52 New Things - Week Eight

After a busy weekend in Edinburgh I wanted a more relaxed week, and so picked a simple thing from the list to try; Make S'mores.

S'mores are an American creation that use three simple ingredients to make a delicious treat. They are, biscuit, chocolate and melted marshmallows all smooshed together. According to the American films I've watched you make them around a campfire, whilst singing songs and/or telling ghost stories. I don't tend to go to many places that necessitate a campfire, but in our (relatively) new flat we have a real life, usable fire place!

On Halloween, when most people would be out dressing up, partying or trick or treating, I made Stuart stay in with me to make S'mores and watch horror films. 

Whilst doing my research on the internet I found that to make proper American S'mores you should really use Graham Crackers, Herseys chocolate and marshmallows. I couldn't find Graham Crackers but I figured digestives or Nice biscuits would be close enough. As for Hersey's chocolate, that was clearly created by the devil, so I went for some proper UK milk chocolate (Stuart mixed it up by adding dark chocolate too). And then we were ready to light the fire for the first time this year and create our S'mores.

Now, these were tasty, but either we didn't melt the marshmallow enough, or our chocolate was too thick, as it just didn't smoosh down the way I was expecting. However, I always have a back up plan. Ready to save the day was the ingredient that can perk up most things; Nutella. Switching the chocolate for a layer of Nutella took these desserts right up to five star standard.

  

It did mean it was a bit messier to devour (so here's some Halloween photos to give you nightmares!).

Finally after all the years I could see what the Americans were talking about. They were super tasty and a proper treat. However, even though, we have a fire place I can't see us making these all that often, mainly for the fact they were so sweet. After finishing off a couple we had to sit on the sofa with Sauron, hoping the horror films would take our minds away from the sickly feeling and sugar crash. If I do make them again though, I feel it would have to be outdoors on a proper camp fire, telling ghost stories, then at least no one would be able to see what a mess I make eating them!