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Yes, I do realize it’s April. I am sharing a pumpkin recipe in spring time. Crazy, right? Actually, not so crazy. Pumpkin works all year round (and it freezes well, so you can totally stock up when it goes on sale in fall in whatever form you prefer and use it when you feel like it!)
Plus, without the wonderful that is pumpkin, how could I share this Pumpkin S’mores Bar Recipe with you?
Ingredients
½ C. butter or margarine
1 can of Canned Pumpkin(15 oz.)
½ cup milk
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1 C. of Graham crackers (any brand), crushed (about 11 squares, see photo)
Approximately 12 graham cracker squares (you may need 1-2 more if using a larger baking dish)
2 C. mini marshmallows
8 oz. chocolate chips
9×9 or 8×8 baking dish (I lined mine with foil for easy clean up)
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 450 degrees
#1. In a small saucepan, combine the butter, ½ C. milk, cinnamon and 15 oz. of Libby’s pumpkin, heat on low.
#2. In a large Ziploc type bag crush the graham crackers using a Rolling pin. Add them to the pumpkin mixture in the saucepan.
#3. While the pumpkin mixture is heating through lay your 12 graham cracker squares on the bottom of your baking dish. You may need to split a few squares in half to make them fit.
#4. Remove the pumpkin mixture from the stove and spread ½ of the mixture on top of the graham cracker squares using a spatula. Sprinkle 1 C. of the mini marshmallows and ½ of your chocolate chips on top.
#5. Repeat step #4 – you will end up with 2 layers.
#6. Place the baking dish in the oven and bake for 5 minutes – keeping an eye on it. The marshmallows will turn a nice golden brown color. Remove from oven and let cool in the fridge to ‘set’. Wait about 1 hour before cutting.
*Makes 16 squares. 1 square = 1 serving.
Pumpkin is a superfood. Pumpkin adds extra fiber and Vitamin A to recipes. It’s packed with Beta Carotene. It can be used to replace the fat in some recipes and cut the amount of sodium per serving in others. When used as a replacement for butter, eggs or oil it can also reduce calories. It can be incorporated in breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack and beverages – all that taste great.
We’ve all heard about superfoods for a while now. Pumpkin has a lot of benefits that make it part of the superfood team- it’s a good source of fiber (we ALL need fiber) and a great source for Vitamin A. You can use it to replace fat in some recipes, and you can also use it in sauces to lower sodium amounts.
Pumpkins are a pretty sneaky vegetable. They can go sweet but they can also go savory. You can feature the pumpkin flavor and create your recipes around pumpkin, or you can “tuck” it into other recipes to get the added benefits of pumpkin and not have the dish be all about the pumpkin.
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Pumpkin S’mores Bars Recipe
Recipe Type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Author: Brett
Serves: 16
Pumpkin brings a new level of flavor to these s’mores bars!
Ingredients
- ½ C. butter or margarine
- 1 can of Libby’s pumpkin (15 oz.)
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp. Cinnamon
- 1 C. of Graham crackers (any brand), crushed (about 11 squares, see photo)
- Approximately 12 graham cracker squares (you may need 1-2 more if using a larger baking dish)
- 2 C. mini marshmallows
- 8 oz. chocolate chips
- 9×9 or 8×8 baking dish (I lined mine with foil for easy clean up)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 450 degrees
- In a small saucepan, combine the butter, ½ C. milk, cinnamon and 15 oz. of Libby’s pumpkin, heat on low.
- In a large Ziploc type bag crush the graham crackers using a rolling pin.
- Add them to the pumpkin mixture in the saucepan.
- #3. While the pumpkin mixture is heating through lay your 12 graham cracker squares on the bottom of your baking dish. You may need to split a few squares in half to make them fit.
- Remove the pumpkin mixture from the stove and spread ½ of the mixture on top of the graham cracker squares using a spatula.
- Sprinkle 1 C. of the mini marshmallows and ½ of your chocolate chips on top.
- Repeat step #4 – you will end up with 2 layers.
- Place the baking dish in the oven and bake for 5 minutes – keeping an eye on it. The marshmallows will turn a nice golden brown color.
- Remove from oven and let cool in the fridge to ‘set’.
- Wait about 1 hour before cutting.
- *Makes 16 squares. 1 square = 1 serving.
FAQs
And don't just limit yourself to chocolate bars, graham crackers and marshmallows! With a s'mores bar, go crazy and offer your family and friends ginger snaps, chocolate chip cookies, sea-salt dark chocolate, toffee chips, coconut flakes, Nutella—whatever goes well with marshmallows and cookies.
What are pumpkin bars made of? ›
Pumpkin Bar Ingredients
For the Cake: eggs, pumpkin puree, white sugar, vegetable oil, all-purpose flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. For the Frosting: butter, cream cheese, vanilla extract, and confectioners' sugar.
How many S Mores can you make with one Hershey bar? ›
Coverage is just dandy plus you don't have to buy and haul around a whole mess of Hershey bars. If you use half of the bar per s'more, you (obviously) only get 2 s'mores per bar.
What chocolate is best for smores? ›
However, there are a few types of chocolate that are popular choices for s'mores: Milk chocolate is a classic choice for s'mores. It has a sweet and creamy flavor that complements marshmallows and graham crackers. Dark chocolate is a must for those who prefer a richer and less sweet flavor.
How do you make Dolly Parton bars? ›
directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Spread melted butter in a 9 x 13 pan.
- Sprinkle with graham crumbs.
- Add the nuts, chips and coconut, sprinkling evenly over crumbs.
- Cover all with condensed milk.
- Bake for 25 minutes.
- Allow to cool and cut into squares.
Canned pumpkin and pumpkin puree are the same thing, and you'll often see the terms used interchangeably in recipes and cookbooks. Unlike pumpkin pie mix, canned pumpkin does not have any spices, sugars, or other additives. In many cases, the only ingredient is pumpkin.
Is Libby's pumpkin made of pumpkin? ›
Libby's, the quintessential canned pumpkin brand, uses a proprietary strain of the Dickinson pumpkin variety in their product, which is also often called a Dickinson squash. On Libby's website, it states that their product is 100 percent pumpkin.
What is the gooey stuff in a pumpkin called? ›
Brains – Okay, the proper name is fibrous strands and seeds. However, just about everyone calls them ” pumpkin brains”. There are many other names for this slimy, mushy, mass of strings and seeds. They also include guts, sinew, goop, goo, pumpkin slime, and just plain old “yucky stuff”.
How to melt the chocolate for S Mores? ›
Place the chocolate chips into the microwave for 30 seconds. Take out the chocolate and give it a stir with a spatula. You can also melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler over a pan of simmering water. Put the semi-melted chocolate back in for 20 seconds more and then give it one final stir.
What happened to Hershey's S Mores bars? ›
One answer offered by a self-described "former candy marketing guy" on Quora cites "declining sales and consumer interest over time" for the demise of this and other candy bars. However, it's hard to imagine that this product wasn't a massive hit based on fervor of fans still clamoring for its return.
S'more is a contraction of the phrase "some more". A s'more recipe appeared in a Campfire Marshmallows cookbook in the early 1920s, where it was called a "Graham Cracker Sandwich". The text indicates that the treat was already popular with both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
What marshmallows melt best? ›
And if you plan to melt the marshmallows to include in a recipe like Rice Krispie treats, you'll have no issues with these Jet-Puffed mallows. They puff up big in the microwave but melt down to be smooth and sticky—just what you want for these types of recipes.
What's better than S Mores? ›
Campfire Ice Cream
Bring some sugar ice cream cones and use a roasted marshmallow as the base. Then, layer in toppings as you would with an ice cream cone. We would bring chocolate chips, butterscotch, toffee, almonds, pecans, walnuts, coconut, and banana chips.
Are Honey Maid wafers the same as graham crackers? ›
Although they taste the same as traditional graham crackers and can be used in all the same recipes, the ingredient list for Honey Maid Wafers doesn't contain any graham flour.
What do I need for a S Mores party? ›
S'mores Party Essentials: The Ingredients
In order to make a classic S'mores treat, you'll need graham crackers, marshmallows and, of course, HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Bars! The fun doesn't have to stop there. Get creative by swapping out or adding ingredients to make yummy gourmet S'mores.
What do you use for smores skewers? ›
For traditional campfire roastin', use roasting sticks made of bamboo or steel-pronged roasting sticks.
What can you put in a candy bar? ›
The beauty of making your own candy bars is that you can choose what to put in them. Of course, chocolate bars taste great plain but adding bits of toffee or salted and roasted nuts or dried cherries can make the candy bar taste even better.
