The recipe: Harry Potter Wands
1 (15 ounce) package pretzel rods
1 (16 ounce) container prepared vanilla frosting
1/2 cup sprinkles or colored sugar for decoration
Dip each pretzel rod into frosting, not quite half way.
Roll in sprinkles to coat the frosting.
Abracadabra, you have a magic wand!
The movie: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
On his 11th birthday, young Harry Potter discovers the life he never knew he had, the life of a wizard. In his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he meets his two best friends Ron Weasley, an expert at Wizard Chess, and Hermione Granger, a girl with non-magic parents. Harry learns the game of Quidditch and Wizard Chess on his way to discovering his heritage and his ties with evil.
The Puzzle: Wizard Chess
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry, Ronald, and Hermione had to play a deadly game of real-life wizard chess. Ron opted to be the knight.
Your goal is to start at the Blue Square and find your way to the Purple Square in as little moves as possible. You can not land on any of the Red Fiendfyre Pits. The Red Fiendfyre Pits are blocks and will make your journey more complicated. You can not pass through any of the Black Boxes. There is only one shortest path, hence only one correct answer.
The catch is, you have to make a move like a traditional Knight would. When it moves, a Knight can move two squares horizontally and one square vertically, or two squares vertically and one square horizontally. The complete move therefore looks like the letter L.
Use the following pattern to unlock the coordinates:
N (move #1)(move#17) (move#25)(move#12).(move#4)(move#11)(move#24)
W (move#10)(move#23)(move#13) (move#21)(move#8).(move#20)(move#22)(move#19)
The final is located somewhere in Spokane County.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.