If you grew up in Scotland then you will know of the delicious kids party, Top Hat Treats. I feel a bit guilty calling this a recipe as it’s so unbelievably easy. However I know a lot of other people around the world won’t have heard of these and may need some pointers on how to make them. Especially if your children are growing up in Scotland, but you didn’t.
So, here is a step by step guide to the sweet treat, how to make Top Hats marshmallows.
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Marshmallow Top Hats Party Treats
Top hats are my ultimate favourite snack for birthday parties. They are simply marshmallows and chocolates in mini cake cases (although these aren’t necessary!). A few ingredients and just 15 minutes or so and your Top Hats will be made.
Ingredients
Bag of marshmallows (the normal size, not the mini ones)
Milk chocolate for baking (dark chocolate is good too, but not all kids enjoy it), chocolate chips can also be melted easily
Smarties (they are sugar coated chocolate beans)
Mini cake cases (traditional, but don’t worry if you can’t find any, I don’t always use them)
Marshmallow Top Hats Recipe
- First thing is to melt the chocolate in a bain marie (glass dish over pan of boiling water) or in the microwave. Don’t let the water get into the chocolate or it will ruin it.
- Set up the mini cake cases ready for the top hats. If you don’t have cake cases place a silicon baking mat or wax paper down on a flat surface or cookie sheet instead.
- Dip the wide end of a marshmallow into the melted chocolate and place marshmallows into a cake case or onto the baking sheets.
- Spoon chocolate (a small drop, a teaspoon of chocolate at most) on top of the marshmallow.
- Place a smartie on top of each marshmallow on the little bit of chocolate (helps it stick in place)
- Let the Top Hat Treats set and you’re finished!
- If you have excess chocolate left over I like to use a spoon to make shapes on baking paper that can be peeled off when hardened to eat. You only need a drop of chocolate on a spoon to make them.
I told you it was easy! These top hats were made during the Coronavirus pandemic for my birthday with my children. I couldn’t find the paper case box, so this is how they look without the cases! You can see why they were named Top Hat marshmallow, they look like tiny marshmallow hats with colourful buttons on top!
Easy Cake Sale Best Seller
Marshmallow top hats are also excellent for a cake sale. Bundle them into small bags and you’ll have star sellers! Although I love them just as they are above, you can also experiment with other sweets. Replace the smarties with hundreds and thousands or a different chocolate sweet instead. Personally I think it should be a hard chocolate sweet on top, but that’s just because I’m used to the traditional top hats pictured above!
Kim Carberry says
I remember making these as a kid but had forgotten about them. I think my girls would love to make these x