St. Patrick's Day Pot of Gold Marshmallows

These are SO easy to make! Cake pops you have to mold and get the consistency right... etc... These are marshmallows! All of the molding is done for you! YAY!
The ingredients are easy, too:

• Lollipop sticks (I found mine at Walmart, I used the short ones)
• Regular size marshmallows
• Chocolate candy melts
• Yellow sugar sprinkles
• Parchment paper
• Something to hold the pots of gold - I used a USPS box that I made holes in

Start by laying out your parchment paper and then setting your marshmallows on them. Stick the lollipop sticks into the marshmallows so the stick is upright. I found that, because the flat sides of the marshmallows aren't even or level, if I held the marshmallow and stuck the stick in, once I set it down, it rarely stood up straight.

Melt your chocolate. The best way is with a double boiler. Directions for melting are on the packaging for the candy melts (also on chocolate chips if you choose to use those.) I don't have a double boiler and I hate using the microwave, it never turns out right for me. I used the next best thing: my ancient tiny crock pot! Turn it on low, add your chocolate and let it sit, stirring it with a DRY spoon, plastic if you have it..

Once the chocolate is melted, cover your marshmallow. You need to use the spoon to bring the chocolate up to the stick if your chocolate isn't very deep. The powdery coating on the marshmallow, that prevents the marshmallow from sticking to everything, also prevents the chocolate from sticking to the marshmallow. It will grab onto the stick and stick to itself, though. Place the chocolate covered marshmallow back on the parchment paper with the stick standing up again. Let the chocolate set.
If you time it perfectly, the part of the chocolate that was on the parchment paper will still be a little sticky and will hold the sugar. If not, melt a little more chocolate to put on top or moisten the "top of the pot" with a wet little paintbrush. Once the sugar is on, stick the pot of gold upright (sticks on bottom) into whatever you've decided to use to hold them. And that's it!





**To hold/present the pots of gold, you could use a container with floral foam in it, or what I did! I had a priority mail flat rate box that I closed up and covered with green tissue paper. I used a nail and hammer to make holes in one side. Because the holes quite wide enough for the lollipop sticks, I took one of the sticks and pounded it through the nail hole with the hammer.