SMORE Bites

 Hello, summer!  I actually made these LAST year, but....I got behind in life and I'm just now posting.  There were so easy to put together and really delicious and a little bit LESS messy way to enjoy a smore.  

Ingredients:  1 c. graham cracker crumbs, 4 T melted butter, 1/4 c. powered sugar, 12 marshmallows (cut in half), Reese's peanut butter cup or Hershey chocolate.  

Instructions:  

1.  Heat over to 350.

2.  Mix the crumbs, sugar, and butter.  Spoon the into 24 mini muffin cups and press them to the bottom and sides like a small pie shell.  

3.  Bake for 5 minutes.  Remove them and place a Reese's peanut butter cup or 2 piece of Hershey chocolate squares in the 'cup.'  Cover with the 1/2 marshmallow (cut side down).  

4.  Place over on broil and put them back in for 1-2 minutes.  Remove them as they start to brown.  

5.  I added a little melted chocolate to the top as well when they cooled.  

6.  Eat and repeat.  

Smore Gift

 Last week, we wrapped up our year of Secret Sister...a little different.  We usually do a fun "3 Clues" happy hour, but this year we just did a porch exchange, with our name attached.

 My secret sister likes to travel, but....quarantine.  So I tried to put together a bucket of things for adventures near or far.  I put in a picnic blanket, a monogramed coffee....or wine cup, and then all the stuff for making smores.

Camping: Indoor S'More Bar

 The only time this tray 'o smores was outside was for a photo.  The thing about Texas summers....They.  Are.  Hot.  And this summer, because of a warm winter the bugs are out and about, and I don't want any of it!  We did this for dessert when my family was visiting a little over a month ago.  I included all sorts of chocolates, peanut butter, sticks, marshmallows, crackers etc.  You could certainly take this to the 10th degree with a selection of fruits, flavored marshmallows etc, but we mostly just ate candy bars with a side of marshmallows.  We sat in the air conditioned house and roasted our marshmallows with kabob sticks.  I lit up one of these warming cans-set in a bucket of salt (I didn't have any sand), and....

 I taught Blythe how to do this as well.  It turned into a marshmallow 'wand.'  Works for me. 

 I made her a marshmallow sandwich.....obviously, I'm in charge of teaching her the important life lessons. 

S'mores in-a-Jar

I love making little gifts for my friends/and in particular, their kiddos.  I heart the idea of this little gift, and it doesn't hurt that it's tasty.  I think it's a perfect treat to celebrate the upcoming summer.  I originally saw it here, though I've seen it quite a few places since this time, this was my original spotting!  I used a different recipe (to follow) to sample this before I sent it out.  What kind of friend would I be if I didn't sample a dessert first?  I also halved the following recipe to fit in smaller ball jars when I ran out of big ones.  :O) 

 The full smore recipe (attached to the jar).  1 1/2 c. teddy grahams, 1 1/2 c. marshmallows, 1 1/2 c. milk chocolate morsels.  Mix with 1/2 c. (packed) brown sugar in a (9x9 inch) pan.  Drizzle 1/2 c. of melted butter over the mix and bake for 10 minutes at 350...

 It will look like this. 

 Cool and then cut into squares for bars of (cute) smore goodness. 

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