Straight off the campfire s'mores. The problem is that I'm not a fan of camping alone, and my hubs has been traveling a lot for work. S'mores are few and far between. So my Pinterest boards have been swelling with alternative recipes for s'mores. Same great ingredients, just in slightly different formats.
S'mores Rice Krispies Treats
(bottom layer)
3 Tablespoons butter
4 cups mini marshmallows (or about 40 regular/large marshmallows - 1 Jef Puffed bag)
5 cups Rice Krispies cereal
1 cup Golden Grahams cereal
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
(top layers)
12 oz semi-sweet chocolate
10 full sized graham crackers, broken in half (slightly more or less, depending on the pan you use)
40 large marshmallows (1 more bag)
Directions
Lightly cover a 9"x13" pan with cooking spray.
4 cups mini marshmallows (or about 40 regular/large marshmallows - 1 Jef Puffed bag)
5 cups Rice Krispies cereal
1 cup Golden Grahams cereal
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
(top layers)
12 oz semi-sweet chocolate
10 full sized graham crackers, broken in half (slightly more or less, depending on the pan you use)
40 large marshmallows (1 more bag)
Lightly cover a 9"x13" pan with cooking spray.
In a large microwave safe bowl, place 3 tablespoons of butter (cut into a few pieces), and 1 bag of marshmallows. Microwave about 3 minutes (stirring after 2 minutes) watch the microwave, cooking times may vary. Cook in microwave until butter and marshmallows are melted. Stir gently. Add rice krispies and golden grahams cereal and stir to combine. (try using a plastic or silicone spatula sprayed with a bit of cooking spray).
Add mini chocolate chips, stir quickly, and immediately pour mixture into prepared 9"x13" pan. Press into pan (with spatula).
Next, melt 12 oz of chocolate chips in the microwave, stirring every 20 seconds until fully melted. Then, pour the chocolate on top of your rice krispies layer. Taking a spatula, spread the chocolate out like frosting in an even layer, covering the entire bottom layer of krispies. This chocolate layer will help hold the graham crackers in place, so work quickly to get into the next step.
While the chocolate is still warm, lay graham cracker squares on top, leaving a tiny bit of space between each cracker. This space will help you as guidelines as to where to cut, so it only needs to be a knife blade's width.
Now, to help the warm chocolate to cool, helping to set the graham crackers into place, place the entire pan into the refrigerator. Leave the pan there at least 10 minutes.
For the next step, you'll need a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper, or wax paper (whatever you have on hand).
While killing time, you can also cut your second bag of marshmallows in half. You'll need four per graham cracker, so make sure to plan accordingly.
When the krispies have cooled, remove them from the fridge and cut between the graham crackers with a sharp knife. Place the newly cut treats onto your prepared cookie sheet.
Now you'll place your cut marshmallows sticky (or cut) side down onto each graham cracker.
Place the marshmallows close together, but if you buy the "regular" size of marshmallows, you won't have much of a choice. They'll pretty much fill the entire graham cracker.
Next you have a choice: if you have a kitchen torch, you can use that to lightly crisp your marshmallows. I wanted more of an "even" crisp, and wasn't so patient, so I kicked my oven broiler on high and placed the pan of treats in there.
It doesn't take long for your marshmallows to brown. If you'd like them lighter, take them out sooner, or darker - leave them in longer. It's your call. I left them in for about five minutes, but I put the rack halfway down the oven so I could closely monitor them and get them at just a lightly golden color.
Your call, and your timing.
Finally, I didn't think they were really finished, so I melted another 2/3 cup of chocolate chips (more or less, your preference) to drizzle on top.
From there, I also cut the treats into fours, so each treat had one marshmallow. I found them extremely rich, and more fun to pop in a smaller size, but it's your call. Hopefully this will help your hankering for some s'mores. I know it certainly helped me! You can just put these in a zip lock bag, or other air tight container, and they'll still be good for at least two days. If they had lasted longer, I would let you know, but I'm sure they'd be good for at least three or four days (if they last that long!!).
Next, melt 12 oz of chocolate chips in the microwave, stirring every 20 seconds until fully melted. Then, pour the chocolate on top of your rice krispies layer. Taking a spatula, spread the chocolate out like frosting in an even layer, covering the entire bottom layer of krispies. This chocolate layer will help hold the graham crackers in place, so work quickly to get into the next step.
Now, to help the warm chocolate to cool, helping to set the graham crackers into place, place the entire pan into the refrigerator. Leave the pan there at least 10 minutes.
For the next step, you'll need a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper, or wax paper (whatever you have on hand).
While killing time, you can also cut your second bag of marshmallows in half. You'll need four per graham cracker, so make sure to plan accordingly.
When the krispies have cooled, remove them from the fridge and cut between the graham crackers with a sharp knife. Place the newly cut treats onto your prepared cookie sheet.
Now you'll place your cut marshmallows sticky (or cut) side down onto each graham cracker.
Next you have a choice: if you have a kitchen torch, you can use that to lightly crisp your marshmallows. I wanted more of an "even" crisp, and wasn't so patient, so I kicked my oven broiler on high and placed the pan of treats in there.
Your call, and your timing.
Finally, I didn't think they were really finished, so I melted another 2/3 cup of chocolate chips (more or less, your preference) to drizzle on top.
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| Fresh out of the oven, and oh so gooey!! |
From there, I also cut the treats into fours, so each treat had one marshmallow. I found them extremely rich, and more fun to pop in a smaller size, but it's your call. Hopefully this will help your hankering for some s'mores. I know it certainly helped me! You can just put these in a zip lock bag, or other air tight container, and they'll still be good for at least two days. If they had lasted longer, I would let you know, but I'm sure they'd be good for at least three or four days (if they last that long!!).
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