The MacGuyver 'Smore

I had a hankering for 'smores this evening, but no Hershey's chocolate bars, nor any Graham crackers, nor even a source of fire. What was I to do? A sensible person would have popped down the corner store to do it. Instead, I did what any real manly man does.

I MacGuyvered it.

Using only objects laying around my kitchen I threw together my MacGuyver 'Smores.

First, chocolate chip cookies. I made a batch last weekend, so they're perfect. Well, not quite perfect. Turns out I grabbed the 1/2c instead of 1/4c while I was measuring part of the recipe, so they had twice as much sugar they were meant to. Slightly odd texture because of that, but still good.

Next up, in the place of the traditional Hershey's, I sprinkled a layer of chocolate chips, also a remainder from making the cookies.

Marshmallow+fork+gas burner=not quite properly done marshmallows.
Kinda weird that you can't see the flame from the burner in the picture, though.

Woops, it's on fire!

Chargrilled on the outside, raw in the middle!

On the base.

Sandwiched and good to go!

Verdict? Eh, okay I suppose. Couple of problems. Firstly, the combined chocolate of the chocolate chip cookies AND the chocolate chips overpowered the marshmallow way too much. You could barely taste the gooey squishiness, which kinda defeats the purpose of having a 'smore. If I repeat the experiment, I'll probably cut out the layer of chips. Secondly, roasting a marshmallow over a gas grill doesn't really work very well at all. The temperature is too high, so it automatically catches on fire, burning the outside and leaving the inside overly firm. Not ideal by any means, but you work with what you have.