Marshmallows!

• Americans buy 90 million pounds of marshmallows each year, about the same weight as 1,286 gray whales
• The marshmallow capital of the world is in Ligonier, Noble County, Indiana
• Each summer more than 50% of all marshmallows sold are toasted over a fire
• Americans spend nearly $125 million dollars on marshmallows each year
• The largest s'more ever made weighed 1,600 lbs and used 20,000 toasted marshmallows and 7,000 chocolate bars. The record was set on May 23, 2003