People in Canada and the United States like to drink hot cocoa, and they always add a handful of beautiful marshmallows. Many people regard this as a habit, but there are also some historical and cultural reasons behind it.

The origin of marshmallows in hot cocoa is related to another American snack: S'more. S'more means some more. S'more is a whole wheat cracker with a piece of chocolate and a melted marshmallow in the middle. It’s how people finished their leftover snacks after the wildfire party. The origin of this snack is unknown, but now the earliest relevant record is a book Tramping and Trailing with The Girl Scouts" published by the girl scouts in 1927, which records the earliest recipes.

Winter is very cold in the United States, it would make you feel a lot better after drinking a cup pf hot cocoa. Girl Scouts become mothers when they grow up, and S'more's eating method has developed a drinking version, that is, hot cocoa with marshmallow. Of course, there is also something about the taste: pure cocoa tastes rough, so hot cocoa is usually accompanied by whipped cream, but the taste will become slippery and lose the strong texture of cocoa itself. However, adding marshmallow makes it taste way better.

The above is the history of marshmallow hot cocoa. Although we don't know the exact time, we know that it comes from a kind of delicious food S'more at first. The formation of such a habit is also related to the taste. When everyone thinks that the hot cocoa with marshmallow tastes purer, it will become a culture over time.

That's why hot cocoa with marshmallow is the best. That’s why people say that hot cocoa without marshmallow is not hot cocoa!