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Mmmmm S'mores!  It's summer, which means campfires, which means S'mores!  Here's a delicious recipe that you don't have to haul wood for!  Make delicious S'mores right in your kitchen with all the ooey gooey goodness as the original.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 king-sized milk chocolate bars (e.g. Hershey’s)
• 1 1/2 cups marshmallow creme/fluff (not melted marshmallows)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
2. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light. 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.
3. Divide dough in half and press half of dough into an even layer on the bottom of the prepared pan. Place chocolate bars over dough. 2 king-sized Hershey’s 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 chocolate with marshmallow creme or fluff. Place remaining dough in a single layer on top of the fluff (most easily achieved by flattening the dough into small shingles and laying them together).
4. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until lightly browned. Cool completely before cutting into bars. Enjoy the chocolate treats!

Take this recipe a step farther and make S'more Cupcakes! They're delicious and of course, chocolatey.

As I wake-up to a thick layer of frost on the ground this morning, I am once again reminded that camping season is over and that means no more sitting aside the campfire making delicious chocolate treats (S'mores) with our kids.  Truth be told, I think I like to eat them even more than they do!  When winter rolls around our house, we turn to these brownies to get our S'mores fix (at least until February and March when the girl scouts go door-to-door selling the real deal).

What You'll Need:

1 package brownie mix (& the ingredients to make the brownies)
2/3 cup chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
6 full sheets of regular graham crackers (broken into quarters)

Mix and bake the brownie mix as directed on the package (in a 9"x13" pan if possible).  Upon removing brownies from the oven, immediately sprinkle them with the chocolate chips and miniature marshmallows while the brownies are still hot.  Then place them back in the oven for about a minute so the chocolate melts and marshmallows melt slightly....CAUTION....keep your eyes on the brownies because the marshmallows can easily burn at this point. Remove from the oven and lightly press a layer of graham crackers on top the melty marshmallows to form s'mores.  Cut the brownies into squares following the lines of the graham crackers.

MY NOTES - If you aren't planning to eat these brownies the same day they are made, you may want to skip putting on the graham crackers and do that as you serve the individual brownies in the days to come.  Otherwise the graham crackers can get soft from the moisture and they aren't as good in my humble opinion.  They good eaten quickly in our house and when I bring them to family celebrations so I almost always put the graham crackers on top right away.  These are the perfect after school cookies for kids.

Looking for more of a challenge? Try baking s'mores cupcakes! They're delicious and just as tasty.