Gifted - Chocolate Dipped Marshmallows

I missed my friend Disey's birthday as I was in Montreal.  So now I am 4 days late.  And it's Good Friday, so nothing is open to go buy ingredients to bake for her or to shop for a gift.  I decided to use what was on hand in the pantry.  I had a bag of marshmallows and a block of Valrhona Milk Chocolate.  I decided to make her hand dipped Marshmallow Lollipops.  If you are absolutely  mad really ambitious you can make your own marshmallows, but I decided to use the Jet Puffs I had on hand.  Here is the recipe for handmade marshmallows.

Melt chocolate in double boiler if you have one. If not place a small bowl in a small pot filled with 2 inches of water, or melt gently in the microwave in a small deep bowl.  Once melted let it cool until still runny but not too drippy.  Take a lollipop stick or wooden skewer and dip the end in the chocolate. (this gives it a bit of grip on the marshmallow).  Pierce the mallow with the skewer.  Dip into melted chocolate, twirl it and let the excess drip off and place it on a cookie sheet lined with parchment.  Toss some sprinkles on the wet chocolate. (you could add smarties or other candy.  Let cool.  Wrap in cello bags. 

I bundled them like a bouquet of roses and placed them in a cupcake box that I bought at Home Sense.  I don't usually buy gift boxes, but I make an exception for food gifts where things need to be new and clean.

If you are serving these at a party, they look pretty placed in a vase as a centerpiece or even an old silver teapot.  I made some extras for Easter table decorating and I will show you on Sunday what I am doing with those.  I added one of my clay gift tags to pretty it up.

This is a really easy and inexpensive gift.  The marshmallows were $2.99 and the chocolate $6.00.  For less than $10.00 you have a handmade and delicious gift.  These would be fun for kids parties and wedding favours with various coloured candy sprinkles.