me, thanks
nick
August 8, 2017 at 16:57
Simpsons did it