Ben & Jerry's - S'mores

S'mores - Chocolate Ice Cream with Fudge Chunks, Toasted Marshmallow & Graham Cracker Swirls

Ben & Jerry's introduced their S'mores flavor back in 2002 and its ingredients are self-explanatory -- chocolate, toasted marshmallows and graham crackers.  S'more is of course a contraction of "some more" so called because the treat was so tasted that you always wanted some more.  The s'more itself originates from the 1920s when it first showed up in their camping cookbooks.  By the 1970s, the treat was popular enough that "s'more" made it into Webster's Dictionary.

Opening the lid, I notice that this is a very chocolatey pint.  In fact, the pint is gooey already right away.  Sometimes I leave the pint on the counter for a couple of minutes to soften it up before eating and I may have overdone it this time.  I noticed this before with the Phish Food flavor.  The marshmallow swirls make the ice cream gooier.  Digging into the pint, the roasted marshmallow swirls were golden in color and did have a small burnt flavor which is different from the regular marshmallow swirls.  The fudge chunks were small but relatively numerous.  They added the occasional chocolatey crunch.  What was not very noticeable was the graham cracker swirl.  I actually had to look at the close-up images later to see that they were indeed there.  A graham cracker swirl has been successfully used in other flavors to create a pie-crust-like fill-in.  Perhaps they added something subtle to the greater mix but I think a thicker graham cracker swirl would have made it more like the campfire treat.   This is actually much chocolatier than I remember the campfire treat.  At the campfire, the roasted marshmallow was supposed to melt the little chocolate square but it never really worked and the chocolate didn't mix in and always felt like it was on the side.  This extra chocolate is a welcome variant as when you get a fancy s'more from a bakery they use a soft chocolate.

S'mores is basically a Phish Food variant.  Gooey Chocolate and marshmallow ice cream is a winning combination.  S'mores has toasted marshmallow and fudge chunks while Phish Food has regular marshmallow and fudge fish (and a caramel swirl).  So if you are a Phish Food fan and are looking for a twist on that, then try this flavor.