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Chocolate Peppermint Marshmallow Pops
Whether you’re throwing a party or making treats for your coworkers, these chocolate peppermint marshmallows pops will satisfy anyone’s sweet tooth. These lovelies are coated with delicious semi-sweet chocolate and dipped in crushed peppermints, yielding a lip-smacking holiday treat.
Supplies & Tools:
- Large marshmallows (10 oz. bag)
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips (12 oz. bag)
- Peppermint candies, crushed (10 oz. bag)
- Red & white striped paper straws (1–3 dozen)*
- Microwavable bowl or double boiler
- Parchment paper or wax paper
- Knife
- Spoon
- Optional: coconut oil
- Optional: cellophane bags, ribbon, washi tape twist ties
*The number of straws needed depends on how many marshmallows you put on each straw. A 10 ounce bag has about 35 marshmallows, so you can make about 35 single-marshmallow pops, 18 double-decker pops, or 9 triple-decker pops.
Directions:
- With a knife, cut a hole in each marshmallow for the paper straw. Whether you’re making single-, double-, or triple-mallow pops, you want the hole to go all the way through the marshmallow.
- Insert paper straw into the hole, adding 1, 2, or 3 marshmallows. Repeat until you have your desired number of pops.
- Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave or double boiler. Once chocolate is melted and has a smooth consistency, you’re ready to start dipping your marshmallows!
Note: When melting chocolate in the microwave, you need to melt it incrementally so that the chocolate doesn’t seize up and harden. First, microwave for 1 minute at medium-high power (70%) and stir. Then microwave for 20 seconds at low power (20–30%), stir, then microwave and stir until the chocolate has a smooth consistency. Your chocolate will get there—just don’t rush it! - Coat marshmallows with chocolate, then dip in crushed peppermint. Set the finished pop on wax paper.
- Continue to coat all your marshmallow pops with chocolate and crushed peppermint.
- Once the chocolate has hardened, you can serve the pops on a platter or wrap them in cellophane bags with ribbon or washi tape twist ties. Yum!
Elfy Hints:
- Melted chocolate is soft, smooth, and thick—not thin like chocolate fondue. To get a nice even coat of chocolate on the pop, scoop a gob of chocolate onto the marshmallow with a spoon. While spinning the straw in one hand, hold the spoon in the other hand, using the back of the spoon to spread the chocolate.
- If you find the chocolate is too thick for you to work with, you can thin it out with a little coconut oil (maybe no more than 1 tablespoon). Coconut oil will make the chocolate runnier when warm, and it will set at room temperature.
Ideas from the Elves:
- Prefer spearmint over peppermint? Make these yummy pops using green mints and green & white striped straws instead!
- Got some chocoholics coming to the party? Coat the pops with mini morsels as a replacement for the peppermint pieces.
