McElroy Family Recipes (2024)

Over the years, the McElroy brothers and their family has shared many recipes. This page represents an attempt to collect, transcribe, and organize them. Some editing has been done to the recipes for formatting purposes - where available, the original recipes will be displayed in the gallery below.

Candlenights co*cktail, By Teylor Smirl[]

From Candlenights 2020

Ingredients[]

• Rum (preferably leftover)
• Coconut extract
• Coconut creamer
• Grapefruit White Claw
• Cane Sugar
• Grapefruit
• Cinnamon
• Italian Seasoning
• Blue curacao
• Mexican chocolate bitters
• Pineapple and passionfruit jam
• Coconut
• Cinnamon Toast Crunch
• Pineapple
• Cherry

Directions[]

1. Blend rum and coconut extract
2. Add 2 oz rum/coconut blend to glass
3. Add 1 oz coconut creamer to glass
4. Add cane sugar, grapefruit peel, and cinnamon to White Claw
5. Boil down White Claw to at least 0.5 oz
6. Infuse reduced White Claw with Italian seasoning
7. Add 0.5 oz infused White Claw to glass
8. Add one splash blue curacao
9. Add six dashes Mexican chocolate bitters
10. Add 1 barspoon of jam, mix
11. Powder Cinnamon Toast Crunch
12. Rim glass with coconut and powdered Cinnamon Toast Crunch
13. Garnish with pineapple and cherry

Chess Bars, By Leslie McElroy[]

Ingredients[]

• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 1 stick butter (softened)
• 1 egg
• 1 8oz cream cheese
• 2 eggs
• 1 box XXX sugar

Directions[]

1. Mix cake mix, butter, and one egg
2. Press mix into 9x13 pan
3. Beat remaining ingredients w/ mixer till creamy
4. Pour over mix.
5. Bake 30-40 minutes at 350°

Christmas Wreath, By Justin McElroy[]

Ingredients[]

• ⅓ cup butter
• 40 big marshmallows
• 1 tsp green food coloring
• 6 cups cornflakes
• 1 box red hots or red mint M&Ms

Directions[]

1. Heat up the marshmallows and butter until they're melted
2. Mix in the cornflakes and food coloring
3. Shape into a wreath
4. Place red hots or red M&Ms as 'berries'
5. Put on wax paper
6. Shape into a wreath

Dirtbag Mac & Cheese, By Brian Floyd^[1], Endorsed by Justin McElroy[]

Ingredients[]

• 1 Box Macaroni & Cheese Mix, any brand and pasta shape
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup milk
• "some" butter

Direction[]

1. Mix all ingredients into saucepan at once.
2. Cook on medium heat until sauce is reduced to desired consistency.

Fudge Plus, By Mary Smirl[]

Included in the Maxfun Family Cookbook, an abridged version of which is available to download for Maximum Fun members.

MBMBaM Zombie Fart, By Tommy Smirl[]

From Candlenights 2020

Ingredients[]

• Discount Elf cereal
• Cheap coconut Captain Morgan
• Any White Claw
• One shot Amaretto
• Tequila-infused blue gummies
• One can kidney beans
• Ice cubes

Directions[]

1. Pour dry cereal directly into glass
2. Add gaggalon Captain Morgan
3. Add White Claw to taste
4. Add Amaretto
5. Break up gummies and add (or do the same in reverse order)
6. Strain liquid out of can of beans into shot glass
7. Ramrod shot glass bean juice into drink
8. Fill remaining glass with ice cubes
9. Garnish with more gummy bears
10. Drink it, you coward

Perfect Bacon[]

Ingredients[]

• Any quantity of bacon

Directions[]

1. Put bacon on a sheet
2. Put sheet in cold oven
3. Set oven to 400°
4. Bake 20 minutes (without preheating)

Popcorn, By Justin McElroy[]

From MaxFunDrive 2023 hangout with Justin and Sydnee

Ingredients[]

• 3 tbsp coconut oil
• 1/2 cup popcorn kernels
• Proprietary seasoning blend:
  • 1/2 tsp Flavacol popcorn salt
  • 1/2 tsp herbed salt (if you don't have herbed salt, you will be just as happy with a full teaspoon of popcorn salt instead)
  • 1/4 tsp MSG

Directions[]

1. In a heavy-bottomed pot, add coconut oil and popcorn kernels
2. Crank it up to, like, almost as high as it goes (you want this guy scorching)
3. Add seasoning blend and close the lid
4. Put a towel over the top and hold the handles, shaking the pot every 10 seconds until it stops popping
5. That will be the best popcorn

Ritz Tort, By Leslie McElroy[]

Ingredients[]

• 20 or 25 Ritz crackers
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup pecans, broken
• 3 egg whites
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 can Cool Whip
• 1 chocolate Hershey bar

Directions[]

1. Crush Ritz crackers
2. Mix pecans, baking powder, and vanilla with crackers
3. Beat egg whites then gradually add 1 cup of sugar
4. Fold egg whites into cracker mixture
5. Grease 8 inch square pan
6. Spread mixture into pan
7. Bake 30 minutes at 350°
8. When cool, cover with thick layer of Cool Whip
9. Shred chocolate Hershey bar over top of Cool Whip with potato peeler
10. Chill 3 hours before serving

Sweet Potato Casserole, By Leslie McElroy[]

Ingredients[]

• 3 cups cooked mashed sweet potatoes
• ½ cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup milk
• ⅚ stick butter
• ½ tsp salt
• 1½ tsp vanilla
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ⅓ cup flour
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Directions[]

1. Beat eggs
2. Combine sweet potatoes, white sugar, eggs, milk, salt, vanilla, and ½ stick butter
3. Put mixture in baking dish
4. Mix together brown sugar, flour, pecans, and ⅓ stick butter immediately before baking
5. Bake 20 minutes covered then 15-20 minutes uncovered at 350°

Trash Monkey[]

From Episode 31: Husky Eyes

Ingredients[]

• 40 oz malt liquor
• 1 energy beer

Directions[]

1. Drink liquor "to the label"
2. Refill bottle with energy beer
3. Do not drink mixture

Turkey Chili, By Rachel McElroy[]

Included in the Maxfun Family Cookbook, an abridged version of which is available to download for Maximum Fun members.

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