Am I the only one who never made s'mores ?
Am I the only one who never made s'mores ?
Quite possibly.
Use Reeses instead of Hershey bars is my suggestion
I have always been under the impression that s'mores were the snipe hunt of food. A myth. A marshmallow lacks the density to store and transfer enough heat to melt a chocolate bar. They are always described as a gooey thing but in reality it is a piece of hard chocolate, cold graham crackers and a toasted marshmallow.
Note: I do not care for chocolate at all so all of this is a twisted, 30 year old memory from childhood when it didn't matter that I didn't like chocolate, it was still a sweet. 
But they were never as described
In reply to Jumper K. Balls:
All you need to solve that problem is a conveniently placed rock on which to melt your chocolate and heat the cracker. I also second the Reeses suggestion.
I prefer to use chocolate chip cookies instead of graham crackers.
Jumper K. Balls wrote: I have always been under the impression that s'mores were the snipe hunt of food. A myth. A marshmallow lacks the density to store and transfer enough heat to melt a chocolate bar. They are always described as a gooey thing but in reality it is a piece of hard chocolate, cold graham crackers and a toasted marshmallow. Note: I do not care for chocolate at all so all of this is a twisted, 30 year old memory from childhood when it didn't matter that I didn't like chocolate, it was still a sweet.
This is all superfluous to the real issue here. If you explain what s'mores are to a bunch of hyperactive Cub Scouts, then around a campfire, actually let them make and eat s'mores, the campfire and the s'mores will be forever linked in a kid's brain, and any culinary shortcomings of the concoction will be ignored because it contains copious amounts of sugar.
Jumper K. Balls wrote: I have always been under the impression that s'mores were the snipe hunt of food. A myth. A marshmallow lacks the density to store and transfer enough heat to melt a chocolate bar. They are always described as a gooey thing but in reality it is a piece of hard chocolate, cold graham crackers and a toasted marshmallow. Note: I do not care for chocolate at all so all of this is a twisted, 30 year old memory from childhood when it didn't matter that I didn't like chocolate, it was still a sweet.
You can't take a chocolate bar out of the cooler and plunk a marshmallow on it and expect it to melt. But with a room-temperature or better chocolate bar and a freshly-toasted marshmallow, you bet it will melt.
We make s'mores over our gas stove in the kitchen at least once a month, plus at the various campfires, etc. I don't mind the Reese's version, but I prefer dark chocolate to milk for regular ones.
iceracer wrote: Am I the only one who never made s'mores ?
Considering the way they taste...
There, I said it! S'mores are vastly over rated.
Jumper K. Balls wrote: I have always been under the impression that s'mores were the snipe hunt of food. A myth. A marshmallow lacks the density to store and transfer enough heat to melt a chocolate bar. They are always described as a gooey thing but in reality it is a piece of hard chocolate, cold graham crackers and a toasted marshmallow. Note: I do not care for chocolate at all so all of this is a twisted, 30 year old memory from childhood when it didn't matter that I didn't like chocolate, it was still a sweet.
Then you're doing it wrong. Toast the marshmallow 'till it's brown, slight crust. push it on the chocolate as you make the sammich and it'll melt.
DrBoost wrote:Jumper K. Balls wrote: I have always been under the impression that s'mores were the snipe hunt of food. A myth. A marshmallow lacks the density to store and transfer enough heat to melt a chocolate bar. They are always described as a gooey thing but in reality it is a piece of hard chocolate, cold graham crackers and a toasted marshmallow. Note: I do not care for chocolate at all so all of this is a twisted, 30 year old memory from childhood when it didn't matter that I didn't like chocolate, it was still a sweet.Then you're doing it wrong. Toast the marshmallow 'till it's brown, slight crust. push it on the chocolate as you make the sammich and it'll melt.
Beaten, the only thing that goes over the fire is the marshmallow. It gets hot enough that you end up with gooey chocolate and warm graham crackers.
If you didn't have any, they taste a lot like the Pop Tart flavor, so you can just go to a supermarket and buy some 
smores blow. smores dip with high quality milk chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and caramelized marshmallows on top is, however, as the kids say, bomb.
Duke wrote:Jumper K. Balls wrote: I have always been under the impression that s'mores were the snipe hunt of food. A myth. A marshmallow lacks the density to store and transfer enough heat to melt a chocolate bar. They are always described as a gooey thing but in reality it is a piece of hard chocolate, cold graham crackers and a toasted marshmallow. Note: I do not care for chocolate at all so all of this is a twisted, 30 year old memory from childhood when it didn't matter that I didn't like chocolate, it was still a sweet.You can't take a chocolate bar out of the cooler and plunk a marshmallow on it and expect it to melt. But with a room-temperature or better chocolate bar and a freshly-toasted marshmallow, you bet it will melt. We make s'mores over our gas stove in the kitchen at least once a month, plus at the various campfires, etc. I don't mind the Reese's version, but I prefer dark chocolate to milk for regular ones.
Moot point if you're actually camping out in the woods, as you'll be pealing already melted doo doo chocolate off of the wrapper.
A great shortcut is using chocolate covered graham crackers
iceracer wrote: Am I the only one who never made s'mores ?
Nope. I hate the damn things. Melted chocolate is gross. 
Furious_E wrote: Moot point if you're actually camping out in the woods, as you'll be pealing already melted doo doo chocolate off of the wrapper.
That depends on the latitude of your camping location and what season it is
cmcgregor wrote: In reply to Jumper K. Balls: All you need to solve that problem is a conveniently placed rock on which to melt your chocolate and heat the cracker. I also second the Reeses suggestion.
Except the reeses "peanut butter" doesn't melt. Even in the Microwave. For a different take, I've used peppermint patties.. But I'm not a big fan of chocolate, but chocolate mint is pretty good.
petegossett wrote:iceracer wrote: Am I the only one who never made s'mores ?Nope. I hate the damn things. Melted chocolate is *gross*.
I don't know if it is possible for a person to be more wrong than you are right now.
we often make 'canadian nachos' at our family gatherings. It's a twist on a s'more.
Put chocolate and marshmellows into a cast iron pan, and warm the pan in the oven or cooktop until the chocolate melts. Then scoop up the gooey mess with graham crackers.
EDIT to add pictures. Apparantely, we are some of the only people who call these canadian nachos.
Like them with dark chocolate, but I will for sure try them with Reese's cups next go round.
They are ok. Now the slew of artificially "s'mores" flavored products are crap, but my wife loves it all.
Grtechguy wrote: Quite possibly. Use Reeses instead of Hershey bars is my suggestion
You just blew my mind. Guess who is making a fire this weekend
petegossett wrote: Melted chocolate is *gross*.
Agree:
Disagree:
Why:
Trying not to think about it:
Am I the only one who automatically thinks of The Sandlot?
I'm more of a pudgy pie kind of guy.
Usually savory too.
iceracer wrote: Am I the only one who never made s'mores ?
I have never eaten s'mores, nor am I planning to. Not a big marshmallow fan.
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