Valentine’s Day S’More Bars
Celebrate with Valentine's Day S'More Bars without artificial colors or eggs! Using naturally colored chocolate gems and organic marshmallow crème, these soft and gooey cookie bars made in an 8×8-inch baking pan with creamy marshmallow, honey grahams and bursts of chocolate in every bite. These are sure to be a crowd pleaser!
If you’re looking for more Valentine’s Day treats, check out some of my other favorites like Valentine’s Day Peanut Butter Cookie Skillet, Eggless Valentine’s Day Peanut Butter Blossoms, Chocolate Heart Thumbprint Cookies, Eggless Chocolate Heart Cake, or Dark Chocolate Almond Hearts.
A Quick Look At The Recipe
- Recipe Name: Valentine's Day S'More Bars
- Ready In: 45 minutes
- Makes: 9 bars
- Main Ingredients: salted butter, light brown sugar, all purpose, marshmallow creme
- Flavor Profile: honey graham, gooey marshmallow and chocolate candies in every bite
- Dietary Info: eggless
- Difficulty: Easy!
- Why You’ll Love It: Valentine's Day inspired s'more bars deliciousness
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Gooey Marshmallows: Everyone loves S’More Bars because of the combination of graham crackers, chocolate and gooey marshmallows! These Valentine’s Day S’more Bars use my favorite organic marshmallow crème for that perfectly gooey mallow that you all love!
- Naturally Colored: I use Unreal Milk Chocolate Gems that are naturally colored. I did have to pick out the pink and purples, as the bag also includes blue and greens. If you made Easy Christmas Present Brownies (like I did), then you'll have extra pink and purples in the bag!
- Easy: This recipe for Valentine’s Day S’More Bars is incredibly easy! For how delicious these are, they require minimal effort, which is my favorite kind of dessert to make!
- Eggless: These are naturally eggless s'more bars! So, if you have someone that has an egg allergy, this is a great recipe to make for them!
Ingredients
- Light Brown Sugar: I'm using my homemade light brown sugar, but store bought also works.
- Heavy Whipping Cream: This makes these dessert bars incredibly moist, soft, and chewy. It also replaces eggs, so these bars can be gooey without worry of underbaking with eggs.
- All Purpose Flour: I use Cairnspring Mills, this is my favorite!
- Baking Soda: I use baking soda because there is brown sugar in this recipe. Read my post on the Difference Between Baking Soda and Baking Powder for more info on leavening agents.
- Marshmallow Creme: I'm using Toonie Moonie Organic Marshmallow Creme, which is the only organic marshmallow “fluff” on the market. It's so good and perfect for this!
- Chocolate Candies: I'm using Unreal Milk Chocolate Gems and I picked out the purple and pinks. These are natural candies, non GMO, and use plant based dyes. They are basically the best kind of M&M's out there!
*For a full list of ingredients and measurements, visit the recipe card below.
Baker's Tips for Valentine's Day S'More Bars
- Always weigh ingredients for the best results.
- Make sure your butter is soft. I like to leave butter out on the counter overnight to soften naturally. If you have to microwave it, then be sure to do only 10 second intervals per half cup. This will prevent it from melting in specific spots.
- I use light brown sugar here. If you don’t have it, you can easily make your own with my Homemade Light Brown Sugar. If you don’t have molasses, you can use half cane sugar and half dark brown sugar as well (that’s basically the same thing!).
- I use Toonie Moonie Marshmallow Crème for this recipe as it’s the only organic marshmallow fluff out there! If you are not concerned with organic, you are welcome to use any marshmallow fluff or even mini marshmallows.
- I use Unreal Milk Chocolate Gems and I picked out the pinks and purples. This is the only naturally colored chocolate candy I could find! This would be a fun activity for kids, have them pick out the pinks and purples, let them eat some of the greens and blues in the process! If you are not concerned about artificial colors, you can use any kind of chocolate candy you like.
- These may look a little jiggly when they come out of the oven, that’s okay, they will set up!
- Make sure to store these in an airtight container so they stay soft and chewy.
How to Make Valentine's Day S'More Bars
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line an 8×8-inch baking pan with parchment paper. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the butter, light brown sugar, and vanilla extract. Mix on low until combined and there are no chunks of butter.
- Add the heavy whipping cream, flour, baking soda, and sea salt.
- Mix together until a stiff cookie dough forms.
- Place three-quarters of the dough (just eyeball it) into the baking pan and press it with your hands or a spatula to form an even layer.
- Top the cookie dough with the marshmallow crème and spread evenly.
- Break the graham crackers into pieces and sprinkle the candies and graham crackers on top of the marshmallow.
- Add the pink and purple candies on top of the graham crackers.
- Add the remaining cookie dough mixture on top by breaking it into little chunks and adding evenly on top of the bars, allowing parts of marshmallow crème, candies, and graham crackers to show through.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the cookie portion looks lightly browned and it’s only a little jiggly. Allow to cool completely in the pan.
- Cut the bars into 9 bars. Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Recipe FAQ's
I use UnReal Milk Chocolate Gems as they are made without artificial colors but look and taste similar to M&Ms. I pick out the pinks and purples for Valentine's Day!
Yes, just like all my recipes, you can make this recipe at high altitude! I provide a range for baking this recipe, so just be sure to look that the bars look done. There are no eggs in this recipe so if you like really gooey s'mores you can bake them on the lower end of the time range.
I use heavy whipping cream to replace eggs in these eggless s'more bars. This is an easy everyday ingredient you probably already have in your kitchen. The heavy whipping cream adds fat and moisture, making it a great egg replacer for these cookie bars.
Heavy cream is a great egg replacer in dessert bars as it adds fat and moisture, similar to eggs.
Yes, you can use mini marshmallows in place of fluff.
Yes, but then these won’t be dye-free. That's why I use Unreal Milk Chocolate Gems which are free of artificial colors.
These s'more bars will look underbaked when coming out of the oven (jiggly) but they will set up as they cool.
S'more bars are gooey because they have marshmallow fluff everywhere, so they are a more gooey dessert.
The edges and parts where the cookie dough is will be golden brown.
It will stay somewhat soft. They will be more gooey when warm.
S'more bars are soft and chewy!
Over baking or using too much flour will make them dry. Be sure to use a digital food scale for the best results.
If you don't let them cool, they can break apart when slicing.
Yes, you can make these ahead of time, they are great to make the night before. You can leave them in the baking pan and remove the following day and slice up. You can also freeze these by storing in an airtight container and freezing.
Yes, you can 2x the recipe in the recipe card below and use a 9×13-inch baking pan. You may want to bake a few extra minutes, just look for doneness (golden brown, slightly jiggly before removing from the oven). There's no worry of underbaking as these are eggless s'more bars!
Store these bars in an airtight container for up to 5 days. These are best eaten within a few days of baking though!
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Valentine's Day S'More Bars
Equipment
- Digital Food Scale
- Stand Mixer
- 8×8-inch Baking Pan
- Parchment Paper Sheets
Ingredients
- 113 grams salted butter (softened)
- 170 grams light brown sugar (packed)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 113 grams heavy whipping cream
- 255 grams all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 cup Toonie Moonie Organic Vanilla Marshmallow Creme
- 142 grams Unreal Milk Chocolate Gems (pink and purples only)
- 3 graham crackers
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line an 8 x 8-inch baking pan with parchment paper.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the butter, light brown sugar, and vanilla extract. Mix on low until combined and there are no chunks of butter.
- Add the heavy whipping cream, flour, baking soda, and sea salt and mix together until a stiff cookie dough forms.
- Place three-quarters of the dough (just eyeball it) into the baking pan and press it with your hands or a spatula to form an even layer.
- Top the cookie dough with the marshmallow crème and spread evenly.
- Break the graham crackers into pieces and sprinkle the candies and graham crackers on top of the marshmallow.
- Add the pink and purple candies on top of the graham crackers.
- Add the remaining cookie dough mixture on top by breaking it into little chunks and adding evenly on top of the bars, allowing parts of marshmallow crème, candies, and graham crackers to show through.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the cookie portion looks lightly browned and it’s only a little jiggly. Allow to cool completely in the pan.
- Cut the bars into 9 bars. Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
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Notes
- Always weigh ingredients for the best results.
- Make sure your butter is soft. I like to leave butter out on the counter overnight to soften naturally. If you have to microwave it, then be sure to do only 10 second intervals per half cup. This will prevent it from melting in specific spots.
- I use light brown sugar here. If you don’t have it, you can easily make your own with my Homemade Light Brown Sugar. If you don’t have molasses, you can use half cane sugar and half dark brown sugar as well (that’s basically the same thing!).
- I use Toonie Moonie Marshmallow Crème for this recipe as it’s the only organic marshmallow fluff out there! If you are not concerned with organic, you are welcome to use any marshmallow fluff or even mini marshmallows.
- I use Unreal Milk Chocolate Gems and I picked out the pinks and purples. This is the only naturally colored chocolate candy I could find! This would be a fun activity for kids, have them pick out the pinks and purples, let them eat some of the greens and blues in the process! If you are not concerned about artificial colors, you can use any kind of chocolate candy you like.
- These may look a little jiggly when they come out of the oven, that’s okay, they will set up!
- Make sure to store these in an airtight container so they stay soft and chewy.
- High Altitude — Follow the recipe as noted.
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I love this new take on s’mores!! The textures all come together nicely and the mallow middle is peerrrfect!
Thank you, so glad you enjoyed!