Patent ID: 8916223

Claim:
A method of preparing a shaped food product, comprising the steps of: A. providing a hot plastic food mass having a temperature of between about 60-120° C.; B. co-extruding the hot plastic food mass to form a first extrudate rope having an exterior and at least a second extrudate rope wherein the first extrudate rope includes a longitudinally extending exterior fin and the second extrudate rope forms a helical coil around the exterior of the first extrudate rope, wherein the fin creates a non contiguous contact between said first and second extrudate ropes to form a combination center extrudate rope and a coiled string, and wherein the fin provides reduced surface-to-surface contact between the coiled string and the center extrudate rope to provide ease and assurance of peelability of the coiled string from the center extrudate rope; C. curing the combination extrudate rope and coiled string at a temperature of between about 25-45° C.; and, D. cutting the combination extrudate rope and coiled string to form individual pieces in the form of a center piece and a string removeably coiled around the center piece.