Treat yourself to these Chocolate Chip Cookie Peanut Butter S’mores Bars! So many layers of a delicious marshmallow, peanut butter and chocolate dessert…these cookie bars are a guaranteed crowd pleaser at any party you attend!
An Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Bar Recipe
A few weeks ago I opened up my front door to a package. Now I am no stranger to the package on the front door. I consider myself a bit of an online shopping expert. But sometimes when you are such an expert internet shopper you forget about the things you buy…
That is until the box ends up on the front step.
ORRR the husband intercepts said box, which is basically the worst day of my life.
In these cases he generally stands over me while I open the box, all while I over-explain about how it was “on sale”, a “total bargain” or (my favorite) “for the children”. Anyway, when you open the box it’s like a surprise! What did I order? I can’t even remember!
It’s basically like Christmas.
But back to the box in question. I couldn’t remember ordering anything…so when I opened it up and saw that it was a copy of Averie’s new book Peanut Butter Comfort I was so super excited. Because the only thing better than opening up your boxes of online purchases, are opening up boxes that are a surprise! Love that!
Anyway, I quickly got to work choosing something to make. Because helllllooooo, the whole book is about peanut butter. You guys all know how I feel about peanut butter. My boo.
Although it was hard to decide, I chose to make her Six Layer Cookie and Marshmallow S’mores Sandwich Bars. Tis the season of the S’more. And y’all never seem to get tired of S’more-ish stuff.
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Smores Bars…
I even made a quick little video to show you just how easy it is!
I made the recipe pretty much exactly as-is written. She even made a modification for those of us who want to take a short-cut and use packaged cookie dough.
Which I did.
How to Make Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter S’mores Bars:
You’ll need 2 packages of cookie dough. The recipe calls for Chocolate Chip, but I grabbed one that had white chocolate too. Totally up to you!
Press 1 1/4 packages into the bottom of a lined and greased pan…
The top that completely with milk chocolate bars…
THEN top that with peanut butter.
Gorgeous.
THENNNN top that with graham cracker crumbs…
And yep, top that with Marshmallow Fluff…
And finally you’ll top all that with the remaining cookie dough.
She says in the recipe to use a rolling pin to flatten it out.
I didn’t have a ton of luck getting it flat enough, so I pieced it on. It was totally fine.
Then bake that up for about 20 minutes. It will weigh approximately 76 pounds. And for real you guys. The is how it will look when it’s done…
You have to let it cool completely before you can cut it…otherwise, like she says in the recipe, it will be a big ol’ mess.
SO I waited and then I chilled it, so it would be easy to cut…And y’all.
Be still my heart…
I can’t even tell you how good these bars are.
Can’t even tell you.
Super incredibly amazing. I had to get them out of the house asap, because I couldn’t be trusted.
Enjoy!
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Peanut Butter S’mores Bars
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Total Time: 4 hrs 35 min
- Yield: 25 bars 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
Treat yourself to these Chocolate Chip Cookie Peanut Butter S’mores Bars! So many layers of a delicious marshmallow, peanut butter and chocolate dessert…these cookie bars are a guaranteed crowd pleaser at any party you attend!
Ingredients
- 2 (16 oz) packages of pre-made cookie dough
- 16 oz Milk Chocolate Candy Bars (I used a little more than 3 XL Hershey Bars)
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs (about 4 full crackers)
- 7 oz jar of Marshmallow fluff (1 1/2 cups)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Line a 9×9 pan with foil and spray with cooking spray
- press 1 1/4 of the cookie dough into the bottom of the prepared pan.
- Top the cookie dough completely with the Hershey Bars
- Spread the peanut butter on top of the chocolate using an off-set spatula or knife.
- Sprinkle the graham cracker crumbs on top of peanut butter and press into the peanut butter.
- Spread the Fluff on top of the graham cracker layer. The Fluff is hard to spread, so do your best when spreading over the graham crumbs.
- Finally roll the remaining cookie dough out on a flour-dusted counter top. Place rolled dough on top of Fluff. My dough ripped, so I just pieced it on, which was totally fine!
- Bake for 20-22 minutes until top is golden.
- Allow to cool for 2 hours on a wire rack. Then transfer to refrigerator to cool for at least another 2 hours. If bars aren’t completely cooled they will be far too oozy to eat.
- Cut into squares while chilled.
Notes
store airtight in the refrigerator.
Serve chilled or reheated in the microwave. I actually liked them chilled.
Best if eaten within 3 days.
Recipe from Peanut Butter Comfort by Averie Sunshine
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 363
- Sugar: 29.5 g
- Sodium: 203.8 mg
- Fat: 19.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 44 g
- Protein: 5.6 g
- Cholesterol: 7.1 mg
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This commentary made me LMBO!!! Seriously … I can totally relate to the online ordering, husband monitoring, etc! Then the bars!!! I am thinking of freezing them for summer noshing at backyard gatherings!! Can’t wait to try this on my peeps!
Oh my gosh, freezing them?! Brilliant!!
Just made these for a kids birthday party. Hopefully they are a hit! I would say that you need more cookie dough then the recipe called for, had to go back to the store for more but I did also double it.
Hopefully I don’t eat them all tonight but I mean I have to make sure they are edible 😉
I made these a week ago and my son-in-law couldn’t stop raving about them. He even sent me a text a few days later that he was finishing them off and they were as soft and fresh as when I had made them. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Since i the only one in family to like these thought making in cupcake liners be fun an then not make as much. I made a dozen with one cookie per liner an used some mini marshmallows some cracker crumbs an with mini hershey bars 2 sections. Baked about 20 min then cooked an did not want to wait to cool an had one already.
I did cut cookie an flatten for top an bottom an still worked well. WIll pam the liners next time though
I did like an will do again.
No peanut butter since am allergic but they still make a nice smore
thank you Happy Easter they were my treat to my self.
My first batch is in the oven now. One suggestion: I put the partially assembled pan of bars including globs of marshmallow fluff in the warm oven to (hopefully) make the fluff easier to spread. I only gave it one minute. It helped a little. I might try 2 minutes the next time. After spreading the fluff some more, I finished the remaining layers. I don’t know how this dessert could possibly taste bad. (It is heavy!)
I softened my marshmallow creme and that made spread very easily.
Could you say do mini marshmallows spread over instead of fluff?
OK, I made these today….twice!!!… because, even though I followed the recipe to the letter, the first batch was inedible due to uncooked cookie dough on the bottom. Made another batch and put less cookie dough on the bottom. They were just as bad. Too sweet, uncooked, impossible to get out of the pan with aluminum foil sticking to them, not structural integrity…so they look nothing like the picture. I am an experienced baker and will NEVER make these again!!!! Maybe lose the bottom layer of cookie dough and put whole graham crackers on the bottom instead of the infernal crumbs under the m. fluff. And definitely lose the aluminum foil…just oil the pan!!! Honestly, worst recipe I have ever made! Don’t bother!!!!
Wow, so sorry you had such a bad experience. I have made the numerous times and haven’t had a situation like yours. I bet a graham crust would be great though!
Oh boy! I am making these now. They are in the oven. And I must say two things. First, the fluff is impossible to spread. Could you just use mini marshmallows instead? Second, I definitely needed a full cookie package for the top. It was very hard to spread 3/4 of the package on the top. Looking forward to seeing how they come out!
I made these cookie bars last night and just cut them up. THEY ARE AMAZING!! Delicious cold. Can’t wait to bring them to work for my co-workers. I also used a larger pan and it worked just fine. Thank you for the recipe love them!!!