Let your tastebuds transport you to warmer days, epic camping trips, and sunshine on your face with this ooey-gooey s’mores bar recipe! This easy summer camping dessert is the perfect treat your whole family will love Because sometimes you want all the ooey-gooey goodness of s’mores without the smell of singed eyebrows.
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Whether deep in the backcountry or glamping with your squad, these Gooey S’mores Bars pack all the nostalgic punch of a campfire classic, without requiring fire-starting skills or an open flame. Think: melty chocolate, gooey marshmallows, and crunchy graham cracker cookie dough all layered into one mess-free, portable square of happiness.
Why You’ll Love This Gooey S’mores Bar Recipe
These easy s’mores are perfect for:
- Easy summer camping desserts
- Make-ahead RV treats
- Backyard fire pits
- Netflix nights
- Backyard barbecues
These bars are the perfect camping snack for your weekend adventures, summer treats, and beyond! If you’re looking for more DELICIOUS and EASY camping food ideas, be sure to check out this Pina Colada French Toast: Easy Summer Camping Recipe and this Easy Camping Breakfast Sandwich: Fuel Your Adventure!
YOU’LL ALSO LOVE THIS RECIPE BECAUSE…
What started as a love affair with our FAVORITE summer treat around the campfire quickly turned into THIS delicious dessert! I mean…a buttery rich graham cookie dough, a decadent cream cheese marshmallow layer, and of course, a dreamy melted chocolate layer. YES, PLEASE!
These 11-ingredient, flavor-filled take on traditional s’mores are the perfect summer camping dessert to pack for your next adventure and beyond. They’re indulgent, super rich, and ridiculously easy to make, and they’re our favorite way to enjoy this summertime classic. Let us show you how!
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What You’ll Need For These Irresistible Gooey S’mores Bar Recipe:
Our easy, DELICIOUS s’mores bars have only a few simple ingredients and are the PERFECT SUMMER RECIPE to eat on a hot summer day or a campfire treat with a hot cup of coffee – no roasting stick needed. Let’s bake!
- Butter: Rich and creamy unsalted butter brings a velvety texture and enhances the natural sweetness in this s’more bar recipe, ensuring every bar is irresistible and flavorful. To quote Paula Dean, “Butter, y’all. It makes everything better.”
- Graham Crackers: You can’t have this campfire treat without this sweet base.
- Brown Sugar: We love the molasses flavor and the chewy texture of brown sugar.
- Eggs: Provide moisture and richness, and help bind the dough.
- Vanilla Extract: Adds extra depth of flavor.
- Chocolate Chips: You can use the chips, Hershey bars, or cut a bar for rustic chunks.
- Marshmallows: We prefer the minis, but you can use any size!
- Cream Cheese: Adds a luxuriousness to the filling & topping.
- Salt: Enhances the other flavors.
- Confectioners’ Sugar: Makes the frosting smooth, sweet, & decadent!
- Golden Grahams Cereal: The PERFECT crunch factor & secret ingredient!
With just a few simple steps, minimal prep, and no campfire required, you’ll have an Instagrammable-worthy Summer treat in no time. So grab your marshmallows and a sweet tea and let’s do this!
Step One: First things first. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Run and grab all your ingredients. Line your baking dish with parchment paper, leaving a bit of overhang.
These ooey-gooey s’mores bars begin with crunchy graham crackers. These go into the food processor and become graham cracker crumbs.
Step Two: In a large bowl, combine the flour mixture and add to the wet ingredients. Mix on medium speed until the graham cookie dough comes together.
Step Three: To the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment, cream room temperature butter and brown sugar, and add the eggs and vanilla extract.
Step Four: Press an even layer into a parchment paper-lined baking pan. This forms the delicious base layer for this easy summer dessert.
Step Five – Step Seven: Let’s make the chocolatey, rich filling! Combine the cream cheese, butter, milk chocolate, and the rest of the filling ingredients and spread on top of the graham cracker crust. Bake until a knife comes out clean.
Step Eight: Immediately top with mini marshmallows and bake until golden brown. We want them golden and to look like they have been “kissed” by a campfire!
Step Nine: While the marshmallows are getting sexy, combine the fudgy, chocolatey frosting top layer in a saucepan.
Step Ten: Once the marshmallows are golden, top with this DECADENT, rich frosting. Lastly, take a knife and swirl the melty marshmallows and the frosting. Top with the Golden Graham cereal. Place in the refrigerator for about an hour.
Variations & Substitutions For This Gooey S’mores Bars Recipe:
- Add half Golden Graham cereal & half graham crackers for a sweeter base.
- Homemade marshmallows are delicious in this.
- The milk chocolate chips can be replaced with dark chocolate chips, Hershey’s chocolate bars, or baking chocolate!
- Top with a scoop of ice cream for an OVER THE TOP easy summer dessert!
- Chocolate graham crackers would be bomb in this!
Tips For A Successful Batch of S’mores Bars:
This gooey s’mores bar recipe is so much fun to make. Here are a few tips and tricks to ensure a FABULOUS batch of perfect bars.
- Don’t over-crush the graham crackers. Leave a bit of texture.
- You’re looking for a light golden brown on the marshmallows. We want the PERFECT swirly with the frosting.
- Feel free to double the filling and the topping!
- Let the bars COMPLETELY cool off before you remove from pan and cut.
- We like to crush part of the Golden Graham cereal & leave some whole for the perfect bite.
- These make GREAT camping snacks! They pack & store beautifully for up to a week.
- THESE ARE ADDICTIVE! Ya might need some cardio…just sayin’!
We hope you absolutely ADORE these gooey s’mores bars! They are:
Quick & easy
Satisfying
Perfect summer snack
GREAT for bake sales
Ooey-gooey goodness!
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GOOEY S'MORES BAR RECIPE
Let your tastebuds transport you to warmer days, epic camping trips, and sunshine on your face with this ooey-gooey s’mores bar recipe! This easy summer camping dessert is the perfect treat your whole family will love Because sometimes you want all the ooey-gooey goodness of s’mores without the smell of singed eyebrows.
Ingredients
- GRAHAM CRACKER COOKIE LAYER:
- 1 cup butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups packed light or dark brown sugar
- 2 large egg, at room temperature
- 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs (about 16 full-sheet graham crackers)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- FILLING LAYER
- 2 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened, reserving 4 oz. for frosting
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 tablespoons All Purpose or Unbleached Flour
- 1teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- FROSTING
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 oz. chocolate, (chocolate chips, bars, or baking chocolate.)
- Reserved cream cheese
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 cups marshmellows
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line an 11 inch baking pan with parchment paper, leaving enough overhang on the sides to easily remove the bars when they have cooled. Set aside.
- In a large bowl using stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and brown sugar together on medium-high speed, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs and vanilla extract and beat until combined scraping down the sides of the bowl as you mix.
- Mix the flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Add the mixture to the wet ingredients and beat on medium speed until combined.
- Press the graham cookie dough into prepared pan. Make sure it's even and not raised on the corners. Set aside.
- In small bowl, combine 12 oz. of the cream cheese, 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup sugar 4 tablespoons flour, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 2 eggs; beat 1 minute at medium speed until smooth and fluffy. Spread over the graham cookie mixture; sprinkle evenly with chocolate chips.
- Bake at 350°F. for 25 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven; immediately sprinkle with marshmallows. Return to oven; bake an additional 2 minutes.
- While marshmallows are baking, in large saucepan, combine 1/2 cup butter, milk, 2oz. unsweetened chocolate and reserved 4 oz. cream cheese. Cook over low heat, stirring until well blended. Remove from heat; stir in powdered sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla until smooth. Immediately pour frosting over golden marshmallows and lightly swirl with knife to marble. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm. Cut into bars. Store in refrigerator.
Notes
Variations & Substitutions For These Gooey S’mores Bars.
Tips For A Successful Batch of S’mores Bars.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 773Total Fat: 37gSaturated Fat: 21gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 113mgSodium: 382mgCarbohydrates: 110gFiber: 2gSugar: 87gProtein: 6g
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Shoot, these sound fabulous! Like wow, I must have me some. I love that they pack and keep well too. Saving this!
So glad you loved the recipe! They pack like a dream!
I am so glad I found this recipe! We are going camping this weekend and I want to pack these!!
Yayyyy!!! Hope you enjoy them & have a blast camping!🤩
Oh wow this is high level camping treat!
Lol!! Easy & delicious!
Oh my gosh. I pinned this to my s’mores board. I have an entire board dedicated to s’mores recipes because we love them. These look and sound so good. Would be an awesome summer treat!
WOOHOO!! We are so excited you love s’mores as much as we do!!
Yum!! This is a perfect “camping” treat you can eat anywhere. Looks delicious, I’ll have to try it!
Thank you! We hope you love it!