How to Make an Indoor S'more

S'mores are a staple of the Scout experience and every girl and boy should learn to make one, but sometimes it is not practical or possible to make a fire or even to go outdoors. Here are some possibilities for making S'mores at the troop meeting indoors.

Steps

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Find a heat source for the marshmallows: this can be a microwave oven,an oven, a can of "fondue" fuel, or even a large candle. Make sure you have lots of adult supervision and the heat source is supported on a heatproof surface.
2
Prepare your graham cracker half with a square of chocolate bar and set aside for the marshmallow. In the case of a microwave S'more, put the whole S'more together and place on a microwave plate.
3
When using candle or fuel, put the marshmallow on the end of a fondue fork or use long bamboo skewers that have been soaked in water for at least 15 min. Hold marshmallow over flame at height of 6 inches (15.2 cm) or so and turn to brown.
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Carefully place browned marshmallow onto prepared graham cracker/chocolate combo and place other half of graham cracker on top of marshmallow. Press lightly and slide stick or fork out.
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When using microwave, microwave on high in 15 second bursts for 30 to 60 seconds. If you want to experiment, turn on high and watch the marshmallow expand to 3 times its size- warning: this is messy to do.
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Finished.

Warnings

Young children tend to touch the end of the fork and burn themselves if not watched carefully. If you make them buddy up and only one buddy heats his/her marshmallow at a time the other buddy can be ready with his/her graham cracker top to push while the fork is pulled out.

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If using a candle make sure the wick is a non-lead based wick.

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the sterno (fuel) can get very hot- do not touch!

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