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Pinned & prepped: No bake peanut butter s’mores bars

January 27, 2012 by Emily Hill 27 Comments

This week’s pinned & prepped Pinterest pin (say that quickly ten times) is a batch of no bake peanut butter s’mores bars from my food board. I was dying to make a yummy dessert, so I browsed my food pins to find something for which I had all the ingredients on hand.

And who doesn’t love peanut butter and chocolate? (If you don’t love peanut butter and chocolate, don’t tell me or we can’t be friends.)
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Source: thewannabechef.net via Emily on Pinterest

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Here’s my take on these s’mores bars (original recipe from The Wannabe Chef):

They’re extremely decadent and delicious.

The recipe calls for 16 graham crackers. We learned this means 8 sheets (16 squares). Guess how much fun it is to double the crust when you’ve already put it in an 8×8-inch pan? Super fun.

I could not get the chocolate to melt to a “smooth and runny” consistency with the butter. Trust me, I tried both in the microwave and over low heat on the stove. Just look at the casualties:

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melted chocolate

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Yep, that chocolate seized more than once.

Also, because my chocolate never got smooth and runny (i.e., pourable), I needed twice as much to cover the peanut butter and marshmallows in the pan. My advice? Double the amount of chocolate chips and melt them without the butter. (For info on how best to melt chocolate, check out this tutorial.) Then pour what you have over your marshmallows. It should look something like this after it’s set:

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peanut butter s'mores bars

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If it’s winter and you live in northern Utah, you can place the pan on the back porch for 10 minutes to set—maybe even less—and serve no bake peanut butter s’mores bars to the family in record time (after spending hours trying to get the *@#% chocolate melted).

And they’ll polish off an entire pan in one sitting. Trust me.

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peanut butter s'mores bars

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Ingredients you’ll need for this dish:

Graham crackers
Butter
Peanut butter
Powdered sugar
Mini marshmallows
Chocolate chips

You’ll also need a double batch if you want any leftovers for breakfast—I mean, dessert—the next day.

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Previous pinned & prepped recipes:

  • Tomato basil Parmesan soup

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Want to see what else I’m pinning other than food and crafts? Find me on Pinterest here.

Filed Under: food & recipes, pinned & prepped, pinterest Tagged With: brownies, dessert, food, no bake dessert, peanut butter, Pinterest, recipe, s'mores

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  1. Camille

    January 27, 2012 at 8:50 am

    How did we ever live in a world without cell phones and PINTEREST?!?!?!?!

    Reply
    • Emily

      January 27, 2012 at 5:25 pm

      I honestly don’t know.

      Reply
  2. Kristina P.

    January 27, 2012 at 9:13 am

    This looks amazing! I think this will be my Christmas candy this year.

    Reply
    • Emily

      January 27, 2012 at 5:25 pm

      I would give the recipe a test run in your own kitchen first to see if you need to make any tweaks (or maybe the chocolate chip/butter thing will totally work for you). :) But they are delicious!

      Reply
  3. Evan Thomas

    January 27, 2012 at 5:30 pm

    I’m so sorry about that; never had chocolate seize up on me like. I wonder what could make the difference. Glad you got the recipe to work in the end and it sounds like it was a big hit!

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    • Emily

      January 27, 2012 at 6:10 pm

      I have no idea either! Maybe it was just an off night for me. I’ll blame it on our weird Utah winter weather. ;) The recipe was still a huge hit and we’ll definitely make it again!

      Reply
  4. von

    January 27, 2012 at 8:43 pm

    Now this is something I can cook…buying stuff on my way home from work for a midnight snack.

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    • Emily

      January 28, 2012 at 4:05 pm

      It is one of the best midnight snacks…and mid-morning snacks and after-lunch snacks…

      Reply
  5. Charlotte

    January 28, 2012 at 2:57 pm

    Those do look good. I’m a sucker for peanut butter and chocolate.

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    • Emily

      January 28, 2012 at 4:06 pm

      Who isn’t? I mean, really? ;)

      Reply
  6. Ryley

    February 2, 2012 at 11:27 am

    I bet I could leave out the peanut butter and just mix in enough allergy freindly butter into the graham cracker crumbs and use Miles’s chocolate chips and make this for him (or his primary class) for a yummy treat!
    I love finding accidentally vegan treats! :)

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    • Emily

      February 2, 2012 at 1:26 pm

      That’s a great way to make it perfect for Miles!

      Reply

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