Smores In the Oven (S’mores Bars)
Smores in the Oven, or S’mores Bars, are an easy dessert. We all love eating s’mores around a campfire, but now you can make them at home in the kitchen. This Smores dessert recipe is rich, decadent, and totally worth baking.
S’mores bars are so easy to make. I love this recipe. They are so rich and decadent that you don’t need to eat a big piece. If you’re taking them to a party, they will feed many people.
I love s’mores. A campfire just isn’t the same without them. Years ago, we were in Gatlinburg at a cabin rental and made a small campfire. I bought all the ingredients, including graham crackers, marshmallows, and Hershey chocolate bars.
Would you believe that was the first time my husband ever tried s’mores? Needless to say, he was hooked and we have them all the time, and we even make them when we have a fire in the living room fireplace.
And these are the perfect s’mores bars for a crowd.
Recipe and printable instructions listed below.
Crust
Start off by adding the graham crackers to a large bag. I used about 1-1/2 sleeves to equal two cups of crushed graham crackers.
You can use a Cuisinart to crush the graham crackers, but if you don’t have one a bag will do the trick.
Make sure you get most of the pieces crushed. It only took me a couple of minutes to get everything completely crushed.
Add the crushed graham crackers and melted butter to a greased 9″ x 13″ dish. Mix the crackers and butter until it looks like all of the crumbs have butter on them.
Spread the crackers and butter into the dish and press them down flat. I used the bottom of a measuring cup. Anything flat will work to press the crumbs down.
Place the dish in the fridge or freezer so the butter and crumbs will harden a little bit, which will help when spreading the cookie dough.
Cookie Dough
In a large bowl, add the sugar.
Next, add the brown sugar to the bowl.
Pour the melted butter into the bowl, as well as the vanilla.
Start mixing the ingredients and then add the eggs to the mixture.
Mix everything together until it is well blended.
The next step is to add the flour, salt, and baking powder to the bowl. Once you add the dry ingredients, mix everything together for a minute or so, until the ingredients are well blended.
Almost done – add the chocolate chips, so you’ll have chocolate flavor throughout the s’mores cookie bar.
Last but not least, add the marshmallows to the bowl and mix together.
Gather your toppings. I used about a handful of the Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal, as well as two Hershey chocolate bars, and about 1/2 cup mini marshmallows.
Grab the crust out of the fridge or freezer.
Spread the cookie dough on top of the graham cracker crust.
Next, sprinkle about 1/2 cup of marshmallows on top of the dough.
Sprinkle the Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal all over the smores bake dough. I used about one handful of the cereal.
Finally, press the Hershey chocolate bar pieces down into the dough a tad. You can lay a few of them on top. They will amazingly keep their shape for the most part.
Bake the oven baked smores bars for about 45-50 minutes, or until the cake tester comes out clean. It seemed like I was having to cook it too long, but it was still pretty gooey on the inside, so I kept in going in increments of five minutes toward the end.
If the top seems like it’s getting a little too brown, but the inside is still gooey, turn the oven down to 300-degrees and bake for five minutes at a time until the cake tester comes out clean.
Smores In the Oven (S’mores Bars)
Once the smores bar recipe is done baking, allow it to sit and cool for about one hour. These are a bit like blondies, and let me tell you, they are sooooo delish. And my kitchen smelled like an ice cream shop while they were baking and it was nice.
Other Desserts To Take To A Party:
- Oreo Dessert: A No-Bake Treat
- Lemon Lush Recipe
- Sweetened Condensed Milk Chocolate Chip Bars
- Hello Dolly Bars
- Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Fudge
Smores In the Oven (S’mores Bars)
Ingredients
Crust
- 3/4 cup melted butter
- 2 cups crushed graham crackers about 1-1/2 sleeves
Cookie Dough Layer
- 1 cup sugar
- 1-1/4 cups brown sugar
- 3/4 cup melted butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 eggs
- 3 cups flour
- 2-1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup mini marshmallows
Toppings
- 2 to 2-1/2 Hershey Bars break up pieces of Hershey bars
- 1 large handful of Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal
- 1/2 cup mini marshmallows
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325-degrees. Grease a 9″ x 13″ baking dish.
Crust
- Melt the butter in the microwave for about one minute.
- Crush the graham crackers in the Cuisinart or in a large baggie.
- Pour both the graham crackers and the butter into the greased baking dish. Stir until the graham crackers are covered with butter.
- Press into the bottom of the pan and place in the refrigerator or freezer for a few minutes.
Cookie Dough Layer
- In a large bowl, add the sugar, brown sugar, melted butter, and vanilla. Mix together.
- Add the eggs and mix.
- Next, add the flour, baking powder, and salt and mix well.
- Finally, add the chocolate chips and mini marshmallows and mix well.
- Spread the cookie dough on top of the graham cracker crust.
Toppings
- Sprinkle the mini marshmallows on top.
- Sprinkle the Cinnamon Toast Crunch on top.
- Finally, add the Hershey chocolate bar pieces to the top.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean. If the top seems like it is getting pretty brown, lower the temperature to 300-degrees and check with cake tester or thin knife every five minutes.
- Allow the bars to cool for at least 30 minutes.
