S’mores Bars
by Jun 21st, 2010 // Desserts, Recipes
S’mores Bars
If ever there was an irresistibly delicious dessert THIS IS IT. The recipe comes from my friend Mindy’s mom, Peg. Peg, I think you might owe me a years worth of personal training sessions because I cannot stop eating these! They taste just like s’mores only more sinful. As you might imagine, they are incredibly sweet. So much so that I’ll definitely be using dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate the next go-round.
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- Unwrapping the butter.
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- Creaming the butter and sugar.
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- Measuring out baking powder.
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- Perfectly sized chocolate bars.
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- Spreading the fluff.
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- S’mores Bars!
The best part this recipe is that it contains marshmallow fluff. The nostalgia alone was amazing, but being able to introduce this “food” to my kid made it all worth while. He was fascinated by it and also loved using the electric mixer. The trickiest part is the top layer which needs to be shingled on so as not to disturb the fluff. We had to do some serious teamwork to get that right. Now for the recipe…
S’More Bars Recipe
Prep Time: 15 mins Cooking Time: 30 to 35 mins
Ingredients:
1 stick of butter, room temperature
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 king-sized milk chocolate bars
1 large egg
1 1/2 cups marshmallow creme/fluff
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs (~7 full-sized graham cracker sheets, processed til fine)
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan. Use an electric mixer to cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Set aside. Meanwhile,whisk together flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder and salt. Slowly add flour mixture to the creamed butter mixture until combined. Divide dough in half and press half of dough into an even layer on the bottom of the prepared pan.
Place chocolate bars over dough. 2 king-sized Hershey’s bars should fit perfectly side by side.
Spread chocolate with marshmallow creme or fluff. Place remaining dough in a single layer on top of the fluff (most easily achieved by flattening the dough into small shingles and laying them together). Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until lightly browned. Be sure to cool completely before cutting into bars. Makes 16 squares.
Cool completely before cutting into bars
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oh my goodness, those look absolutely amazing!
Yummy! I want to make these this weekend!
droooooooooooooooooooooooooooling.
please visit the office today – and bring those with you!
These look amazing! Do they last a couple of days? I am working on my 4th of July menu and I would love to make these a day or two in advance.
This is my first visit to your blog, and I love the title and concept behind it along with the precious photos of your child's little hand on the chocolate. Too cute! These bars look amazing, and I'm not even that crazy about marshmallows.
If you can resist eating them then they should be just fine made a day or two in advance. I actually think they taste better the next day. The only problem was that I could NOT STOP eating them.
Let me know how they turn out!
Oh my goodness!!! These are fantastic! I would agree that they are better the next day. I couldn't keep the spoon out of them…perfect for summer and much better than regular S'mores! Thank you for the recipe!
OK, now I have to make these. My waistline will not survive this blog-browsing habit of mine.
I've been looking through yours for the past 30 minutes–great stuff! Nice photos, too!
I found this recipe a long time ago on Lovin From the Oven: http://www.lovintheoven.com/2008/12/day-11-smores…. They are delicious. But mine always seem to ooze out too much when I cut them. Do you have that problem? I love this recipe, and would love some suggestions to fix it, because mine are always a delicious ooey gooey mess.
I've found the easiest way to put the top layer of dough on, is to trace around the baking dish with a pencil onto parchment paper. Flip the parchment paper over, so that your dough won't touch the pencil markings, but you can still see them. Then flatten the dough with your hands on the parchment paper, filling the shape of your outline. Then lift up the parchment paper with dough on it and flip it upside down onto the top of the marshmallow fluff. It works pretty well.
I find that it works out OK if you wait until they are cooled all the way. If they are at all warm they are too gooey to cut. Thanks for the topping tips.
Just tried these yesterday and since I don't have a printer right now, I wandered back and forth to the computer from the kitchen and inadvertently put the fluff down before the chocolate. Oops. But, I found that it was simple to put the top layer on top of the chocolate and I can't imagine the order of the chocolate and fluff matters at all. So you might want to try putting them down fluff first. These were a huge hit! Thanks for sharing.
Good to know it works either way. Just reading your comment makes me want to make another batch. Danger-zone!
I just put mine in the oven and can't wait to taste it! I did the first dough layer, then marshmallow fluff, then the chocolate. I used one bar of Hersheys and one bar of semi-sweet. I crushed them up and sprinkled over the marshmallow. I figured using one of each would cut down a little on the sweetness. For my top dough layer I pressed it out on a piece of waxed paper and then turned it over on top. It worked perfectly. Thank you for the recipe, I'm s'mores crazy and I love how easy this was to make!
These are SO good! I also put the marshmallow down first, then the chocolate and it was super easy. Everybody I served these to loved them! Thanks so much!
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Just made these- THE best twist on s'mores I've ever experienced. I used dark chocolate, and am glad, milk would've been too sweet… me and the boyfriend both thank you for the awesome idea!
I didnt have any chocolate bars, so I sifted the chocolate chips out of two bags of brownie mix! Haha, also no marshmallow creme so I used mini marshmallows insted =)—> In the oven now! Hope they turn out well =]
We made these last night – mmm, but really sweet. Going to use marshmallows next time instead of fluff. Thanks for the recipes!
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Omg these look so darn yummy. I have been on a diet for over six weeks now and have any chocolate or anything sweet. I think if I were to make these I would be allowed to bend the rules for once. mmmmm!
Oh my goodness…these look heavenly!