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Camping Dessert & Snack Ideas

June 21, 2012

Second Chance to Dream: Camping Dessert & Snack Ideas
 
As promised I’m back with my final installment of camping ideas.  If you missed the first two you can find them at Camping part 1  and Camping part 2.  There are lots of organization tips, meal ideas and activities and things to do.  Today we are going to focus on Dessert and Snack Ideas.
 
Here are some dessert ideas using the hobo pie irons.
 
    
 
Rocky Road Treat:

Spread 2 pieces of bread with peanut butter.  Add one marshmallow and one chocolate bar square. Cook over the fire until golden brown.

Fruit Pie:
Use any canned pie filling.  Apple, Cherry, Peach and Blueberries are favorites.  Place on top of 2 pieces of buttered bread and cook over the fire until golden brown.

Pop Tarts:
2 slices bread 
Butter 
Cinnamon/sugar mix 
Jelly (your favorite kind) 
Butter two slices of bread. Sprinkle cinnamon/sugar mixture on one slice, pat cinnamon/sugar mixture down and place buttered side down in pie iron. Add jelly. Place second slice of bread, buttered side up, over jelly and sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar mixture, pat cinnamon/sugar down. Close pie iron and snap the handles shut. Hold or place cooker in hot, glowing embers of campfire, over a grill, fireplace or campstove. Cook for approximately 3-4 minutes on each side. 

 
Pie Iron Monkey Bread 
Cans of Refrigerator Biscuits
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup nuts
2 tsp. Cinnamon 
 Butter
At home, in a blender or food processor, combine the nuts (optional), brown sugar, sugar and cinnamon until blended fine (you can run it thru a wire strainer to get any chunks out). At camp, cut your biscuits into wedge shaped pieces, 6ths (for large biscuits) or 4ths (for regular size), coat well in the sugar mixture and stuff a single layer into a buttered Pie Iron. Add a few dabs of butter and close the Pie Iron up and cook for 3 to 4 minutes per side over medium/low heat. Watch so they don’t burn. Invert the finished Monkey Bread onto a paper towel and let cool for a minute. If you want you can drizzle a sugar (or fruit) glaze over the pieces. To eat just pull out the individual pieces and enjoy.
   You can also make savory Monkey Bread for dinner or breakfast, try coating the dough wedges with dried herbs, like sage, thyme, oregano or parsley, or try garlic salt. 
 
Peanut Butter Cups 
Bread, your choice 
Chocolate Bar
Peanut Butter
Oil your Pie Iron and place a slice of buttered bread (butter side down) in the bottom half. Now, spread peanut butter in the center of the bread and top with pieces of your favorite chocolate bar. Put another buttered slice of bread on top (butter side out), close and trim the bread and cook till both sides are toasted a nice golden brown.
 
Caramel Apple Pudgie Pie 
Bread, your choice 
Apple Slices
Cinnamon/Sugar Mix  
Caramel Apple Dip  
Butter
To start, peel, core and slice your apples. Now, oil your Pie Iron and butter 1 side of 2 slices of bread and put a piece (butter side down) in the opened Pie Iron. Layer some apple slices on the bread, drizzle with caramel, sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar mix and dot with butter. Top with the other slice of bread (butter side out this time), close and trim the Pie Iron and cook over medium heat until nicely browned. Let cook a few minutes before eating.

 

Lemon Chiffon Pie 
Bread, your choice 
Lemon Custard Pie Filling
Mini Marshmallow’s
 Oil the Pie Iron and butter the outside of your bread as usual, put a slice in your Pie Iron and spread a large spoonful of lemon filling in the center and tip iwth mini marshmallow’s (OK, its not real chiffon). Top with the other slice of buttered bread, close and trim the Pie Iron and cook until the bread is a golden brown.
The marshmallow will be your “chiffon” and will blend with the lemon filling when its cooked. Let it cool some before eating…
 
Pie Iron Smores 
Bread, your choice  
Hershey’s Chocolate Bar
Marshmallow’s, large ones sliced
Oil your Pie Iron and butter your bread on the outside, put a slice (butter side down) in your Pie Iron. Layer pieces of chocolate bar in the center of the bread and put  slices of marshmallow on top of the chocolate (you can also use mini marshmallow’s). Close and trim the Pie Iron and cook over the fire or in the coals until browned.
 
 
Desserts made using tinfoil:
 
Campfire Cones
campfire cones
.
1 sugar cone
Tin foil to wrap cone
Your choice of these fillings:
Chocolate chips
Butterscotch morsels
White chocolate morsels
Walnuts
Peanuts
Almonds
Toffee pieces
Mini marshmallows
Coconut
Banana pieces
http://www.chefjessicabright.com/campfire-cones.html

Banana Boats

Bananas
Chocolate chips 
Marshmallows 

Instructions:  Cut out an insert from the length of the banana, but leave one of the ends remaining on the banana. Don’t cut all the way through! Put in the section of the banana some marshmallows and the chocolate chips. Put the peel back onto the banana, wrap it in tin foil, and put it in the embers of your campfire. Take it out after about five minutes, and by then the marshmallows and chocolate will be melted! A favorite of Girl Guides!


 Hobo Popcorn

(photo credit: wegottaeat.com)
  • Popcorn
  • Oil
  • Heavy duty aluminum foil
  • Stick
Directions:
In the middle of a 18″ x 18″ piece of aluminum foil, place 1 teaspoon of oil and 1 tablespoon of popcorn. Bring foil corners together to make a pouch. Secure the edges of the foil but leave plenty of room for the popcorn to pop. Tie the pouch to a stick and hold the pouch over the hot coals. Shake constantly until all the popcorn has popped. Add butter and salt to taste.
http://www.cheeriosandlattes.com/10-campfirebonfire-desserts-to-make-in-the-fire/

Cinnamon Twist on a Stick

(photo credit: instructables.com)
Ingredients:
  • 1 package of regular biscuits
  • Cinnamon and sugar
  • Butter
Directions:
Take the biscuit and wrap it around a stick by spiraling it from the top and work your way down. The thinner the biscuit is on the stick the quicker the inside will cook so you don’t burn the outside. Cook over the fire until done. Roll in butter and sprinkle the cinnamon and sugar all over it.

Campfire Eclairs

(photo credit: katiebrownblog.com)
  • Tube of crescent rolls
  • Vanilla pudding
  • Chocolate frosting
  • Foil
Wrap one of the crescent rolls around the end of a camp fork making sure you close up the very end. Loosely wrap with foil. Cook over the fire until you end up with a golden brown long tube with one open end. Fill with vanilla pudding and spread chocolate frosting and whipped topping on top. http://www.cheeriosandlattes.com/10-campfirebonfire-desserts-to-make-in-the-fire/
Peach Cobbler
(photo credit: amarillomagonline.com)
Ingredients:
  • Large can of sliced peaches in heavy syrup
  • Bisquick
Directions:
Drain off syrup. Save 1/4 cup of this syrup. Mix the 1/4 cup of syrup with Bisquick until it forms a batter type consistency. Pour batter back over sliced peaches in the can. Place lid over mix. Set can into hot coals. Cook until flour has formed hard dumplings.
Make sure you go visit Cheerios and Lattes- She has 10 Campfire desserts to make.  I only chose 5. of her 10 .  Her link is:  http://www.cheeriosandlattes.com/10-campfirebonfire-desserts-to-make-in-the-fire/

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  1. SchneiderPeeps says: June 21, 2012 at 9:04 AM
    I came over from Fun in the Functional and wanted to say that these ideas are great! Thanks for sharing.
    Reply
    • Barb@Secondchancetod says: June 21, 2012 at 7:20 PM
      Thank you so much! I appreciate your comment. Have a great night!
      Reply
  2. cupsbykim says: June 21, 2012 at 2:29 PM
    This is such great timing! We're camping this weekend with the Cub Scouts and I've been trying to come up with something fun for the boys to do for a dessert!
    Reply
  3. Barb@Secondchancetod says: June 21, 2012 at 7:21 PM
    Oh Good!!! I'm so glad I could help. This is our first family camping of the summer ourselves. Have a blast!
    Reply
  4. Taylor-Ann says: June 22, 2012 at 11:07 PM
    What great tips. These sound like super fun things to do. I would love if you linked them up to Show Off Monday @ Kampenlane.com on Monday.Thanks!Taylor-Annkampenlane.com
    Reply
    • Barb@Secondchancetod says: June 25, 2012 at 11:25 PM
      Taylor Ann-I did go add some links to your party! Thanks for asking.Barb
      Reply
  5. Tammy Duhon says: June 23, 2012 at 11:23 AM
    Great ideas!! We'll definitely be trying some of these at Girl Scout camp!!Tammy @ southernflaircrafts.wordpress.com
    Reply
    • Barb@Secondchancetod says: June 25, 2012 at 11:27 PM
      Great Tammy, I'm glad I could help. Have fun! Barb
      Reply
  6. Karri Reiser says: June 24, 2012 at 12:44 PM
    Oh my goodness, I'm hungry just reading this. Thank you for adding this to my Our Favorite Things Link party.http://www.mylifesatreasure.blogspot.com/2012/06/our-favorite-things-link-party-3.htmlHave a great week.
    Reply
    • Barb@Secondchancetod says: June 25, 2012 at 11:28 PM
      Thanks Karri. I'm glad you liked them. Barb
      Reply
  7. Steph @ somewhatsimp says: June 24, 2012 at 7:57 PM
    We just took our first family campout last week and it was a blast. My favorite part was the food- we made those camping cones and they were delish! :)
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  8. Barb@Secondchancetod says: June 25, 2012 at 11:29 PM
    Steph, How fun! We just got back from a weekend of camping. I didn't get to try the cones, but all my family is coming home this weekend and we always do a bonfire. We'll be making them, then. Thanks for visiting. Barb
    Reply
  9. Full Circle Creation says: June 26, 2012 at 9:52 PM
    Great ideas! You make camping seem so much fun. Thanks for sharing at the All Star Block Party.Holly
    Reply
  10. Claiming Our Space says: June 27, 2012 at 4:14 PM
    This is my kind of camping post - desserts! With a little chocolate, sleeping on the ground is more bearable! Thanks so much for sharing on Tout It Tuesday! Hope to see you next week.
    Reply
  11. Debra Kapellakis says: June 27, 2012 at 4:21 PM
    Makes me want to go camping.
    Reply
  12. Carri says: June 27, 2012 at 5:35 PM
    Barb, You took me back to all of my family camping trips... and all those campfire memories.... I had to "pin" this to Pinterest because it's just do great to find so many camping idea's... folks need to see these, they are awesome!!!Thanks for sharing at the ALL STARS BLOCK PARTY...Carrisimplydonewright.blogspot.com
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  13. CuteEverything.com says: June 28, 2012 at 12:54 AM
    Those all sound delicious! I think I will try them Before I go camping! LOL! Thanks for sharing!
    Reply
  14. MomLaur says: June 28, 2012 at 4:25 PM
    These are such great ideas! I'm always looking for fun foods when we're camping. THANKS!
    Reply
    • Barb@Secondchancetod says: June 28, 2012 at 5:34 PM
      Thank you! I'm glad I could help you. Have fun.
      Reply
  15. Barb@Secondchancetod says: June 28, 2012 at 5:31 PM
    Holly, It is It Is!!! I love sharing at your party! Thanks. Barb
    Reply
  16. Barb@Secondchancetod says: June 28, 2012 at 5:31 PM
    Thank you! Chocolate solves a lot.
    Reply
  17. Barb@Secondchancetod says: June 28, 2012 at 5:32 PM
    Debra, Go and you'll have lots of fun! Thanks for the comment. Barb
    Reply
  18. Barb@Secondchancetod says: June 28, 2012 at 5:33 PM
    Thank You Carri. I'm glad I could take your down memory lane! Thanks for pinning it!
    Reply
  19. Barb@Secondchancetod says: June 28, 2012 at 5:33 PM
    Thank you! The ones I've tried were super goood.
    Reply
  20. Six Sisters says: June 28, 2012 at 7:02 PM
    So many yummy recipes! They all sound delicious! We are so glad that you linked up to our "Strut Your Stuff Saturday". Please come back again really soon! Thanks! -The Sisters
    Reply

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