Campfire Desserts

Camp Recipes Kids and Adults will Love to Eat

May 20, 2009 Laura Allgrove

Everyone loves camping but sometimes the camp desserts can get repetitive. Here are some great recipe ideas to sweeten up your camp cuisine repertoire.

Ice Cream in a Bag

Perfect activity and treat for hot summer days.

Ingredients:

½ cup of milk or half and half

1 tbsp. of sugar

¼ tsp. of vanilla

1 medium zip-lock bag

1 large zip-lock bag

2 tbsp. of rock salt

Crushed ice cubes

Put milk,sugar, and vanilla, in a medium size zip-lock bag and close. Put this bag into the larger zip-lock bag with rock salt and crushed ice cubes. Give a bag to each camper to shake and roll for 15 to 20 minutes until frozen.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Wraps

Better then a chocolate bar and a lot more fun.

Ingredients:

Peanut butter

Flour tortillas

Miniature marshmallows

Miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Spread 2 tablespoons of peanut butter on each tortilla. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of marshmallows and 2 tablespoons of chocolate chips on half of each tortilla. Wrap them well in tin foil and bake in the hot coals of the fire about for 5 to 10 minutes. Unwrap and eat.

Orange Cakes

Eat the orange and bake a cake.

Ingredients:

Oranges

Cake mix – pick your favourite

Cut the oranges in half. Take the orange out of the peel leaving the peel intact. Pour cake mix into each half, wrap them well in tin foil and bake in the hot coals of the fire.

Gingerbread Cakes

A little twist on orange cakes.

Ingredients:

Oranges

Gingerbread mix

Cut the oranges in ½. Take the orange out of the peel leaving the peel intact. Pour gingerbread mix into each half, wrap them well in tin foil and bake in the hot coals of the fire.

Bannock Recipe

This is a yummy alterative to a sweet treat.

Ingredients:

1 cup flour

Pinch of salt

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tbsp. margarine

7 tbsp. of milk

Combine all the dry ingredients a mixing bowl. Use a fork to combine margarine and milk. Stir until the lumps are gone. Form a one inch thick loaf. Put the dough into a frying pan. Bake over low flame. Cook 8 to 10 minutes on each side.

Or divide into fist size balls. Give each camper a ball of dough to wrap on a roasting stick. Roast over the hot coals of the fire.

Eat the Bannock while warm, plain or with butter, jam, or peanut butter.

Pineapple Donut Cakes

No mess upside down cake

Ingredients:

Plain cake donuts

Pineapple rings

Brown sugar

Cinnamon

Slice donut in half. Place pineapple rings on one half. Pack brown sugar on top of the pineapple and sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Place other half of donut on top and wrap them well in tin foil and bake in the hot coals of the fire. Heat for 10-15 minutes.

Campfire Pie Tortillas

What could be better then a pie wrap?

Ingredients:

Tortillas

Pie filling – pick your favourite

Chocolate chips

Mini-marshmallows

Peanut butter

Open the cans and put a spoon in each one. Tear off squares of aluminium foil. Put a tortilla on the square of foil. Add peanut butter or pie filling. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and marshmallows. Fold the tortilla edges in and roll. Wrap them well in tin foil and bake in the hot coals of the fire.

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