r/oddlysatisfying • u/Ezgod_Two_Three • 4d ago
Peeling roasted marshmallows
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u/threenil 4d ago
Old iron hands there rawdogging molten marshmallow like it’s not hotter than the depths of hell.
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u/Kooky-Onion9203 4d ago
The charred part is actually a pretty good insulator, you just gotta make sure not to get any of the molten stuff on your fingies
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u/40ozkiller 4d ago
The temp drops pretty quickly, give it like 10 seconds and youll be fine
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u/Perrin-Golden-Eyes 4d ago
OP is thinking “Now hear me out. How fast will it cool and how quickly I can elongate the shape for optimal insertion length, while also adding a twist or two for breaking up the friction surface in the best possible way.”
Two turns right, one left, and a final half turn back to the right seems to get the job done.
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u/PaulblankPF 4d ago
I’ve literally had to call my mom to pick me up in the woods camping with friends to go to the hospital cause I tossed a freshly toasted marshmallow in my mouth and severely burned my tongue. Like I was having a hard time distinguishing between parts of tongue that was coming off and marshmallow as I tried to get it off. The doctor said they see about a dozen of those a year but mine was pretty bad. Couldn’t taste almost anything for a good while and yet here’s this lady just bare handing these things.
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u/AJDillonsMiddleLeg 3d ago
Jesus Christ this is not a sentence I thought I'd ever read in my life, but damn me if it isn't one of the best I've ever read.
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u/DadBodftw 4d ago
Removing the marshmallow foreskin
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u/the-meanest-boi 4d ago
Sometimes we have thoughts, but that doesn't mean we have to share them
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u/RunZombieBabe 4d ago
I heard about roasted marshmallows and always thought, you ate it whole...
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u/thegrenadillagoblin 4d ago
You do! I think the video is just showing the differences between how much the center softens based on how much they toast the outside
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u/RunZombieBabe 4d ago
Ahhh, thank you, I really thought peeling them like bananas was part of the whole thing!
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u/khendron 4d ago
I peel them, eat the peel, and then re-roast the remains 😀
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u/watch-me-bloom 4d ago
Same 😂
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u/thegrenadillagoblin 4d ago
Of course! Some people may eat them like that and re-toast the exposed middle but there's no rules here, just yummy toasted marshmallows and s'mores 🤗
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u/LeahBean 4d ago
It was interesting how the burned ones had a more solid core. Probably because it was put directly in the flames and cooked quickly, not allowing the middle to melt. I had guessed the center would get smaller each time.
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u/pfifltrigg 4d ago
Exactly. It's possible to slowly roast it and then shove it in the flames and burn it but I guess the original video creator didn't want to, or thought it was a waste. Usually burnt marshmallows are made by people with either less marshmallow roasting experience, or who are too impatient to roast it longer, or too impatient to wait until the red hot coals are exposed. Or people who just prefer them that way, which is fine as well.
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u/sharklaserguru 4d ago
I like it a bit singed, so around #5, but you have to start low and slow to get it molten all the way through.
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u/SkiodiV2 4d ago
I mean some people pull off the outside like that and then continue to roast the inside, going layer by layer.
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u/MovieNightPopcorn 4d ago
You try but if you haven’t roasted it slowly when you try to pull it off, this happens. The shell comes off and you have to either roast the rest or pull off the rest separately.
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u/RunZombieBabe 4d ago
Didn’t even know that you had to roast them slowly...I really feel like I should give it a try at a bbq. We have marshmallows in Germany, too, but I only ate them like gummybears, never roasted them.
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u/MediocreHope 4d ago
Look up s'mores. They are delicious.
It's just graham cracker, piece of chocolate, roasted marshmallow and another graham cracker to sandwich it all together.
It's like a requirement in the US if you go "camping" to do that.
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u/Pinglenook 4d ago edited 4d ago
And for any other non-americans that now think "we dont have Graham crackers here so I'll just buy other crackers": know that Graham crackers are not really crackers, they're sweet, sort of thin dry wholemeal cookies. You can replace them with digestive biscuits.
(And now for any Americans who think "no they're entirely different from biscuits": I don't mean your kind of biscuits, digestive biscuits are thin dry wholemeal cookies, similar to, but not the same as, Graham crackers)
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u/Hopefulkitty 4d ago
Holy shit, making a smore out of a digestive sounds amazing.
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u/ElGosso 4d ago
I feel like there are any number of cookies that would make a fantastic smore, as long as they're crunchy
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u/pyrojackelope 4d ago
I've always wanted to try making smores with soft-bake chocolate chip cookies, but I think I'd throw up from all the sugar.
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u/donedidthething 4d ago
My family used chips ahoy cookies as the sandwich part and skip the chocolate bar since you get the chocolate with the chips.
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u/MovieNightPopcorn 4d ago
Yeah I’d say in Europe a digestive is pretty close with the graham cracker flavor. It’s really just a crisp, thin and brittle biscuit with a bit of cinnamon and honey flavor to it
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u/RajunCajun48 4d ago
Now after you've had a S'more, take the chocolate and replace it with a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup!
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u/EViLTeW 4d ago edited 3d ago
You really want some hot coals away from the flames that you can toast the marshmallow with. Just keep slowly rotating while it cooks and you end up with a toasted skin and gooey all the way through inside. Slap that baby into a graham cracker sandwich with a piece of the darkest chocolate bar you can find and enjoy the perfect s'more.
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u/PreferredSelection 4d ago
Broad advice - assume anyone interacting with food in a tiktok/reel/short is not doing what a normal human would do.
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u/VialofEmpty 4d ago
4 is the winner
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u/Enough_Iron3861 4d ago
This is the only answer but the scale is wrong and OP doesn't know how to roast. they just set it closer to the fire, not longer
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u/MysticalMummy 4d ago
I noticed that as well. :( I like them to be golden but not burnt, but you gotta let it slow roast near the fire, don't stick it directly in. And rotate it for god sake.
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u/thestl 4d ago
I know yours is the right way to eat them but I’m a degenerate that likes them better just straight up charred. Wish I wasn’t this way
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u/godzilla9218 4d ago
It's ok, my brother in crisp. I have a pray the char away camp that you can attend to learn the proper way of roasting a marshmallow.
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u/ClimateVast2894 4d ago
Thank you I’ve been trying to get this or get a way to make them like this forever for my mom so thank you! for telling us 🙏
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u/SmokeGSU 4d ago
Exactly. You gotta turn that baby 360 like it's a rotisserie chicken on a spit and at a high-enough elevation that it doesn't burn. If you do it right, you get the yummy golden color with a melted center rather than a half-golden color and a mostly solid center.
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u/radiosimian 4d ago
Correct! I do mine to 5, but only because I want the whole thing to be warm and mushy. OP just went straight to 'burn'.
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u/IWILLBePositive 3d ago
Fuck. Yes. Baby.
I want mine at a 9 or 10! Give me that crunchy, molteny goodness.
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u/ravenserein 4d ago
Yes this scale was completely wrong. You could tell by how solid the center was that it wasn’t roasted at all, just set on fire for varying amounts of time and then quickly extinguished.
As the scale progressed the center should have become more gooey not less gooey, which it did.
Not satisfying at all.
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u/MaritMonkey 4d ago
I aim for pretty close to desired toastedness level and then back off the heat and continue spinning until the 'mallow no longer rotates with the stick.
Not everyone has the patience for this method, but I refuse to be convinced it is not The Right Way to make s'mores.
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u/charlypoods 4d ago edited 3d ago
hey some of us like number 8 and then i can eat the shell and roast it again :))
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u/deprecatedcoder 3d ago
Came in here for exactly this comment.
Darker isn't necessarily more cooked.
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u/Hungry_Godzilla 4d ago
Anything after 4 is burnt for me
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u/Civilized_Hooligan 4d ago
I’m a god damn cretin. I’ve been rocking line 6-9 my whole life lmao the way the marshmallow melts on the higher burn amounts works so well for smores and I’m a slut for more burnt flavors.
I recognize that i’m not the majority but little kids get a kick out of the whole mallow being on fire when i just jam it in the flames lol.
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u/FBI_Open_Up_Now 4d ago
2-4 is the winner, but I always end up with 10.
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u/pm_me_WAIT_NO_DONT 4d ago
2 was a phony, when she pulls it you can see the top/back half of the marshmallow is burnt. Would’ve been great if not for that!
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u/Damienxja 4d ago
More of a 5 enjoyer myself. I like a bit of that burntness. Reminds me of my childhood
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u/Dugen 4d ago
4 is also the most toasted. Everything after is less toasted and simply charred quickly. You can tell by the size of the unmelted center. The last ones have a thin shell on the outside that is melted and most of the inside remains solid.
None of these are fully toasted. Truly fully toasted marshmallows have no solid center. They start sagging on the stick and you have to rotate them to keep them from falling off. When you pull them off, there is just residue left. These are my ultimate goal, and while I don't always get there I usually get closer than any of these.
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u/jthedwalker 4d ago
Yeah that scale stopped at 4. Everything past is just degrees of increasing char
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u/mickeybuilds 4d ago
Yeah, that shit also takes a steady hand, time and focus. It deserves to be the winner.
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u/DameyJames 4d ago
4 is the winner but could have been 5 or 6. 4 looks the best because it was the gooiest on the inside but that’s just what happens when you roast it longer at less heat. I take a long time to roast my marshmallow because I want the entire inside to be melted.
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u/Mike9797 4d ago
You can still have it as gooey as 5 but as roasted as 4 if you keep it higher up but hold it a bit longer. They just got too close to the fire there. There’s still enough heat to get it super gooey without burning. You just need patience.
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u/Ethan_WS6 4d ago
Every one of them was still undercooked in the middle for my liking. Back off the heat and slow roast that thang. 100% gooey > 50% gooey
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u/Longjump_Ear6240 4d ago
I like to do it like in the video, pulling off the outer bit so there's still half the marsh mallow on the stick, then roast that. Its fucking amazing and so gooey
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u/FailedToObserve 4d ago
I always thought this was the ultimate goal/challenge. To get everything inside gooey and brown the outside without burning or dropping the marshmallow. Always thought that was the challenge. After this post.. I’m realizing some people eat just the marshmallows itself….
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u/Sponger004 4d ago
Same! I get it golden brown and the inside so gooey it falls off the stick. The hard part is getting it right before that moment when it’s about to fall off the stick, and get it to fall on the gram.
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u/MediocreHope 4d ago
I know we won't agree but I like the contrast.
4 is damn near perfection to me in every way.
I know how to roast a marshmallow but I aim for that.
I normally do a high and slow to get it warm but not melting and then stick it in the fire for a few seconds to get a golden brown crust.
I also don't want my chocolate to be fully melted. I want it to be basically in a bar form that you could pick up if you really wanted but in less than 3 seconds it'll droop down and fall in your lap.
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u/RainLoveMu 4d ago
Does anyone else do this then roast the next layer?
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u/fart_fig_newton 4d ago
For a while I thought that's what this video was and why they numbered them
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u/kitkatloren2009 4d ago
Anyone else feeling oddly turned on?
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u/ProfessoriSepi 4d ago
What you think? Slow wet sliding, different amounts of grip, lot of pullout action. Im ready to go.
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u/Distant_Congo_Music 4d ago
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u/Newredditbypass 4d ago
10 is the best. I light them on fire then wait for it to go out, perfect Smore marshmallow right there!
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u/Friendly_Laugh2170 4d ago
It is the best!!! Nom nom nom.
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u/Guy-Inkognito 4d ago
Not judging but isn't that like a massive carcinogen?
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u/Aeon_of_Elation 3d ago
Im pretty sure the oxygen i breathe everyday is more carcinogenic then the 12 marshmallows a year i absolutely turn into charcoal and devour
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u/runningman299 4d ago
4 please
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u/thatvoid_ 4d ago
Are you supposed to eat the outer shell too? Or just the shell? Or both? I'm sorry, I'm just curious and want to know.
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u/Gr34zy 4d ago
Both, ideally sandwiched between graham crackers with some chocolate
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u/Feeling_Wheel_1612 4d ago
Best is to eat the toasty outside and retoast the inside for a second round.
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u/MediocreHope 4d ago
Eat the whole thing. I don't know anyone who pulls off the outer shell (skin) like that. It's just for the video that they are doing that.
Take a graham cracker, cover it with a piece of chocolate, put the marshmallow ontop of that (generally still on the stick), put on another piece of graham cracker and smush it down a bit and then pull out the stick.
Congratulations. You just made a s'more. Eat the whole thing.
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u/Lipstick-lumberjack 4d ago
This is actually my favorite way to enjoy roasted marshmallows. I get it to about a 3 or a 4 so there is a nice crispy, smokey skin on the outside. Then I pull that off and eat it while I re-roast the inside. You can get about 3 rounds of this on a marshmallow, it's great.
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u/ExperimentalToaster 4d ago
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u/Unlikely_Still_3602 4d ago
Yup! I roast mine to a 10, peel it off and then roast the inside to a 6. Sometimes you can peel that one off and get another roast
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u/AliasVeter 4d ago
Can anyone explain why do you roast it for a person who never tried roasted marshmallow?
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u/Truth_Seeker963 4d ago
The starchy marshmallow completely transforms. The outside turns into a thin crispy shell that tastes like crème brûlée while the inside becomes a soft silky marshmallow cream.
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u/AliasVeter 4d ago
So, you don't throw away the shell?
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u/MovieNightPopcorn 4d ago
Oh my gosh, no. That’s the whole reason you toast it is to get that crispy, caramel shell.
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u/Helaine42 4d ago
The taste and texture change. A "raw" marshmallow is very fluffy and dense. A cooked marshmallow has a crispy outside (the level of that depends on how long/dark you roast it) and then a soft and goopy inside.
Roasted marshmallows are also a lot better for s'mores because they squish. Uncooked marshmallows keep their shape pretty well, which makes them hard to squish between gram crackers and chocolate.
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u/Unlikely_Still_3602 4d ago
A warm marshmallow is infinitely better. Toasting it gives a nice caramelized sugar taste and crunchy texture. The inside gets nice and melty and most people make a smore with it. The warm marshmallow melts the chocolate a little and then spreads across the graham crackers so it’s a perfect balance of flavors and texture
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u/Unlikely_Still_3602 4d ago
I should add, a marshmallow is usually a pretty mild vanilla flavor so toasting it helps improve it overall
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u/theswine76 4d ago
Anyone else get aroused by this? Or have I invented a new fetish?
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u/torsherno 4d ago
10 looks like it has just overestimated its powers and tried to jump on the high ground
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u/kinkytails 4d ago
Why pull the outside off when you’re doing a scale of least roasted to most and clearly only are rating based on the exterior. Also if it was only the exterior then the inside would go from complete goo and get more and more solid inside. Instead it gets more gooey and then less.
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u/Spy_Spooky 4d ago
I'll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.
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u/Putrid-Reputation-68 4d ago
You're supposed to let the marshmallow catch on fire, then wave the stick around frantically to put it out.
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u/AptoticFox 4d ago
I feel like 2-4 is right, but I hate marshmallows, so who am I to say?
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u/jessimon_legacy 4d ago
6-10 is eatable cancer. Why do people like to eat coal?
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u/Cloverhart 4d ago
They're the burnt hot dog people. There's one in every family, for me it's an aunt.
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u/SleepyAllyCat72654 4d ago
I always shoot for 4 but end up at 10 cause I’m impatient and just set that thing on fire lol
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u/FredSumper23 4d ago
“How do you want your marshmallow?” “Skinned” “Wha-“