s'mores bars - uhwoah.

so these girls in my dorm last year started a food blog called Nosh&Tell...and it's kind of really awesome. they usually bake and cook themselves, but occasionally they'll write restaurant reviews from nyc and their hometowns. i have a feeling i'll be borrowing a few of their recipes for my own blog in the future, but this one was just too good to pass up. these s'mores bars look totally ridiculous and they don't sound all that difficult to make either. granted, i haven't exactly tried making them myself, but i will soon enough! if you decide to make them, please let me know how it goes. 

S'mores Bars

From Lovin' from the Oven (adapted to fit a 13x9 inch pan)

3/4 cup of butter (1 1/2 sticks) room temperature

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 cup sugar*

2 large eggs*

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 2/3 cup all purpose flour

2 cups graham cracker crumbs*

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

3 giant sized milk chocolate bars (I used Hershey's)

1 7.5 oz jar of marshmallow fluff (or more if you want a thicker layer of marshmallow)

*Healthy Swaps: 3/4 cup of sugar as opposed to 1 full cup, egg whites instead of whole eggs (2 egg whites per egg called for), and crushed Low Fat graham crackers for my graham cracker crumbs.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13x9 inch baking pan.

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light. Beat in egg and vanilla. In a separate medium sized bowl whisk together flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder, and salt. Add to butter mixture and mix until combined (use low speed on electric mixer).

Divide dough in half. Press half of the dough into an even layer on the bottom of the prepared pan. Place the chocolate bars in a layer on top of the dough. I fit two giant Hershey bars side by side and then almost all of the third one, I had to take off one column of squares on the third Hershey bar and then laid it next to the other two. Whatever kind you use, if necessary break the chocolate to get it to fit in a single layer over the graham cracker. Spread marshmallow fluff over chocolate layer. Place remaining dough in a single layer on top of the fluff (most easily achieved by flattening the dough with your hands into small square shingles and laying them together). 

Bake for 30-35 minutes until lightly browned. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

-makes around 28 depending how big you cut them.

http://noshandtell.blogspot.com/