Give Them S’mores - Marshmallow, Grahams, and Chocolate
I ran across an article doing a search recently in a local newspaper in Bloomington-Normal Illinois about s’mores. Here’s a quote: With a mouth full of graham crackers, melted marshmallow and warm chocolate, try asking for “some more.”
Some say that’s how the gooey campfire treat was named. For nearly 80 years, s’mores have been part of the campfire experience, since the Girl Scouts first described the dessert in a 1927 handbook.
Today, s’mores are appearing on the menus of some of the hottest restaurants and a few have added a twist, including Oreo cookies, peanut butter cups, even bananas.
The article goes on to list a few recipes for s’mores and s’more-like treats (just scroll down after viewing the article) But also mentions a restaurant called Cosi’s that’s well known for serving s’mores as a dessert. I could only find their franchisee website located here, but it has a copy of their menu and some pretty tasty looking pictures.
What’s cool about this dessert (which is also a fantastic idea for Tweet Sweet) is the way they let you roast your own marshmallows at your table. (Another fondue-like-experience for eating and sharing food). Here’s a picture of one in action:
Looking for more pictures? See all sorts of random people enjoying this delight at Cosi’s compliments of Flickr.
The website also allows you to buy these s’more-making kits to use at home for parties. For $40 plush shipping you’ll get the wooden s’mores platter, a s’more hibachi/ marshmallow skewers, marshmallows, chocolate bars, graham crackers and some Cosi branded matches. The fuel for the hibachi is avaiable at most hardware stores. Pretty cool hu?