Campfires Mores Aka Robinson Crusoes Recipes

CAMPFIRE S'MORES SMASH

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a cast iron pan over the slow, red embers of your campfire. Pour in marshmallows, and stir until completely melted. Remove from the fire, and stir in the graham crackers and chocolate. Press into the pan with the back of a spoon. Allow to cool completely, then cut into wedges.

CAMPFIRE S'MORES (AKA ROBINSON CRUSOES)

Steps:

• Break cracker in half (the short way); set one aside for the top.
• Spread peanut butter on one cracker, set the candy piece on that and press gently.
• Roast the marshmallow over the WARMTH of a campfire (do NOT burn--it will not achieve the proper squishiness required for a PROPER s'more). Watch for the 'shmallow to swell up and get puffy looking.
• While still on the roasting stick, lay marshmallow on top of the chocolate, use the reserved cracker to hold the 'shmallow; pull the stick out, pressing down with the cracker.
• Viola! If you roasted the marshmallow properly, there should be a bit oozing out around the edges.
• OPTIONS: Instead of chocolate grahams, you can use regular ones or cinnamon/sugar ones. OR try fudge-stripe cookies or chocolate chip or even GINGERsnaps!
• ALTERNATIVE COOKING METHOD: Prepare everything up to the roasting marshmallow step. Place marshmallows on a plate, pop in the microwave for about 10 seconds (REALLY!)--watch carefully as you don't want them to explode (messy, messy!). Lift carefully with a spoon and set on the chocolate piece, top with the lid -- careful--the marshmallow can be quite hot!
• EASY CLEAN-UP: Bringing a box of crackers, a jar of p-butter and a knife AND the roasting sticks AND the bag of marshmallows can be a hassle--and in the dark, too yet! Instead, win your Martha Stewart "Organized Camper" certificate by putting everything into a cake pan and carrying it jauntily to the fire, say something like: "OOOh, look what good thing we'll be having tonight" -- and waggle your head in a knowing way. :rofl:
• PROPER PRONUNCIATION: S'more is a contraction of the words Some More. Do not turn this into a German phrase by calling them "Schhhhmores." Nope. They are Ssss'mores. Thanks.