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It’s summer, it’s school vacation, and some of us are merrily embarking – or not-so-merrily being dragged – on camping trips. One delicious highlight/distractor for all? S’mores.

Where did these gooey campfire treats originate?

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In 1927, Loretta Scout Crew published the first known recipe for s’mores in Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts. Well, she actually called them ‘Some Mores.’

Readers were directed to get 8 woodland sticks, along with:

16 graham crackers
8 bars plain chocolate (any of the good plain brands broken in two)
16 marshmallows

‘Toast two marshmallows over the coals to a crisp gooey state (😋) and then put them inside a graham cracker and chocolate bar sandwich. The heat of the marshmallow between the halves of chocolate bar will melt the chocolate a bit. Though it tastes like “some more” one is really enough.’

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Not sure if wandering into this gaggle of burning sticks parkside would be tempting or terrifying, but on May 18, 2024, the people of Garrison gathered in Fort Stevenson State Park to set a new Guinness World Record for ‘Most people making s’mores simulatenously’: 1150.

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For indoor cats looking to go full-time fancy, here’s a New Yorker video of Dominique Ansel – inventor of the cronut – making his version of Frozen S’mores.

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