Anyone headed toward the final round of their Memorial Day cookout still has a chance to eat a healthy dessert, by making USDA-recommended strawberry s’mores.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “MyPlate” service handed out that advice on Sunday, and said strawberry s’mores are a treat that “kids will love.”
But expectations for the kids might need to be set in advance, since these s’mores don’t have any chocolate or marshmallows in them.
Instead, USDA encourages people to plop some low-fat vanilla yogurt on a graham cracker, and then top the yogurt with strawberries. Top it off with another graham cracker, and you have a s’more that looks a lot like a regular s’more, except when you bite into it, you won’t get any ooey-gooey chocolate all over your fingers.
“Kids will love that they can make it themselves, and parents will love that it’s an inexpensive and healthy treat!” USDA said on its recipe page.
The absence of marshmallows is something of a twist for USDA, since just last August, USDA celebrated National Roasted Marshmallow Day by publishing a lengthy essay on exactly how to roast your marshmallows.
But even then, USDA recommended a healthier kind of snack and suggested moving “away from s’mores.”
“Take a banana and slice one side open, exposing the fruit but leaving the peel intact,” it said. “Slice the banana, add a few chocolate chips then top with tiny marshmallows.”
