How to Make Campfire Desserts

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By Carla Lucas
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While you are sitting around a campfire after a long, fun day of enjoying the outdoors, you can use the coals in the campfire to create some sensational campfire desserts beyond the traditional s'mores and burning marshmallows. Here are recipes for three campfire desserts: Banana Boats, Eggs on Toast and Baked Apples.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

1 apple per person
Brown sugar
Raisins, optional
Chopped walnuts, optional
Cinnamon
Butter
Heavy-duty aluminum foil

Banana Boats

Step 1

Gently pull back one section of the banana's peel, but do not remove.
Step 2

Slice the banana down the middle, but not quite all the way in half.
Step 3

Spread the banana and fill the space with any or all of the following: chocolate chips, peanut butter and marshmallows.
Step 4

Pull the peel back over the banana and wrap it firmly in the aluminum foil.
Step 5

Place the wrapped banana on the coals in the campfire and allow the banana to heat through.
Step 6

There's no set time for cooking. Let the banana cooks until the chocolate, peanut butter and marshmallows melt.
Step 7

Remove the wrapped banana from the fire with tongs or a hot pad. Allow to cool for a few minutes.
Step 8

Open the foil, peel back the banana peel and enjoy the gooey, delicious treat.

Eggs on Toast

Step 1

Slice the pound cake into three-quarter inch slices. Toast it over the campfire with a grill, if desired.
Step 2

Open the can of peaches. These can also be grilled, if desired.
Step 3

Place your pound cake on a plate or piece of foil. Spread the whipped cream all over the pound cake. This represents the egg whites.
Step 4

Place the peach half on the whipped cream. This represents the egg yolk.
Step 5

Enjoy the sweetest piece of "egg on toast" you've ever had.

Baked Apples

Step 1

Grease a piece of aluminum foil with the butter.
Step 2

Take the core out of the apple, but leave the apple whole.
Step 3

Stuff the hole where the core was with a mixture of raisins, walnuts, brown sugar and cinnamon.
Step 4

Place a dab of butter on top.
Step 5

Wrap the foil around the apple loosely. Place it in the embers of the campfire.
Step 6

Turn the apple occasionally to cook the apple on all sides.
Step 7

The longer you leave it on the campfire, the softer the apple becomes. For an apple pie-like, still crunchy texture, the average cooking time is 20 to 25 minutes. For more of an applesauce consistency, the average cooking time is 35 to 45 minutes.
Step 8

Remove the apple from the fire with tongs or a hot pad and allow to cool a few minutes before opening the foil. Eating the baked apple is like eating a fresh homemade pie without the crust.