The classic s'mores is a gooey camping treat made with chocolate, graham crackers and roasted marshmallows. There are many ways to make s'mores, but most recipes involve sitting around a campfire.
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I take the traditional smore and spread peanutbutter on the graham cracker and then add the chocolate and marshmellow.
It is quite tasty.
As a boy scout leader we try to avoid someone bringing smores. Nothing like spiking the boys with a loads of suger right before bedtime. plus hot marshmellow is nasty to get off cloths and tents if one fo them desides its cool to have a marshmellow war. if one of the new leaders desides that smores are nessesary for the outing we try to get them to wait till 2nd night out when the boys are to tired to get too wired.
I have never really liked smores. They are too dry and messy. I would rather eat the contents seperately. I like roasting marshmallows, tho.
Mr. Scout “Leader”-
Sounds like you have a few control issues you need to tackle if you can’t let your scouts enjoy making s’mores because they might make a mess. Scouting, and camping, are supposed to be fun. Relax a little. They’re kids!
I’m with Tim, but the family loves them. I’ll have them try the PB next time out, sounds good.
I like the idea about the peanut butter. I do like smores but for just roasting….I like “peeps”, you know the sugar coated little chicks that you see at Easter. They roast up crunchy on the outside and gooey on the inside!!!
We are a girl scout family. Don’t leave for the camping trips unless the s’more ingredients are in the trailer or camp bucket!
S’mores? Oh, yah! I’m a Girl Scout leader and making s’mores around the camp fire is always a highlight of the trip. Kids have trouble settling for sleep on these trips, anyways, so a little sugar doesn’t really matter, imo! One Girl Scout secret to s’mores: use the All Abouts / Thanks-a-Lots Girl Scout cookies instead of the graham crackers and chocolate. The cookies are a shortbread type with a layer of chocolate on the back. Yum!
I read about a great way to make s’mores in Dian Thomas’s “Roughing it easy.” Basically you take a marshmellow and cut pockets in the flat side it for chocolate chips. Put it on the stick with the chips facing you. Then do the same thing with the other marshmallow with the chips pointing in the other direction. I hope I explained that right! Much less messy it would seem.
Going to try it tomorrow!
Instead of graham crackers try Archway cookies. The dutch cocoa were our personal fave.
Looking forward to trying peanut butter next summer!!
I really like roasting GUDFUD Stuffed Marshmallows. They have different flavors (chocolate, grape, orange, strawberry) and they roast superbly.
We use graham crackers, marshmallow and Nutella. I just had a box of Ritz smores sandwich crackers and they were awesome, so I’m going to add Ritz crackers for next time.
we use the family digestive cookies, they are the ones with the chocolate dipped side and marshmallows, very easy. we use baby wipes to clean up the kids after
These s’mores pack and eat well!
1 package chocolate chip cookies
1 package large marshmallows
Toast your marshmallow to perfection, then sandwich between two chocolate chip cookies…and savor the s’more!
i make sure i have the stuff to make smores when i go camping. i’m going to try peanut butter cup instead of hersey bar.
i use caramilk bars for the chocolate. so good!
Roast the marshmallow, sandwich it between two Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies. Really good and easy.
Try making S’Mores with Peeps. The sugar on them caramelizes and makes them even better. Also try the flavored ones. Gingerbread, chocolate, vanilla, peppermint, and coconut work the best. Sometimes just eating the marshmallow without s’more additives is awesome.
Try Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate. VERY rich, hard to eat more than one though :}
The absolute, number one, best way to make s’mores better is to use “peeps” instead of marshmallows. The sugar coating caramelizes beautifully and melts the chocolate better. If you just want to toast them directly be sure to let them cool a bit.
I’m a vegetarian and marshmallows are one of the things I miss the most(they are made with gelatin so I don’t eat them). On my last family camping trip I decided to bring along some bananas and used them in place of the marshmallows. It was awesome! If you try this it’s better to do with slightly under ripe bananas because if they’re too soft you’ll end up with mush in the fire and be sure to roast sideways with a double stick. They were so good even the non-veggies in my family loved them.
Are you a leader greg? If not, don’t comment about stuff about which you have no idea. It is NOT fun to have sugar-hyped young people running around a dark camp. Not fun. Feel free to do it yourself, just don’t critisize those who chose not to deal with that.
A toasted marshmallow and a Reese’s cup tucked between 2 graham crackers….ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
I didn’t care for smores until we started using chocolate bars with ALMONDS. Now I love them.