Ever thought, camping could get sweeter? If you are a camp lover, you would absolutely relate to the fact that having a delicious dessert while camping is blissful! After a good long effort, imagine sitting with your loved ones and enjoying the delicious sweet treat. Just because you are camping, doesn’t deprive you of indulging in the finer things in life.
Be it riverside or forest camping, in summers or in winters, you add an extra edge to your camping only when you burn the fire and cook in it. If you are camping anytime soon, we are going to give you some mouthwatering delectable camping desserts that will make your taste buds go craving for some more! Cook this over the campfire or a stove, all you need to know is here below.
Easy Delicious Camping Desserts:
1. Banana Boat
Here’s an easy, tasty dessert for camping. You can easily make this over the campfire. It is a healthy quick perfect camping dessert.
Ingredients:
- Banana
- Chocolate chips
- Small marshmallows
- Aluminum Foil
Directions:
- Take a ripe banana (you can peel it open or with the skin as you like) and cut in from the center such that there is a single slit down along the length but not all the way through.
- Fill the center of slit banana with as many marshmallows and chocolate chips you want (do not stuff to break open the other side)
- Set the banana on an aluminium foil and cover it just so that it does not stick to the foil.
- Grill for 5-6 minutes on the fire or oven for the same amount of time.
- Open the foil; add any crunchy bits and chocolate sauce as you like to decorate it. Let it cool down.
- A yummy healthy banana boat is ready for you to dig in.
2. Roasted Peachy Caramel Pie
This roasted peachy caramel pie just makes the day even better when you light a campfire and grill it over.
Ingredients:
- Butter
- Caramel Sauce
- Brown sugar
- Some nuts like pecan
- Peach
- Aluminum Foil
Directions:
- Take a big square piece of aluminium foil and grease it with butter.
- Sprinkle a spoon of caramel and brown sugar powder.
- Scatter the nuts evenly over it.
- Take the ripe yet firm peach (wash it well before use) and wrap it in the aluminium foil tightly.
- Place it on the campfire or a grill. Let it cook for 20-30 minutes.
- Remove from heat and open the foil; allow the steam to escape.
- Serve it warm, now it is ready to binge!
3. Baked Apple with Maple
Kids love this dessert and always ask for more. So keep an extra stock always.
Ingredients:
- Apple
- Maple syrup
- Walnuts or any nuts of your choice
- Aluminum Foil
Directions:
- Take a big square piece of aluminum foil and grease it with butter.
- Cut the top portion of apple and wrap it in the foil individually tightly.
- Place it in the campfire/ grill or oven and let it bake for 20-25 minutes
- Open the foil and let the steam escape.
- Add some maple syrup from the top and sprinkle the walnuts over it. Serve warm.
- Binge on it!!!!
4. Cinnamon Roasted Pears
Easy healthy food is always man’s best friend
Ingredients:
- Peer
- Cinnamon sugar
- Toasted sunflower seeds or chocolate chips or nuts of your choice
Directions:
- Take a big square piece of aluminum foil and grease it with butter.
- Scoop the pear to remove the core.
- Sprinkle the cinnamon generously in the inside and outside of pear.
- Add the topping inside (Toasted sunflower seeds or chocolate chips or nuts of your choice)
- Wrap it up in the aluminum foil individually for the pears tightly.
- Put it in the campfire or oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.
- The pear should be soft and served warm after removing the package.
- Binge time!
5. Barbecued Apple Crisps
Apples are the easiest things to carry while camping as they do not mature very easily and remain fresh even in the natural environment for about 3-4 days. Let’s make it even healthier by adding some oatmeal in the recipe.
Ingredients:
- Apples
- Oatmeal
- Powdered cinnamon
- Brown sugar
- Butter
- Flour
- Nutmeg
- Lemon juice (optional)
- Aluminum Foil
Directions:
- Take a big square piece of aluminum foil and grease it with butter.
- Combine oats, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg on it.
- Wash the apples and cut them into slices.
- Squeeze lemon juice on it.
- Take another foil and wrap it over the first making it like a packet.
- Secure the ends of the foil such that it is sealed from all ends.
- Place this on the campfire or oven and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove and let the steam escape, cool for a minute or two before serving.
- You might just want to add some whipped cream if you are carrying one and enjoy the yummylicious dessert.
6. Berry Blast Cake
Want some colorful berrylicious camping dessert? Let’s see how.
Ingredients:
- Fresh berries (any)
- Sugar
- Butter
- Pound cake
- Caramel candy bars
- Aluminum Foil
Directions:
- Combine all the berries (15 oz fresh berries) with the sugar in a bowl and let the juice start to release when it sits for 10-15 minutes.
- Cut the pound cake into square pieces (1-inch cube size).
- On the campfire, place your skillet.
- Add butter to the skillet for greasing it on the base. Cook the pound cake until all sides are toasted.
- Remove the skillet from heat and sprinkle the berries over the top of the cake cubes. Sprinkle the caramel candy bars.
- Cover the skillet with foil and allow it to sit until the berries on the top are warm and the chocolate is melting, 5-10 minutes.
- The berry blast cake is ready in 20 minutes for you to binge!!
7. French Toasted Apple Pie Rolls
Ingredients:
- White bread
- Apple pie (1 can for about 10-12 slices of bread)
- 2 eggs
- Vanilla extract
- Milk
- Butter
- Granulated sugar
- Powdered cinnamon
Directions:
- Remove the crust from the bread and flatten them using rolling pin.
- Spread the apple pie filling onto the bread, generously.
- Roll the bread tightly. Repeat with all the bread
- Whisk egg and milk in a bowl and add some vanilla extract along with cinnamon powder and sugar
- Heat the skillet over the campfire and melt butter on it to grease the surface
- Dip each of these rolls into the egg mixture coating it completely.
- Place all the rolls on this skillet and let them turn brown and roast.
- Remove the rolls and sprinkle some cinnamon sugar on it.
- Serve with syrup or plain and relish it.
8. Campfire Peachy Marshmallow
Ingredients:
- Ripe peach (not too ripe)
- Marshmallow
- Cinnamon granule
- Aluminum Foil
- Brown sugar
Directions:
- Cut each peach into halves and remove the pit. Keep the skin as is.
- Take a large piece of foil and lay the two halves of peach with the cut side facing up.
- Sprinkle some brown sugar and cinnamon on it.
- Add a piece of marshmallow on the top of it.
- Cover the foil tightly and put it in the campfire to bake for 20 min.
- Do it with all the peaches separately.
- Open the foil and enjoy the peaches.
9. Bailey’s Dipped Barbecued Marshmallows
Highly addictive camping dessert which is suited best for adults.
Ingredients:
- Big Marshmallow
- Bailey’s
- Skews
Directions:
- Take the marshmallow and pin it in the skew. One each.
- Barbecue it (toast) on the fire until it turns brownish.
- Dip the warm marshmallow in a cup of Bailey’s.
- It will be drippy hence recommend using napkins to place them.
- Relish
Isn’t this the simplest and best camping dessert? When you do try them, you will know that this is the tastiest one as well. You can just not stop popping these.
10. Campfire Cones
Kids love waffle cones with candies, why not make it the camps style?
Ingredients:
- Waffle Cone
- Mini marshmallows
- Chocolate chips
- M&Ms, peanut butter, banana, strawberries, coconut, butterscotch chips, nuts, anything else of your choice
- Sugar
- Aluminum foil
Directions:
- Generously fill the waffle cone with toppings and wrap it with foil.
- Toss the package in the campfire for 5 minutes until the filling is melted.
- Open the covering and enjoy the fun treat.
Camping is the best time to relax and relish the excellence of life and nature. Make it memorable by surprising your family and kids with these camping desserts which are very simple and quick to make. For any further ideas on various camping tools and accessories, read here
