Sweet Tooth

Little Ricky

Jazz Mommy! I didn't know that your daddy was taking you to the sun for vacation

It's our favorite time of year. Happy Halloween! And we're having a ball

Starting with an appetizer that meets a sweet surprise. A bunch of little meatballs, kind of like us

Mini cranberry meatballs with a sweet, hot dipping sauce. And then I'm ready for a treat

Broccoli and red cabbage slaw that goes great with chocolate pork roast sliders

It's going to be delicious. A fun dish for Halloween. And for your Halloween treat, salted caramel brownies that are loaded with a sinful sweetness

I've got to try to get a bite. Little Ricky, it's Halloween

Yes, Mommy. And we're going to cook. Mommy is going to give Little Ricky a very sharp knife

And we are going to let you chop, chop, chop. Come over here, Little Ricky

All right. We are going to make many cranberry meatballs. Little Ricky, if you take your very sharp knife and chop us up two cloves of garlic

Okay. Mommy is going to add a tablespoon of tomato paste, one egg to a whoops

Trick or treat, eat a shell. Trick. We're going to add a half a cup of breadcrumbs, one teaspoon olive oil, one teaspoon of Dijon mustard, a half a teaspoon cumin, three quarters of a teaspoon of oregano, one teaspoon chipotle hot sauce

Do you need your garlic yet? Put it in, little Ricky. All right. Chop, Mommy, a third of a cup of cranberries, roughly chopped, okay

All right. This is the most ridiculous thing on earth. And I feel as ridiculous as I look

You look precious. All right, that's about a third of a cup, I think

Salt. Pepper. Put that beef in there. A pound and a half of ground round

And we're going to roll it into 41-inch balls. A 41-inch meatball

41-inch. Mmm, a bunch of little meatballs. A bunch of little meatballs, kind of like us

Definitely. You know, I love Halloween, y'all. Happy Halloween. It is so much fun on Halloween to be able to dress up and step outside of yourself

and have a great time with the kids. Last Halloween, you had the, well, kind of the fat suit, right

It wasn't no kind of baby. I was. Jack's eyes got so big when I got out of the car and he saw me

He said, you know, I know that's skinny. All right, so we got our meatballs made, and now what are we doing

We are going to make a sauce, son. All right, now, if you will chop up that shallot

How many shallots, Mama, does this recipe get? Two teaspoons. I'm going to put in a 12-ounce jar of red currant jelly

You forgot to put the meatballs in the oven. Well, I'm only a kid

You didn't tell me to. That's why I'm telling you, son, 400 degrees, 15 minutes

So get over there and put your balls in the oven. So I get to handle the knife and the oven

And I'm four. I'm going to add an eighth of a teaspoon of ground ginger

I'm going to put in a tablespoon of Dijon mustard. So this is going to be like almost a sweet and sour

Okay. I'm going to put in a teaspoon. These are really going to kind of be spicy, y'all

I'm going to put in a teaspoon of the hot sauce. Can I add the shallots anytime

Yes, please. I love shallots. I don't know if you remember as a little boy, I'd make those meatballs and I'd make that sauce with the grape jelly

Oh, yeah. I'm still a little boy, though. Yes, you are. Well, that's when you was a little boy, like two years ago

Okay. Okie doke. What now? I gonna add a fourth of a cup of orange juice All right now we gonna make a slurry and tighten this up because our jelly is gonna melt and it gonna get a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a cup of orange juice All right now we going to make a slurry and tighten this up because our jelly is going to melt and it going to get real liquidy

So we need to tighten this back up. All right. We're going to need a teaspoon and a half of cornstarch

to two teaspoons of water. And we're going to dip those spicy meatballs

into our sweet and sour. It's going to be delicious. a fun dish for Halloween

I like it. All right, little Ricky, grate us three-fourths a teaspoon of orange zest

And it doesn't have to be perfect. Don't get into the pith

Okay. Because we don't want to get into a... Pithing contest. Pithing contest with a skunk

Perfect. All right, little Ricky, it looks good, doesn't it? It's the only thing that looks good

So we'll pour that in, sonny boy It's boiling So what recipe are you going to teach me next, Mom

Son, it's Halloween So we want to have a lot of fun We're going to have chocolate pork roast sliders

Y'all don't go anywhere Because this is Lucy And this is little Ricky

And you know you want some more of this Trick or treat, y'all

Trick. Coming up, we make a slaw to go with our sliders

Makes me want to do the mumble. And later, little Ricky can't wait to make our salty, sweet Halloween treat

I'm going to stand over here and I'm going to have a little kid sit. You know, Halloween is that holiday when you step outside yourself and you can be anybody you want to be

This is what I chose. And this is what I chose. You're perfect

Thank you, son. Well, we made some yummy meatballs with sweet and sour sauce for dipping

So we've got us like a little cauldron. Get it? Because it's Halloween

Whoa! Get back in there, runaway ball. We are going to dip our meatballs into that wonderful sweet and sour sauce

And you know, it's hard to eat just a little bite. You almost have to put the whole thing in your mouth, don't you

Ooh. Almost. Mmm. You like? Very good. I'm so glad you approved a little Ricky

Golly, they're good. I told you. Mmm. Mama told you. Mama knows best

Now show Mama how you make your broccoli and red cabbage slaw, son

I've got a couple of bags of the pre-cut broccoli coleslaw. It's a great, easy way to save yourself some time

I love the pre-cut broccolis and the pre-cut cabbages. When I make coleslaw, I have to confess, I go to the grocery store, I buy a bag of angel hair

and then I'll buy a bag of the regular shredded, and I mix it together

So I really love doing that. I like it, too. I'm going to thinly slice this up some of this red cabbage

What can I do to help you here? And I want you to make our marinade. Our marinade, you know, a lot of coleslaws, some of my favorite coleslaws actually are mayonnaise-based

That your mommy makes for you. That mama made when I was truly the little Ricky

Now I'm the big Ricky. But this is a really light kind of a marinade to go on our coleslaw

So if you'll put it together, it's going to involve red wine vinegar, oil, and brown and sugar

Brown and sugar. Brown and sugar. I want you to put the brown and the sugar in there

All right. So we're going to use two tablespoons. And I'm just going to pinch the salt

two tablespoons of vegetable oil. A third of a cup of red wine vinegar

Okay, a little bit more, sonny boy. Whoa! Perfect. And that's a nice light marinade for a coleslaw

You know, I like it already, Bobby. And I'm just going to eyeball this

Looking for two cups of cranberries. Love cranberries and coleslaw, y'all. I do, too

Okay, little Ricky. And then one cup of the salted sunflower seeds. Okay. Red cabbage

This is going to make it really, really good looking. This is going to make a pretty colorful dish. Beautiful

On a Halloween table. All right. Are you ready for me to pour

Ready for it. Okay, I think our sugar is pretty nicely dissolved

I'm going to give this a little stir. That's so pretty. Okay

Yeah, watch your fingers. I know, and I'm looking at this. I did leave the cabbage really big, but it'll get softer as it is

it marinates. No. Mmm. So I'm gonna cover this and put this in the fridge, because coleslaw is better with a

little time under its belt. All right, let's move on down to our chocolate pork roast sliders

Now, son, if you would slice that onion. Okay. I sorry What funny about me slicing an onion I just love your hair Oh It reminds me of when you were really a little boy Mm

And I would comb it and get every hair in place. It's a look that I'm going to embrace

This would, uh, I'm going to go with it. This will be my new hairstyle

You look great. Thank you. I feel great. All right, now I've got our cast iron Dutch oven

I've got our pot roast And I'm gonna mix up our spices to go with it

A tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa powder A mixture of coriander and pepper

One tablespoon each And you can go to foodnetwork.com And get your instructions on how to roast that off

All that in there One tablespoon of cinnamon Two tablespoons of salt

One tablespoon of ancho chili powder that's going to be a little spicy, but a little sweet as well

So there we go. We've got all of our spices mixed up

So I'm going to take our meat, and I'm just going to coat it in our spice mix

Now, son, if you'd be measuring up for me, please, a cup of beef stock. Okay

So we're cooking a pork roast, but we're using a beef stock

And I want to make sure that that meat is good and coated in our mix

All right. Do you want me to go ahead and pour this in? Okay, son

And then we're going to add our onions. Okay. We're going to put this in a 300-degree oven, y'all, and we're going to cook it for about three hours

I love sliders, too. Don't you love sliders? I do love a sliders

Happy Halloween. Into the oven? In the oven, son. Coming up, we make some memories with this mouth-watering meal

Oh, it's perfect. And later, our dessert is chock-full. I'm going to add some chocolate to my chocolate with my other chocolate

Oh, we got our pork roast ready

It smells ready. It's Halloween. And I'm ready for a treat. Look at that

How good does that look? Wow. Look at this. Should we taste it

Go ahead and taste it. What I meant was, shouldn't I taste it? Yes, you should

Maybe I should, too. Mmm. Do you like it? Mmm-hmm. Well, before you taste it, I'm going to take the strokes

Watch out for them ropes. Yes. Oh, man, that is so good. You taste the chocolate

Mm-hmm. Now, I'm going to take our pork and just shred it using a couple of forks

I'm starving. Look at this. Now, see, I'm just taking my... You're just hungry

There are truly hungry people in the world, and we are not they. Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm

Some more, please, mama. Wait, wait, wait. Oh, you are starving. I'm starving

All right. You're going to have a slam-its that you can't get your mouth around. I'm going to put you a little coleslaw right up there. Yeah

And I'm going to put me a little coleslaw. Ricky. Ooh. Ooh

That's a little Ricky. Oh, my goodness. Holy smokes. My lips are coming out

You look like you're just bleeding. Yum. Incredible good. Not very much about this show has been really serious today

I'm serious. That's awesome. That is good. Mm. The spices and the cheese

Makes me want to do the mamba. Beat your drums, little Ricky

Mamba? Mamba? What is it? No, I guess mamba's a snake. I don't want to do the mamba

Pass me the camera, son. Let me take your picture, sonny boy

Pick up your sandwich. Oh, it's perfect! Now, little Ricky

let's make your delicious, salted caramel brownies. And you know how I like shortcuts. That's sort of been

the theme of the day. Yes. We're going to use a devil's cake mix to start with

Really simple brownies. We got an egg? Yeah, we got an egg

Okie doke. I love devil's food. Do you really? You know, you grow up and you move

out of the house and all of a sudden mommy doesn't know everything

about you. No, no, no. It's one of those things that It reminds me of when I was a kid because I used to like the devil's food cakes, the box stuff

I don't eat devil's food cake very often, but I love the flavor. It's one of those, you know, it's one of those things

Those little things that you bought at the grocery store. Yes. That were devil's food

Exactly. I got your three a cup of melted butter So there you go Everything ready for you to just dump in the pan And that a third

of a cup of evaporated milk. If you would spray that for me, get us

started. Well, there's so much butter in that recipe, I don't know if it

needs spraying, but we'll do it just as insurance. So pretty simple

right, y'all? Especially on a day like today, because I'm ready to get out and do some trick-or-treating. All right, you ready

Yes, I am so ready. Help me out. 3.50, 20 to 25 minutes

Do something. Well, give it to me. All right, now you do something

I'm going to stand over here and I'm going to have a little kid fit. Dude, get down in the floor

I don't want to cook no more. So I'm going to put these into the oven

350 for about 20-25 minutes. Okay. Now, while your brownies are baking

why don't we make that wonderful caramel frosting that's going to go on top of it

Okay? It's going to make them wonderful. It is going to be so good. Now, I'm going to put in a half a stick of butter, Bobby. Mm-hmm

Measure up six tablespoons of milk. Now, I've got a third of a cup of dark brown sugar

Okay. Because this is going to be a caramel frosting, so we're using the dark versus the light

There you go. Pour it in. We're just going to dissolve your sugar

And I'm getting two cups of powdered sugar here. Okay. Because any good topping for a brownie is going to have a lot of powdered sugar in it

Yes. And a teaspoon of vanilla. Mm-hmm. I'm just going to eyeball it. Yeah

I should know what a teaspoon is. Okay, you ready? I'm ready. All right, I'm just going to pour that in

You know what I would do if I was a prankster? What would you do? with the hot melted butter

I would send you to the hospital is what I would do, I think. You are way too much like your mother

Yeah. I'm going to eat some more pork. This pork doesn't even need barbecue sauce

It truly doesn't. There's almost seasonings in it. It doesn't. It's good

All right, y'all stick around because I'm going to finish up this sauce and when we come back, we're going to put together a sundae

Coming up, it's my favorite time of the week, Sunday. Hey, welcome back, y'all

We're just finishing up my brownies. Looks delicious, Bobby. I think that's ready

This frost brownies. Let's do it. There we go. Now, Bobby, we want to reach over here and put this salt on while the frosting's still sticky

Love sweet and salty. I'm going to cut our brownie in. This is still warm

All right, so we are going to put them. Oh, they're still so warm

It's going to be kind of messy. That's perfect. Fill it up, Marma

Look how messy. Don't come up short with the kid. Yes. All right, there you go

Love a good sundae. I do, too. And we've got some wonderful toppings over here

We've got some sugared pecans. Mmm, chocolate bar. I'm going to put a little whipped cream

Okay, so you talk me into a little bit of this. You know what

I'm going to have some bananas. On mine? How about you? Looks like I am, too

You're going to have bananas with me. I'm going to add some chocolate to my chocolate with my other chocolate

Okay. Trick or treat, baby. Finally a treat. We've been tricking them the whole show

I know. I think I'll have a little chocolate syrup, too. Wow

Looks yummy, son. Mmm. Look at that. How beautiful is that, y'all

I've got to try to get a bite of it all on one spoonful

They're real good. Sinful, Bobby. Sinfully good. Sinfully, sinfully delicious

Well, I have fun like I always do. Well, me too. Like I said, Halloween's such a fun time to step outside yourself, let your guard down

Paint you on some thick eyebrows. Plasty your hair down. Dress your mama up in a funny wig

I love you. I love you too, precious. From my mama's kitchen to yours, we wish y'all love, best dishes, and a happy Halloween

Y'all have fun. Get in the kitchen with your children. I can promise you there's no better time to be had

I love y'all. Happy Halloween. Bye, y'all