S'more on a Stick

 

Jackson came to me last week with one simple request: could I please make s'mores for his end-of-year class party?  No easy task I tell you, with the absence of both fire and heat in the grade 2 classroom, but I was up for the challenge.

I put my thinking cap on and decided to make a deconstructed version of our favourite campfire snack. Think skewered gooey marshmallows dipped in sweet, dark chocolate and rolled in a graham cracker crumbs. Perfect for little hands to manage, I thought the lollipop version of these treats would be much appreciated by the teacher who wouldn't have to clean a slew of sticky fingers.

 

Oh, and did I mention how incredibly easy these are?  When making this kind of concoction at 11pm, one generally does look for the easiest method possible.  I did attempt this in true Jan-style by making homemade marshmallows first, but I wished I had saved my energy because they just didn't work.  Not quite as dense as the store-bought version they didn't skewer properly and were fairly floppy.  Not a problem though.  I packaged those ones up for Canada Day marshmallow roasting and went with the good old fashioned packaged version for these treats.  And they worked brilliantly.

A simple skewer-marshmallow-dip-in-melted-chocolate-roll-in-graham-crumbs method was employed and in less than twenty minutes I has two classroom's worth of goodies for the party.

I was happy with the results, and more importantly so was Jackson.  Next time I'll just be sure to keep the leftovers away from his brother though, so the stabbing-with-a-skewer episode of brotherly love isn't repeated.

S'mores on a Stick

• 40 marshmallows
• 8oz dark chocolate, melted
• 12 graham crackers, crushed and crumbled
• 40 small wooden skewers

Skewer the marshmallows.  Dip into melted chocolate and roll into graham cracker crumbs.  Stand on a tray and repeat with the remaining marshmallows.  Cool in the fridge until the chocolate has set and hardened.

Comments

[Paula]

What a lucky boy Jackson is! Great idea, they turned out super.

[Jan @ Family Bites]

Thanks, Paula! We were really happy with how they turned out.

[Carrie @ Half Baked - The Cake Blog]

This is such a great idea! I'm going to have to try these over the holiday weekend. Thanks for sharing!