Why Are They Called S’mores?
That melty inside covered in chocolate has kids and adults alike always asking for ‘some more’ which is the common theory on how they got their name.
Eager for the next one, and riding a sugar high ‘some more’ is heard as s’more when spoken rapidly – as people often do riding the camping sugar rush. As in “s’more of that gooey, sweetness please!”
Some say they were invented by the Boy Scouts, some say it was the Girl Guides, but one thing is for sure, it had to have been created by a kid.
Like those times when you come downstairs and the kitchen is a mess because the kids are making ‘breakfast’ and funny enough, your pancakes have gummy bears, peanut butter and mints in them.
Childhood innocence and creativity isn’t constrained by the rules of society. With kids, there are no rules. If they like it, then it goes into the mix.
That is how amazing things like campfire s’mores come into existence. I’m sure an adult wouldn’t automatically think to melt a marshmallow on top of a chocolate bar and then smoosh it into a sandwich between two crackers! No, this has to have been invented by a kid.
Here is what is believed to be the original recipe from a 1927 that we found on OldSchoolPastry.com:
Thank you and HAPPY CAMPING!
