Dessert on the fire?

[ThunderLund78]

Heading to the cabin for a week next week and we promised our two young boys that we'd do a campout one night where we'd all sleep in a tent and cook our entire supper over the fire. They're excited to roast weenies and we're gonna do some foil potatoes/veggies but I'd like to do an easy dessert beside the traditional smores which we do all the time. I don't have a dutch oven so does anyone have suggestions of something easy I can do in foil, etc?

[Leaky]

•Take a banana and peel off one strip of peel (where the banana curves)

•Where you took off the peel, slice out a piece of banana almost all the way down and set it aside

•Fill opening with peanut butter

•Place 2 or 3 pieces of chocolate on top of peanut butter

Cover the peanut butter and chocolate with the banana piece you cut out, cover that with the piece of peel, wrap very tightly in tin foil, and cook on a rack over your campfire 10 minutes.

[LABS4ME]

This one is easy...

Take an apple, and from the stem down core it out 3/4 of the way down... Leave a half inch or so connected to the bottom so stuffing does not drain out... you want the hole it maybe an inch or so around

pack in some brown sugar, cinnamon and a kraft caramel in core, top with a good dollop of real butter. wrap in foil and put on grill or on embers of a fire with core straight up. Cook for 10-15 minutes till apple is soft and the middle is melted and gooey...

apple pie without the crust!

or:

stop at the store and get some pie irons. Butter some white bread, sprinkle on some cinnamon and sugar to the butter, lay first slice butter side down in iron, fill with apple pie or cherry pie filling, put other slice of bread on, close iron, trim any bread that is hanging out... (birds and chipmunks gotta eat!), roast over fire 5 minutes or so turning frequently till golden brown. Awesome with ice cream on the side.

You can also do your breakfast sandwiches the next morning in the pie iron... and ham and cheese or pepperoni pizza in them is awasome also!

Good Luck!

Ken

[perchking]

Get a few of these:

Add bread and any type of sweet filling, Blueberries, Strawberries, Cherries and enjoy:

[SkunkedAgain]

...or if the dessert doesn't need to be cooked over the fire, you could just do one of those no-bake cheesecakes that they make for camping. They are tasty and pretty simple to make.

[Tripleplay]

Just did iron pies over the weekend at the lake for Fathers Day. Pizza ones for dinner and then dessert ones after. My son decided to try a PB&J version and loved it. Daughter tried and went too heavy on the peanut butter and had to choke it down a bit although she also liked the taste.

We always do pie fillings and have tried them all and I tend to fall back on cherry because it is my favorite but those fresh strawberries in the picture really got my attention! That will be tried in the very near future. Also have never used the cinnamon and sugar on the buttered side but I like that idea as well instead of in the center. This is why I love this site for the next great idea!

[Leaky]

Those pie irons are on sale right now at Menards for $2.99 after a $6.00 rebate. Hate rebates, but..........

[ThunderLund78]

Great suggestions everyone. I may invest in some pie irons! I think I have a few bucks left on a Fleet Farm GC in my wallet.

Banana thing sounds great too. Thanks again.