S'mores. What an odd word that is. And there's an entire day named after it too. So, what are s'mores, and does anyone know why they are called that?
It's believed that s'more (sometimes spelled smore) is the contracted form of "some more" although this is not known for definite, as the first use of the word dates to 1974, but the first recipe dates back to 1927.
S'mores are a campfire treat in North America, namely Canada and the United States, that are linked to organisations such as the Scouts (the first known recipe was in a Girl Scouts book after all).
They are made from two pieces of graham cracker (a cracker named after the Rev. Sylvester Graham, who invented them, although he likely wouldn't approve of the modern version) that these days are normally made from refined, bleached white flour rather than the unbleached that Graham preferred. Between these two crackers a toasted marshmallow and a layer of chocolate are sandwiched. The basic recipe is to take a cracker and place a square of milk chocolate on it, then toast a marshmallow, place it on top of the chocolate, and then add the second cracker and squeeze.
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