Meet our cute little Santa Party Popper.
I’ve taken to calling anything on a short stick a “popper” because you can pop it into your mouth and enjoy in one or two bites.
These guys are a dessert for the kids to help make after dinner one night or in preparation for a little party.
*Note: Santa Party Poppers should be assembled within an hour of when you plan to serve them, because the bananas will brown being out in the air too long.
To make 10 Santa Poppers you will need:
10 regular sized marshmallows (not minis)
2 additional regular sized marshmallows cut into eights (for puff on Santa’s hat)
10 one inch tall banana chunks
10 red mini M&Ms
1/2 cup chocolate chips (for melting)
10 strawberries cut to appropriate size for a hat
Before assembly, slice each full sized marshmallow in half lengthwise. You will need 2 halves per Santa.
To assemble, slide the small marshmallow bit (from those cut into eights) to the top of a decorative toothpick. Next, slide the strawberry (flat side down), one half marshmallow, the banana, and lastly the other half marshmallow.
Make sure you slice your banana into chunks evenly and straight to ensure that they do not lean or tip over once assembled.
Tip: Sliding the bottom marshmallow on with the sticky side down will allow it to stand up better on the serving plate because it will stick!
Next, melt your half cup of chocolate chips in the microwave. I melted mine for a total of 45-50 seconds on high, stopping to stir every 20 seconds.
Once melted, spoon chocolate into a Ziploc bag and snip a TINY triangle off one of the corners. You will pipe the chocolate out through this hole.
Pipe two eyes and dot for his nose on every Santa. I placed the nose dot right above the bottom marshmallow.
Place a red M&M on each chocolate dot and press to stick down for Santa’s nose.
Once this step is complete, refrigerate for 10 minutes and serve (see *note above)
The kids will love this dessert, and you can feel good knowing it is mostly fruit. The only refined sugar they will be getting is the equivalent of 1 1/8 marshmallow and a tiny bit of chocolate.
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