Philadelphia Smores Dessert Bars Recipes

EASY S'MORES BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line an 8x8-inch square pan with aluminum foil, leaving a 1-inch overhang on sides.
• Crumble graham crackers in a bag; pour into a bowl. Stir in butter and brown sugar until well mixed. Press graham cracker mixture into bottom of pan to form crust.
• Bake in preheated oven until crust is lightly browned and smells toasted, about 7 minutes.
• Remove pan from oven; cover crust evenly with marshmallows. Sprinkle chocolate chips over marshmallows.
• Bake in preheated oven until chocolate chips are melted and marshmallows are browned, about 3 minutes.
• Let s'mores rest in pan until cool, about 30 minutes. Refrigerate until set, about 45 minutes. Remove from pan and cut into squares.

S'MORES CHEESECAKE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler. Pour 1/2 cup heavy cream into a medium saucepan and set aside. Line a baking sheet with nonstick foil. Spread all but 1 cup marshmallows on the prepared pan. Broil until toasted, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Scrape the marshmallows into the saucepan of heavy cream using a spatula. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth and darkened in color, 6 to 9 minutes. Let cool, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350˚. Line a 9-by-13-inch straight-sided baking pan with a double layer of foil, leaving a 2-inch overhang on the two long sides; coat with cooking spray. Mix the graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, 1/3 cup sugar and the salt in a large bowl with a fork. Press evenly and firmly into the pan. Bake until toasted, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Beat the cream cheese, remaining 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla in a large bowl with a mixer on low speed, 1 minute. Increase the speed to medium high and beat until light and fluffy, 2 minutes. Reduce the speed to low and beat in 1 cup heavy cream, then increase the speed to medium high and beat until stiff peaks form, about 2 minutes. Reduce the speed to low again and beat in the cooled marshmallow cream, then increase the speed to medium and beat until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Spread evenly over the crust and refrigerate until mostly set, about 2 hours.
• Put the chocolate in a small bowl. Heat the remaining 1/2 cup heavy cream in a saucepan over medium heat until just simmering. Pour over the chocolate and let stand 5 minutes, then stir until smooth. Spread the warm chocolate mixture over the cheesecake layer. Refrigerate until fully set, at least 6 hours or overnight.
• Preheat the broiler. Run a thin knife along the two short sides of the pan to loosen, then lift out the cheesecake using the foil overhang. Remove the foil and cut into squares.
• Line a baking sheet with nonstick foil. Place the reserved 1 cup marshmallows on the foil; broil until toasted, 30 seconds. Top each cheesecake bar with a few toasted marshmallows.

SPICY SMOKY S'MORES BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line the bottom and sides of a 9 by 13-inch baking pan with foil. You want to leave about 4 inches of overhang on the 2 opposite sides. These are going to serve as your handles to remove the bars from the pan in 1 piece, so make sure that there is enough of the overhang for you to have a solid grip. Grease the foil well with the softened butter.
• In your food processor, grind the graham crackers into a fine meal (you need 2 cups). In a large bowl, combine your crumbs with the sugar, sea salt and melted butter. The mixture should look and feel like wet sand. Set aside a heaping 1/2 cup of the crumb mixture for the topping. Evenly press the remaining crumb mixture into the bottom the foil-lined pan. Pop your crust into the oven and bake until it is golden brown and your kitchen smells of graham crackers, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove the crust from the oven and allow it to cool on a rack or on a dishtowel on your counter.
• Melt the milk chocolate in a saucepan over low heat, stirring continuously until fully melted. Do not turn up the heat to hurry this process, you must keep it on low. Alternately, you can microwave the chocolate on low power, stirring after 2 minutes. Once the chocolate is fully melted, it's time to add the chipotle pepper powder, if using, and stir it in completely.
• Preheat the broiler.
• Pour the melted chocolate over the cooled graham cracker crust. Spread the chocolate evenly over the crust with a butter knife. Sprinkle the marshmallows over the chocolate and press them lightly into the chocolate. Sprinkle the reserved crumb mixture over and in between the marshmallows so that you cannot see the chocolate peaking through the marshmallows. Broil the bars 6 inches from the flame until the marshmallows are golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Refrigerate the bars until the chocolate is hard, 2 hours or so. Grab the ends of the foil liner and lift the bars out of the pan in 1 piece. Move to a cutting board and cut into 24 squares.

S'MORES BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-by-8-inch baking dish with butter.
• In a large bowl combine the butter and brown sugar. Using a hand mixer, blend until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the vanilla extract and eggs and mix on medium speed until combined, about 1 minute.
• In a separate bowl combine the flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder and salt. With the mixer running, slowly add the dry mixture into the wet mixture, and mix until a dough forms.
• Transfer the dough to the prepared baking dish and pat out in an even layer to cover the bottom of the pan. Top the dough with the chocolate chips and marshmallows.
• Bake until the marshmallows are browned and the dough is cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool to room temperature, then slice into 2-by-2-inch squares.

PHILADELPHIA S'MORES DESSERT DIP

Steps:

• Beat cream cheese and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add marshmallow creme; mix well. Spread onto bottom of 9-inch pie plate.
• Microwave chocolate and COOL WHIP in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 min. or until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring every 30 sec. Pour over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Crush 2 graham crackers coarsely; sprinkle over dip. Break remaining crackers into quarters; serve with dip.

PHILADELPHIA NO-BAKE S'MORES PARFAITS

Steps:

• Microwave COOL WHIP and chocolate in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 to 2-1/2 min. or until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after each minute. Let stand 15 min.
• Beat cream cheese, sugar, milk and vanilla in medium bowl with mixer until blended.
• Spoon 1 Tbsp. graham crumbs into each of 10 (4-oz.) ovenproof dishes; top with layers of cream cheese mixture, COOL WHIP mixture, remaining graham crumbs and marshmallows.
• Use kitchen torch to toast the marshmallows just before serving.

S'MORES BARS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
• In a small bowl, whisk together flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder and salt.
• Add to butter mixture and mix at a low speed until combined.
• Divide dough in half and press half of dough into an even layer on the bottom of the prepared pan. We found it works best to use our fingers.
• Place chocolate bars over dough (3 king-sized Hershey bars should fit perfectly side by side, but break the chocolate if necessary to get it to fit in a single layer no more than 1/4 inch thick).
• Spread marshmallow creme over chocolate layer.
• Place remaining dough in a single layer on top of the marshmallow (most easily achieved by flattening the dough into small, flat shingles and laying them together).
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until a light golden brown.
• Cool completely before cutting into bars.

CHEESECAKE-S'MORES BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Line 13x9-inch pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides. Crush 14 grahams. Mix with butter and 3 Tbsp. sugar; press onto bottom of prepared pan. Coarsely chop remaining grahams.
• Beat cream cheese, 1 cup sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add flour; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Stir in half the chopped chocolate; pour over crust. Sprinkle with remaining chopped chocolate, marshmallows and chopped grahams.
• Bake 40 min. or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours. Use foil handles to remove cheesecake from pan before cutting into bars.

GOOEY S'MORES CAKE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line 9-inch square pan with nonstick foil, allowing foil to hang over sides of pan for easy removal after baking.
• In medium bowl, beat cream cheese and butter with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add egg; beat well. Stir in cake mix by hand until well combined (mixture will be thick). With hands buttered or sprayed with cooking spray, press about 2 1/4 cups cake mixture in pan. Pour condensed milk on top of cake mixture. Top with crushed graham crackers, marshmallow halves and half of the chocolate pieces. Drop remaining cake mixture by spoonfuls on top.
• Bake 32 to 35 minutes or until marshmallows are golden brown and cake mixture is set on top. Remove from oven to cooling rack; cool 15 minutes. Top with remaining chocolate pieces. Cool completely, at least 2 1/2 hours. Cut into 4 rows by 4 rows.

PHILADELPHIA S'MORES DESSERT BARS

Steps:

• Use enough crackers to evenly cover bottom of 13x9-inch pan, breaking if necessary to fit. Coarsely crush remaining crackers; reserve for later use.
• Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add marshmallow creme; mix well. Carefully spread over crackers in pan. Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Microwave chocolate and COOL WHIP in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 min. or until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring every 30 sec. Spread over cream cheese mixture.
• Sprinkle with reserved crushed crackers. Refrigerate 2 hours.