Ohmygoodnessgraciousohmygosh. Can we talk about this for a minute? This is so tasty, so easy, so…so…so… I don’t even know how to describe it. It’s everything you get in S’mores with a smidgen of peanut butter for good measure, flipped inside out, covered in dark chocolate and sprinkled with mini-marshmallows. But wait… it’s like that plus a moon pie and a peanut butter/fluff sandwich! Plus it’s adorable!
SQUEE!
It’s cute, it’s delicious, it’s fall, it’s just exactly perfect.
The inspiration for these came from an Amish woman named LydiaAnn who sells handmade treats at our local farmer’s market. The boys and I have been loving her peanut butter bars (a chocolate covered, peanut butter filled, graham cracker dream) this past summer. The farmer’s market, alas, is done for the season, so we were left with going without them for eight months (EGADS!) or making our own version. I obviously opted for making our own.
The boys have been clamoring for s’mores lately, so I thought I’d kill two birds with one stone (along with eliminating the whole fire/stick/great-ball-of-flaming-marshmallow danger) by adding some delicious marshmallow cream to the peanut butter. Needless to say, there were a great many boys both young and older -no, dear, you’re not old- hovering around the kitchen while I made these. There were a lot of questions about just how long it would take me to finish them (I didn’t know) and whether I desperately needed someone to lick the marshmallow creme from the spatula I had used to coax the creme into a pastry bag. (I didn’t, but I pretended I did to great happiness from he who posed the question.)
Someone asked if I could make it more Halloween-y by spelling “BOO” in Mallow Bits. I gave it my best shot. In the end, covered in marshmallow creme and melted chocolate myself, I decided it was a dreadfully messy and totally worth it project. If it was so messy, why was it worth it, you ask? Because my audience was so enthused about the end product they offered to clean the kitchen for me.
Okay, that’s an exaggeration. They didn’t offer, but I pointed out that they were doing the lion’s share of the eating, and so doing the lion’s share of the cleaning was only just if they ever wanted me to make these again. They complied. I kinda figured they would…
Some cooking notes:
- There’s no getting around it, the marshmallow creme is a bit sticky and tricky. I found it easiest to pipe the little coin of creme into the center of the peanut butter and slide a knife across the piping tip to encourage it to let go of it’s marshmallow creme brethren in the piping bag. That was more successful than just twisting and twirling it into a curlieque on top. If you find a better way, please share it with me!
- The marshmallow creme loves to slide around and ooze off of the peanut butter in various directions. No biggie. Just use the top graham cracker to help slide it back into place.
- That top graham cracker? It has an alarming tendency to slide off of the top on the tide of oozy marshmallow creme. Again, no big deal. Slide it back into place before dipping in the chocolate coating. All shall be well in the end.
- Don’t skimp on the peanut butter… It’s the glue here with all the slippery-slidey marshmallow creme. If you’re allergic to peanut butter, go for sunflower butter.
Inside Out Peanut Butter S’mores Bars
Ingredients
- 1 box honey graham crackers 3 sleeves of crackers
- 1 jar smooth peanut butter 16 ounces
- 1 jar Marshmallow Creme 7 ounces
- 2 1/2 bags of semi-sweet* chocolate chips 12 ounce, *See Notes, or 5 cups of chocolate chunks
- 1/4 cup extra virgin coconut oil or vegetable shortening
- 1 cup Tiny Marshmallow Bits
Instructions
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Carefully break apart the graham crackers along the lines where they are scored, yielding 4 rectangles from each cracker. Lay half of them out with some space between them on them on the parchment lined baking sheets.
- Scrape the peanut butter and fluff into two disposable pastry bags fitted with large plain tips or into 2 gallon sized zipper top bags (which are then zipped shut.) If using the zipper top bags, squeeze the fillings toward one corner, twist the bag to prevent it from squirting back into the empty space, use a twist tie to hold it in place and snip the corner off. Pipe a line of peanut butter down each cracker. Follow this by squeezing a dollop of marshmallow creme about the size of a marble or a nickel into the center of each line of peanut butter. Top each of these with one more graham cracker square. Set aside while preparing the chocolate coating.
- Combine the chocolate chips or chunks and coconut oil or shortening in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on HIGH for 2 minutes. Stir well, return to the microwave, and heat on HIGH in 30 second bursts, stirring after each burst, until the chocolate is fully melted and the mixture is smooth.
- Pick up one graham cracker/peanut butter/marshmallow sandwich at a time, lower it into the melted chocolate, turn over to coat completely, and use two forks to lift it, allowing the excess chocolate to drain away as completely as possible before transferring back to the parchment lined sheet. Repeat with remaining graham sandwiches. Sprinkle the tops with micro Mallow bits, if desired, and allow the chocolate to set up. These are good stored at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.
Emily K says
We have a family cookout. Great fall weather.
dana says
I’d host a law school Halloween pre-party!
Terri B says
My daughter loves Jell-O jigglers! It would be great to make Halloween shaped ones for her.
jessicac says
I think we are gonna dress up and wander the halloween festival in our hand knit masks! I just bought some Kraft caramels, and was hoping to try some salted caramel cookies!
Stefanie @ Sarcastic Cooking says
I could totally use all these things to help host my sister-in-law’s annual Halloween party! I am all about these s’mores!!!! You have seriously made my day. I can’t wait to make these.
Shelly says
I would use it to host a little get together before trick or treating!
Christopher Sorel says
Make them for my son to take to Heroween party at school
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theliz says
Perhaps you could put another layer of peanut butter on top of the marshmallow to help hold it in place?
Kristin says
We would have a fun Halloween party.
Marybeth says
What if you put the marshmallow on the top cracker directly and then put it on the peanut butter layer? Would that make it easier or would it not stick together at all then?
These look so great – can’t wait to make them!
Dani says
One of my sons has an October birthday, so we do a Halloween theme party every year.
Dina says
I would love to make the great pumpkin cake recipe for our annual “It’s the great pumpkin Charlie Brown!” Party! I love Halloween.
christine says
My youngest sons birthday is on Halloween, so I will be making the
Inside Out Peanut Butter S’mores Bars (they look delicious!!) and I use several recipes from my Kraft Food & Family magazines!!
skoots1mom says
Making cheesy bones for my Bible study group…on my away to tweet
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Tweeted under ‘skoots1mom’
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Leslie says
It would be lots of fun to win this giveaway.
Larry says
These prizes would certainly liven up our holiday.
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says
Mmm mmm! Love this!
Gary says
I’d like to make the eye ball cupcakes
Christie says
I’m going to bake some yummy treats for my fellow furloughed fed workers.
Miranda says
I want to make the sparkle punch for our pre-trick or treating cocktail. How fun!
Christie says
I tweeted https://twitter.com/flowerfroggirl/status/389129028583821312
Miranda says
I tweeted (zealmag76)
Greer says
The Cheesy Bones recipe would be awesome for our annual family Halloween Cauldron-Luck bash! Both kids and adults would love those. For the inside out peanut butter smores, I was thinking to make them triple layered. So, I would do a cracker, then p.b. then another cracker then the marshmallow creme, and then a final cracker.
Happy Valley Chow says
Oh my goodness those look delicious! Definitely want to give these a try 🙂
Kel says
Jello jigglers and rice krispie bars will be at our Halloween party!
Hannah says
My son and I would love making the jello jigglers and the cookie bones!
Marcia says
Well I’m not a mom, but I am an aunt to an adorable soon-to-be 6 year old girl who is going to be a cheerleader for Halloween. I plan on going with them as they trick or treat!
Tieghan says
These are INCREDIBLY AWESOME! I think you a genius! 🙂
Liz @ Virtually Homemade says
Those are adorable and yummy. Love the addition of the peanut butter.
Susan Christy says
My niece would love this – she has a big party for her stepson and his friends.
Audra | The Baker Chick says
Woah lady- I want these right now. You have pretty much mixed together all my pregnancy cravings into one!
Tonia says
What if you just mixed the peanut butter and the marshmallow fluff together and piped an enormous amount in between two crackers? Hmm. . .mmmm!
Tonia says
Or, wait. . .what if you used NUTELLA instead of PB?!???
sara says
We have a pot luck on halloween and all go trick or treating together after.
sara says
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Pamela says
I would love to win this! I’m absolutely love baking. I would most likely be making a pumpkin spice cheesecake. I’d make use of everything. Halloween is my favorite holiday.
Kristen says
I’d make the Snake Bite Calzone…what fun!
Karen Doyle says
I would love to make these for my son’s cub scout pack. Love marshmallow fluff!
LauriM says
I’ve having a Halloween party for my young cousins and I would love to use these products!
LauriM says
I tweeted and my name is @MyPinnedLife. Here is a link to the tweet: https://twitter.com/MyPinnedLife/status/389589952889376768.
Sherry W says
We are having a spooky sleepover with my daughter and my niece. Can’t wait to use some of these recipes for the girs! Happy Halloween!
David @ Spiced says
That pumpkin cream cheese would have to make its way into a cheesecake…ASAP! Happy Halloween!!
Amanda L says
There are so many good recipes from Kraft, I think I would pick the pumpkin cream cheese for an appetizer. 🙂
Michelle says
I would make the veggie skeleton and brain dip and the caramel apples with chocolate and coconut. Then I would bring them to our friends house where we are meeting to eat and go trick or treating!
Michelle says
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Karen B says
My Granddaughter would just love all of this….fantastic!!!!
Nora B says
It would be so fun to make these monster toes! http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/monsters-toes-127201.aspx
jana says
We take the kids trick-or-treating, but pumpkin spice latte would be a nice treat while doing that. And these CCMPBGC (Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Peanut Butter Graham Crackers).
jana says
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D Schmidt says
We just moved across country and we would use these items to create a Spooktacular Halloween party to meet the neighbors! One item I would definitely make from the Kraft site is Halloween Poke Cake
D Schmidt says
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Erin D. says
This is the first year my husband and I will celebrate Halloween just the two of us in our new house. I am so excited to start making our own traditions! (and I know this prize would help) 🙂
beth says
We are hosting a party and I think I would like to make the Great Pumpkin cake, and also the inside out smores, such a cool idea
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Lori H says
I usually make our “traditional” Halloween dinner (Mummy Dogs & mac ‘n cheese) before the kiddos go trick or treating. Even though they are 14 now, they still love the Mummy Dogs.
Melissa M says
We would make some spooky treats!
Vunda V says
i like to have a few fun treats for halloween after dinner! there are some great ideas on that website
Mary Beth says
Def going to take some of these inside out smores to our church’s trunk or treat! they will be a hit!
vaishali says
Love the marshmallow fluff!
Kelly D says
I will throw a Halloween party/40th anniversary party for my parents and invite friends and family and serve Kraft treats. The Cheesy Jack-o’-Lantern looks great.
Kelly D says
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Vera K says
I will probably end up at my granddaughter’s house and we will have blast with all these fun things. Maybe we’ll even make Ghosts in the Graveyard!
sara haaf says
I want to make my son the snake bite calzones and one of the treats for dinner before we head out for trunk or treat, they look so delicious and fun!