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These…are….AMAZING! I’m making some tomorrow for the third time this month. I did have to trim my Hershey bars some, but that was NBD. These treats are dangerously delicious, and I’ve had several people ask for the recipe.
Sometimes I just can’t stop thinking about dessert. Sometimes, as in 365 days a year.
I don’t stand a chance focusing on an-ee-thing for one second when I have images of buttery graham cracker cookie dough layered with chocolate, peanut butter, and marshmallow cream running through my brain. And drool running down my chin. And legit chocolate stains on my white spring jacket. Hmph. So much for being fresh and cute.
I’ve thought of these Peanut Butter S’mores Bars at least 7 times today and it’s been a week since I actually made them.
NO! Don’t arrest me just because I withheld this recipe from you for one week. I have excuses. I’ve been crying, eating chocolate chips and watching World Down Syndrome day videos. I’ve been updating my Facebook timeline stuffs. Totally essential. I’ve been smooshing my face into this sweet potato joy like, once every hour. I’ve been releasing my food photography eBook – Tasty Food Photography! So there.
No, you’re right. There’s really no excuse. It’s a crime that I withheld such a life-changing recipe for even ONE HOUR, much less 5 days.
I’m…sorry?
Make them tonight, tomorrow, and forever, and I bet you’ll be able to forgive and forget.
Me, not the bars.
You don’t seriously think you can forget these babies, do you?
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Peanut Butter S’mores Bars
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 12 1x
Description
These s’mores bars have peanut butter layered in between marshmallow fluff, chocolate, and a graham cookie base. Just like s’mores!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 graham crackers, crushed into fine crumbs
- 2 Giant Hershey’s milk chocolate bars, 7 ounces each
- 1 jar marshmallow cream, 7 ounces
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a square baking dish with parchment paper.
- Beat the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and mix well. Add the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir in the graham cracker crumbs.
- Press 2/3 of the dough into the bottom of the baking dish. Press the chocolate bars on top of the dough. They should make an even layer in an 8×8 pan. Melt the peanut butter for about 30 seconds in the microwave and drizzle it over the chocolate bars.
- Spread the marshmallow cream over the chocolate and peanut butter.
- Roll the remaining 1/3 dough onto the chocolate foil wrappers (or some other nonstick surface). When you’ve made an even square, gently peel it off and press it on top of the marshmallow cream.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown on top. Let cool for best serving results (see notes).
Notes
For best cutting and serving results, i.e. the least amount of gooey mess, let cool 12 hours (I let mine cool overnight). Remove parchment paper and slice with a knife, wiping it down between each slice to remove the lovely mallow fluff.
I baked for 30 minutes and the edges got a teeny bit dry. The non-edge pieces were perfect, though. If your oven runs hot (like mine) I’d go for closer to 25 minutes bake time.
I used crunchy peanut butter!
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: peanut butter smores bars, smores bars, s’mores dessert bars
Thanks to Deea from Sprinkle Some Sunshine for the recipe inspiration!
You guys. It’s the weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <- I promise to never do that again.
Whatever you do this weekend, DON’T SEND ME A PAN OF THESE BARS. Don’t do it. No, really. Don’t.
I think about dessert 24/7 so I can completely relate… and I’ll be thinking about these until I make them!
I seriously don’t know how you do all sweets on your blog. I would DIE of sugar. I’m just glad you do it! 🙂
You are ACTUALLY inside my brain. I’ve been thinking of making bars exactly like this all week. Now I don’t even need to come up with a recipe myself! Happy Friday 🙂
When you said that yesterday in your email, my jaw dropped!! Glad this fit the bill (EXACTLY) for you! 🙂
I don’t know if I can let these cool for 12 hours. I think by hour 2, I’ll be sitting on the kitchen floor with a spoon and a pan of these. Which is okay with me.
I cut out a large chunk of the pan while it was still gooey and melty and dedicated it to myself for immediate eating. It’s a miracle I was able to save enough of the pan for the cooled bars!
These look dangerous! Yum!
So glad I’m not the only one who thinks about dessert constantly…and who cannot not make what she’s been dreaming about for days or even weeks. (For me it was gingerbread with a lemon glaze…and rhubarb muffins…and rhubarb sauce…Oh dear. I should have packed these in my lunch.)
These look fantastic!
I cannot even HANDLE this right now. Oh my goodness. I seriously need some excuse to make these immediately. …April Fools Day?
These look ridiculously amazingly awesome!
Also, I enjoyed reading your ebook! I’ve been doing this for awhile and I still feel like a came away with a few great tips/reminders! I love feeling inspired:-)
Wow – thanks Becky. Your photography always looks great – I’m glad that you found it useful! 🙂
Ohh, I was in love with these when I saw you post on Instagram. Great photos and they look so appetizing!
Gosh, I guess I was thinking about these all day yesterday, too! 🙂
I honestly don’t really like S’mores that much (I know) but I can’t stop staring at these…
These are awesome, what a fun treat! Sometimes something just sticks so much in your mind that you must make it, I totally relate!
Ohhhh golly. I can relate to your sweet cravings like many of your readers and I’m a huge peanut butter and chocolate person so these pictures make my brain to a big ol happy dance. I love that everything is baked together so that it turns out all warm and gooey. I’d try these with dark chocolate. mm!
I thought of that too! I think it’d be awesome.
this is awesome. this is going on my dessert menu plan for sure!! i love all the ingredients in this, especially the PB!! yum!
I think I just died.
I have a couple recipes for smores bars; both use PB, marshmallows, and one uses graham crackers, one uses golden grahams. Yours is next on my to-make list. It looks AMAZING!!
Love the idea of golden grahams! You’ve always got the best bars and cookies Averie!
I’m afraid I may not be able to stop thinking about this image today. YUM!
It will be worse once you actually make them. Much worse. (In a delicious way, of course.)
THIS LOOKS AMAZING! Oh my gosh, so delicious! 🙂 Definitely will need to give this recipe a try!
These look incredible!!! What a great dessert.
Thanks Katherine!
OH. MY. GOODNESS. Heaven!! By the way, I mentioned your book in my blog today, and I know at least one person who headed right over to get it. It has been a major topic of conversation in my little new bloggers group.
That’s awesome! Thanks Brianne! You should consider becoming an affiliate… You’d get half of the sales that you refer to our site! 🙂
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These look so yummy and relatively easy! I am so excited about your book!
They were way easier than I thought they would be! Double win!
OMGosh! You ARE a sweets GENIUS! The addition of pb puts these over the edge! TFS! 🙂
🙂 Thanks for the inspiration Deea!
Oh, I would definitely be eating these warm with a spoon. Wow.
OMG, these look amazing! My favorite sandwich is peanut butter Nutella, marshmallow creme. This is almost exactly it but in S’more form. Genius!
Gahhh that sounds so good!!
I don’t think I need to be told twice to make these! I made s’mores with peanut butter cups when I went camping with my husband almost two years ago…and it’s the only thing that drags me out into the woods now 🙂 He might be disappointed to find they can be recreated in my kitchen!
I came here from Natalie Pozniak’s blog to drool over your Chicken Tamale Pie…. I plan on printing many recipes!
Your photos are enticing, appealing, gorgeous…I could go on and on. Glad I found your site. I will be back often.
Thanks Joan! 🙂
Ohhhh these look absolutely incredible. Marshmallows, chocolate and PB?! Amazing.
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