5-Minute Air-Fryer S'mores
Graham crackers, marshmallows, chocolate, the air fryer in lieu of a campfire. Two minutes at 380°F and the marshmallow puffs and goes molten on top, the chocolate softens just enough to smear when you close the sandwich. No bonfire, no smoke alarm.
The campfire s'more is one of the great cosmic culinary experiences — sticky, smoky, slightly burnt around the edges, made over the open embers with a stick you found that morning. It is also, in any setting that is not the woods at 9pm in July, completely impractical. You don't have a fire. You're not building a fire to make a sweet snack. The microwave version is sad — the marshmallow puffs unevenly and the graham cracker goes soggy. The oven version takes too long to preheat.
The air fryer fixes all of this. Two minutes at 380°F: the marshmallow puffs and gets golden on top (small caramelised crater forming, just like a fire's worth of toasting), the chocolate goes glossy-soft, the graham cracker stays crisp. You put the second graham on top, press, and the whole thing slumps into proper s'more architecture.
The photo is the stack — multiple s'mores layered on top of each other, all of them at the perfect just-melted-just-toasted moment. The chocolate is starting to ooze; the marshmallow is bulging at the edges. Eat warm.
Method
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Lay the base
Cut a square of parchment paper to fit your air fryer basket — it
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Top each
Place one square of chocolate on each graham cracker, then a
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Air fry
Heat the air fryer to 380°F (193°C). Place the basket in and cook
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Close and squish
Lift the parchment out. Working quickly, top each with a second graham
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Eat warm
Wait 60 seconds before biting — the marshmallow is molten and will