Melted Chocolate Marshmallows
Chocolate melted over marshmallows, with crumbled biscuits for the people still hungry.
- calories
- 420
- weight
- 3.5 oz
- cal / oz
- 120
- protein
- 4 g
- serves
- 4, scales
- prep
- 2 min
- cook
- 5 min
- total time
- 7 min
- water
- none
- cost
- $
Calorie and protein figures are my own estimates, good enough for planning a food bag and not meant as precise nutrition data.
- Dessert
- Canister stove
- Campfire coals
- Car camping
- Backpacking
- Basecamp
- Vegetarian
- Nut free
- One pot
- Grab and go
- Shelf stable
- Basic
Ingredients
| Milk chocolate bars | 2 bars (about 7 oz total) | broken into squares before packing |
|---|---|---|
| Marshmallows | 1 standard bag | regular size, not mini |
| Digestive biscuits | 6 biscuits | graham crackers work the same way |
Method
- Break the chocolate into a dry pot. Keep the flame as low as it will go.
- Stir constantly. Chocolate scorches on a camp stove faster than it melts, so pull the pot off the heat every twenty seconds and keep stirring off-flame.
- Once it is smooth, take it off the heat for good. Pour it over a pile of marshmallows in a bowl or a second pot lid.
- Crumble the biscuits into a separate bowl. Dip the coated marshmallows in the crumbs.
- On a campfire, do not set the pot in the coals. Hold it above the flame or rest it on a grate at the edge.
This is the campfire s’more taken apart and rebuilt so it works without a fire. Melting the chocolate first means every marshmallow gets coated evenly, instead of the usual half-melted square sliding off a hot marshmallow onto the dirt.
The low heat matters more than anything else. Chocolate seizes into a grainy paste somewhere around 120°F, and a canister stove blows past that in seconds. Pull the pot on and off the flame and let residual heat in the metal do most of the work. The biscuit crumbs are not decoration: they soak up the melt and give the whole thing enough structure to eat with fingers.
Packing
Chocolate goes in a hard container or it arrives as a flat sheet. Marshmallows compress to nothing, so put them at the bottom of the pack where crushing does not matter. Crush the biscuits at home and carry the crumbs in a bag.
Variations
- Toast the marshmallows on sticks first, then dip. Slower, better.
- Swap dark chocolate for milk if the weather is warm. It holds its shape longer in the pack.
- Stir a spoonful of powdered milk into the melted chocolate to stretch it further.
https://camprecipes.com/classic-recipes/chocolate-marshmallows