Who Wants S'more?

Want a cheap party idea that kids and adults both love?  Have a s'mores bar!  I think the only thing more American than s'mores is apple pie.  (And I personally would rather have the s'more.)  If you haven't had one in awhile, you are in for a treat.  Take a bite and you will not only feel like a little kid again, you will remember what's so great about them.

So here's how you go from just having plain old s'mores to having a s'mores bar!  Have a variety of:

• Graham crackers (you can even use some types of cookies instead of grahams, like Keebler Fudge Stripes)
• Flavored marshmallows (Wal Mart has a good selection)
• Candy bars (you could even try using Nutella instead of a candy bar)

I simply made a tray of chocolate bars (already split up) and graham crackers (depending on how many people you have, you could do a separate tray for the grahams). We had: Caramello bars, Cookies and Cream, Symphony, regular Hershey bars and Andes Mints, as well as chocolate and regular graham crackers.

I filled bowls with the different types of marshmallows we had: plain, chocolate and vanilla swirl, and toasted coconut.  We had a jar for our "sticks" (fondue forks in our case!  Which work great!).  

And a menu or directions board!

You can get as crazy as your imagination will let you!  I think 4-5 different types is a good selection.  Believe me, everyone will feel compelled to try them all!  We honestly thought we might be sick, we just couldn't stop.  Here's what we came up with and I swear one was better than the next!

Samoa S'more (a nod to my FAV girl scout cookie)
chocolate graham cracker
caramello bar

toasted coconut marshmallow

Nutty Buddy S'more (crowd favorite)
regular graham cracker
Symphony bar

toasted coconut marshmallow

Grasshopper S'more (we considered renaming them the Thin Mint)
chocolate graham cracker
Andes mint
chocolate/vanilla swirl marshmallow

Cookies and Cream S'more
chocolate graham
cookies and cream bar
chocolate/vanilla swirl marshmallow

And of course...don't forget the classic!

I honestly don't know who enjoyed it more, the kids or the grown-ups.

Speaking of grown-ups, we went through a lot of trouble for you guys to see what kind of drink would actually work with s'mores!  We found 2 wines that we liked:

Great with Samao and Grasshopper

Liked with the Nutty Buddy and Cookies and Cream

Both can be found at Trader Joes for around $6.  You're welcome.  You know I am always here for you.

There's a little more than 7 weeks of summer left.  I'm sorry.  I should have warned you before I just busted off with that.  My point is...don't procrastinate too much longer on those summer things you want to do. Want to have a s'mores bar?  Get to it!  If you made a summer bucket list, this would be a good time to revisit it.  Remember...don't treat your bucket list like a checklist and stress yourself out about what has to be done.  That's not fun at all. Just make some decisions...what will you really regret not having done this summer?  Then, like Nike says...just do it!

Hope you enjoy S'more of your Summer!
K