Hello,Last weekend we had our first camping trip of the year. We usually have S’ Mores but my daughter got braces this past spring so S’ Mores are out. We are looking for any fun campfire treats. Any suggestions?ThanksCraig

Our family favorite is cat tails!Use biscuit mix (we use biscuix sp??) mixed a bit dry, roll it out about 3/8 in thick, cut onto 3-4 inch disks with a cookie cutter or a glass. You'll need fairly thick sticks, broom handle size is good but at least thumb size, with bark stripped off about 6 inches. Carefully shape the disk over the end of the stick and spread it down 4 inches or so. Flour helps to prevent sticking to your hands. Yeah, it will be like a thick condom! Slowly roast over the fire until golden brown, if cooked well it will come off the stick cleanly. You will now have a test tube shaped cooked cat tail! Fill in the hole with a bit of butter and your favorite home made jam and enjoy! Or, I guess you could fill with chocolate chips and let em melt.Way less sugar than s'mores or marshmallows, and it takes a bit of time so keeps the kids occupied. Ours are now in their 30's and they still ask for cat tails when we are around a fire!

pie irons - we cook dinner and dessert in them. we also get our camping friends to bring a few ingredients for a fun and creative dinner.http://www.pieiron.com/recipes.htm

I don't know what they're called, but they're good!:Slit a banana lengthwise, right through the skin on top, don't cut the bottom skin. Fill with chocolate chips, marshmallows (optional for your daughter with braces), caramel chips, butterscotch chips, etc.Wrap in foil and nestle in the coals for 5-10min.The skin will keep the banana "meat" itself from charring and all the goodies inside will be melted. Eat with a spoon.rav wrote:pie irons - we cook dinner and dessert in them. we also get our camping friends to bring a few ingredients for a fun and creative dinner.http://www.pieiron.com/recipes.htmIf you enjoy pie iron cooking, try a variation of the venerable "Monte Cristo" sandwich. A Monte Cristo is generally a deep-fried club sandwich served with jelly. You can make a ham/turkey/swiss club and cook it in the pie iron--coat the outsides of the bread liberally with butter. Even less healthy but more tasty, batter the sandwich before putting it in the pie iron.Serve with the jelly of your choice, of course!Pie iron "potlucks" are fun, rav!

We've done canned biscuits wrapped around a stick and rolled in cinnamon sugar. Take the biscuit dough and roll it into a 1/2" log. Wrap it around the stick and bake it to browned and immediately roll it in a pie pan with the sugar mixture. We always had the best luck with the plain biscuits.

Orange cake! A couple of good size oranges, cut in half and hollowed out leaving the rinds in tact. One box of Jiffy Vanilla Cake mix. Fill each half of the orange with the cake mix. Wrap in foil and place in the coals for about 10 minutes. The BEST Orange cake ever!!!One of our favorites!

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Snookie
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May 17, 2014
Here's what we're making. Wannadingers! Also known as biscuit on a stick.

Here's a blog post I made giving step by step directions on how to make the sticks. You can use them over and over for years to come and all the Wannadingers will be uniform in size. No more crying because one's biscuit is bigger than another.

I've included ideas for filling not only for dessert but the three meals of the day also. I will check back to see if anyone here has other ideas for filling.

Wannadinger sticks
scrapnread
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May 17, 2014
For dessert while camping, we use one of our dutch ovens. Pour a jar of home canned fruit, a white cake mix and a can of 7up in the bottom of the oven. Place the lid on top and place oven in coals for about 30mins. Check to see if is looks done, scoop into bowls and add vanilla ice cream if you have any.
Tips:
Any fruit- fresh, canned or frozen works, including pie filling
Any lemon lime soda (sprite, squirt, 7up, mountain dew, generic)
White or yellow cake mix of any brand
Kelly_Campbell
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May 07, 2014
I don’t know how you feel about it but pork and chicken wings barbecue always work with the kids when on a camping trip. We’d sometimes roast some sweet potatoes as well.
MPI_Mallard
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May 05, 2014
Ya' gotta' sing "spider dog, spider dog, friendly neighbourhood spider dog" to get the full effect!
Merrykalia
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May 04, 2014
We made the spider weenies tonight! Dang, they taste so much better than regular weenies.
MPI_Mallard
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May 03, 2014
Spiderdogs!!

The grandkids no nutz for these, even now when there adults!

Simply cut the ends into quarters lengthways put em' on a skewer and roast over the campfire until the spider legs curl up, hit em' with some mustard and enjoy!!
SWMO
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May 03, 2014
SDPat wrote:
You could use some of the canned frosting in place of a marshmallow. I bet the cream cheese would be awesome.

Hmmm, cream cheese with a little powdered sugar mixed in? Sounds good to me.:B
SDPat
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May 03, 2014
You could use some of the canned frosting in place of a marshmallow. I bet the cream cheese would be awesome.
SWMO
Explorer
May 02, 2014
If your daughter can have marshmallow fluff, why not smores using it?
magnusfide
Explorer II
May 02, 2014
Wouldn't mind trying that myself. Enjoy! Keep those cook fires going!