Marshmallows on a stick, dipped in chocolate and sprinkles. What could be better? They’re easy to make with the kids and make nice little party favors or gifts. I made them with the girls last night. Here’s the how-to, from the Kids in the Holiday Kitchen cookbook:
Ingredients
Nonstick vegetable or canola oil spray
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 bag of large marshmallows
lollipop or wooden popsicle sticks
assorted toppings (sprinkles, nonpareils, sugar, coarsely chopped candy canes, etc)
Instructions
1. Clear out a space in your refrigerator for one baking sheet (make sure the space is tall enough to accommodate the lollipop sticks)
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, lightly spray it with oil, and then wipe the oil evenly across the parchment paper.
3. Place the chocolate in the top of a double boiler, or in a stainless steel or Pyrex bowl over a saucepan with 1 inch of hot water. Melt the chocolate chips over medium-low heat until the chocolate is smooth (about 8 minutes). Transfer the melted chocolate to a room temperature bowl.
4. Put each topping in a separate shallow bowl. (I found what worked better, actually, was to just sprinkle the topping over the chocolate dipped marshmallows, rather than to dip them into the toppings. It kept the toppings from clumping).
5. Put a lollipop/popsicle stick into each marshmallow, making sure the stick is secure. Then dip the marshmallow pop into the chocolate, cover the marshmallow as evenly as possible. Dip your marshmallow into a topping (or, again, sprinkle the topping over the marshmallow). Place on parchment paper. Repeat until done.
6. Refrigerate the marshmallow pops until the chocolate has completely hardened (about 45 minutes).
Makes 20 pops. 20 delicious pops. Trust me. (Well, I can only vouch for two three, and they were delicious).
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I like this Kids in the Holiday Kitchen cookbook, but here’s my one (small) gripe: they don’t have pictures with all of the recipes, and there are some recipes I would really like to visualize before making them. But this is a fun book if your kids like baking, and if you want some nice little holiday gift ideas.
