Are you a lover of S’mores Bars?

I love the ingredients of s’mores bars. What’s not to like with graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows?

But, I don’t actually like the usual way of making them where you start with a graham cracker, add a square of a Hershey bar, and then squeeze on a big melting marshmallow with another graham cracker. I find that method to be too inconsistent and I don’t like that much graham cracker in every bite.

So imagine my delight when I came across this recipe for baked smores bars!

Yes, you read that correctly.

In this delicious and fun-to-make smores bars recipe the final product is more of a smore cake! (In fact, this is what I have every December 9 for my birthday cake as it’s so DELICIOUS!!!).

Here is the finished recipe for the most DELICIOUS S’Mores Bars (“cake”). It’s made with a delicious, graham cracker crust that’s been softened by melted butter and sugar (sigh!).

Then a chocolate mixture is concocted from sweetened condensed milk (need I say more?) combined with melted dark chocolate and a tiny bit of vanilla extract.

Next, this chocolate is evenly covered with a layer of mini marshmallows.

All this gets baked for a final few minutes to make the most delectable treat!

Smores Bars Recipe

Ingredients for S’mores Bars

8 whole graham crackers

6 Tablespoons of unsalted butter, melted

1/4 cup sugar

4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, cut into medium-sized chunks

1 can (14 ounces) of sweetened condensed milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups miniature marshmallows

Steps for S’mores Bars

1. Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Line a 13 x 9-inch pan with heavy-duty foil, leaving an overhang on two long sides to facilitate bar removal.
3. Spray the bottom of the pan with cooking spray.
4. Line the bottom of the pan with the graham crackers, trimming them as needed until they fit.
5. Mix melted butter and sugar in a small bowl and spread evenly over the graham crackers.
6. Bake until sugar bubbles, about 7 minutes.
7. Let cool on a rack until sugar hardens, about 5 minutes (Leave the oven on.)
8. While the graham cracker crust is hardening, heat the chocolate and condensed milk in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate melts.
9. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
10. Spread the chocolate mixture over the graham crackers. Sprinkle with marshmallows.
11. Return to the oven and bake until the marshmallows turn golden brown (watch closely), about 7 minutes.
12. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.
13. Use foil to lift the whole dessert from the pan. Cut into bars with a knife coated with vegetable spray.
14. Enjoy!!!

Yield: 16 bars

Delicious S'mores Bars

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Delicious fun-to-make s'mores bars recipe that is actually made in the oven instead of over the campfire.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 14 minutes

Additional Time 5 minutes

Total Time 29 minutes

Ingredients

• 8 whole graham crackers
• 6 Tablespoons of unsalted butter, melted
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, cut into medium-sized chunks
• 1 can (14 ounces) of sweetened condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups miniature marshmallows

Instructions

Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Line a 13 x 9-inch pan with heavy-duty foil, leaving an overhang on two long sides to facilitate bar removal.

Spray the bottom of the pan with cooking spray.

Line the bottom of the pan with the graham crackers, trimming them as needed until they fit.

Mix melted butter and sugar in a small bowl and spread evenly over the graham crackers.

Bake until sugar bubbles, about 7 minutes.

Let cool on a rack until sugar hardens, about 5 minutes (Leave the oven on.)

While the graham cracker crust is hardening, heat the chocolate and condensed milk in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate melts.

Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.

Spread the chocolate mixture over the graham crackers. Sprinkle with marshmallows.

Return to the oven and bake until the marshmallows turn golden brown (watch closely), about 7 minutes.

Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.

Use foil to lift the whole dessert from the pan. Cut into bars with a knife coated with vegetable spray.

Enjoy!!!

I hope you have enjoyed this recipe and I hope you are going to make it soon.  I love the flavors so much and I hope you do too.  

***This recipe is adapted from the really cool cookbook Pamela Anderson’s Perfect Recipes for Having People Over.  It’s a GEM of a cookbook!

XO,

Dr. Julie

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