Sugar Savvy

Ever since my Peep experiment, my mind has been aflutter with all things pillowy white, which led me to my next creation, the “Neopolitan S’more.”

Actually this was more of an idea that’s been slowly evolving in my brain ever since I found chocolate jetpuff marshmallows at my local Target. Initially I thought I could use these for a s’more and it would save me to step of added chocolate. So I bought the bag and only to put it away and forget my idea.  The idea resurfaced later when I noticed a new flavor on the market, strawberry. This was my lightbulb moment. I purchased the bag, a box of grahams, and rushed home.

I had a hard time deciding how to orient the marshmallows on the cracker. My first attempt had me arranging them in a four square pattern using two vanilla, one chocolate, and one strawberry. The problem being when I microwaved the s’more, there was a massive marshmallow overflow.

The second attempt turned out visually better. I cut a third of each marshmallow and created a single tricolored mallow. I layered it on its side, topped it, and crossed my fingers before pressing “start.”

To result was much better and I jumped into eating mode. I imagined a symphony of flavors, where the strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla would work in a perfect coexistence. Unfortunately, this was not the end result. The vanilla was much too strong and completely overpowered the other two flavors, which were already rather weak tasting on their own.

It was a brilliant idea that was not so great in execution.  Back to the drawing board…