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Did you know that smores can be a delightful treat in settings other than a fire side? Kelli, our test kitchen cook, made gourmet smores for her daughter and friends for their prom date dessert.
She strung lights throughout the pergola that arches over her deck, provided personal-sized Sterno fuel burners for each couple, and set out an array of marshmallows, cookies and different kinds of chocolate.
You can get creative with smores, but here are some ideas to get you started.
Instead of plain graham crackers, try using cookies instead. We loved using our Pennsylvania Dutch Cookies the best, but the Raspberry Cheesecake cookies were also a hit. Below is a list of our top suggestions:
- Pennsylvania Dutch Sugar Cookies;
- Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies;
- Cinnamon Burst Snickerdoodle Cookies ;
- Grandmas Old-Fashioned Gingersnaps;
- Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies ;
- Butterscotch Pecan Crunch Cookies;
We had a fun time scanning the chocolate section of our grocery store for ideas. Almost any chocolate will do, but below are some of our favorites to get you started.
- Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
- Cookies n Cream Hersheys Bars
- Carmellos
- Heath Bars
- Snickers
- Nutella
- Symphony Bars
The Marshmallows
We found some obscure marshmallow flavors that were fun to play with. The favorite were by far the toasted coconut marshmallows. They were gone in a hurry. Here are some more for you to try. You can find many of these in your local grocery store.
- Toasted Coconut Marshmallows
- Strawberry Mallows
- Blueberry Mallows
- Marshmallow Cream
- Choco Mallows
- Cinnamon Bun Mallows
- Sugar Cookie Mallows
- Peeps
How to Hold a Gourmet Smore Party like Kellis
First, set up a long table outside. If your party is made up of couples, provide a small burner or a Sterno fuel can for each couple and set up chairs so they can sit across from one another and share a flame.
Kelli used Sterno fuel cans for the couples to roast their marshmallows over the top of. To make them look more formal, she removed the labels and wrapped them in decorative scrapbook paper.
She provided several trays of cookies, graham crackers, chocolates and marshmallows for the couples to choose from. They roasted their marshmallows with wooden skewers.
Overall, it was a beautiful night and gourmet smores made it one that Kellis daughter and her friends would remember forever.
Author Biography
Casey is a journalist who has experience working in the newspaper industry. She was trained in English and journalism at Brigham Young University-Idaho. She has works in marketing and loves writing about cooking and baking at The Prepared Pantry. Cooking has been a hobby of Casey’s since she was a little girl. She also enjoys cooking for her husband and trying new recipes.
She enjoys food photography and graphic design as she works as the editor of the “Country Home Kitchen” ; magazine at The Prepared Pantry.
Casey lives in Rigby, Idaho with her husband, David. Not to mention an energetic but adorable chocolate lab, Copper.
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