The Perfect S'More!

<--See we really can build a campfire!

Start with lighting the perfect fire, in our case that consisted of two fire starters and 12 pounds of paper, then another firestarter keeping it going until the real logs caught. During which time we gather marshmallows from the child hiding in the closet eating them as fast as he can, chocolate which was hidden in a part of the fridge that no child would look and graham crackers (there were plenty cause they’re considered healthy.

The goods needed for the s’mores are agreed upon by all ages, the art of toasting is where the expertise comes in. There’s a way to toast to perfect and my son carefully explains it to me:
“Mom, you take the marshmallow and you can’t get it TOO close to the fire. You want it to get gooey but not catch on fire.”

My other son corrects, “No if it catches on fire then you get the black stuff that tastes so good!”
He is corrected again, “You want the marshmallow hot because that’s how the chocolate is gooey on the graham cracker.”

So translated you must have the marshmallow hot enough to melt the chocolate. It can be burnt or it can be toasted it just needed to be warm enough to melt the chocolate.
They then show me that you then take the graham crackers with the chocolate and smash the marshmallow in between and pull it off the stick, this way your fingers stay clean.
Yeah right! The fingers stay clean until the eating begins, then they get covered with marshmallow at which point you then put the sticky fingers all over your shirt, your pants, your brother’s shirt, his pants and then move to the important places, your brother’s hair, your mother’s favorite blouse etc.

There’s an art to creating s’mores, and there’s an art to sharing the love whether it’s giving out pieces for everyone to eat or leaving pieces on people unbeknownst to them to take and share the love out!

One more little trick, the fire went out and Max still wanted one more s’more, so we made the roasted marshmallow with the lighter! We called it quick roasting. Even if you are not enjoying the big outdoors, if there’s a need for a s’more the lighter is as far as you have to go!
Happy Eating!