More S'more Ooey Gooey Goodness

Each summer children everywhere start to look forward to the delicious treat of making S'Mores over the flames of a bonfire. Here are a few variations on the classic S'More. Next time your family starts a nice big bonfire, try a few of these recipes.

Recipes inside:

Classic S'mores + Make it your own ideas

Caramel S'Mores

Caramel Apple S'Mores

Sugar Cookies and Peanut Butter cups

The Classic S'More

Graham Crackers
Marshmallows
1/2-1 oz chocolate per S'More

Break a graham cracker in half and place a piece of chocolate on one half of the cracker. With a good marshmallow roasting stick, roast your marshmallow over the fire, turning slowly until the marshmallow is brown all over. Place the marshmallow over the chocolate and put the other graham cracker half on top. Hold the sandwich firmly together and allow the chocolate to melt. Enjoy your S'More while the marshmallow is still warm and the chocolate is melted.

Make it your own

To make a more creative S'More you can add a variety of items to your S'More.

• Try adding fresh fruit, including blueberries and strawberry slices, as well as pieces of licorice.
• Use flavored chocolate, such as chocolate with chile pepper.
• Aadd jam or flavored sauce. You can use any flavor of fruit jam or perhaps a fruit sauce, or a caramel, or mint sauce.
• Replace the graham crackers with all sorts of different cookies or pieces of brownies. In addition, you can get as creative as you would like with the type of chocolate you use, such as chocolate with nuts, filled chocolate and much more.

Here are a couple of variations to try:

Caramel S'Mores

Graham Crackers
Marshmallows
Caramel filled chocolate bars

Toast the marshmallows like when making a classic S'More, then place the toasted marshmallow on top of a graham cracker and place caramel filled chocolate on top and finish with the other half of the graham cracker.

Caramel Apple S'Mores

Green Apple Slices
Marshmallows
Caramels

Slide the marshmallow onto a skewer then add one to two caramel candies to the top of the skewer. Toast the marshmallow and wait for the caramels to melt over the marshmallow. When toasted, place the toasted marshmallow on an apple slice and top with a second apple slice.

Sugar Cookies and Peanut Butter cups

Sugar Cookies
Marshmallows
Peanut Butter cups, or peanut butter filled chocolates

Toast the marshmallow and slide onto a sugar cookie, place a peanut butter cup or peanut butter filled chocolate on top of the marshmallow and top with a second sugar cookie.{jathumbnail off}