25 S’mores Recipes That Take the Original to a Whole New Level (2024)

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Where was the first S mores recipe published in 1927? ›

The first official recipe for a s'more came out in the 1927 Girl Scout guidebook, Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts.

Though the exact date s'mores were invented remains a mystery, the first formal recipe for the treat, then called "Some Mores," is recorded in the 1927 book, "Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts." The original recipe calls for 16 graham crackers, 16 marshmallows and eight bars of chocolate broken in two.

A s'more (alternatively spelled as smore) is a confection consisting of toasted marshmallow and chocolate sandwiched between two pieces of graham cracker. S'mores are popular in the United States and Canada, and traditionally cooked over a campfire.

The French were introduced to marshmallow in the early to mid-1800s. Owners of small candy stores whipped sap from the mallow root into a fluffy candy mold. This time-consuming process was typically done by hand. Candy stores had a hard time keeping up with the demand.

The largest s'more ever was made in 2019 in Middlesex, Vermont, and weighed a total of 342 pounds. The other record is for the tallest stack of s'mores, which has yet to be broken.

“They're just so delicious that we don't think about its nutritional value,” Maria Rodriguez, a certified diabetes educator at Mount Sinai, tells The Post. “It has lots of carbs, sugar and processed ingredients.” While a s'more is never going to be a superfood, it is possible to tweak to make it a bit healthier.

That puts you at around 156 Mini Marshmallows for 12 Regulars. Packing density being sensitive to shape, but not so much to size, 2 cups of big Marshmallows should contain about the same mass of marshmallow as 2 cups of small Marshmallows.

What should I use for s'mores besides graham crackers? Some people like other types of plain cookies like oatmeal, or chocolate chip or try crispy granola bars! You could use a marshmallow rice crispy treat, major sweetness but fun!

This sweet, warm, gooey, delicious treat always leaves kids wanting more. In fact, that's probably how they got their name. S'more is thought to be a contraction of the phrase, “some more," as in “I want some more of those s'mores!"

The candy is a round graham cracker topped with marshmallow and covered in dark chocolate. The moon pie came out a few years later and consists of two graham crackers filled with marshmallow and covered in milk chocolate.

Is S'mores an American thing? ›

While the origin of this popular American dessert is unknown, the first recorded version of the s'mores recipe can be found in the the Girl Scouts of America handbook, published in 1927. This recipe has been largely considered as the official introduction of the s'more into popular culture.

Originally Answered: What do they call marshmallows in England? Most people call them - correctly - marshmallows. But there are a lot of people who say 'marshmellows'.

Marshmallow creme (also called marshmallow fluff, marshmallow stuff, marshmallow spread, marshmallow paste, or simply fluff,) is a marshmallow confectionery spread similar in flavor, but not texture, to regular solid marshmallow.

Rocky road ice cream is a chocolate-flavored ice cream. Though there are variations from the original flavor, it traditionally comprises chocolate ice cream, nuts, and whole or diced marshmallows.

Finally, in 1927, the recipe for a s'more, then known as a “Some More,” arrived in a Girl Scout guidebook titled “Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts.” The recipe was later credited to troop leader Loretta Scott Crew and called for 16 graham crackers, eight bars of chocolate, and 16 marshmallows.

S'mores first appeared in a 1920s US cookbook as a recipe called the 'Graham Cracker Sandwich' where a toasted marshmallow and half a chocolate bar were sandwiched between Graham Crackers - a sweet biscuit made with graham flour and flavoured with honey or cinnamon.

1800s. Candy makers in France combine the marshmallow sap with egg whites and sugar and whip by hand to create the first marshmallows as we know them today.

It is not known exactly when marshmallows were invented, but their history goes back as early as 2000 BCE. Ancient Egyptians were said to be the first to make and use the root of the plant to soothe coughs and sore throats and to heal wounds.