Easy things to roast over fire that are alternatives to marshmallows

2022-08-08 13:22:39 By : Mr. Jimmy Liu

Smore's and hot dogs are usually the go-to campfire snack, but there are other tasty treats you can roast on an open fire. 

If you're looking for something new to freshen up your next camping trip or backyard bonfire, try some suggestions Michigan campers have shared on social media. For some of these ideas you might need to use a Wolf'em Marshmallow Roasting Stick or pie iron. 

Campers are using a Wolf'em Marshmallow Roasting Stick's attachment to roast biscuit dough and make campfire eclairs. The attachment allows the dough to be wrapped around a wooden cooking form and creates a dough cup that once cooled is filled with vanilla pudding and topped with chocolate frosting, whipped cream or hazelnut spread. 

Kampgrounds of America has a video that shows you how to do it with aluminum foil, cooking spray and a dowel. 

For a slightly different treat, cook biscuit dough on a stick and dip it in butter and cinnamon sugar.

Also called tin foil bananas, there are slight variations on how to make these based on personal preference. 

The basic concept is cutting open a banana, leaving the skin on, and stuffing with chocolate chips, caramel, chocolate sauce, peanut butter, marshmallow, strawberries or crushed graham crackers. The stuffed banana is wrapped in aluminum foil and cooked on a grate above the fire or warmed by sitting on the campfire's outer ring. 

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Some folks like to dig out a channel in the banana and then add the fillings or cut the banana in halves.

Georgia State Parks has a great video on how to do it. 

If you want to go straight to dessert, cut white bread bread into four squares (another camper suggested French bread), dip the bread in sweetened condensed milk, roll it in either coconut or crushed graham crackers. Spray aluminum foil with non-stick spray and wrap. Put them by the fire to cook. 

If you'd rather make both dinner and a dessert, you'll need a cast iron pie cooker. Put pizza ingredients between two pieces of bread and cook inside the pie cooker. You can make it Mexican inspired by filling with pre-cooked taco meat and cheese. Make it a cheeseburger with pre-cooked ground beef, cheese and pickles. 

Use the same concept for dessert, but add canned pie fillings instead and try different types of bread like cinnamon. 

Roast soft pretzel bites found at most grocery stores and dip in liquid cheese. It's one of the treats trending this summer. 

Grab a box of plain or cinnamon doughnut holes or Twinkies from the store and give them a roast. 

Cinnamon rolls can be cooked on the fire, too by placing them in a cast iron pie cooker.

Skip the microwave or oven when it comes to frozen pizza rolls and roast them on the fire instead. Some campers swear it's the best way to eat them.

You can keep it simple and roast strawberries or sweeten it up by wrapping a strawberry in marshmallow fluff and then roasting. 

Love apples? Try apples with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon wrapped in foil.

Pineapple is another quick option that can be roasted on a stick.

Try mini peppers or mushrooms coated in olive oil, or roast jalapeno poppers.

Keep it simple by roasting bacon or shrimp on a stick.

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