Drinking around a campfire is one of summer鈥檚 greatest pleasures. So too is licking the gooey s鈥檓ores guts off your campfire-smoke-smudged fingers. What if we could combine these two joys?
God bless American ingenuity: Someone鈥檚 done it. New York City artisanal marshmallow shop just released a line of booze-infused marshmallows perfect for turning your favorite childhood camp treat into something that doesn鈥檛 feel quite so 鈥渟cout鈥檚 honor.鈥
鈥淲e kind of approach our marshmallows as a blank canvas and think, 鈥榃hat can we add to make them unique? What can we add to make them an experience?鈥欌 says Hannah Scarritt-Selman, one of the founders of the bakery.聽

The marshmallows come in three very adult flavors: Portobello Road鈥檚 No. 171 gin, grapefruit, and basil; Knappague Castle Irish whiskey, cocoa, hazelnut, and black pepper; and Mr. Kat鈥檢 Rock聽and Rye, spicy honey, and lemon. 鈥淲e wanted to create something that was like a craft cocktail,鈥 says Scarritt-Selman, 鈥渁nd but not too sweet. When a marshmallow is too sweet it takes away from the flavor.鈥
Of course, these marshmallows are still very sweet. After all, they鈥檙e sugar, water, and gelatin whipped into a frenzy of deliciousness. But when wedged between a few squares of bittersweet chocolate, you won鈥檛 mind the dentist鈥檚-worst-nightmare level of sugar.
Right about now you鈥檙e probably wondering about the safety of dangling an alcoholic sugar pillow over an open flame. Little Boo Boo says it tested the marshmallows to make sure they weren鈥檛 absurdly flammable. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e only about five percent alcohol, so it鈥檚 not like a liquor soaked rum cake or anything like that,鈥 says Scarritt-Selman. 鈥淏ut like anything, it鈥檚 important for people to use common sense when they鈥檙e roasting them.鈥
Which may be easier said than done after a few boozy s鈥檓ores.