Everyone grab a long stick, a bag of marshmallows, a box of graham crackers, and a package of chocolate. Oh, and someone needs to build a camp fire. Why? Because today is national S’mores Day!
Ever since the Girl Scouts included the first s’mores recipe in their 1927 handbook, this popular campfire treat has been the delight of millions. And it has a million different varieties.
At our house, it is most popular to set a square graham cracker with a couple a rectangles of a Hershey chocolate bar (dark or regular – the creator’s preference) near the fire to soften the chocolate while the marshmallows are toasted. (Of course, on a hot day the chocolate will melt itself.) Everyone in the family has a different degree of toasty-ness, but when the one or two marshmallows are ready, we slide them onto another graham crackers, sandwich the two together and ENJOY!
Now, if William is at our house, he gives us a ten-minute lecture on the correct way to make s’mores and how one day he is going to write a book on the subject. Then some people have tried a s’more with chocolate chip cookies instead of graham crackers. And when some of us were real young, we’d do it in the microwave!
Believe it or not, there are already books written about s’mores. At our library there is one called “Gourmet S’mores”. Think s’mores with apples and caramel, turtle s’mores, coffee s’mores, and s’mores with Snickers, Crunch Bars or your favorite candy bar. The possibilities are endless.
So, today on S’mores Day, see what varieties you can come up. Or just enjoy the “old-fashioned” way – for some things just don’t need to be improved upon.
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