Instructions

• Step 1: Make sauteed ants Make sauteed ants by melting butter in a saute pan on low heat. Add garlic and 1 cup ants. Enjoy them as an appetizer.
• TIP: Do not use red ants for cooking.
• Step 2: Make ant brood tacos Make ant brood tacos. Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a small saute pan. Add the larvae and cook for 1 minute.
• Step 3: Add ingredients Add onions, chilies, tomato, salt, pepper, cumin, and oregano. Serve in taco shells.
• Step 4: Make chocolate covered ants Make chocolate covered ants. Melt chocolate in a double broiler.
• Step 5: Fill mold with chocolate Fill each candy mold cavity halfway with chocolate. Add three to five ants until you have used 1 cup ants, and then fill the mold with chocolate.
• Step 6: Place in refrigerator Place the candy mold in the refrigerator for 5 minutes, or until the chocolate sets.
• Step 7: Remove from mold Remove the candy from mold and serve. There is a surprise in every bite.
• FACT: Ants can pull 52 times their own body weight.

You Will Need

• u00bc c. butter
• 6 cloves garlic
• crushed
• 2 c. ants.
• 2 tbsp. butter
• u00bd lb. larvae or pupae
• 1 small onion
• 3 Serrano chilies
• chopped
• 1 tomato
• chopped
• Salt and pepper
• Cumin
• Oregano
• Taco shells
• 1 lb. chocolate
• Sautu00e9 pans
• Double boiler
• Candy mold