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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My wife made a tart with a strawberry blueberry mixture. I think the fruit mixture would be great on a Smore.
My fancy s’mores idea would be a sweet marscarpone cheese mixture (with honey), raspberries, and dark chocolate squares to ooze all over 🙂
I’d use pretzel crisps instead of graham crackers for some salty to go with the sweet. Justins almond butter (especially vanilla) is so good too. Maybe with come caramel…ugh. Now I need smores on Monday morning.
These all look amazing! But I do think peanut butter would be amazing on a s’more…
I love graham crackers, vegan marshmallows, raspberries and salted pecans. The sweetness of the marshmallows mixed with the saltiness of the nuts and tartness of the raspberries is the perfect combination. (no chocolate required!) That, and I’m not a huge chocolate person anyway. However, you could always add a little dark chocolate and I’m sure it would be just as amazing!
Fancy s’mores are such a fun idea!! I would do some sort of ice cream sandwich combo. Great giveaway too!
Chocolate graham crackers, cookie butter, white chocolate chips, raspberry jam, and orange mallows.
My fancy s’mores start with strawberry jam, dark chocolate, and marshmallows on homemade Oreo cookies (without the icing, that is).
Not fancy- but I love s’mores with peanut butter cups.
I’ve always wanted to make a pavlova, dripping in melted chocolate and crushed graham crackers. The cloud-like meringue speaks so well of toasty marshmallows, and talk about texture heaven. And, I’m digging the smackberry. To die for.
These are fancy, and I want to try them all!
I have recently read about a savory smore and it sounds awesome…cracker, tomato chutney, warmed, melty mozzarella ball.
I think a chocolate-covered cherry s’more would be delicious. A German chocolate s’more with coconut, caramel and walnuts wouldn’t be half bad either. 🙂
I think I’d do peanut butter & milk chocolate pretzel s’mores. Mmm hmm.
I like s’mores with peanut butter on the graham crackers!!
Some kind of cookies and cream s’more sounds divine…
How about a s’more based on slave-free chocolate? (for more info, see http://www.foodispower.org/slavery-chocolate/) Divine is one good option. Even better is Madecasse. They make a delicious toasted coconut bar that would go nicely with the marshmallow and graham cracker.
Strawberry and nutella s’mores!
How about dark chocolate and orange marmalade smores? Or chocolate, honey and banana.
We had dark chocolate hazelnut bar and Justin’s dark chocolate peanut butter cups, so delish