Chewy Chocolate-Peanut Butter Marshmallow Bars
Looking at this bar from the outside, you could easily go, “ehh, I’ll pass,” and think it was a healthy chocolate oatmeal bar. But if you would taste it, you would discover a layer of crunchy rice crispies in silky chocolate combined with peanut butter, made even better by gooey marshmallows, then finished off with a fudgy brownie base. This is a dessert that everyone will fall in love with, but what’s not to like? It has all the right textures, making it irresistible, PERFECT for chocolate lovers or a crowd, and it’s not overly sweet!
This dessert is also really simple to make and can chill for hours in the fridge.
I don’t drink plain coffee, but I tasted it with these, and now I totally know why the whole world is obsessed with coffee and chocolate.
Chewy Chocolate-Peanut Butter Marshmallow Bars
Ingredients
Brownie Base:
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans optional
Marshmallow Layer:
- 2 cups mini marshmallows
- *or* about 3 cups regular marshmallows enough to cover the brownie layer
Chocolate Rice Crispie Layer:
- 1 cup milk-chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 cups rice crispies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9x13 glass baking dish.
- In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until combined. The mixture will look curdled, but will become smooth and well-mixed once flour is added.
- In a small bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Add to creamed mixture and mix until combined. Fold in chopped pecans, if using. Batter will be thick.
- Spread batter in prepared baking dish and bake for 15 min or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs. It's OK if the brownies look a bit underbaked, because they will continue to cook, and result in a fudgy brownie.
- Sprinkle marshmallows evenly over the top. If using large marshmallows, rip them in half. Return the brownies to the oven and broil for 3 min or until marshmallows are puffy, lightly browned, and spread together. Don't go anywhere while marshmallows are browning, because it happens quickly.
- Cool.*
- In a saucepan, combine chocolate chips, butter, and peanut butter. Cook and stir over LOW heat just until melted, and remove from heat.
- Fold in rice crispies and spread evenly over cooled marshmallows. Sprinkle with sea salt, if desired.
- Chill bars until set, then slice and serve.
Notes
That’s awesome dear! Keep it up.
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HEEEYYY look who returned to blogging!! your photography is so good! and these look so delicious!! <3
Ha Ha, Lisa! Thank you!:)
These bars are so good! We had guests over for dinner and needed a quick, easy, but delicious dessert to make, and these were perfect! Everyone loved them (*shhh* don’t tell anyone I used brownie mix for the bottom layer! I was pressed for time, so that was a shortcut 🙈)
Awesome review Jewel! I’m glad you loved them!
They look so good!! I need to go make some😉😋
They’re very easy! 😊
I’ve made them a couple times all ready and they always turn out perfect!!! they taste sooo good! where did you get the recipe?
Awesome review, Serene! The recipe’s from Judy Walter’s At Home in the Kitchen.
but, I checked out her blog and couldn’t find the recipe anywhere….
It’s from her cookbook…:)
I’m a chocolate/peanut butter kinda girl and these are a favorite! 😊
Making these for the colony tomorrow! Looking forward to trying them😋
Wow, you’ll have to make the recipe pretty big:) pls let me know how they turn out!