These cute little pops have all of my favorites in one delicious treat… chocolate, caramel, rice kripies, nuts and marshmallow!
In fact, I had a hard time deciding what to name them, since I wanted to include all of the delicious ingredients in the title! I settled on Caramel Nut Marshmallow Pops, and we’ll just let the other delicious ingredients be a nice surprise! =)
These marshmallow pops would be perfect treats for most any occasion, and would be gorgeous little favors, wrapped in small cellophane bags and tied with some pretty ribbon, twine or a strip of fabric.
I’ve made marshmallow pops in the past… here are some cute Valentine’s Marshmallow Pops, Halloween Marshmallow Pops, Christmas Marshmallow Pops and some extra yummy S’mores Marshmallow Pops.
But these Caramel Nut Marshmallow Pops are quite possibly my favorite yet!
I didn’t come up with these delicious idea on my own… this past weekend I helped style and set up a dessert table for our school auction and one of the amazingly talented parents (Marina) provided the desserts. One of my favorite treats of the night were these gorgeous pops, and she graciously shared the recipe with me.
If you follow me on Instagram, you may have already seen this pretty collaboration (and if you look closely, you can spot the marshmallow pops)…
I love sharing little sneak peeks of my “sweet” projects on Instagram, so be sure you’re following along!
Now, let’s make some delicious Caramel Nut Marshmallow Pops…
Happy pop making!
How to Make Caramel Nut Marshmallow Pops
Caramel Nut Marshmallow Pops
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup almonds chopped and toasted
- 11 oz wrapped caramels apx. 35 individual caramels - 1 bag
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 30 large marshmallows
- 30 7" cookie sticks
- 8 oz semi-sweet or milk chocolate
- 1 cup rice krispies cereal
Instructions
- Chop the almonds and bake in a 350*F oven for 2-5 minutes. Check after 2 minutes, and stir around if necessary. The nuts are done when they are fragrant and slightly golden. Set aside to cool.
- Unwrap caramels and place in a bowl. Add heavy cream and microwave at 50% power for 2-4 minutes until the caramels are mostly melted. Stir as necessary until the cream is fully incorporated and the caramel is smooth.
- Add marshmallows to cookie sticks by first dipping the stick in the (melted) caramel just a bit, then insert into the marshmallow. You could dip the stick in melted chocolate instead, either will help the marshmallow stay on the stick.
- Pour rice cereal into a bowl and set aside.
- Begin assembly by dipping the marshmallows into the caramel, using the side of the bowl to scrap off excess caramel from the marshmallow, then immediately dip the pop into the bowl of rice cereal. Lay pops on a plate and after you've made 4-6 pops, place the plate of pops in the freezer to help the caramel set quickly. Continue dipping, moving caramel and cereal coated pops to the freezer.
- Melt chocolate in the microwave at 50% power until partially melted, then stir gently until all of the chocolate is melted and smooth.
- Take caramel and cereal dipped pops and dip in the chocolate (using a spoon to help cover the entire pop) and use the side of the bowl to scrap off excess chocolate. Hold pop over a bowl and sprinkle with nuts (and you turn the pop around, so nuts cover all sides).
- Place nut covered pops on a plate and after you've coated a few pops, move the plate to the freezer to allow the chocolate to set up quickly. The pops only need to be in the freezer a couple minutes, then they can be stored at room temperature (in a sealed container, or individually wrapped).
Made these last night!! I melted the caramel and chocolate bark. Mostly spooned on the caramel sauce and used a butter knife to cover the marshmallow entirely. Placed double marshmallow pop on a Styrofoam board to harden, then did the same for the chocolate bark. Sprinkled chocolate with nuts and some with sprinkles. Really good. Better second day. Nuts wanted to fall off, so maybe next time press in a little.
This is a brilliant idea for late night party. My up coming guesses are going to be blew away with this!
These look amazing! What a clever idea!!!
These sound so delicious… I was planning to make some S’Mores marshmallow pops this weekend for a shower…. I might have to switch to these…. Can’t wait to try them soon!
Oh my gosh! Another home run, Glory! These look wonderful!
wow! wow! wow! how do you do all you do!
Oh yum!! I am At first I thought these were homemade marshmallows and this would take a lot more effort to put together. Glad to see this is an easy sweet treat to make!
Looks really yummy! Great idea!!
These marshmallow pops look insanely delicious! Yum!
Thanks so much Katrina! I always appreciate your sweet comments! =)