Chocolate Marshmallows – Fun Activity For Kids

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Chocolate Marshmallows is a sweet treat made by coating marshmallows in melted chocolate and decorated in various ways.

This is a great fun activity for children during Valentine’s, Birthdays, Christmas etc.

The marshmallows can be plain or flavored, and the chocolate can be milk, dark, or white.

You can use homemade marshmallows or store bought ones.

Marshmallows as activity for kids

Marshmallows can be a fun activity for kids. There are a few different ways that marshmallows can be used as an activity:

1. S’mores: Children can make s’mores by roasting marshmallows over a fire or stove and sandwiching them between graham crackers and chocolate.
2. Marshmallow sculpture: Children can use marshmallows and toothpicks to create sculptures. This activity can be a fun way to encourage creativity and fine motor skills.
3. Marshmallow painting: Children can use marshmallows as paint brushes and paint on paper, this is a fun and unique way to encourage creativity and self-expression.
4. Marshmallow tower: Children can use marshmallows and toothpicks to build a tower, this activity can be a fun way to encourage problem-solving and spatial reasoning skills.
5. Marshmallow matching game : Children can use marshmallows of different colors and sizes to match and sort them, this activity can be a fun way to encourage early math skills and fine motor skills.
6. Marshmallow sensory bin: Fill a container with marshmallows and let the children explore with their hands. This activity can be a fun way to encourage tactile exploration and imagination.
7. Marshmallow characters: Children can use marshmallows and toothpicks or icing to create characters or scenes, this activity can be a fun way to encourage creativity and imagination.
8. Marshmallow math: Children can use marshmallows to practice counting, addition, subtraction, and other math skills.
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What can kids decorate their marshmallows with?

1. Chocolate: Children can dip marshmallows in melted chocolate and then decorate them with sprinkles, nuts, or other toppings.
2. Food coloring: Children can use food coloring to dye marshmallows different colors and create their own designs.
3. Icing: Children can use store-bought or homemade icing to decorate marshmallows with different colors and designs.
4. Fruits: Children can use fruits like berries, cherries, or slices of kiwi or banana to decorate their marshmallows.
5. Nuts and seeds: Children can use crushed nuts or seeds like almonds, peanuts, or pumpkin seeds to decorate their marshmallows.
6. Candy: Children can use small candy like M&M’s, Skittles, or candy-coated chocolate to decorate their marshmallows.
7. Cookie crumbs: Children can use crushed cookies or other baked goods to decorate their marshmallows.
8. Edible glitter: Children can use edible glitter to decorate their marshmallows.

Ingredients we used today to make Chocolate Marshmallows:

• Chocolate ganache
• Colourful sprinkles
• Chocolate sprinkles
• Candied stars
• Mini Smarties
• Red Glitter
• Dessicated coconut
• Wooden Skewers
• Styrofoam block or parchment paper

How to make chocolate marshmallows

• Prepare the chocolate ganache. (Don’t add the salt and pepper in the ganache.
• Put the decoration materials in different bowls.
• The children will slide the marshmallows first onto the wooden skewers or toothpicks. If this children are too young for this, we will have them ready for them.
• They will then dip them in chocolate and one of the above decorating ingredients.
• You can then stick the skewers into a styrofoam block, which will allow the chocolate to dry and harden while also keeping it upright.
• If you don’t have a styrofoam, you can lay skewers flat on a sheet of parchment or wax paper, which will allow the chocolate to dry and harden while also keeping it from sticking to any surfaces.

Leftover chocolate ganache and decorating ingredients?

Don’t throw them away. We will make a very delicious different dessert!

Put some Petit Beurre biscuits in a flat container, add some chocolate ganache and some of the leftover decorating ingredients and cover with another biscuit.

Optionally if you have white chocolate, put one part chocolate and three parts cream to melt, in the same bowl as we made the ganache (this is why it will get a darker colour). Put a little on top and whatever other ingredients are leftover, for decoration.

And Voilà!

Kopiaste and Kali Orexi!

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