Fun and Cheap Summer Desserts

Yesterday I blogged about camping and how I had a special surprise dessert planned every night.  I thought I would share them with you folks and give some suggestions on what worked for us and what didn't.  You don't have to go camping to enjoy these treats.  All these can be made in your home but the ones that require fire you might want to wait until the winter and try it in the fireplace.  And if you are worried about cooking something in your fireplace don't.  If Mrs. Ingalls can do it so can we, just do so at your own risk (I can see someone catching their house on fire trying this and then pointing to me. lol). 

Dessert #1  Peanut Butter and banana S'mores
I know this is a staple for camping with children but I had to kick it up a notch.  I can't do anything normal!

1 bag marshmallows
graham crackers
chocolate bars
peanut butter
sliced banana

I think most people know how to make S'mores so I am just going to give some tips instead of giving complete directions.

We found these "campfire" marshmallows.  They are huge and I thought they would be great.  I was wrong.  they were hard to cook all the way through, caught on fire easier and were harder to get off the stick.  It was almost to much marshmallow.  Next time I will stick with the normal sized one.

Next, I find the best way to roast the marshmallows is slowly rotate it OVER the fire, not in it.  Now my mom loves the burn, black "shell" that comes from sticking it directly in the fire but I personally don't.  I like to get mine evenly brown.

Lastly I suggest you prepare the graham crackers before you roast and to stagger the people who are roasting.  If you don't, before you know it you'll have 6 people wanting to make their S'mores at the same time.  Remember I did this while camping so I came prepared as well.  I brought a large cookie sheet where I could lay out 8 set at a time. 

This is how I assembled my upgraded version.
I spread peanut butter on the bottom graham cracker followed by the chocolate candy bar.  On top of the bar I placed sliced banana.  Then I finished it with the roasted marshmallow and the top cracker.  It was a hit!