Camping Information/ccdesserts
For something Low Effort, you can use Backpacking Desserts or just make S'mores
Banana boats
Difficulty: super easy
Equipment: fire, foil
Ingredients:
Choose a flavor combo or make up your own.
CLASSIC S’MORES: Banana + Milk Chocolate + Mini Marshmallows + Crumbled Graham Crackers
STRAWBERRY HAZELNUT: Banana + Strawberries + Nutella + Chopped Hazelnuts
SAMOAS: Banana + Chocolate Chips + Caramel Sauce + Toasted Coconut
DULCE DE LECHE: Banana + Chocolate + Dulce de Leche sauce + Coconut shreds
PB & C: Banana + Peanut Butter + Chocolate Chips
HONEY GINGER: Banana + Honey + Candied Ginger + White or Dark Chocolate
BANANA SPLIT: Banana + Milk Chocolate + Marshmallows + Cherries
PECAN PRALINE: Banana + Pralines + Dark Chocolate
At camp:
Take a banana with its peel still on and cut it down the middle (along the concave side). Not all the way through, but until the tip of your knife just grazes the peel on the other side. Pull the peel and banana slightly apart. Stuff the chocolate and mini marshmallows (or other fillings, see above) into the center of the banana. Wrap the banana in foil. Place on a campfire or grill (not too hot) until fillings have melted and banana has warmed through, about 10 minutes. Unwrap banana and top with crushed graham cracker. Enjoy!
Dessert Burittos
Difficulty: easy
Equipment: foil, fire
Ingredients:
tortillas
pie filling - blueberry, cherry, apple, ... or nutella, pb, etc.
chocolate chips
mini-marshmallows
At camp:
Place ingredients inside tortilla and fold. Wrap foil around tortilla and place on grill above fire or on ash around edge of fire. Wait for the ingredients to melt.
Rice Krispie Treats
Difficulty: medium
Equipment: pot and stove, parchment paper
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons butter
1 package (10 oz., about 40) Marshmallows OR 5-1/2 cups Miniature Marshmallows OR 1 jar (7 oz.) marshmallow crème
6 cups Kellogg's® Rice Krispies® cereal
At camp:
In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat. Add cereal. Spread out parchment paper, and with a spatula or hands sprayed with pam, slop it on and shape it. Let cool. To eat, give up on manners and just kind of rip chunks and eat with your hands
Dutch Oven Chocolate cake
Difficulty: medium
Equipment: dutch oven
Ingredients:
Devil's Food Cake Mix
Can of Lemon-Lime Soda
Mini Marshmallows
Chocolate Chips
At camp: Create hot coals for the dutch oven and Line the dutch oven with foil and spray with cooking spray. Mix the cake mix and soda together. Fold the chocolate chips and mini marshmallows into the batter. Spread the batter into the dutch oven. Place lid on dutch oven, cover with coals, and bake for 24-30 minutes depending on your heat.
“Dump” Cake
Difficulty: medium
Equipment: dutch oven, foil
Ingredients:
Can of cherry pie filling (or flavor of your choice)
Yellow Cake Mix
Can of Lemon-Lime Soda
optional: Chopped Pecans
At camp:
Line the Dutch oven with foil and some cooking spray. Dump the pie filling into the bottom of the Dutch oven. Mix the cake mix and soda together in another bowl. Spread the cake batter over the cherry filling. Place lid on the Dutch oven. Place 8 coals under the oven and 17 on the lid. Bake for 20-25 minutes depending on your heat.
