S’mores Recipes
Slice Of Life By Eileen Goltz
As the crisp fall weather rolls in I find the latent Girl Scout in me starts to crave S'mores. For those readers who never experienced the sheer bliss of this traditional campfire treat, it consists of a roasted marshmallow and a slab of chocolate sandwiched between two pieces of graham cracker. If you're already salivating, this column is going to change your life.
Part of the enjoyment of this simple dessert is that A. it's usually made out doors over a camp fire. B. the dessert is stupid proof, a 5 year old can make it and C. It's so delicious you can't just eat one. First your marshmallow is skewered on the end of a long stick and held just above the campfire until (according to personal preference) its outer surface starts to turn a beautiful golden brown, is charred to perfection, or allowed to catch fire and burn just enough to crunch on the outside and be mushy on the inside BUT not fall off the stick and into the fire. Sadly, many a good marshmallow has died that way. The marshmallow is quickly picked off its stick (taking great care not to burn yourself, but, hey, everyone does it at least once or twice every time you make them) and place on the waiting graham cracker half, one side of has a piece of chocolate on it (typically a Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar). The heat from the roasted/charred/burnt marshmallow melts the chocolate into a ooey gooey delicious mess. S'more connoisseurs (dare I say snobs) have been known to add peanut butter to the mix but us purist turn up our collective noses at that concoction. Making S'mores has become so popular these days that commercial "S'More Kits" similar to a fondue set are available. I find that on the days that building a camp fire just doesn't quite fit into my schedule the following recipes help me get my chocolate/marshmallow/graham cracker fix. Oh, one final S'more note: there is actually a national S'More day (August 10th). Could it be any more perfect, August 10th it's my birthday.
NOTE: most of the recipes call for milk chocolate and other dairy ingredients. You can, for several of the recipes, substitute the pareve variety and other non dairy ingredients if you would like to make the recipes pareve.
- Double Chocolate S'mores (dairy)
- Golden Graham S'mores (dairy)
- Caramel Rocky Road S'mores Bars (dairy)
- Crescent S'more Puffs (dairy)
- S'more Cake (dairy)
- Coffee And Fudge Smore Ice Cream Cake (dairy)
- S'more Mousse Cake (diary)
- Toasted S'more Pound Cake (dairy)
- S'more Squares (dairy)
- Popcorn S'mores (dairy or pareve)