Peanut Butter Skillet S’more

Posted December 16, 2021 by Alison's Wonderland Recipes in Book of the Month Recipes / 1 Comment

Time for the ultimate camping recipe: a s’more! Of course, not just any s’more. This bad boy has peanut butter mixed into the graham cracker crust, a layer of intense dark chocolate, and a crown of toasted marshmallows scattered with peanuts, Reese’s Pieces, and mini marshmallows. Do I have your attention? 😉

Technically, there are no s’mores in HATCHET, but the main character often fantasizes about chocolate during his hungry times out in the wilderness. And nothing says “wilderness treat” like a s’more! Of course, plain s’mores would be too easy, so I decided to make a skillet s’more to amp up the specialness without losing the outdoorsy feel. My biggest fear was that it would be too sweet to actually enjoy, so I decided to make it a peanut butter s’more in order to add as many savory/salty elements as possible to create balance.

In my ideal world, this would be a campfire recipe just like my last post, Fire Roasted Foolbird. However, the weather hasn’t cooperated with open fire cooking the last couple weeks. If I get a chance, I’ll revisit this recipe in the summer and post open fire cooking instructions. Roasting the “foolbirds” has me eager to try all kinds of campfire recipes! 😀

P.S. Due to traveling for Christmas, I most likely won’t post a recipe on Dec. 29th. I will if I happen to have a lot of free time to work on it, but my official plan is for my next post to be for a new menu on January 6th.

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Peanut Butter Skillet S’more

“Stop, he thought. Stop now. Stop that thinking. He was nearly at the point of swimming back to shore and forgetting the whole thing. But the image of the survival pack kept him. If he could get it out of the plane, or if he could just get into it and pull something out. A candy bar.
Even that—just a candy bar. It would be worth it.”

— Hatchet

INGREDIENTS:

8 graham crackers, finely crushed
3 Tbsp peanut butter, melted
8 oz 86% chocolate, coarsely chopped
10 oz jumbo marshmallows
1/4 cup each mini marshmallows, Reese’s Pieces, and salted roasted peanuts

Makes 1 12-inch skillet s’more

INSTRUCTIONS:

Preheat oven to 450°. In a medium bowl, mix together your graham cracker crumbs and melted peanut butter until well combined. Coat the bottom of a 12-inch cast iron skillet with vegetable oil (or another neutral oil with a high smoke point). Spread the graham cracker mix evenly in the skillet and press flat. Bake for 4 minutes.
Scatter chocolate in an even layer over the graham cracker. Arrange the jumbo marshmallows in an even layer. Bake for 6-8 minutes until marshmallows are slightly puffed and golden brown.
Remove from oven and allow to cool for 2 minutes, then scatter mini marshmallows, Reese’s Pieces, and peanuts on top.
Eat as a reward after a long day of hunting or hiking!