Alison's Rainy Day S'mores

Hey there, Jake's here again and I'm sharing one of our favorite summer treats. 

We all know the most fun way to make s’mores.  It involves a whittled stick, a campfire, and decent weather.  But for those of us that don't have the yard for a campfire and for those rainy days, I'll share our quick and tasty alternative.

Here in the Jordan household we like to keep things simple.  Mostly because Alison has a hard time following recipes (as evidenced here).  So, you won't find any homemade ingredients in these s'mores; just the conventional processed stuff we grew up on.  We're guessing this would be a good one to let your kids help with too.  :)

Alison's Rainy Day S’mores (aka City S’mores)

• 6 graham crackers
• 2 Hershey bars
• 12 marshmallows

This yields 12 open faced S'mores.  You should be able to make these three times with the items shown below.

Turn your broiler on low.  Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and cover it with graham cracker halves.  The foil is helpful if you like the baking sheet you are using and are messy like us.  The nonstick foil is even better if you have it. 

Break off two rectangles of a Hershey’s bar and space them evenly on each cracker square.  Alison placed all the cracker squares so their dotted lines are horizontal and then places the chocolate rectangles parallel to the dotted lines as you can see here.  Hmm, maybe you could turn this into a simple geometry lesson for your kids.  ;)

The chocolate rectangles create trenches to support the marshmallows and help keep the marshmallows from rolling around while moving the baking sheet later.  Trust me and learn from our past sticky errors.

Pop these under your broiler on low.  Don't put another graham cracker on top so the marshmallow can toast up like it would over a fire.  Just keep an eye on them (watched marshmallows do brown) and remove the baking sheet when they reach your preferred amount of toastiness (probably 45-90 seconds).  If you like your marshmallows really light, try baking them instead of broiling. 

Let cool slightly and transfer them to a serving dish (while pretending that they will not be gobbled up within minutes)...

and enjoy!

Try spreading a little peanut butter under the chocolate rectangles sometime.  You can whip up batches and batches of these for guests in a flash and who doesn't love S'mores? 

I hope we helped make your rainy days a little sweeter.  Let us know if you give this a try and if you have other S'mores variations we should try.