Easy S’mores Bars

Making s’mores by the fire is fun. It’s also super messy, someone always cries when their marshmallow falls in the fire or burns to a crisp or someone gets hurt with the pointy stick. Also, you need a fire. While this is one way memories are made, I decided to forgo the pain (ok and maybe some of the fun) and am making this delicious S’mores Bars recipe for the 4th of July this year.

You need:

Heavy Cream (1 cup)
Semi sweet chocolate chips (1 ½ cups)
Graham crackers (4 ounces or basically enough to cover the base of your pan once they are crumbled)
Sugar (2 TBS)
Melted butter (4 TBS)
Mini marshmallows (1 ½ cups)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Line 8X8 baking pan with parchment paper (tip, if you want the parchment to stick better, lightly spray the pan with butter)
Warm the heavy cream in a small pan over medium heat
Remove cream from heat when it begins to bubble at the edges
Slowly add in the chocolate chips, stirring as they melt until it becomes thick and well combined
Set aside that mixture to cool
Crush graham crackers into a pretty fine crumb into a bowl
Add in sugar and melted butter and mix all together
Bake graham crackers/sugar/butter mixture in the 350 degree oven for about 7 minutes
Let cool
Pour the chocolate chip/cream mixture over the crumbs and spread it out evenly
Place pan in fridge and allow to cool
Place the marshmallows on top (use as many as you’d like. I typically cover mine completely)
Place the pan in the oven on Broil setting until the marshmallows turn toasted (tip, do not leave unattended!)
Cut the bars into squares and enjoy!

TIPS:
I have also added or substituted Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (chop up a bit) and my kids love it!
I allow to cool before I cut making this a great make ahead dessert for parties!