If someone says, "Come hang out with us at a bonfire"...

did I invite you??!
We're having one next weekend. weenie roast, watermelon, smores, chips, beer, wine, pop for the kids. If that doesn't make you happy then I don't think we can be friends. LOL

Nothing. Around here you usually bring your own stuff.

I've been to a couple and there's usually water, soda, and beer for those that drink alcohol. Snacks are chips, marshmallows to roast and s'more supplies.

I would have pop and bottled water. You can send whatever pop is left home with them. Snacks, I would have chips, pretzels, chex mix type stuff, and either brownies, cookies, or the stuff for S'mores.

I'd have pop, water, beer, smores, chips, and hot dogs.

Thanks!  

If it's only adults we just sit around and drink. Everyone usually brings their own. if there are kids we have stuff for s'mores. I live on a lake, so we have them often.

I always have hot dogs to roast and big kielbasa chunks to roast too. (SO GOOD!) Then of course, we do hobo pies!!! So bread, butter, pie fillings/pizza fillings/smore fillings on hand to make these.

If you don't know what those are:  you need a pie iron. Then you butter the bread (like you would a grilled cheese) and fill the non buttered side with whatever filling you want. We usually have blueberry, cherry and Pumpkin pie fillings, pepperoni, sliced mushrooms and shredded cheese for pizza ones, and then marshmallows and chocolate for smores ones. You put the sandwich butter side up into the hobo pie maker (or pie iron) and put it into the COALS (NOT THE FLAME!) for about 2 minutes. We spray the pie iron with pam so it doesn't stick!

When you open it, it should be all toasty and sealed like a mini pie. SOOOO Yummy. We lived on them as kids at the trailer.

Sausages.

 Normally if we're having a bonfire it's after dinner so we'd have stuff for s'mores. It's typically the neighbors that meander over when they see the fire going (no invites needed) and they're usually carrying their beverage of choice already. But we usually will ask if they want another beer or if they need a bottle of water.

Bon fires gives me the munchies too! I always bring our own snacks and drinks, but they almost always have the basics there. Beer, wine, coke (um, soda), lots of water. Then chips and cookies for snacks.

We must be weird cause we've never had s'mores at any of the bon fires we've been to.

If you do s'mores, have something else as well. Not everyone likes s'mores. I hate the things. Maybe some cookies or mini cupcakes. I'd also have soft drinks to offer, but being Southern, we tend to have at least something from every drink category and way too much food for get togethers!

Do you have a wire basket popcorn popper for open flames? I can't think of the "proper" name for it. That might be fun.

ETA:  WalMart has one for about $15!  Campfire popper!

We do our bonfires at the beach and alcohol is prohibited so I usually serve s'mores and hot dogs if people are coming at dinnertime. I tell people to bring their own drinks and other snacks to share if they want to but so far everyone's been pretty happy with the s'mores which are more for the fun of marshmallow roasting. If I were home I'd provide more but we also haul out the wood and chairs so people need to pitch in if they want more stuff.