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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Sweet Snacks!

What Summertime treat is just perfect around a campfire?

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S'mores!


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Sweet graham crackers, melt-y Hershey's chocolate, and gooey marshmallow join together for a tasty and messy dessert.  No one in the world could resist them...except for me.  I don't like S'mores.  Never have.  

You know, I'd always enjoy making S'mores but I never liked the taste or how they were so hard to eat!  I'd get halfway through one gooey sandwich and reach for the bag of marshmallows, because I love roasting marshmallows!

And what does this have to do with our wedding?


Our reception site has fire pits that are lit after dark!  And I thought it would be a brilliant idea to roast some marshmallows. The a few weeks ago, we learned from our site coordinator that Highlands offers S'mores as an option for a late night snack.  Nice...don't you just hate it when you find out that something you thought was original suddenly isn't?  Oh I totally thought that up? Oh, I didn't.

So I sheepishly mentioned that I was planning to bring in marshmallows on my own, since I don't care for S'mores (or melted chocolate near my dress for that matter).  And then she said that I could either bring them in myself or let them take care of it!



Hooray!  Of course I started working on the design of the marshmallow packaging right away, until Mr. M pulled the brakes on my plans.  There is a tiny cost difference if I make them on my own and there's a huge time crunch ahead of me.  Mr. Marmalade came to my rescue and insisted that we have our venue take care of the details, even if I could have come up with some really cool packaging (I totally could have).  I'm still going to make a sign for it, so there. 

But what a "sweet" way to end our night!  I can't wait to hang around the fire with friends and a flaming marshmallow at the end of my stick (I always burn them).  


Did you serve your guests any late night treats?  Am I the only person in the world who doesn't love S'mores?


3 comments:

  1. mmmm...s'mores. Your guests will love it! And since they don't spend their days looking at wedding blogs they will definitely think the idea is original!

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  2. That's such a great idea, and such a nice last-minute perk! I think it's smart to leave it up to the venue since your date is getting super close.. and I bet people will LOVE it. Heather's right - I'm betting most people will think it's the coolest thing EVER.

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  3. Cool idea. That sounds great hanging around the fire.

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