As I’ve mentioned before, I’m slightly addicted to S’mores, as is my hubby – so we decided to splurge & get a fire pit for our back yard as an early anniversary gift. We got one for around $60 at Target yesterday (along with some great deals on their summer items – 50% off summer clearance as I shared on the Thrifty NW Mom Facebook page!).
We had to try it out the first night, of course, so our daughters could have their very first experience with S’mores - but wouldn’t you know it, we have rain & colder temps in the middle of July. That didn’t stop us – we just got out our rain coats & sat around the campfire in the drizzle. It’s all about being adventurous, right?
Hershey’s is having a fun campaign called “The S’more the Merrier” - spending time with loved ones creating fun family memories while making S’mores over the campfire. Our evening of S’mores-making definitely fit the bill despite the rain! The girls have been begging for more S’mores since then.
You can see first-hand what our girls thought of roasting marshmallows & creating their first s’mores in my first-ever video!
As you can see, my girls definitely were devouring their s’mores – they loved the combination of warm, gooey marshmallow with sweet Hershey’s chocolate! And we found out that my 0ld daughter, Madalyn, is just like her mama – she loved seeing the marshmallow catch fire & then enjoy the crunchy, char-grilled marshmallow!
Hershey’s Facebook Contest:
If you’ve been busy enjoying S’mores this summer, too, make sure to head over to the Hershey’s Facebook page and share your pictures under the “Say Smores” tab. By doing that, you’ll be entered to win monthly contests which offer a variety of Smore-themed prizes. The grand prize is a Canon Rebel camera, $250 Snapfish gift card, outdoor firebowl, roasting skewers set and all the ingredients needed to make S’mores, including Hershey’s milk chocolate bars.
Giveaway – Hershey’s S’mores Prize Pack
Hershey’s is offering to send a lucky Thrifty NW Mom a S’mores prize pack so you can enjoy S’mores with your family as well! The winner will receive a box of graham crackers, a bag of marshmallows, and a 6-pack of Hershey’s milk chocolate Bars.
This giveaway will end on Sunday July 17th at 9pm pst.
The winner will be drawn using “And the Winner Is” plugin and announced on the blog. I will also email the winner. The winner will have 48 hours to contact me, otherwise a new winner will be drawn. US residents only & you must be 18 yrs or older to enter the giveaway.
Here’s how to enter this giveaway::
1st Entry (required entry): Let us know your favorite way to make S’mores!
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This post is part of my participation in the Hershey’s “Say S’mores” promotion. All opinions are 100% mine. See my disclosure statement for more details.
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Sometimes I like to switch it up, and throw a Reese’s in my smore, instead of a hersheys bar! Now I want a smore. really bad. :p
I like smores at camp over a campfire!
fav way to make smores is the old fashioned way :) camp fire and burn the marshmellow til its black yummy!
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I love making them with reeses!
We LOVE our smores on the firepit in the backyard with family and friends. YUM!
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Hmmm…making smores with my family while camping in the mountains, preferably with the sound of water nearby. Reality is usually making them over the fire bowl in the backyard, but it’s still a lot of gooey fun! And anything to get teenagers engaging with the family–chocolate is a surefire way to do that!!!
My favorite way to make s’mores is to toast them until golden brown over open coals then quickly squish the marshmallow onto the chocolate so it gets melty. Yum!
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Occasionally, I like to have a chewy chocolate chip cookie in place of the Hershey’s chocolate bar in my smore!
When we went camping as kids, my dad would bend wire coat hangers that we would use to burn the marshmellow’s to a crisp over the campfire and then smash them between two graham crackers and a piece of Hershey’s milk chocolate. Can’t wait ’til my son’s old enough to take camping to continue this family tradition! :-)
We love to sit our graham cracker with the chocolate on top near the fire to melt/soften the chocolate while our marshmallow is roasting!
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I love to make them in our backyard, when we have a fire going. It is always so good.
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I LOVE S’MORES! I can’t always wait for a backyard BBQ so I put the Hershey’s chocolate and the marshmallows on a plate and then microwave them for 30 secs or so and then take them out and scoop them onto the graham cracker. Yum! Fastest way to make S’mores! ;-)
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I have to agree with some of the other comments above: I think that the best S’mores are made over a campfire – the magic of the outdoors, the adventure of camping, and dancing flames and glowing coals just elevate the experience.
I like the perfectly roasted marshmallow – one that just about falls off of the roasting fork, because the inside has become glorious goo from the heat, and outside is a beautiful caramel brown. Too long over the fire and the marshmallow becomes a charred sacrifice – or my husband will eat the crackly bits then my daughter or I will eat the gooey inside. Once we have the marshmallow just right we slide it onto the graham cracker with the Hershey’s Chocolate snuggled between those all important elements. If you are patient and wait just long enough (my is that ever hard, especially if you are young or young at heart) the chocolate softens and melts so that when you bite into the finished S’more you get the crisp crunch of the cracker followed by the sweet rush of melted marshmallow and chocolate. Sigh…
I like s’mores the old fashioned way over a campfire or fire pit. We tried the giant marshmallows on the 4th and they were just to messy! My kids love the tradition of summer time s’mores so much that they’ve been know to roast marshmallows over a candle!
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I live in Seattle so of course i love making smores outdoors but if its a rainy Seattle day and my son and I are in the mood for smores we make them over the stove its not quite the same but the stove works great and usually are pretty hard to burn like the outdoor type. SO.. next time its raining and your in the mood for that chocolatey gooey, cookie goodness just try doing it over the stove.
I love the traditional s’more made by my hubby!
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My favorite way is the classic sandwich – roasted over a campfire…not burnt
I like to make Smores with my family on camping trips…my marshmallow can’t be burnt though, just lightly browned. :)
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I like them not so messy. LOL
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I just learned about making them with Reese’s, but I still like them the old fashion way…with the chocolate melted!
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My family loves them made the old fashion way, over a campfire with family and friends. Summer has always meant SMORES. Smore please. :0)
My favorite way to make s’mores is …
3/4 c. light corn syrup
3 tbsp. butter
1 pkg. milk chocolate morsels
1 tsp. vanilla
1 pkg. Golden Graham cereal (9 c.)
3 c. miniature marshmallows
Grease 9 x 13 inch pan. Heat syrup, butter and morsels to boiling stirring constantly. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla. Pour over cereal in bowl, toss until coated. Fold in marshmallows 1 cup at a time. Press into pan with buttered back of spoon. Let stand 1 hour. Cut into 2 inch squares. Store at room temperature.
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We like to make them with the big marshmallows and sometimes add peanut butter to the graham crackers!!! YUM!!!
I like my marshmallow burnt
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We love smores over the campfire however, often when we camp it’s raining or the firewood is wet so we head into the trailer and watch the marshmallows “grow” in the microwave!
We like to use the toasted coconut marshmallows when we can find them! YUM-O! We have a rock fire pit in the back yard that is used often this time of year.
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I love to use homemade cookies(peanut butter are my son’s fav) instead of graham crackers.
over the campfire with milk chocolate thanks
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a campfire is the best way
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