One thing that bugs me about Whole Foods is that it’s exceedingly difficult to buy something simple, like marshmallows.

Recently, after playing in the snow with the kids, I realized that I didn’t have any marshmallows for their hot chocolate. I went to Whole Foods in hopes that I could walk out quickly with a bag of regular marshmallows. No such luck. The ever helpful staff directed me toward the bakery. Turns out that they have freshly made marshmallows–the peppermint kind. I bought them but was a bit annoyed at how everything was so gourmet. That’s where my luck changed.

I also bought some chocolate bars (gourmet, because that’s the only kind they have!) hoping to salvage the weird marshmallows by making s’mores. That’s where serendipity produced the most amazing s’mores.

I started by placing Keebler graham crackers on a cookie tray lined with aluminum foil. I just broke the graham cracker in half along the dotted line so that I had two squares. I placed one pepermint marshmallow cube on one cracker and a chunk of the Ghirardelli milk chocolate on the other cracker.

I preheated the oven at low broil, then placed the cooking tray in the middle rack of the oven. I cooked it about 3 minutes, until the marshmallows started to caramelize and turned light brown. Took the tray out of the oven and served immediately. AMAZING!

A hot cup of French Roast (hot cocoa for the kids) and plenty of napkins, and you are good to go.

Photo by Paul Jin