S'mores. They are the official junk food of summer! I went camping for the first time when I was 5 years old. I remember my parents building up the campfire, then sending me and my sister out to find some sticks for the marshmallows we were getting ready to roast. I had never had a s'more, but looking over the ingredients, I knew I couldn't wait to try them. I speared my marshmallow, held it over the flame, watched it get good and black (because I was told the more cooked the better), then blew out the fire excited for my first bite. The marshmallow looked so good, I didn't wait for the chocolate and graham to come my way. I immediately bit into the marshmallow. OMG, YUCK! It was crispy, tasted like ash, and literally made me sick. As soon as I swallowed that marshmallow, back up it came. Along with everything else I ate that day. Needless to say, that was my first and only time ever eating a roasted marshmallow. I have never had a real s'more that was cooked by the campfire because I just can't move past that one experience from almost 30 years ago. However, I do LOVE the graham, chocolate, marshmallow combo. I've found some pretty creative recipes over the years that still get me a s'more fix. Like my
S'mores Popcorn Balls and these tasty S'mores Tarts!
Recipe:
6 Mini Graham Cracker Pie Crusts
1 box cook and serve chocolate pudding mix (3.4oz box)
2 cups milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup chopped bittersweet chocolate
6 Kraft Jet Puff flat, rectangle marshmallows
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place pie crusts (keep in their foil pans) on a baking sheet. Bake for 6 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool completely on a wire rack (about 30 minutes).
In a medium saucepan, combine pudding mix and milk. Over medium-high heat, bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.
Increase oven temperature to broil. Spoon pudding evenly into prepared pie crusts, then sprinkle with chopped chocolate. Top each tart with 1 marshmallow. Broil tarts for 30 seconds, or until marshmallows are lightly toasted. Serve warm or at room temperature.
I like my marshmallows nice and brown like that, not black!! Poor thing! What an awful first experience for u.
ReplyDeleteAi @ Sakura Haruka
Hahahaha - that is EXACTLY why I don't roast marshmallows! The burnt taste does not not go well with the sweet. Ick. These sound amazing, though, and I definitely need to try them. SOON.
ReplyDeleteI didn't like S'mores until just a couple of years ago. I still only like them w/a golden brown marshmallow. The black char is icky.
ReplyDeleteThe burnt taste is nasty indeed, but then I never was a huge fan of them to begin with.
ReplyDeleteI have never eaten smores but those smores tarts certainly look delicious Theresa! Have a good Thursday.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh I'll take two dozen please :-)
ReplyDeleteOmg, these look delicious! Sorry about your childhood marshmallow roasting experience, that sounds awful. My mom always ate the burst ones when I was a kid... Weirdly enough, she likes them.
ReplyDeleteHow cute & delicious looking are these?? Such a neat idea! S'mores are such ooey-gooey packages of goodness aren't they? hehe. I love all of the creative ways to incorporate them into different recipes..this looks like a sure winner! Thanks for sharing...will have to try this summer :)
ReplyDeleteI like them black. They don't make me throw up.
ReplyDeleteI understand what you are talking about though. There was one dish that Travis made when I was pregnant with one of the boys. It was an egg plant dish mixed with something sweet. I told him, "Never again!" It was the most disgusting combo I've ever tasted. I don't care if another culture loves the combo, or not.
Your desert looks great!
Alissa, there are so many things from my first pregnancy that made me sick that I refuse to try again. I remember working in the mall across from Bath and Body Works. The smell of that place made me sick every day and I have a hard time shopping there to this day! Papa Johns pizza too. Couldn't handle the stuff and still get queasy thinking about it!
Deletenow aren't those nom nom nom and then some nom nom nom :)
ReplyDeleteThose look awesome!
ReplyDeleteMei @ Diary of a Fair Weather Diver
Your dessert looks great! I am inviting you to share this with Show Your Stuff:
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Nice pictures, that I love chocolate cake!
ReplyDeletethey sure are the best
ReplyDeleteI am going to pin that and make them for my grandson. They look good. sandie
ReplyDeleteYum! Found this on Friendship Friday - looks so good!
ReplyDeleteOMyGosh! Your marshmellow story was hilarious, even the barfing part. I can just imagine how that would happen because the ashy shell that comes off is yuck and the marshmallow is too gooey and gaggy. Oh you poor thing. Personally I don't like s'mores at all; the authentic kind, that is. I love to make them with those chocolate covered graham cracker cookies. You wrap two cookies with a marshmallow in between with alum foil and then place them in hot white coals for about 2 minutes. Undo the wrapper of foil and VOILA!!!! ONE PERFECT S'MORE, NO BURN, NO HALF MELTED CRAPPY CHOCO-BAR, BUT ONE PERFECT HOT AND GOOEY S'MORE!!! awh ~ heaven!
ReplyDeleteand ...I will try your recipe, too. They look very GOOOOOOOD!
DeleteOoh, I like that idea! I am going to try doing it your way next time we light up the fire pit and let the girls do s'mores. I'll let you know if I can keep it down lol :)
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ReplyDeleteJust dropping by to say hi! You must be having a very busy week at home. Be sure and pop to my post, k? (wearing my hot red heels again) hahahahaha
ReplyDeleteawh ~ You are a sweetheart. I was suffering more in the beginning of the week, got over the hurdle and now want to be a my comp and more peeps are not around today. Oh Well! hahahahaha
ReplyDeleteI could eat blackened marshmallows all day long. These S'mores Tarts look yummy. I'm printing out the recipe and am going to make them sometime soon.
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