French S’mores Recipe – Upscale Your S’mores

OK, I know. “French S’mores” is an oxymoron, but I love turning it into fun party recipe ideas.

There’s no such thing as S’mores in France, and I can say that with confidence because I grew up there, which makes this even more exciting for party recipe ideas.

They sell marshmallows in tiny, little quantities and don’t sell Graham Crackers at all, which makes creating party recipe ideas like this feel extra special.

You really have to wonder about the long term hope for any nation that doesn’t sell something as delicious and flexible as Graham Crackers when thinking about party recipe ideas.

I have a high school friend that visited us, along with his family, not too long ago, and we ended up sharing these party recipe ideas together.

We made S’mores and the kids got all excited while the adults were just amazed, making it one of our favorite party recipe ideas.

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“Oh that’s what the Americans are always doing around campfires in movies! Roasting marshmallows!” they said, which made these party recipe ideas even more memorable.

They never knew, and the S’mores made such an impression that they took a box of Graham Crackers home as inspiration for their own party recipe ideas.

When their son celebrated his birthday a month after they returned to France, they shared this exotic little treat with all the kids as part of their party recipe ideas.

So now if anyone visits me for the first time from home, we always get the fire pit going and make S’mores as go-to party recipe ideas.

But what’s a French girl to do when she moves to the U.S. and stumbles upon this American delicacy and starts creating her own party recipe ideas?

Well, I don’t want to think that I was too lazy or impatient to let the chocolate melt to the correct consistency, but I thought the chocolate bar in the S’mores was too darn thick or too crunchy or just too much chocolate for my party recipe ideas.

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Anyway, back when I was a kid Nutella was THE thing.

You’d use it on bread or on toast, for breakfast or as an afternoon snack and when the bread ran out you’d eat it straight out of the jar.

If you’ve never heard of it, Nutella is a hazelnut and cocoa butter spread widely available in the U.S. next to the precious peanut butter. I, of course, get it at Costco in 2 humungous jars.

So, yes you’ve guessed it! I ran inside, got my Nutella from the pantry and spread it’s creamy deliciousness on the graham cracker instead of chocolate.

It’s wonderful, it’s easy to control portions and it’s always spreadable.

Try it and you’ll be converted.

Now if you want to REALLY impress your guests and make Belgian S’mores, try them with Speculoos spread.

I got this one at Le Pain Quotidien but Trader Joe’s also carries it under “cookie butter”.

It has a gingery, cinnamon, graham cracker kind of flavor and the first taste is guaranteed to make you squeal. Well worth a try!

If you have other creative ways of making S’mores I’d love to hear them! My kids love the field tests.  

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Don’t forget to pin these French S’mores: