Walking S'mores
Toasted marshmallows dropped into a crushed bag of graham cookies. No plate, no stick juggling.
- calories
- 420
- weight
- 3.2 oz
- cal / oz
- 131
- protein
- 4 g
- serves
- 1, scales
- prep
- 2 min
- cook
- 3 min
- total time
- 5 min
- water
- none
- cost
- $
Calorie and protein figures are my own estimates, good enough for planning a food bag and not meant as precise nutrition data.
- Dessert
- Snack
- Campfire coals
- Grill grate
- Car camping
- Basecamp
- Backpacking
- Eat in the bag
- Grab and go
- Shelf stable
- Dump and stir
Ingredients
| Teddy Graham snack pack | 1 bag (1 oz) | any small bag of graham cookies works |
|---|---|---|
| Milk chocolate bar | 1/3 of a standard bar | broken into pieces before the trip |
| Marshmallows | 2 regular size |
Method
- Squeeze the unopened cookie bag until the contents are coarse crumbs. Do not pulverize it or you get sand.
- Open the bag and roll the top edge down twice so it stands up on its own.
- Toast the marshmallows over coals until they are brown and slumping. Flame gives you carbon, coals give you the inside.
- Hold the marshmallows over the open bag and pull the stick out through the bag wall. The crumbs strip them off your skewer.
- Drop the chocolate on top, stir once with a spoon, and eat out of the bag while the marshmallow is still soft enough to melt it.
The whole point is that the bag is the bowl. Crushed graham cookies coat a hot marshmallow the way a cracker sandwich never quite does, and they also do the work of pulling it off the roasting stick, which is the part of a normal s’more that ends up on someone’s hands.
Order matters. Marshmallow first, chocolate second, because the residual heat is what melts the chocolate. Reverse it and you get a cold bar sitting on the bottom of the bag. Everything here is shelf-stable, though the chocolate will soften above roughly 85F and set again into a lumpier shape. That costs nothing but looks.
Packing
Chocolate goes in the middle of the pack where it stays coolest, and inside a bag in case it does not. Marshmallows compress but do not crush, so they can fill dead space in a food bag.
Variations
- Swap in dark chocolate or a peanut butter cup if milk chocolate is too sweet after a long day.
- Mini marshmallows melt faster and skip the skewer entirely if you have a mug you can warm them in.
- A pinch of instant coffee in the crumbs cuts the sugar.
https://campfirefoodie.com/walking-smores-recipe