Cast Iron S'mores

Some of the best memories that I have of growing up on Long Island, NY are from family camping trips.  Along with 10 other families, we would go camping up in the beautiful mountains in Waterbury, Vt for two weeks every summer and have a blast.  With a group of 18 kids, we managed to have fun all day long. At night, nobody wanted to hang around the parents so we would all gather at one campsite and have our own campfire.  We would roast hot dogs, play stupid games and make s’mores.

There is just something about that combination of crunchy graham crackers, melty chocolate and ooey gooey marshmallow that is just magical.  We would forage the woods for that perfect stick, sharpen the end and stab a few marshmallows on there to be placed right over the fire.  (it wasn’t cool if your marshmallow didn’t catch fire and had to quickly blow it out!)  Once it was nice and hot, we’d slide it off the stick and onto a waiting graham cracker with 2 rectangles of Hershey’s bar and smeared with peanut butter.  We thought that was some next level stuff right there!

Sitting around that campfire,  laughing and eating those s’mores were such a great time and a real reminder of a well spent youth.  As an adult, I wanted to find a way to recreate that tasty treat but do it using a grill. Everything is better when it's done over charcoal, this is The FOGO Life!  This is what I came up with and here is how to make it:

Video Recipe

Directions

1. Preheat your grill to 450°
2. Place cast iron skillet in hot grill for 5 minutes
3. Remove the skillet and melt the butter, covering the entire cooking surface evenly
4. Pour chocolate morsels in the skillet completely covering the bottom
5. Top with marshmallows to cover
6. Bake for 7-10minutes until marshmallows are toasted
7. Remove the skillet from the grill.  Serve on graham crackers using a spoon or simply dip your crackers right in and scoop up the deliciousness!

This is a fun, easy way to enjoy some good times and tasty treats with your loved ones.  I had a lot of fun with this one and it really brought up some great memories.  I hope you’ll try this out for yourself and create some memories of your own.  Have a Happy Halloween, stay safe and keep on living The FOGO Life!

Ron
@cptnron302