Camping during the summertime is one of the most popular pastimes for Americans.  One key player in having a successful campout is S’mores!  Everyone loves the gooey, chocolate-y, delicious snack!  No one knows who really invented S’mores. The first known recipe appeared in the 1927 Girl Scout hand book called Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts, the recipe has been credited to Loretta Scott Crew, who supposedly made them for her troop while camping.  There is no “right” way to make a S’more, but below is the most general description.

How to make S’mores

Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 5 min

Ingredients Needed:

• Graham crackers, broken into squares
• Plain milk chocolate bars (many people prefer Hershey’s), broken into sizes to fit the graham cracker squares
• Large marshmallows

Equipment Needed:

• 8 wood sticks or long metal skewers (for roasting the marshmallows)
• Bonfire, campfire, fire pit

Take 1 large graham cracker and break it in half (one for top cracker and one for bottom cracker). Repeat with additional graham crackers

Unwrap chocolate bar. Break bar into smaller pieces. Cover one of the graham cracker halves with chocolate pieces to fit your graham cracker.

Put a marshmallow on the stick and hold it over the fire until roasted. Toast marshmallows over a campfire, turning the stick until the outside of the marshmallow is golden brown and just starting to get mushy.

Take your toasted marshmallow and lay it on the side of the graham cracker with the chocolate. Now take the other half of the graham cracker and cover the hot marshmallow, pressing down firmly enough to pull out the stick.

When the S’more is fully assembled, let it sit for a few seconds. The heat will somewhat melt the chocolate and you won’t burn your mouth! Now squish the S’more between your fingers and eat it!

 
*A time-saving & cost-effective twist to this favored recipe is using Keebler Fudge Stripes cookies in lieu of the graham crackers and chocolate! (This little tip sent to you by our very own Jim O’Neill, Director of Business Development here at New Empire Group, Ltd.)

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