10 Best Gourmet Chocolate S’mores Kits
Gooey marshmallows, crunchy graham crackers, and melted chocolate: is there a better combination of sweets out there? And when you use premium chocolate instead of sugar-laden Hershey’s, you can quickly make a gourmet campfire treat that induces the nostalgia of family barbecues and camping trips.
Whether you’re cooking marshmallows over a bonfire or making these in an oven or over the stove indoors, s’mores are a year-round indulgence that kits make even easier to throw together—you can even bring them with you on a camping trip or send them as a gift. From three different single-origin chocolates along with handmade graham crackers inside the set from craft chocolate-maker Dandelion to multi-flavored marshmallows (vanilla bean, cappuccino, and black currant) inside L.A. Burdick’s kit, these 10 s’mores kits will ensure you have gourmet s’mores anytime you have a craving.
One of the more affordable options on this list, this basic set comes in a plastic bag tied with a bow and ingredients to make four s’mores. Included are fluffy homemade marshmallows, graham crackers, and the choice of your favorite Hilliards chocolate bar: milk chocolate, peanut butter or caramel.
Recchiuti S’mores Kit
$29
Recchiuti is a San Francisco chocolate maker that has been using Valrhona chocolate to craft all kinds of confections since 1997. Their seasonal-only cute little s’mores kit contains housemade graham cookies, vanilla bean marshmallows that have a meringue-like texture and caramelize quickly, and one of their bittersweet chocolate bars—a more grown-up version of a Hershey’s bar.
These Brooklyn-made organic beauties come with fixin’s for five s’more sandwiches. The kit includes whole grain, gluten-free graham crackers made by neighboring bakery 7 Grain Army; Brooklyn-made marshmallows, and a bar of their 70 percent raw chocolate with alderwood smoked salt. FINE & RAW was started by artist Daniel Sklaar in 2007 and makes artisan chocolate bars, truffles, and spreads.
This deluxe box has everything you need to throw a s’mores party. Make 12 s’mores with this kit which even includes accoutrements, expandable metal skewers, matches, and napkins. Of course, San Francisco-based Dandelion includes their excellent chocolate, with 24 70% chocolate large chips from three different origins. There are also 12 vanilla marshmallows and 24 whole wheat graham crackers made by Dandelion’s pastry chef, Lisa Vega.
Ticket Chocolate was founded by two sisters-in-law and uses top-quality ingredients in all their confections, which include truffles, hot chocolate sticks, chocolate bark, and marshmallows in a variety of flavors. They make four different s’mores kits in various flavors: classic, dulce de leche, chocolate lovers, and our fave, peppermint. Each kit includes ingredients for four s’mores, with includes a portioned bar of couverture chocolate, four marshmallows, and eight graham crackers. This flavor features crushed peppermint candy in the chocolate, pink peppermint marshmallows, and chocolate grahams.
The Portland, Oregon-based Ranger Chocolate Co. makes two s’mores kits using their bean-to-bar chocolate. This classic one with vanilla marshmallows, and another with puffy root beer flavored marshmallows made using Public Coast Brewing root beer. Each kit has components for making four s’mores, with individually wrapped homemade marshmallows, graham crackers, and Ranger’s classic dark chocolate squares.
Frog Hollow Farm, based out of the Bay area in California, originally became known for its organic peaches and other stone fruit. But they also bake pies, cakes, and cookies and in this box they use their own handmade vanilla marshmallows and baked whole wheat graham crackers, paired with a plant-based TCHO Holy Fudge Bar (another Bay area company). There are enough ingredients to create four s'mores sandwiches.
This classy seasonal box from the gourmet chocolatier brand L.A. Burdick pairs three Burdick Blend Dark Chocolate Bar with six housemade honey graham crackers, six housemade chocolate graham crackers, and six housemade marshmallows in three flavors: cappuccino infused with coffee, vanilla made with Madagascan vanilla bean, and cassis made with French black currants.
Looking for options? This kit includes vegan marshmallows from Dandies, graham crackers, and Belgian chocolate squares in four flavors: dark chocolate sea salt, milk chocolate toffee, cacao bean dark chocolate, and milk chocolate. Astor has been around since 1950 and is family owned.
Founded by Erin Andrews in Seattle, Indi Chocolate ethically sources cacao from around the world and uses it to make body care products, spice rubs, and chocolate bars, truffles, and drinking chocolate. Her shop in Pike Place Market has a café and also hosts classes on chocolate making. Her s’mores kit includes her single-origin dark chocolate, Effie’s Oat Cakes, and marshmallows in one of three flavors of your choice: molé, chai, or vanilla. Each box contains ingredients for four s’mores.