S’more to love in Breck: A campfire classic hits the streets

Kit Geary/Summit Daily News
The dream of owning a food truck together had been brewing in the minds of Amadeo Scalise and Sydney Schoenborn for a while by the time the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
While the aspiration lingered in their conversations, the two hadn’t pulled the trigger — that is — until a food truck was essentially thrown in their laps in 2021.
Scalise’s friend paid the two a visit and alerted them of a debacle he was in. He had just opened a food truck, but he didn’t want to miss out on a ski season working in it. So, he offered the two his business.

The friend’s food truck was a bit unconventional. It didn’t have the type of cuisine Scalise and Schoenborn thought they would be serving, but they accepted the offer almost immediately.
Finally the two had their food truck, and they were selling s’mores.
After a stint in St. Louis, Missouri, the pair moved to Colorado’s Front Range. They kept a truck in St. Louis and opened another in central Denver, but Scalise said he wasn’t done expanding to just those two locations.
“When I think about s’mores, I really think they belong in the mountains,” he said, noting he began sussing out different possibilities after making the move to Colorado.
That’s when he came across the opportunity to start a truck just a couple yards away from one of Colorado’s most renowned ski areas, Breckenridge Ski Resort.
The S’more Shack opened at the base of Peak 9 on Friday, Dec. 13.
Schoenborn said The S’more Shack isn’t offering your typical s’more. They craft elevated versions.
The handmade marshmallows at the shack are sandwiched between what she described as “not your average store-bought graham crackers.” Instead, the graham crackers are more of a graham cookie, and like the marshmallows, they are also made from scratch. The chocolate, instead of being in bar form as generally found in s’mores, is a homemade chocolate ganache.
Schoenborn said marshmallow flavors offered span beyond vanilla and include banana, pumpkin spice and Oreo.

Aside from six different s’more combinations, with more on the way, The S’more Shack also has biscuits and gravy, breakfast burritos, chili mac and cheese, spaghetti and meatballs and more on its menu. They also offer specials.
Schoenborn, who has a passion for ice cream, said she’s currently working on perfecting an ice cream s’more to introduce during the summertime. The two hope to have a storefront in the mountains one day, too.
When it comes to s’mores, prices range from $9 to $10. Breakfast items range from $8.60 to $10.99 and lunch items range from $5.99 to $15.99.

There is also a locals’ menu with discount prices for those who ask.
Scalise and Schoenborn will have the truck set up at the base of Peak 9, at 535 S. Park Ave., throughout the ski season. They also plan to be open during parts of the summer, mostly during weekends where events are happening.
The S’more Shack’s hours of operations are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Breakfast is served from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and s’mores are offered at all times. More information can be found at TheSmoreShack.com

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