Happy National Smores Day! I’m excited to celebrate an entire day dedicated to my favorite summer food. Who else out there loves smores? Who also always quotes “The Sandlot” when someone mentions smores? This smores skillet is a great way to feed a crowd or to indulge your summer sweet tooth without a roaring fire. Layers of buttery graham crackers, melted Hershey’s chocolate, and crackly marshmallows make for a delicious summer (or year-round) treat.
Let’s start with the base layer. I personally love to use a small cast-iron skillet. It holds the heat really well, and you can use it in the oven or on a grill. Then we’ll grab our crust ingredients. You can make your own graham cracker crumbs, or you can use pre-made. Add in some melted butter for a savory base.
The chocolate layer comes next. You also have a few options for the chocolate layer. I decided to use the classic Hershey bars. There’s just something about the flavor of Hershey’s milk chocolate that makes a smore to me. I’ve also tried this with baking chocolate and dark chocolate. If you want to use baking chocolate or chocolate chips, try to find semi-sweet for that smores taste. If you want a richer note to offset the sweetness of the marshmallows, you can use dark chocolate.
Finally, we’re finishing off our smores skillet with marshmallows. You will want to use real marshmallows. Any size will work. I would recommend the larger ones. Marshmallow fluff won’t spread very easily over the melted chocolate, and you’ll wind up with a sticky mess. You can also get creative and try out some of the flavored marshmallows.
Assembling the smores skillet is a cinch. You combine the graham crackers and melted butter then press that into your pan. Toast it for a few minutes until it’s set. Next, you’ll layer on your chocolate. The chocolate should start to melt on its own, so you can spread it out over the graham crackers. From there, arrange your marshmallows. Put the smores skillet back in the oven for 3-4 minutes until your marshmallows are toasted. If you want to get really crazy, you can top this with sprinkles, chopped candy, or syrup. I like vanilla wafers, teddy grahams, or cream wafers as dippers. Fresh strawberries are also a delicious choice.
Smores skillet
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 12 1x
Ingredients
Smores ingredients
- 1 cup of graham cracker crumbs
- 3 tablespoons of melted butter
- 4–6 full-size Hershey chocolate bars, broken into pieces
- 1 10-ounce bag of large marshmallows
Dippers
- Vanilla wafers
- Fresh strawberries
- Voortman wafer cookies
- Graham crackers
- Teddy grahams
- Any other favorite cookies
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Combine the melted butter and graham crackers. Press evenly into a 6-inch cast iron skillet. You can also press the crust about a quarter of an inch up the sides of the skillet for a thinner crust.
- Bake for 6-7 minutes until set. Carefully remove from the oven and set on an heat-safe surface.
- Layer your chocolate bar pieces over the graham cracker crust. Take a spoon or offset spatula and spread the chocolate evenly over the crust as it melts.
- Top the smores skillet with the marshmallows. Cover as much of the chocolate and crust as you can while keeping the marshmallows in a single layer.
- Set the oven to broil. Place the assembled smores skillet under the broiler for 3-4 minutes. Be sure to watch it! The marshmallows brown very quickly.
- Cool for 2-3 minutes then serve with vanilla wafers, strawberries, wafer cookies, and any other favorite cookie dippers.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 10
