S' mores

This is a traditional treat, especially for kids, at a cookout. They toast their marshmellows over the fire and then build their s' more.

These can also be made in the house using the oven. Preheat oven to 425°. Arrange the graham cracker halves in a single layer on a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet, placing about ½" apart. Set 1 large marshmallow in the center of each cracker and bake until marshmallows are lightly golden on top and puffed, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately top each with 1 chocolate square, then another graham cracker half. Let sit a few minutes to allow chocolate to melt slightly.

You can serve these oven baked s' mores open face and top with sliced strawberries, toasted slivered almonds, toasted coconut flakes, or anything that goes well with chocolate.

No one knows for sure who invented the s'more. However, the first published recipe for “some mores" was in a 1927 publication called Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts. Loretta Scott Crew, who made them for Girl Scouts by the campfire, is given credit for the recipe.

So even though we don't know for sure whether the Girl Scouts were the first to make “some mores," no one else has claimed to have invented them. We also don't know when the name got shortened to “s'more" as recipes for “some mores" appeared in Girl Scout publications until at least 1971.

4 Graham crackers, broken into halves
2 thin milk chocolate bars (such as Hershey's 1.55oz.), broken into halves
4 large marshmallows

Place one half milk chocolate bar on four graham cracker halves. Toast marshmallows over a grill or campfire until brown and bubbly; immediately place one on top of each chocolate half. Top with the 2nd graham cracker half; gently press together. The heat from the marshmallow should melt the chocolate.

Makes 4 s'mores