Expat Comfort Foods: S’mores!

Granted, we ordinarily think of crackling campfires and melodious rounds of “Kumbiya” (not to mention, mosquitoes and soggy tents) when we recall these luscious burnt marshmallow treats.  But I stumbled across a recipe for “Indoor S’mores” recently (well duh!) and… I mean surely nothin’ stopping me from charring a marshmallow over a stove flame, is there?)

The good news is that Ecuadorians are nothing if not serious about their collective “sweet tooth”, so I set out to find a reasonable facsimile of the simple S’mores ingredients: marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers.

Surprisingly, the “malvaviscos” (marshmallows) proved easy enough to finger, and the graham crackers – but a matter of grabbing a package of “galletas integral con salvado y miel” (bran crackers with honey, a.k.a. good ol’ “honey grahams”) off the shelf at my neighborhood tienda. But it was a simple milk chocolate “Hershey Bar” that proved the most elusive.

Yes, I had a wide choice of high quality chocolate bars that Ecuador is noted for – but for my childhood S’mores?  Nuh-uh. Nothing would do but a bona fide thin, plain milk chocolate “Hershey’s” bar.  And while I easily found an assortment of giant-sized, 1/2″ thick Hershey bars, as well as those scattered with almonds, alas I could find but a single thin, plain milk chocolate Hersey’s bar.  Needless to say, I snatched up that precious solo puppy in a nanosecond!

All of which is a long-winded way of introducing…

Ladies and Gentlemen, I invite you to join me in a virtual bite of a most delectable expat “comfort food” treat:

Easy-peasy Indoor S’mores

AuthorDyanneCategoryComfort food, SweetsTotal Time5 mins

Note: you can handily check-off each ingredient below as you gather it:

Ready? Set – GO!    Click the timer to start:  5 Minutes

What about you – as an expat, or when you travel – what is YOUR favorite “Comfort Food”?

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