Making s’mores at your next bonfire or campfire
Nearly 100 years ago, the s’mores recipe was invented: 16 graham crackers, 16 marshmallows and eight chocolate bars. There are many ways of putting those ingredients together, but there are some things that are absolute musts for making s’mores.
Make a sandwich
The classic s’more is a sandwich made from two graham crackers filled with warm, gooey marshmallows and chocolate. You can stack these three ingredients any way you wish and it will still be a s’more.
Toast it over a flame
Some favor the cautious approach, keeping their s’mores at the edge of the flame and heating them slowly. Others like to plunge their s’mores right into the flame so they’ll catch fire.
What kind of fire do you have?
The original s’mores were toasted outdoors over an open campfire. You have more options for a flame source.
What will you use for sticks?
Back in the days of scouting and camping out when you were a kid, you’d whittle small sticks to hold your marshmallows and s’mores over the campfire. These days, most people use one of two types of sticks.
You’ll need a fire
[ Campfire Defender Trailblazer Leave No Trace Portable Camp Stove ]
You can burn wood, charcoal or wax logs in this 3-pound never-rust grill that opens like a camp chair to provide a 12-inch by 12-inch burn area. There is no hardware to lose and no need for tools.
[ Outland Living Firebowl 893 Deluxe Outdoor Portable Propane Gas Fire Pit ]
No more bothersome smoke and no ashes to haul away. You can make s’mores outside your RV, while tailgating before the big game, at beach bashes or out back on the patio. It comes with natural lava rocks for even heat distribution.
[ Grand Patio Outdoor Bonfire Wood-Burning Fire Pit ]
The metal mesh spark screen prevents sparks, embers and debris from flying around. The pit is made of alloy steel and you use the metal poker to tend to your fire as your wood or charcoal burns down.
[ Nordhaus 11-inch Concrete Tabletop Fire Pit Bowl with Extendable Skewers ]
This 17-pound oval bowl has rubber feet and comes with a wax fuel canister, extinguisher, two wooden-handled skewers that extend up to 31 inches and 2 pounds of smooth and polished river pebbles.
When it’s raining
[ Sharper Image Electric S’mores Maker ]
You can still have your s’mores even while indoors with this electric s’mores maker. The stainless steel electric heater is surrounded by a tray with compartments for your graham crackers, marshmallows and chocolate. The s’more sticks are also stainless steel.
S’mores kits
[ City Bonfires Original Portable Fire Pit S’mores Night Pack ]
This tiny bonfire is a round tin filled with food-grade soy wax so you have no flying embers, smoke, ashes or mess to clean up. You get eight graham crackers, one chocolate bar, four marshmallows and two skewers.
[ 112-piece FireStix S’mores Kit ]
Inside the box, you’ll find enough to make 24 s’mores: a box of graham crackers, a 1-pound bag of marshmallows, six full-sized Hershey’s chocolate bars and 15 30-inch natural birchwood skewers.
[ Amusemints Make Your Own S’mores Kit ]
You get two 3.95-ounce packages, each containing six marshmallows, six graham squares and a 1.75-ounce chocolate bar.
Sticks
[ Yme Marshmallow Roasting Sticks ]
This six-pack of stainless steel forks with wooden handles adjusts from 10 to 30 inches so you don’t get burned when the flames are high. These versatile sticks are also great for roasting hot dogs.
[ Fly Party 30-inch Bamboo Marshmallow Roasting Sticks ]
These bamboo skewers look like giant chopsticks and are great for anything you can hold over an open flame. When you’re done with your s’mores, you just toss these sticks into the fire.
When the fire burns out
[ Zee Zees Campfire S’mores Soft Baked Snack Bars ]
This healthy alternative is made of whole grain and oats with mini marshmallows and chocolate bits. You get six 1.3-ounce bars in the package.
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