S'mores

By Lisa Adams

Delicious new takes on the classic campfire dessert for children and adults—from Lemon Bar to Intense Espresso, Candy Cane to Kettle Corn.
 
Gooey goodness is just a graham cracker, marshmallow, and some chocolate away. Or you could up your s’more game with these melt-in-your-mouth recipes. Gather your family around a campfire, barbecue, oven, or stovetop and satisfy your sweet tooth with Hazelnut Raspberry Brownie, Banana Caramel, Piña Colada, Mexican Chocolate, or Hardcore Mint s’mores. “Offering over 50 riffs on the theme, Adams adds everything from mangoes and cranberries to popcorn to the basic recipe, as well as more inventive fare such as a Boston Cream Pie S’more, made up of strawberry shortcake cups, a marshmallow and chocolate frosting . . . the recipes are simple to replicate, making them ideal for children and young at heart marshmallow lovers (Publishers Weekly).
 
“Our favorites are her seasonal s’mores, like the Squashed Chickie s’more. It puts Easter Peeps to perfect use, tastes really good, is horribly/wonderfully messy and will make you giggle. We’re always ready for s’more of that.” —Chicago Tribune
 
“A little stack of sweetness just got better. The book gives s’more lovers something to salivate over.” —Miami Herald (International Edition)
 
“Adams takes the humble campfire treat to new levels. The pictures will have you reaching for the lighter and bag of marshmallows.” —Arizona Daily Star
 
“Author Lisa Adams puts such a creative twist on her recipe variations that even traditionalists are sure to find a new favorite.” —St. Petersburg Times

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Jan 26, 2007
• ISBN: 9781423624431

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s’mores

Lisa Adams

Photographs by Susan Barnson Hayward

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Digital Edition 2.0

Text © 2020 Lisa Adams

Photographs © 2020 Susan Barnson Hayward

Food styling by Corrine Miller

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except brief portions quoted for purpose of review.

Published by

Gibbs Smith

P.O. Box 667

Layton, Utah 84041

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www.gibbs-smith.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Adams, Lisa, author. | Hayward, Susan Barnson, photographer.

Title: S’mores : gourmet treats for every occasion / Lisa Adams, photographs by Susan Barnson Hayward.

Description: Second edition. | Layton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, [2020] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019028692 | ISBN 9781423654377 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Desserts. | Cooking (Marshmallow) | LCGFT: Cookbooks.

Classification: LCC TX799 .A33 2020 | DDC 641.8/53—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019028692

For my family, all of you.

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

What is a s’more?

How to make s’mores

Sweet Starts

Fruit Flavor Burst

Milky Way Melt

Simple Mint

Chocolate Shortbread Shortcut

Sugar Cookie Crunch

Simple Orange

Melon Refresher

Chewy Apricot

Rocky Road

Salty-Sweet Crunch

Cornflake Crisp

The Chocoholic

The Antioxidant

Banana Caramel

The Fluffernutter

The Two-Tone

Dessert Favorites

Cookie Dough

Strawberry Shortcake

Bananas Foster

Mexican Chocolate

Hazelnut Raspberry Brownie

Cookies ’n’ Cream Brownie

Minty Brownie

Scotchy Butterfinger Brownie

Amy’s Lemon Bar

Kettle Corn

Piña Colada

Biscotti Latte

Coffee Plus

Intense Espresso

Coffee Toffee

German Chocolate

Ilima’s Favorite Fruit Smoothie

Alexis’ Dirt And Worms Delight

Toasted Coconut Caramel

Elevated Tastes

Strawberry Balsamic

Marzi-Pear

Maple Bacon

Sea Salt Caramel

The Mint Raspberry Sophisticate

S’blime

Maria’s Lavender Lift

Spicy Mayan Chocolate

Sean’s Speculoos Peach Pie

Almond Ginger Melt

Cinnamon Chai

Raspberry Fig Bar

Extreme Variations

The Peanut Butter Slob

Emma’s Pound Cake Spectacular

Stuffed Apricot

Chocolate Raspberry Croissant

Black Forest Cupcake

S’more Parfait

Banana Nut Muffin

The Waffler

Katy’s Krispy Treat

Hardcore Mint

Tracey’s Caramel Apple

Stroopwafel Taco

Holiday Favorites

Sweetheart S’more

Shamrock S’more

The Squashed Chickie

The Patriot

Smashing Pumpkins

The Saucy Cranberry

Candy Cane

Gingerbread House

Resources

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Acknowledgments

This book would not exist without the contributions of many, many hungry people.

I owe the very concept to Neva Healer and Bonnie Steward—and the lure of a particularly succulent strawberry on a momentous May night. They and everyone in my Rock Creek family—a hardy and numerous bunch—were there from the very beginning as invaluable collaborators and taste-testers.

I must also thank the Superfriends for their eager sampling, silly recipe names, and help with new recipes for this second edition. They, along with my Ninjas, have championed this book for over a decade now, enthusiastically spreading the word without a great deal of begging on my part. I am all the more grateful knowing how rare this kind of support actually is. Thank you for being the best friends.

Most of the hard work of fine-tuning these recipes happened at home, and so I owe a thousand thanks to John, Emma, and Alexis Heath, who ate whatever I made and endured my endless