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S'mores

You will need:

  • 1 bag of marshmallows
  • 1.5 oz. chocolate bars (as many as necessary; one bar yields 4 s'mores)
  • 1 box graham crackers

Directions:

  • Place three squares of chocolate (or about 1/4 of the bar) on half of a sheet of graham cracker. Place one marshmallow on the end of a skewer and toast over an open flame (campfire, outside grill or candle). Place toasted marshmallow on graham cracker. Gently press a second half sheet of graham cracker on top of the toasted marshmallow.
  • Repeat as necessary. Toasted marshmallows will have very hot centers. Children should be supervised around open flame. Alternately, marshmallows can be toasted in the metal tray on the medium setting of a toaster oven.

 

  • 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