Thread: Zombie Brain mold - recipe?

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Hi guys! (man, I just can't stop posting - I'm filled to the *brim* with Halloween related questions for you all!)

I got a 'Zombie Brain Gelatin Mold' for my birthday and I want to make the recipe off the back for the 'realistic looking brain.' It's pretty much jello with some evaporated milk in it to make it opaque as opposed to see-through.

Here's a pic of the mold:



My question is, can I make it a giant Jello shooter (ie: with vodka in it?) Or would that make the evaporated milk curdle? Should I skip on the alcohol? Or maybe skip on the jello idea altogether and go with a salmon mousse. (Although if Monty Python has taught me anything, it's that salmon mousse in a group setting is a bad idea...)

Has anyone ever made one of these before? Any ideas / input would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
-Jenny

A jello shooter doesn't set up, so it wouldn't hold any shape and that makes the mold kind of useless - might as well be in a bowl at that point.

It does look really cool to make the "realistic" brain - someone dressed as Freud and brought one to a party, asking everyone if he could "pick their brain" and jabbing at it with some medical instrument.

I made it just out of peach jello last year but it's not as "strong" as with the condensed milk and regular jello doesn't hold the shape as well, and also since I put it on a black platter most of the detail was lost in our darkly lit house.

I haven't tried making other dishes in there, I guess it depends on how fine your mixture is, and how deep the fissures are in your mold. I.e. I don't think pasta salad would be recognizable as a brain, but maybe salmon or a cheeseball would work?

Thanks for the input - A cheese ball might be kind of awesome!

One of the websites I checked out mentioned that I should use a third less water than the jello mould mentions, so maybe I'll try that should I go the jello route...

We did a Cheese Brain before, with Mertz spreadable cheese. It worked well!

I have a Brain mold as well so really happy I saw you bring this up jennyvier.

I once made these wraps with a cream cheese salsa mix and the cream cheese and salsa together was so good that I'm thinking of just having that as a dip. It also gives it that pink color, plus with chunks in it, it could look good and gross.

But how to get it to not stick? That's what I'm wondering. Will just spraying it with Pam first work?

I usually use a crab dip in my mold...it's always a good color and tends to have a red veiny look to it. I put out the tiny skeleton hands with parchment labels (edges burnt) so that guests know it crab...in case of shell fish allergies. It is the item where there is never any leftovers.

Yes you must use a non stick spray!

I was thinking of trying syran wrap. If it leaves lines later I can smooth it out, but if you have a solid color dip it may not look as smooth then.

Does anyone have any specific dip recipes that they know will come out of the brain mold?? Also what is the amount of Condensed milk that I would add to make the jello mold?? I just got my first brain mold and very excited!

-megs