National S'mores Day: Reese's Peanut Butter S'more

Happy National S'more's Day! How appropriate is it that my family was camping with friends the weekend before National S'more's Day.

We love s'mores and camping as often as we do affords us ample opportunities to create the perfect s'more. My perfect s'more has a fully toasted, maybe even slightly charred marshmallow hot enough to melt the chocolate.

Over the course of the summer we have experimented with different wafers, different marshmallows, and different chocolates. In theory I wanted a Reese's Peanut Butter S'more but I found that traditional Reese's Peanut Butter Cups did not melt the way I like them to.

This past weekend, just in time for National S'mores Day, we found these Reese's Peanut Butter bars that resembles Hershey's Chocolate bars. My immediate hope was that they would melt like a Hershey's Chocolate bar.

My wishes were granted and the Reese's bars did melt in the most perfect way! Crunchy graham cracker topped with a toasted hot marshmallow then two bars of Reese's Peanut Butter bars topped with another toasted hot marshmallow and another crunchy graham cracker.

Perfect!

And judging by how fast the bar was devoured I don't think I was the only one who fell in love with this new twist on an old campfire favorite.

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