If you’re like me, s’mores are a bit too messy. I end up breaking the graham cracker with the first bite and crumbs go flying everywhere, and inevitably I inhale a crumb and start choking because I’m a colossal dope who can’t breathe properly. In other words, I hate graham crackers. Cookies are better. Give me a cookie any day!
Jim, on the other hand, loves s’mores. Chocolate and marshmallow are his kind of dessert. So I took our combined needs and came up with a treat that exchanges graham cracker with cookie crust and has chocolate and marshmallow! And peanut butter!
Here in the Midwest, bars are a big part of dessert culture. We go beyond brownies. I hope you enjoy these s’more bars, and look out for more bar recipes soon!
Jimmy’s S’more Bars
Serves: 50
Prep time: 20 minutes
Bake time: 20 minutes
Nutrition: 90 calories per serving
4 g fat
14 g carbs
0.5 g protein
Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 stick of butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking powder dissolved in 1 tsp water
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
5 oz Jet-Puffed Mini Marshmallows (half a bag!)
1/4 cup peanut butter
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Cream butter and sugars until soft and fluffy. (Either a hand mixer or a standing mixer are fine!)
3. Add egg, vanilla, baking powder dissolved in water, and salt. Beat on low, slowly adding the flour until the dough forms.
4. Line an 8 x 8 baking pan with parchment paper. Split dough in half and spread one half in an even, flat layer on the parchment paper in the pan.
5. Lift the spread dough out of the pan and set it aside. This will be the top layer of the bar.
6. Repeat step 4 with the other half of the dough.
7. Toss chocolate chips on top of the dough in the pan.
8. Add the marshmallows on top of the chocolate chips.
9. Spread an even layer of peanut butter on the dough that was set aside.
10. Flip the dough onto the marshmallow layer and peel off the parchment paper.
11. Bake for 20 minutes. Cool completely (chill, even!) before cutting.