I ate a lot of s’mores as a kid. It all started at our family’s annual summer vacations to Kentucky Lake. Later, at home, my sister and I would make them regularly in the microwave. Authentic “camp” flavor doesn’t happen in the microwave, but it was fun to watch them rise and (nearly!) explode.
It probably comes as no surprise that hershey bars and jet puffed marshmallows aren’t quite my thing anymore. So, last weekend, Jack and I headed to Whole Foods where we gathered ideas and ingredients to make these fancy pants gourmet s’mores.
Most of our inspiration came from the fancy chocolate aisle. I could lose myself in that section all day… So. many. pretty. packages. Jack waited impatiently while I decided which bars looked prettiest together which flavors would go best together.
Truth be told, we tried to make our own homemade vegan marshmallows. It was a big fail, but these vegan homemade-like ones by Sweet and Sara are awesome. (Find them in the refrigerated section).
To keep things somewhat classic, we used regular (365 brand) graham crackers. We also stocked up on fruit and a jar of Jeni’s Salty Caramel Sauce. (I never said these were going to be healthy s’mores!).
Here are the combos we came up with! They were all delicious but I think our favorite was the one with strawberries & white chocolate (made with the Divine White Chocolate & Strawberries bar, pictured above).
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fancy s’mores
- graham crackers
- marshmallows
- variety of fancy chocolates
- fruit such as: bananas, strawberries, blackberries
- salted caramel
- almond butter
- roast marshmallows over a campfire (or your gas stove).
- Assemble s'mores.
- Smush and eat!
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Classic graham + dark chocolate covered mallows + toasted coconut pieces
Amazing giveaway! I would stick some sort of candy bar in place of the chocolate…snickers or milky way would be amazing!
Camping calls for easy, use a small York mint
instead of bar chocolate
Make them using dark chocolate reeses peanut butter cups and cinnamon graham crackers
I’d probably squeeze in some warm chewy mochi and some green tea chocolate or kit kat yum.
My idea is s’mores with mixed berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries), 70% dark chocolate and toasted coconut. Then add some extra melted dark chocolate drizzle over the whole thing!
Love s’mores with dark chocolate, raspberries and a little sea salt!
My idea for s’mores would be gluten-free cinnamon graham crackers, Vosges Dark Chocolate with Bacon, slice of pear, and vanilla bean marshmallow. I miss having s’mores as I can’t find a good substitute for graham crackers. I recently found out I am gluten-intolerant.
my idea of a fancy smores is instead of a chocolate bar, stick a whole brownie bar in there. 🙂 cause i’m a brownie addict.
a Justin’s dark chocolate peanut butter cup and a marshmallow! simple but SO good.
Ohh, I think mine would have to be lemon curd, blueberries and white chocolate.
These are all just lovely! I think my rendition would feature candied figs, dark chocolate, and Brie — mouth is watering just thinking about it!
We made these the other day: homemade grahams + homemade marshmallow creme + fresh blueberries + dark chocolate ganache. It was pretty dang messy and pretty dang good.
fresh cherries and nutella!
I’d use almond butter, dark chocolate, sea salt.
I would use lemon curd and cream cheese along with a sprinkle of coconut flakes!
I’m going to make one of my original S’more pies but make it a salty almond caramel s’mores pie filled with the decadent dark chocolate.
Hmmm how about a traditional s’more with bacon and a little cayenne?
I would love to make a boozy s’more with Kalua soaked vegan marshmallows, chocolate and cinnamon Graham crackers. Yum
Or could do white chocolate Kailua. Thanks
I’ve made heatless s’mores simply using marshmallow fluff and nutella spread on graham crackers. I’ve taken a few tries at creating a s’mores french toast, but that’s still a work in progress.