Do you need a graham cracker substitute or alternative for smores?
Or maybe you don’t like graham crackers?
Have you ever gone camping and run out of graham crackers?
You can make delicious s’mores without grahams.
You could also make these Delish Smores Cookies.
Or, maybe you’re just wondering how to make s’mores?
I’ve got more than 20 ways for you to make s’mores when you’ve either run out of graham crackers or you don’t like graham crackers. Check it out on kitchenserf.com #smores #diy #marshmallow #easydessert
How to Make S’mores Without Graham Crackers:
What Can I Substitute for Graham Crackers in Smores?
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I’ve been making s’mores with cookies instead of graham crackers for my entire adult life.
I remember camping with my husband back when we were still dating. That was a quarter century ago!
Husband was quite impressed with me when we ran out of graham crackers for our s’mores and I handed him a Nutter Butter cookie to use instead.
Sweet Graham Cracker Substitutes for S’mores
- French bread (my favorite, think of a low budget version of a chocolate croissant with roasted marshmallow. You can toast the bread or not. Butter optional. We made these last weekend. Husband thought I was nuts until he ate one.)
- Cookies
For cookies to use for s’mores I recommend a cookie that’s thin and crispy or thin and chewy.
Thinner cookies will be an easier graham substitute. You’ll be sandwiching toasted marshmallow and a chocolate bar between them.
Thick puffy cookies will be hard to get in your mouth once you’ve got the s’mores additions on them.
Or you could make an open-faced s’more by just layering a chocolate bar on the cookie and topping with a melty marshmallow.
Speaking of marshmallows, have you ever made your own?
They are super easy to make and kind of fun. It would be a good project to do with children.
- Chocolate chip
- Oreos
- Nutter Butters
- Homemade Gingersnaps
- Anna’s Ginger thins
- Vintage Sugar Cookies
- Thin Mints
- Oatmeal Scotchies
- Fudge Striped Cookies
- Frosted Animal Crackers
- Keebler Fudge Stripes Lemon Cream Pie flavor
- Keebler Fudge Stripes Strawberry Shortcake flavor
More Graham Cracker Substitutes
- Broken ice cream cones (waffle or sugar cones would work best)
- Tortillas (flour or corn would work) Maybe deep fry them first??
- Strawberry slices (use a large or jumbo-sized strawberry and slice it vertically. This might be messier than most versions.)
- Pound cake slices (like with brownies, two slices of pound cake glued together with marshmallow and chocolate might be too big of a mouthful but you could always use one slice for a topless s’more.)
- Waffles (homemade or frozen, just toast first. I haven’t tried this yet but it sounds really good.)
- Quaker Chewy Granola Bars, Chocolate Chip 18-pack
- Brownies (two slices of brownie melded together with marshmallow and chocolate might be too much of a mouthful. You could just use one brownie as a base)
- Donuts (you may need to slice in half horizontally.)
- Pancakes (blueberry flavor?)
I’ve got 11 ways for you to make s’mores when you’ve either run out of graham crackers or you don’t like graham crackers. Check it out on kitchenserf.com #smores #diy #marshmallow #easydessert
Savory Graham Cracker Substitutes for S’mores
- Saltines
- Ritz crackers
- Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps
- Pretzels
- Potato chips (think chocolate covered potato chips. Potato chips with ridges would probably be best.)
- Pringles (my personal favorite, salty and sweet is a winning combo!)
What Cracker for S’mores
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- Triscuits
- Wheat Thins
- Keebler Club Original Crackers
- Water Biscuits
- Rye Krisp
- Pepperidge Farm Golden Butter Crackers
S’mores Origins
It seems that the history of s’mores is a bit murky but related to Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts. The first mention anyone has found of s’mores was in a girl scout book called Tramping and Trailing.
Food and Wine devoted an article to s’more origins.
Do you need your own fire ring for backyard s’mores making whenever the urge strikes? This is a budget option.
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Ok, at first I thought it was strange when I read “French bread” but you had me at chocolate croissant! That sounds yummy!
It’s really so very good. Try it!
I’m trying the waffle cone version tonight! I never would have thought of it. Thank you!
Hey Stephanie,
Let me know what you think! We are planning a campfire for the 4th of July. I have visions of making homemade waffles for s’mores but we shall see…
Thanks for stopping by,
Jennifer
Let me know what you think! We are planning a campfire for the 4th of July. I have visions of making homemade waffles for s’mores but we shall see…
Thanks for stopping by,