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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I like a simple honey graham cracker (like Back to Nature) sandwiching any corn syrup free marshmallow…I’d LOVE to try these you mentioned! I always like my chocolate melted, so my favorite is to dip my s’more in Theo’s Spicy Chili Dark Chocolate. YUM!!!! I can’t wait to try your cherry chocolate too…looks so good!
Graham Crackers
Mast Chocolate
Black Mission Figs
Bananas
Tahini!!
Peanut butter cup with a chocolate marshmallow!
I haven’t made s’mores in i-can’t-even-remember-how-long, but I think a chocolate graham cracker with the caramel sauce & white chocolate would be quite nice!
They all sound so good! Especially the almond butter. What if you used cookies instead of graham crackers?! Too rich maybe, but also maybe delicious!
Great post! Thank you for the ideas. I really like to use cinnamon graham crackers, raspberry preserves and dark dark chocolate to smoosh a lightly toasted marshmallow. No char, for me!
These look delicious! Here are some ideas.
1. Graham cracker + your favorite dark chocolate + marshmallow + fig preserve
2. Graham cracker + Lindt dark chocolate with orange zest + marshmallow + a sprig of fresh mint
How about a cold-weather version–imagine the quiet winter forest and campfire reflecting off the snowy ground, as you crunch into a graham cracker topped with Armagnac-dipped marshmallows, cranberries cooked until just soft, crystallized ginger, and a strip or two of sage leaf. Nutella and marshmallow with ginger for the kids.
peppermint chocolate bar, graham cracker with chocolate cake frosting that has slightly hardened on it, marshmallow, and a banana slice!
Wow, these sound delicious!!! I would make a White Chocolate Lavender S’more with a little lemon zest, using fresh lavender from by backyard and vegan marshmallows of course. 😉 Come on WFs gift card!! I need that thing! 😀
Love this post, having grown up eating s’mores every summer growing up have these creative options is awesome.
For me I like a little dark chocolate with seasalt, almond butter, and you can’t ever forget the marshmellow (regular or vegan)!
Grilled peaches would be wonderful on the S’more! Love the idea of taking it up a notch with the fruit.
Dark chocolate and cherries, or ginger and/or vanilla grilled peaches are combinations I would like to try!
grilled banana, honey, and smoked chocolate? !?!
I’d use homemade bourbon-caramel marshmallows! And definitely dark chocolate.
I just realized I can come up with a fancy s’more idea that I haven’t tried?! Oh! I think a tender graham cracker with dark chocolate, slice of a roasted banana and whipped peanut butter and cinnamon cashew cream.
These look AMAZING – my favorite s’mores are the salted caramel with dark chocolate and cinnamon grahams – I’ll never go back to store-bought mallows after making them at home – they are so so good. Hmmm or with a melted dark chocolate peanut butter cup from Trader Joes…okay now I’m hungry;)
I LOVE the idea of fruit on s’mores! Looks amazing! My favorite fancy s’more I’ve made so far was a peanut butter cookie s’more. Using homemade peanut butter cookies instead of graham crackers, the Sea Salt and Nibs chocolate bar from Madécasse and marshmallows roasted over a campfire. It was so good.
A Justin’s peanut butter cup in place of the chocolate! Or caramel sauce with bananas and chocolate.
I like making smokes with a bit of peanut butter…but cookie butter would probably be stellar, too!