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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Nutella + caramelized banana + marshmallow!
is peanut butter and bacon apply here?! 🙂
I think my fancy s’more would be grilled figs with honey drizzled all over them, dark chocolate, lightly toasted marshmallows all sandwiched between graham crackers.
Hmm, I guess graham crackers with almond butter, chocolate, coconut and marshmallows would be my choice for a ‘fancy’ smore.
These look so good! My dream s’more would be turtle (w/ chopped pecans) or banana split (go crazy with toppings!). I also think a cappuccino/coffee flavored s’more would be awesome, but I’m not quite sure how to make one ;).
Maybe hollow out strawberries, stuff them with marshmallow fluff and mini chocolate chips, and sprinkle with crushed graham crackers?
I tend to love either rich high quality dark chocolate or a spread of whatever chocolate hazelnut butter I have around. I find that when I use the chocolate hazelnut butter, I get the creamy chocolate in each bite, which I love!
My gourmet s’more idea is two graham cracker pieces hugging a smushed peanut butter cup and a warm, toasted marshmallow. Yum!
Fancy smores brownie pie!
Um, YUM. Your creations look insane. Let’s see, to graham crackers and marshmallows, I would probably add grilled fruit, or…dare I say, a slice of cheesecake?
Grilled/roasted cherries (grilled on foil) chipotle chocolate bar (whole foods sells them) and whole wheat graham crackers! And duhhh marshmallows
Substituting baked pancake squares for graham crackers for a yummy morning treat 🙂 would be a great pair with almond butter and maple glazed bananas!
Yum! I love these classed up s’mores! My friends and I love putting speculoos and nutella on ours (Trader Joe’s carries a swirled cookie/chocolate hazelnut butter spread that is to DIE for).
Cherries + dark chocolate
Nutella + banana + toasted walnuts
Coconut + anything!
I love the idea of nutella and strawberries with vegan marshmallows! yum!
Dark chocolate and peanut butter s’more, with some fancy sea salt!
Dip the toasted marshmallows in Bailey’s! Yum!
That is genius!!
These all sound delicious! I can’t pick a favorite!
I haven’t had s’mores in so long! I think I would go for the fance via the chocolate: a very dark, rich bar filled with brown butter caramel. That way you’d get to actually bite through the melty chocolate into caramel territory. 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
fresh fruit for smores!! always