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- Hey everybody, it's Bobby here
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and I've got one for the kids today.
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This one is gonna be so much fun.
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Y'know, what kid doesn't love s'mores,
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or adult for that matter?
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I like s'mores myself.
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S'mores are fun, they're interactive.
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When your kids are small
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and you're teaching 'em how to cook,
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it's just a great sort of introduction to making food.
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And plus, chocolate and marshmallows?
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that's a home run for almost every kid.
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But today, we're gonna do something
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just a little bit different.
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My children are a little bit young yet to, ...
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I'm not having 'em put the marshmallows
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over an open fire and stuff like that.
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We're sort of staying back from that.
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So I've got a different technique
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for making s'mores today,
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and it starts with these really awesome
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little cast iron skillets.
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And these are, ... (hand slaps)
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I mean, they really are, ...
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These are cast iron, not hard to find.
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If you've got a kitchen store near you
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or if you've got an Amazon (chuckles) account,
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you could probably find them there.
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But they're just great looking little skillets
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and they're perfect for this.
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It doesn't get much simpler,
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it's just chocolate and marshmallows.
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So in each skillet, ...
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And I know you're wondering,
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well, how's he gonna melt these?
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And that's gonna be the interesting part.
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There are different ways, of course.
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What you could do too now,
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if you did have a gross of these skillets,
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you could prep 'em at home, right?
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So you could go ahead
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and do the part that I'm doing right now,
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go ahead and load 'em up with chocolate
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and with marshmallows.
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And you could put them in some sort of in a to-go,
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a cooler or what have you,
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and take it on your camping trip
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and put these over an open fire.
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You could do 'em over on a grill.
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Set 'em on the grill grates for a couple of minutes.
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These don't take very long,
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all you gotta do is melt the chocolate
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and the marshmallows together.
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And we have a fire pit out back,
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got a grate that you can put on top of it.
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I keep the kids back,
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but you could do these on a fire pit or grill,
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or, like I'm gonna do 'em today, in the oven.
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So I've used your classic,
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it's the brand of chocolate that you think it is. (laughs)
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I could just stand around ...
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I don't really have a sweet tooth,
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but the one thing that I really do like is chocolate,
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and I could stand around and eat those chocolate bars
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'til the cows come home.
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So chocolate and a little handful of marshmallows
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right on top, and try to make sure
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that the whole bottom of the skillet
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is covered with chocolate so those sticky marshmallows
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don't end up on the bottom.
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Or a few, however many you want.
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And this part too, my kids are at school right now,
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but whenever they come home
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and they see that dad has made a few of these
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and got 'em sitting up on the stove top,
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they will be so happy, and they will be ready to talk to me
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about everything that happened at school
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and at gymnastics and at swim lessons
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and at karate or whatever it is they're doing today.
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So however many marshmallows you want to put on there,
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If you like more, put more.
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If you like less, put less.
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I'm gonna go with more,
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'cause I know that my kids love marshmallows.
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That's why I don't have marshmallows
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hanging around the house! (laughs)
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Gotta be a treat, man.
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Can't have all this stuff all the time.
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You'll drink your water and you'll like it!
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Nah, sometimes you gotta have some s'mores.
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You gotta celebrate life, you know?
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It doesn't last forever.
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Okay, so I've got my oven at 350.
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I'm gonna pop these skillets in there.
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Make sure those handles are sticking out,
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so I've got a place to grab.
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And I think maybe three to five minutes
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is perfect amount of time,
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so we'll take a short break and I'll see you back here.
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Wow, they look fantastic!
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And I don't use the word cute every day,
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And you know what, it goes along with, um ...
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We're closing in on Halloween.
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this is what's happening at this time of year.
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This is why I look forward to this time of year too,
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is, you know, you can make your chili,
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you can make your s'mores,
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you can do your real comfort foods at home
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and not feel bad about 'em,
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because it just feels right with this time of year.
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When you go outside and the leaves are falling
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and there's a crispness in the air and it's just, you know,
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this is just right for this time of year.
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And if you got little kids, man, you're gonna be a hero.
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Don't forget, these are super hot,
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so don't grab those handles.
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(laughs) I was telling Theresa earlier
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about a colossal mistake I made one night.
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I like to do steaks in a skillet
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and I made a beautiful steak in skillet.
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'cause we were renovating the house next door.
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And I cooked a steak in the cast iron skillet in that oven
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and I pulled it out and put it up on the stove top,
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and I came over a few minutes later and, man,
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I grabbed that cast iron skillet
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with a bare hand and turned around to bring it over here
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and I made it all the way over here!
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Boy, did I have a blister.
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Okay, so, got one little gap right over there.
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That one doesn't look perfect,
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but gosh, don't these look great?
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- [Theresa] I don't think anybody will ever notice that gap.
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- [Bobby] Mm-hmm, no.
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- [Theresa] I know three little triplets
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that are going to be in hog heaven ...
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- Yeah, they will ...
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- [Theresa] When they get home from school.
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- Absolutely love this.
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So, wouldn't be complete without a graham cracker.
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Oh Theresa, I hear you swallowing!
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- [Theresa] It's hard not to swallow with chocolate ...
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- [Theresa] And marshmallows.
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And look how brown they are!
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- So that was about six minutes.
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They could have maybe stayed in there another minute longer.
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- [Theresa] You could even maybe put
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the chocolate in first and let it, ...
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- [Theresa] (chuckles) Well, you could put
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the little chocolates in and let them melt up,
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- and then put the ... - Mm-hmm. (munches)
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- [Theresa] You know, you find things you do different,
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as your mom always says.
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- [Theresa] It looks good to me though.
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You could put the chocolate in first and then come back
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in a couple of minutes with the marshmallows.
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The marshmallows look wonderful.
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It's a fall type item.
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It's great for kids, or for friends.
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If you're having a get together at your house
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to have a bunch of these out
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as little welcome gifts when people walk in the door,
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on the countertop, obviously, would be great.
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So anyhow, s'mores in a small cast iron skillet,
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not hard to find the cast iron skillet,
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in the oven or over your fire pit or on your grill.
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Or if you're camping, make 'em in advance
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and take 'em with you at the campsite.
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Any way you do it, you'll have a great time
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and definitely your kids will love 'em,
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but so too will the adults.
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So, happy fall, y'all!
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