Camping Banana Boats

Name: Camping Banana Boats
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Ingredients: 4 bananas; 1 gluten-free graham cracker, crushed; 40 mini marshmallows (✅); 1-2 tablespoons mini chococlate chips (✅); Marchiano cherries (✅optional)

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Camping Banana Boats are a fun dessert or snack recipe for kids of all ages that can be made in the oven or over the campfire.

My family has always thought outside the box when it comes to camping-themed snacks. And while we all love a good old-fashioned s’more, Banana Boats over the fire and Campfire Smores Cones tend to be a bit more exciting and fun to make!

S’mores Banana Boats really are a unique twist on traditional smores. This recipe can be made indoors or outdoors in the oven or over the campfire. Perfect for kids of all ages – add to the snack list for your next camping adventure or serve as dessert any day of the week.

A hand grabbing a bite of a tasty dessert being shown with the rest of the s'mores banana boat dessert wrapped in tin foil.

Kids absolutely love building their own banana boats – they can get so creative with the s’more toppings. Encourage them to gather the equipment and ingredients then follow the step-by-step instructions listed in the recipe card to create this tasty treat.

Table of Contents

Equipment

baking sheet
tin foil
spoons
mall ziplock bag

Ingredients

4 bananas
1 graham cracker, crushed
40 mini marshmallows
1-2 tablespoons mini chococlate chips
Marchiano cherries (optional)

PRO TIP: Any banana ripeness will work for this recipe but picking a banana with a few dark spots will result in a sweeter snack.

How to Make

Preheat the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Prepare the bananas. Peel the bananas and using a spoon, gently scoop from top to bottom removing the center of the banana, creating a well. Place each banana onto a square of tin foil, bunching the tinfoil around the banana holding it in place.
Add ingredients to the bananas. Add the crushed graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate chips to the bananas.
Bake. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until the marshmallows are starting to brown. Top will additional graham crackers and a cherry!

Graham cracker crumbs being crushed with a rolling pin with various ingredients surrounding the bag of crumbs.

Toppings

These banana boats are totally customizable. You can stick with the traditional marshmallow, chocolate, graham cracker combo or select any (or all) of these toppings!

Mini marshmallows
Chocolate chips, butterscotch chips or white chocolate chips
Graham crackers
Marchiano cherries
Coconut flakes
Nut butter or crushed nuts
Caramel sauce
Nutella
Fresh fruit – strawberries, blueberries or raspberries

FAQ

How to make banana boats in a campfire?

If cooking the bananas over a fire, set the bananas on a piece of tin foil. Add the other ingredients. Wrap up and cook.

How to wrap campfire banana boats?

Bunch the tinfoil around the banana to hold the banana and toppings in place while over the fire.

How long for banana boats to cook over campfire?

The banana boats cook for about 10 minutes over the fire.

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A banana dessert being shown in top with marshmallows, chocolate chips, graham crackers and a cherry on top of the banana.

Snack Recipes To Try

CKC Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you’re new to eating gluten-free we understand it’s overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don’t. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅ represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.

The ⭐️ symbol in the recipe below denotes the steps in which kid cooks may need a helper (depending on age). If there is no ⭐️ symbol, that step (or recipe) doesn’t require a helper.

a banana stuffed with marshmallows and chocolate chips in foil with forks

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