These Mummy Marshmallows are soooooo cute!

But to be perfectly honest:  they were a pain to make.

The good news?  I know what I did wrong and can help you avoid my mistakes!  :)  If you don’t do what I did, then they’re super, super easy to make.

I picked this particular combination because I liked the concept of these as a somewhat “reversed” mummy.  Usually the mummy wrappings are white and the background dark, but I switched it around by using white marshmallows and a dark colored “wrapping.”

I suppose you could get some chocolate marshmallows and drizzle white candy melts over them, too.

Just a thought.

You can see that I decorated them on the floor.  This was to make it easier for my 4yo could help {her little sister was napping}.  More casual, I guess you could say.

Anyway, to get to the heart of the matter:  I used melted chocolate chips for this.

I don’t know why.

I bake with chocolate chips all the time and seem to repetitively forget that they’re best for just that – baking.  NOT decorating.

To solve this problem, just use candy melts instead.  The regular chocolate chips get too hot, harden too fast, and don’t melt as evenly in the microwave.

I also stuck them in a little plastic baggie.  To my credit, that’s all I had available.  But the tiny sandwich bags tend to burst open when you have something in them that you’re trying to squeeze out of a snipped corner.  Thus:  the half-cleaned blob on my tray.  So do yourself a favor and use either a heavier, freezer-weight baggie or a traditional cake decorating bag with a metal tip.  It’ll save your sanity.

So…

To make the Mummy Marshmallows: 

1.  Place marshmallows on their side on waxed or parchment paper.

2.  Drizzle melted Dark Chocolate Candy Melts over the tops of the marshmallow, moving from side to side.

3.  Place two mini M&Ms on top of the chocolate as eyes {preferably with the “m” facing down} and drizzle a little chocolate over the eyes to make them appear partially hidden.

4.  Let the chocolate harden.  Store covered.

An easy concept, really.  And if you don’t make the mistakes I did, it will only take a few minutes to complete the entire project.

Maybe next year I’ll attempt this with more coffee in my system and remember to follow my own advice.  :)