S’mores Icebox Candy Bars
Written by joythebaker on October 30, 2009 – 12:22 am - 
I’m putting on an orange leotard tomorrow. An orange leotard.
I’m also putting on bright blue leggings tomorrow.. and white leg warmers… and sweat bands.
I’m going to encourage the big, puffy, curly hair that I spend most days trying to tame. Yes, there will be blue eye shadow.
I’m going to step out in the world tomorrow as an 80’s aerobics instructor. The only little hitch? That I actually have to step out of the house in a skin tight orange leotard and skin tight blue leggings. Oooh lordy. Whose idea was it to take the Halloween celebration beyond my solo living room dance parties? Yeeps!
Ironically, the only thing making me feel better about my very bright and very tight 80’s debut are these S’mores Icebox Candy Bars. There are fifteen in a batch and I’ve worked through four just writing this post. Send help. Orange leotard, people…. send help.
I love a good, down-and-dirty dessert. This is that treat. All the goodness of s’mores, crumbled up then pressed together and refrigerated. I sliced these little darlings into small bars, wrapped them in wax paper… and now I’m eating them like a mad woman. No baking. No fuss and sure to be gone in a flash.
S’mores Icebox Candy Bars
adapted from The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook
makes 15 bars
3 sticks plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 cup light corn syrup
pinch of salt
1 14-ounce box graham crackers, lightly crumbled
2 big handfuls of mini marshmallows, plus a handful more for sprinkling on top
Line a 9×13-inch baking sheep with parchment paper, set aside.
In a large bowl, crumble the graham crackers into large chunks. Add two handfuls of mini marshmallows and set aside.
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter together butter, cocoa, corn syrup and a pinch of salt. Stir and heat until smooth. Once melted, let chocolate mixture cool for 5 minutes.
Pour chocolate mixture over graham crackers and marshmallows. Stir so that all of the graham crackers are moistened by the chocolate mixture. Dump into lined baking pan, and a few more marshmallows on top and press down with the back of a spoon. Cover the top with another sheet of parchment and press with your fingers. Let cool on the counter for 30 minutes, then place in the fridge to solidify for a few hours or overnight. Cut into bars. Wrap individually and store in the fridge.
Tags: Chocolate, graham crackers, halloween, marshmallow, recipe, s'mores
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you better show us some halloween costume photos.
The smores candy bars look completely decadent and perfect for Halloween mode, which is in full swing around our house.
PS: Hope the orange leotard is comfy! Great costume idea!
have fun tonight!
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Orange leotard? I assume as you’re going as the spokesperson for “Get in Shape, Girl”. Please tell me you remember those weird 80s teenager workout videos.
Marshmallows freak me out, but I may have to push those feelings down for the greater good of my Comedy Central co-workers. They’ll hump them, I know it.
-Sarah
p.s. my l’il bro is in LA this weekend for halloween festivities. If you see my identical twin, be sure to say hi.
These sound lovely.I’ve been wanting to make homemade marshmallows again lately, which puts me in a very smores state of mind.
And yes, please post costume pics.
I’d also LOVE to see photos of your costume. But as for the recipe, did you really mean THREE sticks of butter? Between 15 bars? My belly aches just thinking about that.
Looks yummy to my tummy!
Question though, how long do they last until they go bad? Thinking about doing this for Christmas gifts!
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these remind me of my favorite dessert: graham crackers and pudding! just layer graham crackers with not-yet-set chocolate pudding (lasagna style) and let it sit in the fridge for a day or 2. the crackers absorb some of the pudding and soften up… so tasty! it was my mom’s weekday quick and easy dessert.
I love the hummingbird bakery cookbook! I usually don’t make bars and am averse to things with marshmallows, but looking at these, i’m seriously considering giving it a shot.
Oh, this is so not fair! I just got through giving away all the leftover Halloween candy and now I see this! Those bars look so good, I could die!
anything with that much butter is bound to please!
I agree with Emily — the math on the tablespoons of butter per candy bar is scary! They look pretty yummy though…
This post is useless without costume evidence!
OMG that is one brilliant Halloween costume (I’ll be assuming here that it IS only a Halloween costume). I love it and I too want to see a photo!
Love s’mores, the only reason I stayed in Girl Scouts and these bars look too scrumptious!
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I just wanted to say that last night I made your pumpkin butternut squash soup recipe and it was to die for! Took a few hours to do all that cutting, cooking and what not, but I also managed to whip up an apple crisp while the pumpkin/squash were baking so it was a double whammy in the kitchen last night. TWO FABULOUS fall dishes for our tummies. Thanks for the great recipe!
Those look super yummy, and I was an 80s aerobics instructor as well:) Great costume and thanks for the awesome treats!
3 plus sticks of butter? ooooo… the sacrifices we make….
i would’ve loved to make these, but three sticks of butter? ouch
don’t listen to the butter haters. these are soooo heavenly delicious. my husband took half the batch to work and they were gone in about 15 minutes. we actually managed to hang on to the other half for a couple of days. need i say i’m working the elliptical now? so worth it, though.
Oh, I love these. Mo’butter sounds a lot like mo’better to be.
I made two batches of these tonight. Kept 1 batch for our family and gave one batch to some neighbors who just moved in. Delicious! I substituted 1 stick of butter for 1/2 cup of crunchy peanut butter….really good!
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