My first reaction when I saw smore maker was, “How cute!” I found myself drawn more the the Hershey’s Kiss-shaped fondue maker because I could see myself making a variety of fondue. However, my kids would enjoy using both appliances.

The smore maker is designed to look just like a marshmallow sitting on a Hershey’s candy bar. It comes with four marshmallow forks, heating elements, and a plate to hold your fondue or smore ingredients. You can get the original smore maker, without the bonus.

Food preparation is a snap with the Braun Multiquick Handblender. Its 400-watt motor puts most hand mixers and traditional blenders to shame, enabling you to crush ice and hard foods in as little as 10 seconds, thanks to the Turbo speed setting. It comes with three snap-on stainless steel attachments: a blender, chopper, and a whisk.

Use it to blend smoothies, chop vegetables, mix a light cookie batter, whisk egg whites into a tasty custard, etc. At $63, this is a good investment, for everything that Braun includes with this appliance. I plan to test it out.

These cutting boards were designed for two reasons: compact storage and hygiene. Made of heavy duty thin plastic (approx. 1/16″) with a silicone backing, you can chop food with your sharpest knife without the board sliding all over the counter or the knife cutting through. They come in four colors, coded for a certain type of food.

Red for Meat, Green for Vegetables, Orange for Poultry, and Blue for Fish

Unless you’re cutting up several kinds of one group, you won’t have to wash between cutting sessions. This can help save time in food preparation. After you’re finished, clean them with mild soap or stick them in the top rack of your dishwasher. Then roll them up and put them away.