I’ve been on a marshmallow pop kick lately and really, can you blame me, they are easy and yummy. As I was planning Nolan’s Dino Party I knew I would be making something fitting for the celebration but wanted to do a little more than just a marshmallow on a stick dunked in candy melts. I checked out Pinterest but didn’t find anything that looked easy or that I could easily adapt for his party.
My first plan was to use a tulip shaped cookie cutter to cut the marshmallows before dipping in the chocolate. I think a tulip shape resembles a dinosaur footprint don’t you? Well the marshmallows were too thick for my cookie cutter or the cookie cutter was too small, however you look at it-it didn’t work.
After a few trys and full belly I finally got the shape that I wanted. Here’s what I did:
![Kraft Jet Puffed S’moremallows](https://i0.wp.com/www.athomewithsweett.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/square-marshmallows.jpg?resize=900%2C675&ssl=1)
I started with these Kraft Jet Puffed S’moremallows because they were flat and square.
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Make cuts as shown. Cutting out two triangle shapes where the “toes” are. (Do dinosaurs have toes?) and cutting off the other two corners. The marshmallows are more rectangle-ish than square so I tried to lay each marshmallow down the same way before making any cuts so the footprints would look similar.
Insert a sucker stick as far as you can, aiming to go up that middle toe. Then dip in melted candy melts. Once I figured it out, it went quick. Lissy, my 12 year old, helped make these. I’d cut and she’d dip.
I hot-glued some foam into the bottom of 3 containers and then poked the marshmallow pops in the foam, which made a nice display.
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There are some pretty elaborate marshmallow pops out there. For my little guys party these worked perfectly.
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-Tracy