Savory Campfire S'mores
Charcuterie board stacked on a cracker, with the cheese melted over coals on a roasting stick.
- calories
- 430
- weight
- 4.5 oz
- cal / oz
- 96
- protein
- 18 g
- serves
- 4, scales
- prep
- 10 min
- cook
- 3 min
- total time
- 13 min
- water
- none
- cost
- $$
Calorie and protein figures are my own estimates, good enough for planning a food bag and not meant as precise nutrition data.
- Snack
- Campfire coals
- Car camping
- Basecamp
- Eat in the bag
- Grab and go
- Needs a cooler
- Basic
Ingredients
| Babybel rounds or mini brie | 8 rounds | wax coating keeps them intact in the cooler |
|---|---|---|
| Salami slices | 16 slices | |
| Ham slices | 8 slices | |
| Breton crackers | 16 | any sturdy round cracker works |
| Jam or chutney | 1/4 cup | fig, raspberry, or a spicy chutney |
| Bread and butter pickles | 1/2 cup | drained |
| Hot honey | 2 tbsp | |
| Everything bagel seasoning | 1 tbsp |
Method
- Let the fire burn down. You want coals with a steady glow, not flames.
- Set out the crackers, meat, pickles, and jars where you can reach them one-handed.
- Peel a cheese round and push it onto a roasting stick, flat side against the point so it does not spin.
- Hold it over the coals, six inches up, turning slowly. Thirty seconds to a minute. Pull it the moment the edges slump.
- Slide the cheese onto a cracker with the back of a knife. Stack salami, ham, and a pickle slice on top.
- Add a dab of jam, a drizzle of hot honey, and a pinch of bagel seasoning. Eat it standing up.
This is a charcuterie board with one step added: the cheese gets hot. Melting is the whole point, so treat it like a marshmallow that punishes impatience. Flame chars the outside before the middle softens and the round slides off into the ashes. Coals give you even heat and enough time to watch for the slump.
Everything else is cold and does no work over the fire, which is why the assembly is laid out first. The pickles and jam are there for acid and sugar against three salty ingredients. Drop either one and it reads as a mouthful of fat and salt. Cheese and cured meat need a cooler, so this stays a car-camping snack.
Packing
Cheese, meat, and pickles ride in the cooler. Crackers go in a hard container or they turn to gravel. Jam and hot honey travel best in small squeeze bottles.
Variations
- Cap it with a second cracker if you want the s'more shape. It is harder to eat.
- Swap the jam for whole grain mustard and skip the honey for a sharper version.
- Provolone or a firm cheddar melts slower and is less likely to drop off the stick.
https://campfirefoodie.com/savory-smores-viral-camping-recipe