Here are some delicious campfire dessert recipes your campers will love. These recipes offer a variety of cooking methods including Dutch oven, aluminum foil, pie iron, and even a no-bake recipe.
Ingredients:
1 cup of chopped pecans
1 cup of melted butter
1 large can crushed pineapple
1 yellow cake mix
3 cups blueberries
3/4 c sugar
In a Dutch oven melt half of the butter, and then add blueberries and pineapple. Include the fruit juice of the berries and pineapple since liquid is needed for this snack. Pour the sugar and yellow cake mix over the berries. Place the lid on the Dutch oven, and cook for one hour over the fire.
Ingredients:
Cool Whip
Extra large chocolate bar
1 graham cracker crust
Cut off ΒΌ of chocolate bar and set aside. Place the remaining bar in a pan and melt over the fire or grill. Dump cool whip into a bowl. Pour the melted chocolate into the cool whip and combine. Pour the mixture over your graham cracker crust. Set the pie on top of ice in a cooler for two hours. Garnish with grated chocolate and serve.
Give each child a sheet of aluminum foil. Set out a plate that has graham crackers on it. Tell each child to take a graham cracker and place it in the center of their aluminum foil. Next set out a plate of chocolate candy bars which have been broken to fit the crackers. Tell each child to take a chocolate piece and place it on top of their graham cracker. Then pull out a bowl of mini-marshmallows. Let each child put marshmallows on their chocolate bar before giving the sandwich a graham cracker top. Help them fold their packets and place on hot coals for ten minutes.
Take two slices of bread and spread peanut butter on them. Place half of a chocolate bar and a large marshmallow between the two slices. Toast in a pie iron over a fire until the bread is golden. This makes a great treat for chocolate, peanut butter, and marshmallow lovers.
Ingredients:
1 cup of chopped pecans
1 cup of melted butter
1 large can crushed pineapple
1 yellow cake mix
3 cups raspberries
3/4 c sugar
In a Dutch oven melt half the butter. Add raspberries and pineapple making sure to include the juice from the pineapples. Pour sugar and yellow cake mix over the berries ensuring all are covered. Place lid on the Dutch oven and cook for one hour over the fire.