S'mores are back in tooooown! 

To me, Summer = S'mores. Summer = campfires on breezy nights with a s'more in hand.

Too bad I live in NYC and the only campfire I get is when I accidentally leave a pot of water boiling on the 

stove unattended. Theres fire. Sparks. Lots of sparks. And the occasional glass of water to put it out.

This suuuuper quick recipe is fun and totally easy to make. It will take you all of 5 minutes to make, and all 

of 3 seconds to eat. Have your kids or kitchen challenged husbands help you! 

So, if you're lucky enough to live in an enchanted forest and get to have campfires on the reg, or like

 me - on the stove - this ones for you!

Start out by sticking a lollipop stick into your marshmallows. I found these pink and white ones at the supermarket which I thought were cute, but any ol' marshmallows you have is fine.

Set aside.

Take your graham crackers (I used Keebler), and crush them up. You can either cut them up finely on a cutting board, or grind them up in a blender/food processor. Or, you can be like me and put them in a ziploc bag, then go outside, and beat the living crap out of it on your front steps. Cooking is all about getting your frustrations out, right?

Melt up your chocolatttttte. I like saying chocolate like that. Choc-o-latte. Its the little things. 

I have no clue how much I used, but I did put it in the microwave for 1 minute and it was perfect.

Set aside.

Time for the fun part. Put on a flame from your stove, and carefully hold the marshmallow over it.

You want to make sure its toasting, but not melting. You want to just get it nice and soft.

Dip the tip of your pop into the melted chocolate. Go easy so it doesn't fall right off.

Then roll it around in your crushed up graham crackers. Yuuuum-o

Now I'll just show you a ton of pictures of them. 

Stick them into your styrofoam block to dry, or be an animal and just eat them now.

Annnnnnnd, you're done. So effing delicious I can't take it.

Try it out.

How freaking cute are these?? I almost can't take it.

But then again I'm a sucker for anything colorful, pretty, or shiny.

Cake Pops are often thought to be a really hard treat to make. Cake crumbs, frosting,

lollipop sticks??? OH MY

Truth is, they are totally easy peasy and work as a wonderful crowd pleaser.

Remember that left over cake we stored when making our Lemon Tart Cupcakes? Pull that sucker out.

I totally just felt like a cruel elementary school teacher shocking you with a pop quiz.

Take that cake and crumble it up into crumbs in a large bowl. Really work your arms into it.

Summers coming, so take it as an extra workout.

Open up your frosting (we used rainbow chip because it taste like s*x in your mouth), and plop

a few spoonfuls into your crumbs. You may not need the entire can, so don't dump it all in just yet.

Mix in the frosting until it is firm enough to form shape. This will only take a few minutes tops, unless you have a hungry man at home whose annoying you - like I did.

Scoop up some of that mixture and roll it around into your palm to form a ball.

If the mixture it still is kinda crummy, add a tiny bit more frosting and mix up.

The amount of cake balls you get will depend on how big of a cake you use. I got 25 out of mine, but

I have no clue how big my cake was. I'm such a good blogger.

Place the cake balls into the freezer for 10-15 minutes. This will firm them up even more, and make 

it easier to insert the lollipop sticks.

After 10-15 minutes, and a cute pedicure later, take them out and place your lollipop sticks in no more then half way. 

Put your pops back into the freezer for another 10-15 minutes, and move on to your manicure.

A pedicure and manicure down later, take your firmed up pops out of the freezer.

Put some candy melts into a deep bowl. I used a coffee cup. Just my little trick. Don't say I never taught you anything.

Melt this in 40 second bursts. Usually I'd say 30, but I really have no patience and the attention span of an eggplant.

Hold onto the end of your lollipop stick and carefully dip your pop into the melted chocolate.

You want to go kinda quick to get it in one motion. Think of ripping off a bandaid.

Get your sprinkles ready and go CRAY CRAY

Place them into your styrofoam block and let dry.

Then pretend like you don't see that vacuum cleaner in the corner of this picture.

Dress them up in all sorts of fancy sprinkles and colors. Show off yo skillz.

Place them in the fridge next to the coffee mate, and let them harden up for 15 minutes.

Take one out. Eat it up. Then pat yourself on the back.

After all, you got cake pops, a manicure, AND a pedicure out of this.

Try it out.

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Its not just a self promotion to let everyone know the most important day of the year is coming (Sorry Jesus, I think I won the race this time) - its the start of some AWESOME baking recipes coming to my blog. For the entire month of May I will be featuring some really fun celebration cakes, cupcakes, cake pops, desserts, you name it. 

Send pictures recreating one of your favorite recipes on my blog

(baking or cooking) to thatgirlmelcreations@yahoo.com

Your picture could end up in a post, AND will automatically be entered into

a sweet little giveaway I have up my sleeve.