Favorite camping recipes, family stories, and outdoor cooking ideas from the people of Hilltop Camper & RV.
The Hilltop Camping Cookbook is a growing collection of favorite camping recipes from Hilltop Camper & RV employees and their families. These are the meals, snacks, desserts, and campsite traditions that make RV trips, campfires, and Minnesota weekends even more memorable.
Start with these Hilltop family favorites for your next camping trip. From easy campfire desserts to first-night campsite dinners, these recipes are made for RV weekends, family cookouts, and meals shared around the fire.
Campfire Dessert
Submitted by: JP and Amelia Poulin
A fresh strawberry-and-pineapple twist on a classic campfire s'more, born from a memorable Minnesota camping trip. The story: a muggy June weekend at Taylors Falls Campground.
First-Night Favorite
Submitted by: Jordan Smith
Orange-marinated chicken kabobs, seasoned vegetables, and foil-wrapped potatoes cooked right in the coals. The story: Jordan's go-to meal for the first night of camping.
As more employees share their favorite camping meals, this page can grow into a full recipe library organized by dish type, meal occasion, and campsite cooking style.
Pancakes, skillets, coffee favorites, and early-morning campsite meals.
Kabobs, foil packs, grilled meals, and recipes made for the fire.
S'mores, desserts, fruit ideas, and kid-friendly camping favorites.
Make-ahead recipes that help families spend less time cooking.
See the full Campfire Cookbook Safety Note at the bottom of this page.
Hilltop Camper & RV has helped Minnesota families make camping memories for 75 years. This cookbook celebrates the meals, traditions, and people that make those trips special.
Explore Hilltop's history, learn what makes the dealership experience different, or start shopping for the camper that will take your family to the next campfire.
A growing collection of favorite camping recipes from Hilltop Camper & RV employees and their families. Each recipe includes the ingredients, step-by-step instructions and the campsite story behind it.
Hilltop Camper & RV employees and their families. The first recipes come from JP and Amelia Poulin and from Jordan Smith.
Skip the chocolate. Layer thinly sliced fresh strawberry and pineapple on half a graham cracker, add a marshmallow roasted golden brown over the campfire, then top it with the other cracker half. Get the full Little S'more on the Way recipe.
Try Jordan's Orange Chicken Kabobs and Hobos. Marinate the chicken in orange juice for at least 12 hours and cut the vegetables ahead of time, so campsite prep is easy on night one.
Hobos are foil packs of cubed potatoes, onions, mushrooms and butter, wrapped tightly in aluminum foil and cooked directly in the hot coals for about 30 minutes, or until the potatoes are soft.
Yes. As more employees share their favorite camping meals, the cookbook will grow into a full recipe library with breakfast ideas, campfire dinners, sweet treats and easy prep meals. Hilltop employees and their families can email recipes to [email protected].
Follow your campground's rules for campfires, grills, propane, charcoal, food storage, cleanup and fire safety. Never leave heat sources unattended, and fully extinguish flames and coals when you are finished.
Hilltop Camper & RV has four Minnesota stores: Alexandria, Brainerd, Fridley and Rochester. The family-owned dealership was founded in 1951 and celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2026.
Whether your favorite camping meal is cooked over the fire, packed for the road, or made inside your camper, Hilltop Camper & RV can help you get back outside and make more memories.
Hilltop Camper & RV proudly serves RV shoppers and owners across Minnesota from Alexandria, Brainerd, Fridley, and Rochester.
