My dad’s out of town right now so I’m taking care of my sister. Dad likes to give me a hard time about him not being able to leave us alone without us killing each other, so we like to prove him wrong by getting along. That being said, today I managed to subsist on leftovers, but toward the end of the day I figured I whip up something sweet for Kara.
I was in D.C. over Christmas and did my best to spend as much time at Sticky Fingers as possible where I encountered chocolate covered Dandies marshmallows on a stick being sold for 3$. I realized anyone could easily recreate them at home for a very small fraction of the price, and being that Dandies has (finally!) made its way to the Santa Monica Co-op, I decided I’d give it a try.
Simple stuff. I stuck three marshmallows on a toothpick leaving about an inch for a handle. Melted a cup of chocolate chips in the microwave and used a spoon to help cover the marshmallows. After dipping I sprinkled rice crispies on all sides (I wanted to do crushed graham cracker, but couldn’t find any. However, it was later agreed that the puffed rice was a superior choice) and laid them out on aluminum foil to harden.
My main tip would be a little chocolate goes a long way with these, try to keep the coating as light as possible while still being all encompassing.
I made ten, seven of which Kara devoured in a matter of hours. I asked her to help me think of a name for them and her best one was Marshmallow Madness, which won because it was more catchy than my title of ‘Crispy Chocolate Marshmallow Sticks’, but you can just call them delicious.
Radically Delicious 