ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

S'mores Grahams

Okay kiddo, have you ever had a s'more? You know, that yummy treat with melted chocolate and gooey marshmallows sandwiched between two crispy crackers. Well, those crackers are called graham crackers, and they are an important part of making the perfect s'more.

Graham crackers are made from a special kind of flour called graham flour. This type of flour is made by grinding up the whole wheat kernel, including the bran and germ, which gives it a nutty and slightly sweet flavor. The graham flour is mixed with other ingredients like sugar, honey, and cinnamon, and then rolled out into thin sheets.

These thin sheets are then baked until they are crispy and golden brown. The crackers are then broken into individual pieces, which are the perfect size for making s'mores.

To make a s'more, you take two graham crackers and sandwich a piece of chocolate and a marshmallow between them. Then you toast the marshmallow over a campfire or a stove until it is warm and gooey. When you put the top cracker on and take a bite, the warm marshmallow melts the chocolate and combines with the crispy graham crackers for a delicious treat.

So that's why graham crackers are so important for making s'mores, because they provide the perfect crunch and sweetness to balance out the gooey marshmallow and melted chocolate. Yum!