Subject: Vegan Sweets S'Mores...

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Oh my gosh, i was cracking up reading this. The drama was hysterical. I too

ahve those moments. And it was even funnier as my 4 years just had his first

campout and we searched for days and called every health food store within a

30 mile radius for marshmellows to make those while all our friends and

family were telling us, oh just use real ones or just this once.

Equally as funny was this: I guess there could be some " funny-looking food "

issues. (Do

>> kids tease each other over the size of their marshmallows? I do not

>> know.)

Thanks for the recipe, the advice and the laughs.

 

 

Rachel

 

> Re: Vegan Sweets S'Mores...

>

> , Catharin Meadors <bokodasu@g...>

> wrote:

>> Through a very strange series of coincidences, I can now report on

>> using Pangea's marshmallows in s'mores. (Someone on this list

>> mentioned they were on sale. I was heading up to visit my mom, and

>> Pangea's on the way, so I stopped in and stocked up. My mom happened

>> to mention my uncle was having a party, so I dropped by there on my

>> way back home, and one of my cousins tried to feed my daughter a

>> marshmallow. <insert slow-motion footage of me leaping in front of

>> her, screaming " noooooooooooooooo " and batting the offending object

>> away just inches from her mouth.> (Ok, not really, but it sounds

> more

>> dramatic than just explaining what marshmallows are made out of,

> which

>> is what really happened.) She said, oh, too bad, we're about to make

>> s'mores, and I said, well, just so happens that I have several bags

> of

>> vegan marshmallows in the car, let's try 'em out.)

>>

>> Parenthetical digression over, review follows:

>>

>> They don't puff up, get gooey, or really change color (there were a

>> few brownish spots on them after prolonged roasting). They seemed to

>> take about twice as long to roast as the conventional ones - I don't

>> know if that's because I wasn't holding them close enough to the

> heat,

>> we didn't recognize them as doing anything, or if they really do

> just

>> take longer for some reason. They're also quite a bit smaller than

>> conventional marshmallows, so if you're giving them to kids to take

> to

>> camp, I guess there could be some " funny-looking food " issues. (Do

>> kids tease each other over the size of their marshmallows? I do not

>> know.) However, they do get hot and melt the chocolate

> satisfactorily,

>> and they smush down with just a bit more effort than conventional

>> ones. The finished product was very tasty, which was the important

>> thing to me, but if you're looking for the whole

> s'mores " experience " ,

>> you might be disappointed.

>>

>> Also: first s'more I've had since I went to girl scout camp back in

>> the 80's, so that was kind of neat. Your nostalgia mileage may vary.

>>

>> -kt