S'more on a Stick (Family Bites)

06/28/2010

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.

Jun 28, 2010 7:19:06 AM | Parties