Shark Marshmallow Pops! These sweet marshmallow sharks were inspired by a real shark – Barbara Corcoran, the star of the television show “Shark Tank”. But she’s really not a shark, no sir, she’s one of the nicest people on the planet. She believed in a little guppy like me and was sweet enough to endorse BOTH of my books, Sweet Treats for the Holidays and Party with Sweet Treats.
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Barbara said, “Sweet Treats for the Holidays is chock full of fun, easy-to-follow recipes for clever treats that will be the hit of your holiday parties!” and “Party with Sweet Treats is full of easy, edible crafts to make your parties the talk of the town! She’s totally fin-tastic!
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SHARK MARSHMALLOW POPS
You will need:
- 12 regular size marshmallows
- 1 (1.5 oz.) can silver mist food coloring spray
- Red sugar sprinkles
- ½ cup white candy coating wafers
- 3 black Necco Wafer candies
- 24 candy eyes
- 12 Baby Goldfish Crackers
- 12 lollipop sticks
Directions:
- Lightly spray marshmallow with silver food coloring mist
- With kitchen shears, make a cut 1/3 of the way down from the top of the marshmallow that goes ¾ of the way into the marshmallow for the mouth. Be careful that the cut does not go all of the way through.
- Pour red sugar sprinkles onto a shallow plate. Carefully open the mouth and press the cut sides down into the red sprinkles to coat the inside.
- Melt white candy coating wafers according to package instructions
- Cut the black Necco Wafer candy into quarters, first in ½ and then again in ½ for the fins. These may break when cutting so you may need to keep a few more black ones on hand.
- Attach Necco Wafer fin to the back of the shark pop with melted candy coating.
- With a toothpick dipped in candy coating, secure 2 of the candy eyes to the top of the shark pop.
- Place a small amount of melted candy coating on one side of a baby goldfish cracker and place inside the shark’s mouth.
- Push a lollipop stick into the bottom of the shark marshmallow.
Makes 12 Shark Marshmallow Pops.
Tip: Dip the kitchen scissors into water prevent sticking when cutting marshmallows.
I sent a big sweet thank you to Barbara Corcoran – a box of my Shark Marshmallow Pops and she loved them! – you can find her inspiring book on Amazon here.
- 12 regular size marshmallows
- 12 regular size marshmallows
- 1 (1.5 oz.) can silver mist food coloring spray
- 1 (1.5 oz.) can silver mist food coloring spray
- Red sugar sprinkles
- Red sugar sprinkles
- ½ cup white candy coating wafers
- ½ cup white candy coating wafers
- 3 black Necco Wafer candies
- 3 black Necco Wafer candies
- 24 candy eyes
- 24 candy eyes
- 12 Baby Goldfish Crackers
- 12 Baby Goldfish Crackers
- 12 lollipop sticks
- Lightly spray marshmallow with silver food coloring mist
- With kitchen shears, make a cut ⅓ of the way down from the top of the marshmallow that goes ¾ of the way into the marshmallow for the mouth. Be careful that the cut does not go all of the way through.
- Pour red sugar sprinkles onto a shallow plate. Carefully open the mouth and press the cut sides down into the red sprinkles to coat the inside.
- Melt white candy coating wafers according to package instructions
- Cut the black Necco Wafer candy into quarters, first in ½ and then again in ½ for the fins. These may break when cutting so you may need to keep a few more black ones on hand.
- Attach Necco Wafer fin to the back of the shark pop with melted candy coating.
- With a toothpick dipped in candy coating, secure 2 of the candy eyes to the top of the shark pop.
- Place a small amount of melted candy coating on one side of a baby goldfish cracker and place inside the shark’s mouth.
- Push a lollipop stick into the bottom of the shark marshmallow.
- Tip: Dip the kitchen scissors into water prevent sticking when cutting marshmallows.
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