Learning New Things While Roasting Marshmallows
Posted under food-taste-and-smell ·Written by Heather Ackmann
Usually, I’m surprised when I find out that some object I’ve known about or used all my life has a smell that I wouldn’t think would have a smell (like markers, rubber bands, or plastic for crying out loud!). But last night I was surprised to find out that something I had assumed smelled doesn’t have much of an odor:
Marshmallows!
So marshmallows contain almost no smell, if any at all? Get out of here! Of all the things that I think should have a powerful, even potent smell, doesn’t smell (so I’m told).
I’ve always assumed since marshmallows take on a wide range of sweetness levels depending on how long their roasted (uncooked=barely semi-sweet; slightly toasted=super sweet; burnt=bitter sweet and sticky) that the fragrance would follow suit.
If you disagree and think marshmallows do in fact smell, tell me in the comments below. I’d like to know if my favorite campfire treats smells, (and I don’t know if I can trust my sniffer sources on this one).
- Aug 1, 11:04 AM
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1 · Janet · Aug 19, 08:10 PM
Yeah…they really don’t smell very much. They have a plasticy-sweet smell that is very very faint…you practically have to inhale the whole marshmallow to get a faint whiff of it. When toasted via campfire, the smell of the fire overpowers any faint smell the marshmallow might have, and if consuming a s’more, the earthy grain scent of the graham cracker and the muddy sweet smell of the melting chocolate tend to be more dominant than whatever the marshmallow might smell like. Marshmallows taste great, but don’t have an interesting or notable smell. (They are, however, great for pelting your friends with!)
2 · Jeana · Oct 25, 03:55 PM
I never knew they HAD a smell but I always thought if they did they would smell slightly sweet and somewhat chalky/powdery. kinda like they taste i guess. Boy was I off!!