This summer, you can find amazing s'more desserts at a number of D.C. area bakeries and restaurants. And the best part is, there's no need to light a campfire.
WASHINGTON — Aug. 10 is National S’more Day, but really, why limit indulging in the chocolate treat to one day?
This summer, you can find amazing s’more desserts at a number of D.C. area bakeries and restaurants. And the best part is, there’s no need to light a campfire.
Bite into a s’mores cupcake at Buzz Bakeshop ‘s Arlington and Alexandria locations. It’s a chocolate cupcake with a graham cracker crust, filled with marshmallow buttercream and topped with chocolate buttercream.
(Courtesy Buzz Bakeshop)
Courtesy Buzz Bakeshop
Alexandria’s Buzz Bakeshop is serving a s’mores pudding cup, made with 66 percent Valrhona chocolate pudding, layered with a graham cracker crust and topped with torched marshmallow.
(Courtesy Buzz Bakeshop)
Courtesy Buzz Bakeshop
Want to make them yourself? Pick up a s’mores kit at Rare Sweets in City Center. The kit ($20, feeds six people) is filled with house-made marshmallows, house-made graham crackers and a bar of chocolate.
(Courtesy Rachel Lyn Photography/Rare Sweets)
Courtesy Rachel Lyn Photography/Rare Sweets
Petite Loulou in Purcellville, Virginia, is doing a s’mores crepe. The base is a graham cracker batter creates, which is filled with milk chocolate, marshmallows and topped with a toasted marshmallow.
(Courtesy Petite Loulou)
Courtesy Petite Loulou
At Convivial , diners will find s’mores in the form of a warm chocolate cake, crumbled along with graham crackers and meringue for texture. On top is chocolate ice cream, a drizzle of salted caramel and a thin layer of house made toasted marshmallow.
(Courtesy Convivial/Scott Suchman)
Courtesy Convivial/Scott Suchman
Eat s’mores for breakfast with the French toast s’mores at Co Co. Sala . Cinnamon brioche is stuffed with house-made marshmallow, dark chocolate and graham shortbread. It’s served with a warm banana compote and milk chocolate mousse.
(Courtesy CoCo Sala)
Courtesy CoCo Sala
The smoked s’more from Bourbon Steak in the Four Seasons Hotel is made of chocolate praline mousse, marshmallow, toasted marshmallow ice cream and hazelnut streusel. It’s smoked under a cloche with the smoldering ember of a wood-burning grill, giving it that campfire smokiness.
(Courtesy Bourbon Steak)
Courtesy Bourbon Steak
Tiffany MacIssac’s “happy camper” at Buttercream Bakeshop is a nostalgic riff on a s’more done in bar form. It’s made with crispy graham crumble, fudge, 72 percent chocolate ganache and homemade honey-vanilla marshmallow fluff.
(Courtesy Buttercream Bakeshop)
Courtesy Buttercream Bakeshop
Fare Well on H Street has a non-dairy s’mores shake, made with vanilla coconut ice cream and blended with graham crackers, house-made marshmallow fluff and drizzled with chocolate for $8.
(Courtesy Fare Well)
Courtesy Fare Well