#and the other are smores so they have been dipped in chocolate and Graham cracked snd then marshmellows added

[kawaiianimeredhead]

My roommate and I baked cookies and made peppermint patties today and our kitchen has tile floor and no rugs or mats and to add space we used a folding table which was lower than the counter so I was bent down some while working and my feet hurt and so does my back but we made so many cookies

It was fun until the last moments we had to finish something and we were both very done

[spynotebook]

Hello friends, and welcome back to Will It Sous Vide?, the column where I usually make whatever you want me to with my immersion circulator. This week I’m taking a break from more serious sous-vide pursuits and bringing the s’more indoors.

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Though it was not one of the most popular topics in last week’s topic picking session, I was both charmed and intrigued by this suggestion which, thinking about it now, might have been a troll.

“But Claire,” some of you are going to protest, “this is probably the silliest thing you could have picked.” You’re correct, of course, but may I remind you that I was the first person to ever sous vide a Hot Pocket and, if that didn’t clue you in to the fact that I’m a very silly person who will do very silly things, I don’t know how to help you.

Anyway. I’m a pretty big s’more enthusiast. Not only do I enjoy them out-of-doors during the summer months, but am also a big fan of the broiled s’more, which I have perfected, if I do say so myself.

To see if I could combine two of the loves of my life, I gathered the usual s’more supplies, and started out in a very straightforward manner. There were structural issues immediately.

As you can see above, my first attempt at vacuum-sealing a s’more resulted in a cracked cracker, which is pretty unacceptable. I then tried again, this time hitting the “seal” button on my FoodSaver before it had finished sucking the air out of the bag. I then threw the s’more in a 90-degree (because that’s the melting point of most chocolate) bath, weighing it down with a jar of water, because s’mores are quite buoyant.

The sous-vide s’more had the problems you would expect it to have. The chocolate didn’t melt evenly (actually, I didn’t expect that one), the graham crackers got mushy, and the marshmallow obviously didn’t brown, or even melt that well. I thought about increasing the bath temp to help the two sugary fillings melt a little more quickly, but that wouldn’t have fixed our soggy graham cracker issue.

So s’mores in a bag wasn’t going to work, but what about a s’mores dip in a jar?

I grabbed two of my wider jars and made two marshmallow-and-chocolate layered situations, using chocolate chips in one and a broken up Hershey’s bar in the other. I then set them both in a 150-degree bath (because I was tired of waiting around) and let them swirl around for a bit.

After half an hour, the Hershey’s chocolate had melted fully, but the chips still looked quite firm, so I gave the chip-laden jar another half hour. (They still held their shape a good bit, but that makes sense, because that’s what chocolate chips are designed to do.)

I then torched the top of those motherfudgers, which was real fun for me, because I love a good torching.

I like my mallows a bit burnt.

Then it was time to dip with our not-soggy-at-all graham crackers.

So, will s’mores sous vide?

The answer? Not in the traditional sense, but I do love these little pots of chocolaty, marshmallow-y joy. Could you make a similar dip in the oven? Yes, but there’s something soothing about watching the jars swirl around in their little hot tub.

In terms of chocolate, I would recommend something of the milk bar variety, as that will melt in a most pleasing manner (chips are just too good at their job). Another fun thing about this was the use of the torch. Seriously, how cool would it be to pull these babies out of the bath and torch them table-side at your next dinner party? It would be a little silly, but silly is actually pretty cool.