Moon S’mores

I only got back late Thursday night from my vacation with my grandmother and it was already time for another Saturday Cinema Brittahytta! Any classic scifi series would be incomplete without ET the Extra-Terrestrial, and what would ET be without Reese’s Pieces and the iconic bike flying across the moon? …so I combined them as Reese’s Pieces Moon S’mores!

First I tackled the moon, well before my vacation! Since the actual movie shot in even gargantuan marshmallow scale would be too small to see the bike, I found the Amblin logo online, measured to fit my big marshmallows, then printed it on frosting sheets. I cut the big marshmallows in half so each would have a fresh gooey surface for the frosting sheet to stick. After cutting the marshmallows distort while they dry out in open air, so store them in airtight bags or plastic until serving.

I’m sure glad I like these vegan graham crackers, since I’ve been making them all summer! To go with the moon shape, I used my nesting circle cutters, choosing one slight larger than the marshmallow for the chocolate, then the next larger size for the graham crackers. This allowed everyone to see that the chocolate disc was covered in crushed Reese’s Pieces.

I thought that whole Reese’s Pieces would be too large, so I crushed them inside a zip bag using a rolling pin. I left larger chunks so they could be identified by color and candy coating. It only took half a large bag, and I had bought the candy on sale 2 for 1 before I knew exactly what my menu plans were, so now I have a lot of leftovers…a bit dangerous since I love them!

I traced the smaller circle cutter on wax paper, spooned melted Hershey’s chips and spread them into discs. I had thought of stirring the candy bits into the melted chocolate, but then no one would be able to tell until they tasted, and might not be obvious they were Reese’s Pieces, so I decided on more of a candy bark effect. While the chocolate was still soft, I sprinkled the crushed candy over the top, making sure to have some visible around the edges to peek out from under the marshmallow moon.

There were enough homemade whole wheat sourdough pizza crusts leftover from Close Encounters that I got those out again with as many toppings as I had left. I also cut some pineapple and the rest of the Forbidden Planet watermelon into cubes and put them on skewers for the grill to be different. I have a bumper crop of grapes this year, so I had a big bowl I picked to serve. Everything was ready by 7:30 with no guests yet, so I had plenty of time to take photos.

Sheila arrived first, then Jerry & Troy for their first-ever movie night! The fruit skewers were ok but still got soggy before any good grill marks, so maybe watermelon slices are still the way to go. We enjoyed grilling our pizzas, Jerry & Troy liked my homebrew blueberry hard cider, then Jeff & Audene showed up with Julianna right as we started the movie, but they had to leave a few minutes in because of a phone call. Darn! The four of us enjoyed the movie – it remains a great one! – and stupid me forgot about needing tissue, so I had to resort to using my greasy pizza napkin…heh! Glad my makeup stayed on ok! We finished our s’mores after the movie, and the extra crunch & flavor from the candy was very tasty!