gooey melted marshmallows dripping with
chocolate and sandwiched between two
graham crackers they taste so good it
makes you want some more but if you’ve
ever tried roasting marshmallows on an
open fire they may have ended up a bit
more crispy than you ever intended in
this project let’s avoid the charred
carbon coating by turning your empty
drink cans into a simple and effective
s’mores roaster we’re all familiar with
the term life hacks but this summer the
guys at Mike’s Hard Lemonade asked me to
help put a refreshing twist on it with
what they’re calling Mike axe Mike hack
basically a life hack that makes any
social occasion more awesome this little
contraption will help melt your
marshmallows in chocolate
– s’mores perfection making for a
delicious ending to your summer socials
to start this project we’re going to
need a 16 ounce aluminum drink can as
well as a pair of scissors and a marker
now if we turn the can upside down on a
flat surface holding the marker a
quarter of the way up from the bottom we
can easily mark a line around the can
just by giving it one complete turn
let’s go ahead and cut the top off the
can making sure we stay about an inch
above the line because this initial cut
is going to come out pretty jagged now
we can go ahead and cut along the line
making sure we’re cutting
counterclockwise so we end up with a
nice clean edge all around the top all
right next we need to find something the
same shape and size as a box of
toothpicks or matches and the size is
important you can see it’s going to take
a bit of manipulation but the end of the
box should just barely fit inside the
can now if we set the can upright and
push the box all the way to the bottom
we’ll be able to use it as a form to
crease the edges and mold the can to the
shape of the box at this point let’s
gently pull the box back out of the can
and you can see our little roaster oven
is halfway done now this container shape
is perfect for accommodating a couple of
graham crackers but the problem is that
everything keeps falling over forward
let’s solve that challenge by adding
some feet we’ll need to snip each of the
four corners about half an inch deep
then crease the sides over flat against
the can if we bend them back and forth a
few times you can see they make a clean
break and I like to trim the corners off
the can just to clean them up a bit if
you did the same the tabs on your can
should look something like this now if
you look closely you can see where I
poke two holes in the upper tab as well
and when this is folded inside the can
and the bottom feet are bent down like
this our s’mores roaster is completely
finished all we need to do now is load
our crackers with some chocolate and
marshmallows
then tuck them inside so we can get them
roasting now if we set this near the
edge of a campfire with the open end
facing the flames it should only take a
few minutes to get our marshmallows
toasting the golden brown perfection a
quick peek inside and you can see
everything is soft and gooey and looking
delicious now there are all kinds of
other ways this can be used as well for
a more adventurous approach I tried
bending a coat hanger to form a
makeshift roasting stick and slip the
forked end inside the tab holes we made
earlier the cool thing about this method
is you can get closer to the heat and
the flames don’t actually touch the
marshmallows so they shouldn’t catch on
fire instead everything gets melted into
a soft and gooey goodness that’s
completely irresistible another idea you
can try is fitting the roaster between
the gaps on your cooking grill the
leftover heat from barbecuing should be
just enough to make one of these sweet
and tasty treats well now you know how
to turn your empty aluminum drink cans
into a flame resistant s’mores roaster
so you’ll never have to worry about
carbon and crusted marshmallows again by
the way if you’re at home and don’t feel
like getting a fire going try setting a
hairdryer to medium or high heat then
aiming it inside the can in two minutes
or less you’ll have the same great
results without even having to strike a
match well that’s it for now if you
liked this project perhaps you’ll like
some of my others check them out at the
king of random calm hey guys thanks for
watching this s’more roaster project and
really interested to see what you
thought about it by reading your
comments below so let me know what you
thought and if you don’t know already I
put out a video every 5 days so please
subscribe to my channel I’ve got a lot
of cool things coming up that I want you
to see and if you don’t know already
I’ve got an email list that you can join
as well so make sure you check in soon
for some more random hacks of science
thanks for stopping it on this one and
I’ll see you guys in the next project
video 5
chocolate and sandwiched between two
graham crackers they taste so good it
makes you want some more but if you’ve
ever tried roasting marshmallows on an
open fire they may have ended up a bit
more crispy than you ever intended in
this project let’s avoid the charred
carbon coating by turning your empty
drink cans into a simple and effective
s’mores roaster we’re all familiar with
the term life hacks but this summer the
guys at Mike’s Hard Lemonade asked me to
help put a refreshing twist on it with
what they’re calling Mike axe Mike hack
basically a life hack that makes any
social occasion more awesome this little
contraption will help melt your
marshmallows in chocolate
– s’mores perfection making for a
delicious ending to your summer socials
to start this project we’re going to
need a 16 ounce aluminum drink can as
well as a pair of scissors and a marker
now if we turn the can upside down on a
flat surface holding the marker a
quarter of the way up from the bottom we
can easily mark a line around the can
just by giving it one complete turn
let’s go ahead and cut the top off the
can making sure we stay about an inch
above the line because this initial cut
is going to come out pretty jagged now
we can go ahead and cut along the line
making sure we’re cutting
counterclockwise so we end up with a
nice clean edge all around the top all
right next we need to find something the
same shape and size as a box of
toothpicks or matches and the size is
important you can see it’s going to take
a bit of manipulation but the end of the
box should just barely fit inside the
can now if we set the can upright and
push the box all the way to the bottom
we’ll be able to use it as a form to
crease the edges and mold the can to the
shape of the box at this point let’s
gently pull the box back out of the can
and you can see our little roaster oven
is halfway done now this container shape
is perfect for accommodating a couple of
graham crackers but the problem is that
everything keeps falling over forward
let’s solve that challenge by adding
some feet we’ll need to snip each of the
four corners about half an inch deep
then crease the sides over flat against
the can if we bend them back and forth a
few times you can see they make a clean
break and I like to trim the corners off
the can just to clean them up a bit if
you did the same the tabs on your can
should look something like this now if
you look closely you can see where I
poke two holes in the upper tab as well
and when this is folded inside the can
and the bottom feet are bent down like
this our s’mores roaster is completely
finished all we need to do now is load
our crackers with some chocolate and
marshmallows
then tuck them inside so we can get them
roasting now if we set this near the
edge of a campfire with the open end
facing the flames it should only take a
few minutes to get our marshmallows
toasting the golden brown perfection a
quick peek inside and you can see
everything is soft and gooey and looking
delicious now there are all kinds of
other ways this can be used as well for
a more adventurous approach I tried
bending a coat hanger to form a
makeshift roasting stick and slip the
forked end inside the tab holes we made
earlier the cool thing about this method
is you can get closer to the heat and
the flames don’t actually touch the
marshmallows so they shouldn’t catch on
fire instead everything gets melted into
a soft and gooey goodness that’s
completely irresistible another idea you
can try is fitting the roaster between
the gaps on your cooking grill the
leftover heat from barbecuing should be
just enough to make one of these sweet
and tasty treats well now you know how
to turn your empty aluminum drink cans
into a flame resistant s’mores roaster
so you’ll never have to worry about
carbon and crusted marshmallows again by
the way if you’re at home and don’t feel
like getting a fire going try setting a
hairdryer to medium or high heat then
aiming it inside the can in two minutes
or less you’ll have the same great
results without even having to strike a
match well that’s it for now if you
liked this project perhaps you’ll like
some of my others check them out at the
king of random calm hey guys thanks for
watching this s’more roaster project and
really interested to see what you
thought about it by reading your
comments below so let me know what you
thought and if you don’t know already I
put out a video every 5 days so please
subscribe to my channel I’ve got a lot
of cool things coming up that I want you
to see and if you don’t know already
I’ve got an email list that you can join
as well so make sure you check in soon
for some more random hacks of science
thanks for stopping it on this one and
I’ll see you guys in the next project
video 5
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