Peanut Butter S'mores Bars Recipe

Peanut Butter S’mores Bars

Kelly Senyei
30 June 30, 2014
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S’mores for every season? You better believe it, because we’re skipping the sticks and steering clear of the campfires with the ultimate s’mores bars that marry my go-to blondies recipe with crushed Graham Crackers, chopped Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and oven-toasted marshmallows.

Why we tend to only enjoy the Graham-mallow-chocolate trio in warmer months remains a mystery to me. It’s as if a marshmallow can only achieve perfect s’morification when suspended over an outdoor flame. But as I recently discovered, this couldn’t be further from the truth.

Peanut Butter S'mores Bars #recipe

The only fire you need to make these Peanut Butter S’mores Bars happen in your home comes straight from the oven, which does double-duty baking and then broiling the bars to guarantee the mallows are toasted and golden, just like the campfire classic.

And so with this recipe, I’d like to start a s’mores revolution. A s’morevolution, if you will. I aim to no longer make s’mores a snack confined to summer. I hereby declare Peanut Butter S’mores Bars a 365-days-a-year treat. No sticks, no campfire, no problem. [rss-cut]

Peanut Butter S'mores Bars #recipe

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Peanut Butter S’mores Bars

PREP: 15 minutes
COOK: 35 MINUTES
YIELD: 16 bars

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cupsugar
1 cuppacked light brown sugar
2large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoonspure vanilla extract
2 cupsall-purpose flour
1 teaspoonsalt
1 1/2 cupschopped Reeese's Peanut Butter Cups
1 cupcrushed Graham Cracker pieces
1 1/2 cupsmini marshmallows

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350ºF.

Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper so there's an overhang on two sides. Coat the paper with cooking spray.

In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk together the melted butter with the sugar and light brown sugar until smooth, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs and vanilla and whisk until combined.

Remove the bowl from the stand mixer and stir in the flour and salt just until incorporated. Stir in 1 cup of the chopped Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and 1/2 cup of the crushed Graham Cracker pieces.

Scrape the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove the pan from the oven and top the bars with the remaining 1/2 cup Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, remaining 1/2 cup Graham Cracker pieces and mini marshmallows.

Set the oven to broil. Return the pan to oven, 3 to 4 inches from the flame, and broil the bars until the marshmallows are toasted. Remove the pan from the oven and allow bars to cool completely in pan.

Once the bars have cooled, remove them using the parchment paper overhang. Slice into 16 squares and serve.

Recipe by Kelly Senyei of Just a Taste. Please do not reprint this recipe without my permission. If you'd like to feature this recipe on your site, please rewrite the method of preparation and link to this post as the original source.

Categories: Desserts, Recipes

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