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Home / Early Learning / Marshmallow Pops – A Special Valentine Treat

Marshmallow Pops – A Special Valentine Treat

Shared by Mary Catherine 11 Comments

These marshmallow pops are a great snack to go alongside all of your valentine activities for preschoolers. And, not to mention, they’re easy and delicious!

Marshmallow Pops - A Special Valentine Treat

This is Engineer’s first Valentine’s Day in elementary school, and he is really looking forward to the party!  We spent some time this week working on the valentines for his class, his teacher, and the other school staff he sees.  When I asked him what he wanted to do for valentines, he immediately said “marshmallows with chocolate and sprinkles!”  Ever since we made marshmallow pops for his fifth birthday, he’s been a little obsessed.  Of course, it doesn’t bother me one bit — marshmallow pops are beyond simple to make!

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marshmallow pops are an easy, fun treat for Valentine’s Day

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Materials & Ingredients
small lollipop sticks
white melting chocolate
marshmallows
Valentine’s Day sprinkles
plastic treat bags

Directions
1. Place marshmallows on the end of the sticks.
2. Melt chocolate according to packaging’s directions (we microwaved ours).
3. Dip the top part of the marshmallows into the melted chocolate.  Swirl it around a bit to prevent drips.
4. Add sprinkles before the chocolate sets.
5. Place marshmallow pops stick down in the holes of a drying rack (or on a cake pop “cooling tray”) to set.
6. When cool, place marshmallow pops into small treat bags (don’t forget to taste one yourself, too).

Marshmallow Pops - A Special Valentine Treat

Optional
You can always cover the entire marshmallow in the melted chocolate, but the kiddo and I like just a bit at the top.
Colored chocolate would work well in place of the white chocolate.

Valentine Marshmallow Pops

While waiting for the pops to be cool enough to wrap, Engineer set about writing his valentine cards.  He went with Spider-man and Transformers valentines this year.  His teacher gave us name cards for all of his friends and additional teachers/staff, so he just had to glue those to the cards and then sign his name.  For the majority of the time, he was excited to pick out a special card for each person, with his interest only waning with the last two.

Valentine Marshmallow Pops

Once everything was done, I placed the pops into treat bags and tied the valentine cards to the pops.  I hope his friends and teachers enjoy the valentine marshmallow pops, and I hope his whole class has fun celebrating Valentine’s Day together!

If you’re looking for more ideas, please check out my Valentine’s Day Pinterest board!

Follow Mary Catherine @ Fun-A-Day!’s board {Holiday} Valentine’s Day for Kids on Pinterest.

What valentines are your children going to make this year?

Preschool Lesson Plans for Valentine’s Day

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  1. Carrie says

    February 15, 2013 at 6:38 pm

    What a. Great idea!!! My daughters milk and egg allergies keep me away from cake pops but these would be great!

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    • MaryC says

      February 16, 2013 at 11:57 am

      Thanks! Easy, fun for the kiddos, and yummy!

      Reply
  2. Sarah @ Play 2 Learn with Sarah says

    February 15, 2013 at 7:24 pm

    Great idea! Thanks for sharing! Maybe I’ll do green ones for St. Patrick’s Day!

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    • MaryC says

      February 16, 2013 at 11:58 am

      Ooooh, that sounds like a great idea!

      Reply
  3. Lauryn says

    February 15, 2013 at 10:45 pm

    These look fantastic! I am going to have to keep these in mind for the next holiday! My kids would have a blast decorating!

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    • MaryC says

      February 16, 2013 at 12:02 pm

      Thanks! Let me know how it goes! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Melinda@LookWhatMomFound...andDadtoo says

    February 16, 2013 at 3:02 pm

    we didn’t do anything fun for Valentine’s Day as a family. I think I have everything to do these tonight with the kids, maybe we have different colored sprinkles though 🙂 thanks for linking up to Kids in the Kitchen

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    • MaryC says

      February 16, 2013 at 3:59 pm

      Thanks for hosting . . . looking forward to more! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Paula @ Frosted Fingers says

    February 21, 2013 at 11:26 pm

    Those were some great Valentine’s treats! I wish we could still bring in homemade snacks to school. They did away with them a few months ago. Thanks for linking up on Kids in the Kitchen!

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    • MaryC says

      February 22, 2013 at 6:55 am

      Thanks for stopping by! I’m rather enjoying the Kids in the Kitchen link-up, so thanks for hosting it. 🙂 So sad when you have to do away with homemade treats, isn’t it? But these did turn out yummy. I think Engineer is going to want to make them every month/holiday.

      Reply
  6. Sugar Aunts says

    February 1, 2014 at 12:29 am

    Great idea!!

    Reply
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