Picnic dessert

These kebabs are amazing! Fudgy brownie cubes, soft marshmallows, strawberries and a drizzle of dark chocolate...hungry yet?

The first time I made these kebabs I was in a slight state of panic. I had a picnic to attend and I was responsible for bringing dessert. The only problem was I had completely forgotten the picnic was on. So when the day arrived here I was lounging in my PJ's, looking dishevelled, no dessert prepared and 2 hours until the picnic. So upon realising, I needed something easy, quick and transportable. A quick search of the pantry and within no time dessert was made.

I made these again last Sunday and they were a huge hit. They're perfect for a picnic, easy to eat and not too rich... well depending on how many you scoff down.



Dessert Kebabs

S'morish original ~ makes 20-30

1 large punnet of strawberries

1 packet of marshmellows

1 batch of brownies  (I used these)

75g dark cooking chocolate

20 skewers 

Make the brownies. Once they have cooled to room temperature cut into 3cm x 3cm cubes.

Assemble the kebabs by inserting a strawberry first, this mosistens the skewer so that the marshmellows don't stick. If you wish, slice the larger strawberries in half, by doing so you will be able to make more kebabs.

When all kebabs are assembled arrange them on the tray that you will serve them on.

Melt the dark chocolate and drizzle over the kebabs.

These kebabs can be stored in the fridge however you may like to bring them to room temperature before serving.

What's your favourite picnic dessert?

First Post & Cupboard Brownies!

Welcome to S'morish! Here we will be posting delicious treats for you to make at home, so you too can experience the happy rush that slightly elevated blood sugar levels bring. There is no doubt that you can see through this whole blog facade and know that the real reason we're doing this is to justify making "diabetes bombs" every week.

This first post will be a quick little background post plus a yummy snack to follow! We're two cousins who grew up cooking with our Nonna from a very young age. In the traditional Italian style, we were being trained to become housewives from two years of age, helping cook pasta, biscotti and sugo... while also watering the garden for Nonno. 

Growing up, we were constantly surrounded by yummy food, having free reign over fresh ingredients from Nonno's garden and having piled plates shoved in front of us because Nonna thought we weren't eating enough.  One of the most vivid memories we have of our early childhood is running through Nonno's towering tomato vines, mini-Natasha snacking on freshly picked tomatoes and mini-Alexia assuming the role of bee magnet amongst the basil.  As you can imagine, this is where the fun began...

And now we find ourselves starting this blog.  We thought a blog was a great way to keep a "cooking journal" of all the recipes we've tried and loved and maybe even some we didn't love so much.  We love inducing a sugar coma upon our families and so we thought we'd share our little baking escapades with you so you could do the same.

So after our short and sweet little intro comes a short and sweet little recipe.  This recipe is from Natasha's collection of goodies she loves to make and they're always a fudgey hit with everyone who gets a chance to try them.

 

Cupboard Brownies

125g unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup caster sugar
2 eggs, cold
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
5 tablespoons cocoa
Pinch of salt
Dash of vanilla


Preheat oven to 180˚C and grease brownie tin (a square 19cm pan).

Mix together melted butter and sugar.

Add 2 eggs one at a time beating well after each.

Add vanilla.

Mix in flour, cocoa and salt.

Bake until almost done (~20mins)

Leave to cool in tin for 5 minutes.

When cool dust with icing sugar. The look above was achieved using a stencil.