Almost As Good As A Pot O' Gold

The whirlwind has ebbed somewhat, since all those sweethearts finished up their candy shopping. Now we’re looking forward to St. Patrick’s Day! As fun as it is, and as much as we enjoy all of the kelly green and sassy slogans, we have a feeling this holiday won’t keep us quite as busy.

But S’muffins go great with beer! (well…sorta…) We have some absolutely adorable St. Patrick’s day designs to give your s’mores treats some luck o’ the Irish. Give us a call to place your custom order!

Aside from that, we always have an event or two on the roster. Coming up on March 8th, Planned Parenthood Los Angeles is holding their annual Food Fare. We’re only one of many food sponsors, and we’ll be side-by-side with the likes of Lucques, AOC, Boa, The Spice Table, Sushi Roku, Craft, Momed and Drago Centro. If it sounds like we’re boasting, it’s because we are! We couldn’t feel more proud to be part of an event started by Julia Child back in 1979, which is now raising very needed funds so men, women and teens can receive services like breast exams, diagnostic services, education, and routine medical check-ups.

For a complete list of sponsors and to buy tickets to Planned Parenthood Food Fare, click here.

Hope to see you there. ‘Til then, here’s wishin’ a bit o’ luck o’ the Irish to ya!

This is the time of year when everything feels a little more festive and (dare we say it?) – fun. Here at Gotta Have S’more, we’re enjoying the cooler weather and getting into the Halloween spirit just like everyone else, although our bakeries have been working double-duty; in addition to our fall Pumpkin Ganache & Milk Chocolate S’muffins, Carmen has been whipping up party favours for Maddie’s preschool. The little ones probably won’t get the pumpkin ganache – but the parents sure will! Since Maddie is dressing up like a baker this year, these party favours are pretty perfect (can’t you just see her, fresh from our bakeries, (of course), with baskets of cookie bouquets and chocolate-y s’muffins?). Delish!

But it’s not all Halloween spirit – we’re getting into the spirit of connection, too. We’re big fans of a group called Bag Lady Promotions, a networking group of women in business and “mompreneurs” – from sugar cookies to tough cookies; we want to help guide all of them, before their cookies start to crumble…

Started in 2008 by Laura Medina-Filipowicz, BLP is aimed toward helping women at all stages of building their business – and we were at this year’s event, at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood, on October 23. Hopefully we connected with you there – we were offering samples of our s’muffins. Networking and elegant dessert – now that’s a party! If we didn’t see you this time, we look forward to meeting you at the next event.

And speaking of sampling our S’muffins: We hope to keep making s’more and s’more of them (get it?). Intuit’s Love a Local Business is one way for us to do this. From the website:

“Each month, we’ll be giving away three $25,000 prizes to deserving local businesses! One of these businesses will be selected to have their grant doubled to $50,000!”

We could do a lot with $25,000 (even more with $50,000…). If you love us and if you love our S’muffins, please show that love to help us win this grant. Sometimes, small things can make a big difference. This is one of those times. (Follow the link for more details – and thank you from the graham cracker bottom of our toasted marshmallow hearts…)

Enjoy this beautiful fall weather, sneak a couple more sweet treats, take lots of pictures of your kids in costume. Get into the Halloween spirit, get connected, spread the love. Everything moves so quickly these days; the year is almost at an end! And so are our Pumpkin Ganache & Milk Chocolate S’muffins – they’ll be gone before you know it; order some now for your Thanksgiving plans

(And don’t forget to vote for us as your favorite local business! Thank you!)

A few weeks ago my best friend Alycia Denham, founder of Yogahitch, and I treated ourselves to a little girls night out at the PS Arts  LA Antique Show opening night party.  We had a fabulous time!  At one point we were two feet away from Heidi Klum! Alycia said, “I’ve never felt shorter, fatter and uglier than at this moment”!  She’s nuts, Alycia is gorgeous!  Check out our pics, once again the S’muffins were a hit!  

Carmen Lindner, founder of Gotta Have S’more & Alycia Monet Denham of Yogahitch