Raspberry Nutella Campfire Hobo Pies

A sweet pie iron dessert filled with fresh raspberries and chocolate cooked up over the campfire.

There’s nothing better than eating dessert while sitting around the campfire! S’mores is the classic camping dessert, but there are so many more options for campfire cooking when you add a cast iron pie iron to your camping toolkit.

After using pie irons for the first time many years ago, I quickly bought one for each member of our family so we can add at least one pie iron meal to our camping menu for every trip. They are our definitely our favorite way to cook while we’re camping.

We don’t only make dessert pies in our pie irons, we also use them to cook breakfast, lunch and dinner. Here are my family’s favorite pie iron recipes for every meal!

Looking for more camping desserts cooked in different ways? Here’s a post of my all-time favorites!

Chocolate Raspberries HOBO Pie Ingredients

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Equipment Tips and Tricks

Cast Iron Pie Iron (Camp Cooker): Pie irons are made of aluminum or cast iron, but I highly recommend using cast iron as they withstand much higher temperatures for longer periods of time.

However, aluminum pie irons do not require seasoning and can be cleaned like all other dishes, so there are benefits to using them as well.

• Round cast iron camp cooker
• Square cast iron camp cooker
• Double cast iron camp cooker – allows you to make twice as many sandwiches with half the work prepping and cleaning!
• Aluminum pie iron camp cooker – although I don’t like the way they cook as much, they are easier to use because they don’t need to be seasoned and can be cleaned like all your other dishes.

Portable Over the Fire Cooking Grate: While cooking in hot coals or embers is ideal for cast iron pie irons, you can also cook over a fire by using a fire grill grate. It’s perfect for a wide variety of campfire pits and can easily be adapted to work at your site.

It’s also great if you just started your fire and want to get cooking right away! Simply place your pie irons on the grate and turn halfway through cooking.

Steps to Make Campfire Raspberry Chocolate Pies

1. Prep the pies

Spread butter on one side of each piece of bread. Place one piece of bread with the butter side down into one half of the pie iron.

2. Assemble the pies

Spread the hazelnut spread on the inside of the piece of bread. Add raspberries, marshmallows (optional) and chocolate chips (optional) to one piece of bread. Spread butter and hazelnut spread on each side of the other piece of bread and place on top (butter side up). Close up the pie iron.

3. Cook over campfire

There are two options when cooking with a pie iron: in the coals or over the flame. I find that cooking in the coals is faster, but sometimes can result in over cooking/burning more easily. Cooking on a grate over the fire is usually a few minutes slower, but you have a bit more control over the temperature.

• Hot coals: Place pie iron directly in the hot coals and embers from your fire. If your fire has been going for awhile, simply pull a pile of coals a bit to the side and place the camp cooker on those hot coals.
• Over the flame: Use a grill grate to create a flat cooking surface over the fire. Place the camp cooker on the grate and let it cook.

4. Enjoy!

Let me know if you try out these pudgy pies on your next camping trip!