INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Girls Scouts of Central Indiana are hosting their fifth annual S’mores on the Circle event on Thursday.
The fundraiser will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the southeast quadrant of Monument Circle.
In honor of National S’mores Day, the gooey snacks will be sold for $5 each, with proceeds going to Girl Scout financial assistance funds to ensure every girl who wants to be a Girl Scout has the opportunity to participate in hands-on adventures and STEM activities.
Organizers say seven local chefs will whip up gourmet campfire creations, including cheesecake, French toast and cinnamon roll s’mores.
This year’s lineup includes:
- Chef AJ Feeney, Books Bourbon & Bacon: Hong Kong-Style S’mores French Toast
- Chef Cindy Hawkins, Circle City Sweets: S’mores Macarons
- Chef Kathy Jones, Iozzo’s Garden of Italy: Budino S’mores
- Chef Chris Albano, Levy Restaurants: Toasted Marshmallow Cheesecake S’mores
- Chef Erin Kem, Nicole Taylor’s Pasta & Market: Tiramisu S’mores
- Chefs Laney Glick and Tiara Shelton, Second helping: S’mores cinnamon rolls
According to Food & Wine, the first official recipe for s’mores appeared in the 1927 Girl Scout guide, Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts.
The magazine continues:
The book was originally intended to give advice on how to be a good Girl Scout (always get your parents’ permission before going on a hike!), but its lasting legacy was “Some More.”
The recipe was originally intended for eight hungry Boy Scouts. It was later attributed to a troop leader named Loretta Scott Crew. It calls for 16 graham crackers, eight bars of plain chocolate, and 16 marshmallows. Next, you toast the marshmallows to a “crunchy-gooey state.” Then you place the marshmallows on a bar of chocolate and between two graham crackers, and voilà, you have a “Some More.”
It’s unclear when the name was shortened to simply “s’more,” but various Girl Scout publications referred to the treat as “Some More” until at least 1971.”
Learn more about the Girl Scouts here.
