S'mores! and a Variation

We recently went on a small vacation to our family's ranch in Colorado. It was our first time to go by ourselves and we had a blast! The next couple of posts are about the food I made while there. It was a nice and relaxing weekend in the mountains. I have also included some pictures of our beautiful surroundings! Enjoy!

Everyone knows how to make a s'more but incase you don't here it goes...

You need:

marshmallows

graham crackers

chocolate (preferably, hershey)

Over a fire, roast your marshmallows until they have reached your desired "doneness".

Take a graham cracker and break in half to make a "sandwich". Place a piece of chocolate on one and on top of that place your warm marshmallow and replace with the other side of graham cracker. Enjoy! So yummy!

Variation on a Theme- Chocolate Dipped Marshmallows with Crushed Graham Crackers

So not wanted to make s'mores again the same way the next night, I decided to try and recreate the s'more in another way.

This uses the same ingredients as above. For this I used about 10 marshmallows, 2 chocolate bars and 1 graham cracker.

Using a double boiler, melt the chocolate bars. While the chocolate is melting, take the graham cracker and put it in a freezer bag and close it up. Take a pan and beat it into tiny pieces, set aside.

When the chocolate has melted dip a marshmallow into the chocolate until it has been completely covered. Set the marshmallow on a plate to cool. Do this with each marshmallow until done.

Sprinkle the tops of the marshmallows with the graham crackers and set in freezer until completely cooled. Enjoy!

Oreo Cupcakes

These were absolutely amazing!!! One of my favorite cookies is an oreo so when I found this recipe I had to try it. Also, while you are checking out the recipe, take a look at her blog, it is fantastic! I love seeing what she posts about. I hope you enjoy my pictures!

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Ice Cream

This was amazing!!!! I made it last week and I can't wait to make it again. Here is the recipe, I didn't change anything so here is where I got the recipe. Hope you enjoy my pictures!!!

Chocolate-Hazelnut Gelato

My husband and I love gelato! On our honeymoon in Rome, we would end every night by the Trevi Fountain with gelato in hand.

I have tried to make this particular gelato a couple of times but with no luck...something wasn't right. Well that something was apparently not letting the custard mixture cool long enough in the fridge. Well, I am happy to say this past week, we have a creamy and wonderful gelato in our freezer (its almost gone too!).

Chocolate Chip and Strawberry Pancakes

I had lots of leftover strawberries from my french toast that I made the other morning so I decided pancakes were in order! This was very good and husband tested and approved! (He isn't that big on strawberries-- or fruit-- for that matter). He really liked them and asked if I could make them again soon. Yay!

The recipe is from Food Network and I added sliced strawberries and semi-sweet chocolate chips. We also added some homemade whipped cream on top! Yum!