S’more Ideas for Stick Cooking: Fun and Easy Outdoor Treats

A time-tested, tried-and-true cooking method, stick cooking is a way all family members can be their own cook and prepare foods to the desired “doneness.” You’ll like the fact that stick cooking is easy and quick, with very little cleanup afterward. And the sticks are usually free!

Choosing the Perfect Stick

The best “sticks” to use don’t have to be sticks at all. A wooden dowel or a coat hanger that has been untwisted into a straight wire will also do an efficient job. (If you use a hanger, you can make an easy handle using three empty wooden thread spools. Place them near the end of the wire, bend the handle up over the spools, and twist the wire to secure.) But if it’s a stick you really want to use for its old-time authentic feel, choose one about 4 feet long, a little on the green side, trimmed and sharpened to a point at one end.

Classic Stick Cooking Memories

If the sight of a charred cooking stick brings forth tasty memories of hot dogs and toasted marshmallows of long ago, you’ll definitely want to add one “more” memory to the list. So grab a couple of twigs and head for “the sticks” to try out this virtually carefree cooking method.

New-Method S’mores Recipe

Ingredients:

2 marshmallows
8 milk chocolate chips
2 graham crackers

Instructions:

Use a sharp knife to cut slits in the flat side of each marshmallow’s four corners.
Insert 4 milk chocolate chips into the slits, pointed ends first.
Repeat for the second marshmallow.
Press the chocolate-chip sides of the marshmallows together.
Slide the marshmallows onto the sharp end of a stick and toast over hot coals until golden brown.
Sandwich the toasted marshmallows between 2 graham crackers.

Pro Tip: After tasting one, you’ll surely want s’more!