If you are looking for a fun and festive St. Patrick’s Day treat, look no further than these St. Patrick's Day Irish Marshmallow Pops! This recipe is easy to follow and doesn’t require any baking, so it is perfect to make with your kids. Plus, the end result is adorable so put on your green and celebrate St Patrick’s Day with me!
St. Patrick’s Day Irish Marshmallow Pops Recipe
Originally, St Patrick’s Day was celebrated as a religious holiday to honor the life and legacy of St. Patrick, but it has become well known for its revelry and celebration with Irish traditions such as wearing green and eating corned beef and cabbage or potatoes. Sometimes, you need something sweet to celebrate an occasion like this one, and what better sweet treat than these fun St. Patrick's Day Irish Marshmallow pops!
Ingredents For St. Patrick’s Day Irish Marshmallow Pops Recipe
- Marshmallows
- Chocolate Chips - You can use or semi-sweet or dark chocoalte chips. It just depends on your preference.
- White Chocolate Chips - use your favorite white chocolate chips.
- Coconut Oil - The coconut oil makes the chocolate harden faster.
- St. Patrick's Day Sprinkles - your favorite green and gold sprinkles
- Themed Staws - you can find these at the dollar tree or walmart or you can use a skewer cut down.
Making St. Patrick's Day Irish Marshmallow Pops
First, line a baking sheet with wax paper. cut your paper straws in half. Then place ½ of straw into each marshmallow until all the marshmallows have straws in them.
Place your semi-sweet chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl. Add 1 teaspoon of coconut oil on top of the chocolate chips. The coconut oil will help it harder faster, kind of like the magic shell you use on ice cream.
Microwave the semi-sweet chocolate chips at 50% power for 30 seconds then remove and stir. Continue to microwave the chocolate, 30 seconds at a time, Alternating between heating and stirring. This will help even out the heating so that each piece gets warm without burning or overcooking any others on top.
Roll the marshmallows on the stick in the melted chocolate until completely covered top to bottom. Place the covered marshmallows on the parchment-lined baking sheet.
This will leave a flat side on the marshmallow, if you want it rounded all the way around you will need to let it dry standing up. I would use a craft foam block like the ones you would stick fake flowers in and stick the pops in them to dry.
Place the marshmallow pops in the refrigerator to speed up hardening. .
While the marshmallows harden melt your white chocolate the same way you did the semi-sweet chocolate but without the coconut oil. Microwave the white chocolate chips at 50% power for 30 seconds then remove and stir. Continue to microwave the chocolate, 30 seconds at a time, Alternating between heating and stirring.
Spoon the melted white chocolate into a pastry bag and cut a small tip at the end of the bag. This is the fun part, take the pastry bag and pipe white chocolate over the pops back and forth in thin lines. Then add your choice of sprinkles. Cool again in the refrigerator for a few minutes until the white chocolate hardens.
How To Store St. Patrick's Day Irish Marshmellow Pops
Marshmallow Pops will last for 3-5 days in an airtight container. You do not need to store them in the refrigerator but if you want to you can just take them out about 20-30 minutes before eating so the marshmallows will soften back up.
St. Patrick's Day Irish Marshmallow Pops
Ingredients
- 8 Marshmallows
- 1 cup Chocolate Chips
- ½ teaspoon Coconut Oil
- ½ cup White Chocolate
- St. Patrick's Day Sprinkles
- 4 Themed Straws Cut In Half
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with wax paper. Cut your paper straws in half. Then place ½ of straw into each marshmallow until all the marshmallows
- Place your semi-sweet chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl. Add 1 teaspoon of coconut oil on top of the chocolate chips.
- Microwave the semi-sweet chocolate chips at 50% power for 30 seconds then remove and stir. Continue to microwave the chocolate, 30 seconds at a time, Alternating between heating and stirring.
- Roll the marshmallows that you placed on the sticks in the melted chocolate until completely covered top to bottom. Place it on the parchment lined baking sheet.
- Place the marshmallow pops in the refrigerator to speed up hardening.
- Melt your white chocolate the same way you did the semi-sweet chocolate but without the coconut oil.
- Spoon the melted white chocolate into a pastry bag and cut a small tip at the end of the bag. Take the pastry bag and pipe white chocolate over the pops back and forth creating thin lines of white chocolate.
- Sprinke the Sprinkles all over the white chocolate then place in the fridge to harden.
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