Last Updated on December 7, 2021
Irresistible roasted marshmallow toppings and dips.
These ideas are perfect for your Yom HaAtzmaut ‘al ha-eish’.
How can you resist the supermarket special offers on marshmallows just before Independence Day – 2 for 10 NIS – what a bargain! If you are completely patriotic you will go for the mixed blue and white pack. Traditional mallow lovers will have plenty of pink and whites to choose from, and if like me you hate the pink ones, hopefully there will be white-only packs too. Your local specialty candy or baking store may have a variety of rainbow coloured marshmallows and mini-mallows too. Whatever colour you choose, combine them with a dipping sauce for an extra, sticky, sweet dimension. The kids will love it!
These toppings are best when made with whole milk chocolate but for your meat BBQ meal, you can substitute parev chocolate or syrup alternatives.
Melting chocolate on the fireside isn’t a problem when using the bain-marie method. Fill an old pot with 1/3 water and bring to the boil on the fire. Place your glass or metal dish in the pot above the water, break up your chocolate and allow it to melt.
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Once the chocolate is fully melted, move to a cooler part of the fire so that the chocolate remains liquid.
Dipping
- Melted Mars bars make a heavenly chocolate dip. Any other chocolate with a praline, caramel or nougat filling is a delicious alternative.
- Using chocolate spread as a dip will save you the palaver of the pot, melting the chocolate and the clean up – Nutella is our first choice
- You can also find flavoured syrups in the baking section of the supermarket which are all parev; chocolate, maple flavoured and others
Topping
- Arrange a selection of chopped nuts, coloured sprinkles, desiccated coconut, gummi-bears and other gel candies on a platter and let the children choose their favorites for a marshmallow skewer.
- Provide some healthier alternatives too. Fresh strawberries, cut up banana, pineapple bite-sized chunks, melon, kiwis and grapes can also be skewered with the marshmallow and dipped in chocolate.
