CAMPANG + s’mores

First thing’s first. Did you know that the “Chocolate Rain” video by Tay Zonday has 52 million views on youtube. 52. Crazy right? Who would have guessed that a video of a man with a surprisingly low singing voice, who moves away from the mic when he breathes in, would be viewed over and over again 52 million times? (I also just added a view myself)

I better get in on this. Make some videos that’ll attract 52 million views.

Just kidding. You wish. It would be too overwhelming for you.

Campang.

Every year, my extended family goes on a camping trip. Not stay-in-cabins-with-running-water-and-showers camping, but tent-sleep-on-the-ground-and-drive-to-running-water camping. Yes, there are bugs. Yes, we make our own fires and set up our own tents and sweat and get dirty all day. But it is one of my most favorite events of the year.

We honestly just eat, chill, and play softball all weekend. Some of the best weekends ever.

Also, Kelli made these crazy cupcakes!! So yummy too! Rainbow cupcakes!

We also play a lot of games (i.e. Scrabble, any card game, baggo (bags), etc). But this is the first year I played Killer Bunnies (confusing, but once you get it, its fun) and Quelf (CRAZY game. so much fun). And of course, half of the people that go are young adults, meaning someone had to bring materials for beer pong. -.- My mom played for the first time ever… and drained the first 4 cups no problem.

Besides all the games we play, I also enjoy roasting a good marshmallow. After a lifetime of camping experience, I can now roast the perfect marshmallow. In addition to this, I have perfected the art of making s’mores. [sidenote: I hate the word s'more. It sounds incredibly lame. It definitely does not adequately describe the yummy goodness it really is.] In case you are unfamiliar:

S’more: A US snack made by toasting a marshmallow on a bonfire and pressing it between two pieces of Graham cracker with a square of Hershey’s chocolate.

So a couple years ago, I tasted a s’more and thought to myself… hmm this isn’t quite complete. What can I do to improve this treat?

Because I love you all so much, I will share with you my secret technique. Don’t try to steal it and say you made it up. It’s patented.

The Perfect S’more

You need a marshmallow, fire, stick (for roasting), graham crackers, Hershey’s chocolate, and a secret material (I shall reveal later).

Place the marshmallow on the end of the stick and find a spot by the fire. It is best to roast the mallow by the embers (glowing coal) rather than the flames. You can control it much more easily and your mallow is less likely to catch fire. Slowly rotate the stick so that all sides of the mallow are exposed to the heat. Remember to check the mallow often.

This is a FAIL. If your marshmallow looks like this… there is no hope. Just start over.

After a short time, unless you already burned it, the mallow should be a golden brown color. It is now ready.

Now here is where my secret technique comes in.

Leave the marshmallow on the stick.
Take out the graham crackers (2 pieces) and a piece (about 3 sections) of the Hershey’s bar and place it around the toasted marshmallow.

Then, while it is still on the stick, take a piece of aluminum foil (the secret material haha) and wrap it around the whole treat.
So if you did it right, the whole s’more should be wrapped up in foil and still on the stick.
Now, put the foil wrapped s’more back near the embers. You are now trying to heat and slightly melt the chocolate.

This may take a few minutes to do this, but believe me – tis worth the wait.
When you check the s’more and see that the chocolate is melted and warmed to your liking, you now have an amazing s’more ready to go. And it’s easy clean up because the foil acts as a sort of container/plate.

YUM.

And that’s it. It’s easy to do, just hard to explain. You should try it, and let me know how it goes.

Preview for next post: I will be discussing a slightly disgusting aspect of camping. But you know, I thought that since the very early post I did about poop got so many views and comments, I would bring it back a little.

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