Every cottager’s favourite campfire treat has come a long way, baby! It all began with the marshmallow…
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General
Important moments in the evolution of the s’more
2,000 BCE
Ancient Egyptians mix gooey sap from the marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis) with nuts and honey.
1800s
French candymakers whip mallow sap with egg whites and sugar for a treat that’s closer to a modern-day marshmallow.
1829
An American Reverend, Sylvester Graham, invents the graham cracker.
1875
A Swiss manufacturer creates the first milk chocolate bar.
1927
The first printed recipe for “some mores” appears in a Girl Scout handbook.
1938
The contraction “s’more” first appears in print in Recreational Programs for Summer Camps by William Henry Gibson.
1948
American Alex Doumak patents a new process to make more marshmallows much faster.
1992
Pop-Tarts releases its Frosted S’mores flavour.
2003
A Guinness record-setting s’more is made in California (out of 20,000 marshmallows, 7,000 Hershey’s chocolate bars, and 24,000 graham crackers); the record has since been broken.
2010
Cottage Life reviews indoor s’more-making machines vs. old-fashioned campfire s’more-making. (The winner? Campfire.)
2021
Jet-Puffed marshmallows partners with a sandwich shop chain to release the “S’moagie”: part s’more, part hoagie.
