So you guys.
I have this book. It’s called Desserts In Jars. I have talked about it before a few times…
I love it.
It’s written by the sweet Shaina Olmanson who also happens to write the site Food For My Family, which is great!
Since it’s the holiday season and everyone is gifting sweet treats, there hasn’t been a more perfect time to get the Desserts in Jars and invest in some sweet jars (HERE are the ones I use for most recipes in the book).
While I was flipping through the pages of the book I came across the fun recipe for “Campfire Bars”…
While everyone else is giving cookie trays, I thought it would be fun to give a jar with all the ingredients for a sweet treat that my friends could make when they weren’t being inundated with already made treats.
So that’s what I did.
And while “Campfire Bars” sound all outdoorsy and camp-ish, I guarantee you they are not. You bake these inside your warm home with your oven. No campfire needed.
I mean, if you want to eat them BY a fire, well, that’s totally your choice…and I think a nice fire in the fireplace would work perfectly well!
So back to my bars.
All you ‘ll need is a 1 quart jar (like THESE)
Just layer your ingredients…
It’s totally easy.
Also, you can attach a cute label on the top of the jar, or on your ribbon with the directions.
Shaina has some already made labels for these HERE.
Giving this as a gift along with the Desserts in Jars book would make such a sweet hostess gift!
So I decided, just for quality control I needed to make the bars.
I’m a good friend like that.
And the thing about these bars is they couldn’t be simpler. All you have to add to your ingredients is melted butter.
Yep.
That’s it.
Spread it into your pan and bake. That’s it.
They come out like a sweet, crunchy bar/bark.
Sweet and sticky and totally addicting.
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Campfire Bars
Description
makes 1 jar mix, enough to make 16 bars prepared
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups graham crackers, chopped into 1 inch squares
- 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
- 3/4 cup milk chocolate chips (I used Hershey’s Baking Kisses
- 1/2 cup granola
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
Instructions
- Layer all ingredients in a 1 quart jar in order they are listed. Seal with a lid.
- To make bars, mix all ingredients with a bowl with 8 tbsp of melted butter.
- Spread in an 8×8 baking pan and bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes.
- Cool completely before cutting.
Notes
recipe adapted from Desserts in Jars
I LOVE this idea! I think my kids and I made some other smores type dessert of yours (and we LOVE the pretzel kisses – yum and I have given those as gifts in jars!)
Something with caramel sauce in a jar would be my pick.
I have seen several desserts in jars and have been given one or two, but I’ve never made anything before. The closest I think I ever got was putting 2 cupcakes in a jar and giving it for Christmas. I’m going to have to get more on the trend!
I’ve never made desserts in a jar, but they look like a wonderful “Made with Love” gift for the holidays or any time. I have rec’d a couple before. One for cookies and one was a hot cocoa mix. Both were yummy and simple to toss together.
I haven’t made any yet, but I would love to make cupcakes in a jar:)
Haven’t ever tried it myself, but these Campfire Bars look really good! Fun recipe.
Boston Cream Pie in a jar! Taken from here, of course. I ran out of jars fairly quickly, though! Didn’t have 14 lying around, hahaha, that was a bit too many!
Made lots of cookies in jars and pies in a jar. Love making them so fun
I made something similar about 10 years ago. I’m overdue for a repeat. Thanks for the idea and fantastic recipe.
I want to make cupcakes in jars! I’ve seen them all over and they’re so darn cute.
What a cute idea! I’ve never made dessert in a jar, but I’m thinking no-bake cheesecake in a jar would be great!