Chocolate Marshmallow Bars (Bookmarked Recipes)

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Chocolate Marshmallow Bars (Bookmarked Recipes)

We had some friends over and I wanted to make some yummy treats. I’ve been in a big cookie and brownie/bars kick lately. This recipe has been bookmarked in my Google Reader for quite some time. (Hence the Bookmarked Recipes entry). Let me just tell you, these are AMAZING. One of our friends thought they tasted better cold, but everyone else agreed they were best at room temperature. They have a great combination of crunchy rice-krispie-treat-like topping, chewy-gooey marshmallow center and a tender brownie bottom. Oh and there’s peanut butter in one of those layers, so you get the amazing combination of chocolate and peanut butter. These are seriously amazing. You should go make some right now. I might go make some after seeing the recipe again…

Chocolate Marshmallow Bars – from yum
3/4 cup butter
1-1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1-1/3 cups all purpose flour
3 tbsp baking cocoa
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
4 cups miniature marshmallows

Topping:
1-1/3 cup chocolate chips
1 cup peanut butter
3 tbsp butter
2 cups crisp rice cereal

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until fluffy. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture. Spread in a greased 9x 13 pan. I used a 8×8 pan so they’d be thicker and have distinct layers.

Bake at 350F for 18-25 minutes or until middle is set. Sprinkle marshmallows evenly over cake; return to oven for 2-3 minutes. Using a knife dipped in water, spread the melted marshmallows evenly over cake. Cool.

For topping, combine chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until melted and well blended. Remove from heat; stir in cereal. Immediately spread over bars. Chill.

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Bars and Brownies, Dessert

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31 Responses to “Salted Dark Chocolate Truffle Cookies”

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Eva @ Eva Bakes — May 3, 2013 at 8:29 am

Dark chocolate truffles in cookie form? Um, YES!!! I’ll take a dozen for myself and another dozen for later, please.
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Erica @ In and Around Town — May 3, 2013 at 10:52 am
Wow – these sound good! and I truly do not understand how people can just “not be into chocolate!” It is my favorite!
- beantownbaker — May 8th, 2013 @ 8:26 pm
  
  Yea, I really don’t get it either. Oh well, more for me!
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Rosie @ Blueberry Kitchen — May 3, 2013 at 12:38 pm
Oh wow, chocolate truffle cookies sound divine! These look ridiculously good! Love that they’re salted too!
- beantownbaker — May 8th, 2013 @ 8:27 pm
  
  I have been sprinkling salt on all of my cookies recently. It makes them much more adult and less super-sweet.
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Brooke Schweers — May 3, 2013 at 10:42 pm

Yum these look divine!
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tracy {pale yellow} — May 4, 2013 at 8:21 am
I’m always in need of a chocolate fix! I have several friends that claim they are not chocolate people, yet I find whenever I make something chocolate + salt, they are all over it!
- beantownbaker — May 8th, 2013 @ 8:28 pm
  
  I definitely find that people who claim they aren’t chocolate people rarely say no to any homemade baked goods. Chocolate or otherwise.
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Nutmeg Nanny — May 5, 2013 at 4:16 pm

Oh my! These look divine 🙂 I’d love to make these babies soon!
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Shannon — May 6, 2013 at 1:41 pm
these look amazing!! and how thick that batter is 🙂 love the sea salt!
- beantownbaker — May 8th, 2013 @ 8:29 pm
  
  The batter was basically ganache. You could have just made truffles from it directly.
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ErinsFoodFiles — May 6, 2013 at 4:15 pm

I love any and all things dark chocolate. These look so decadent!
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best friend rings — May 7, 2013 at 11:07 am
I’m curious to find out what blog platform you’re working with?
I’m having some minor security problems with my latest blog and I’d like to find something
more safeguarded. Do you have any suggestions?
- beantownbaker — June 10th, 2013 @ 12:56 pm
  
  I use WordPress
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Jane — May 13, 2013 at 6:55 pm

Wow! Those look so perfectly decadent! I’m practically drooling on my screen 😉
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Amy — May 16, 2013 at 9:29 pm
Just made these. Worried I didn’t bake them long enough… however they still tasted divine. Waiting to get the verdict from my husband on them.
- beantownbaker — June 10th, 2013 @ 12:11 pm
  
  I think underbaking these sounds like a great idea. I might have to do that next time.
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Rachita — June 4, 2013 at 11:09 pm
Since I’m trying this recipe for the first time, can I halve the entire recipe?
- beantownbaker — June 10th, 2013 @ 12:12 pm
  
  Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I didn’t see this comment until now! I don’t see why you couldn’t make a half batch of these cookies. Did you try it? How did they turn out?
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Joan — June 9, 2013 at 10:08 am
These are the most amazing chocolate cookies I have ever made. Everyone with whom I have shared them have gone absolutly nuts and want the recipe. I do not wet my hands when rolling the cookies into balls—too messy. I just let my hands get sticky and rinse and dry them after making several balls. This is one of the best recipes on Pinterest.
- beantownbaker — June 10th, 2013 @ 12:13 pm
  
  Thanks for the kind words! So glad you enjoy these cookies. I was wondering if getting my hands wet actually helped with the messiness very much. Next time I’ll be sure to just go at it without dealing with the water.
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Rachita — June 18, 2013 at 9:31 am
Hey! I tried halving the recipe…but it melted while in the oven. Became runny & all of them just stuck together 🙁
I tried just one batch. Anything I can do to fix the remaining batter?
- beantownbaker — June 18th, 2013 @ 4:01 pm
  
  Interesting… How did you account for half of an egg? And is your baking powder past it’s expiration date?
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Rachita — June 18, 2013 at 11:42 pm
Ohh! Looks like I’ve added a lil too much egg. Damn! Any way I can fix the batter? Add more flour perhaps? Plz help!
- beantownbaker — June 19th, 2013 @ 7:12 am
  
  I’d add a little more flour to see if you can balance out the extra amount of egg in there.
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Rachita — June 20, 2013 at 6:49 am
I added 1/4 cup more flour & a teensy bit of baking powder to my messed up batter & they came out wonderfully! They’re so gooey & yumm that my husband & son (who never eats chocolate!) finished six cookies at one go!
Amazing recipe!! Thank you so much for your help, I appreciate it !
- beantownbaker — June 20th, 2013 @ 7:00 am
  
  Oh GOOD! So glad you were able to make them work. Aren’t they divine?
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Rachita — June 20, 2013 at 7:17 am
U bet! They are sinfully delicious! Sent some in my son’s snack pack & I have mommies calling for these cookies!
I’m officially ur No.1 fan now! 🙂
- beantownbaker — June 20th, 2013 @ 7:18 am
  
  Aww Thanks! 🙂
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Emily — June 27, 2013 at 6:59 am
Hi, I was wondering if I could put them in the freezer instead of the fridge for a shorter period of time? If so, how long should I put them in the freezer for instead of the fridge?
- beantownbaker — June 27th, 2013 @ 8:06 am
  
  Hm. You could definitely try it. I would think it’s still going to need an hour or so in the freezer since you want it to set up pretty well. Let me know how it turns out if you do.