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Chocolate Cherry Marshmallow Crunch Bars combine all my favorite flavors into one satisfying bite!
Right now I need to be consoled. That Super Bowl game was brutal. I mean, the 49ers were down big time and then the huge come back and then … nothing. I’m sad. I need chocolate. Lots of chocolate. It could take me weeks to recover from this loss without it. I have an idea! How about some Chocolate Cherry Marshmallow Crunch Bars to ease the pain?
Yeah. This is going to help. Big time. Chocolate makes everything better. You know what makes chocolate better though? Cherries. Oh man, maraschino cherries are a weakness of mine. My boys inherited this unfortunately. I say unfortunately cause now they have to fight me for the extra cherries on their sundaes. You know what else my boys love? Marshmallows. Ooey-gooey marshmallows. Why not put them all together and some CRUNCH to make it more satisfying?
A super delicious chocolatey base topped with yummy marshmallows and cherries and finished with a chocolate peanut butter rice krispies treat – oh yeah!
Ingredients
- Base:
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup + 2 Tbls flour
- 2 Tbls unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking pwder
- Filling:
- 2 10 oz bottles maraschino cherries, no stems, drained and chopped
- 3 cups miniature marshmallows
- Topping
- 3/4 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 Tbls butter
- 1 1/2 cup Rice Krispies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Cream butter and sugar together in a mixer bow. Add eggs one at a time, beating until thoroughly combined. Add in vanilla extract.
- Whisk together flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder.
- Gradually add to creamed mixture.
- Spread in a lightly great 9x13 baking dish.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes until set.
- Sprinkle marshmallows on top and bake for another 3 minutes or until marshmallows have puffed up.
- Sprinkle chopped cherries on top of marshmallows and spread evenly using a knife dipped in water.
- Let cool completely.
- Melt peanut butter, chocolate chips, and butter together in a small saucepan.
- Remove from heat and stir in Rice Krispies.
- Spread evenly over top of bars.
- Chill for 1 hour or until set. Cut into bars and serve.
You know…I’m feeling better already! That’s the power of chocolate people – never underestimate it!
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These sound and look amazing Trish! Love the colors too. I’m not a big fan of maraschino cherries but I’d love to try these!
Stop it – I’m drooling!! Oh the deliciousness…. I want to make and eat these immediately, haha.
Do it! hehe
Whoa! These look really decadent!
Totally :)
That game. *sobbing*
These bars are fantastic!
I know :( What a heart breaker! Thanks Dorothy!
These look amazing!!!
Lyndsey.rullman at hotmail dot com
Heavenly!!! These dreamy looking choco-cherry bars sound incredible! The ingredients are all of my favorite things about a dessert: chocolate, cherries, peanut butter, crunch and I <3 bars! :) Over from Chef In Training.
Blessings,
Leslie
So good Leslie! Thanks for stopping by!
Found you from Nikki’s site and I love bars like this! And in the past 2 weeks, I’ve had 3 maraschino cherry recipes so needless to say, I’d love these!
Aren’t they the best?? I’m making another one tomorrow :)
Oh my goodness these look absolutely delicious!! Found you linked up at Clean & Scentsible :)
Fotini
Thanks for stopping by Fotini!
Oh, man! I need a few of those bars for some cleaning and working out energy today!!! So pretty!
Thank you Jocelyn!
YUM!
Pinning!
Thank you so much Rebekah!
Amazing combo, Trish. Shared your link on my blog, recipe exchange and pinned it ! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much Cindy!
These look like the cure for my sweet tooth! I would love to have you link them up with us at The Hopeless Housewife!
Oh my! This combines lots of my favorites. I have got to make these!!!
These look delicious Trish!
These look great! I am featuring them at Bacon Time soon :)
Thanks for linking up. Hope your V day is lovely.
Thanks so much Mindie! You too!
You have outdone yourself with this one! Maraschino cherries are my weakness : )
Thanks so much for sharing, Trish!
Liz
These look SO YUMMY! Pinning ;) Thanks, Trish! :)
Yum- these look and sound delicious!! Can’t wait to try!
Thanks Christi!
YUM-O! I’d love for you to come link this up at my Tuesday Time Out!
Melanie Reasons To Skip The Housework
These looks AMAZING Trish! YUM! :o) Thank you so much for sharing!
Jaime from Crafty Scrappy Happy
Not only do they look delicious, but they are sooooo pretty with the red!! Love them, Trish!
These are baking in my oven right now :)
Yay! I hope you enjoyed them :)
Just saw your link over at Skip To My Lou’s link party and had to come and check out these delicious looking Chocolate Cherry Marshmallow’s. Yum! So glad you shared :)
These look so good, love that they’re made from scratch!
Thank you Sarah – enjoy your weekend!
This looks wonderful! Chocolate and cherries? Yes, please!
Oh thank you Erin!
Oh man, these are calling my name. I love, love, love maraschino cherries. These will be one of my features on Thursdays Treasures. Thanks for sharing with us.
Can’t wait to make these! Definitely pinning! I am always up for chocolate when I need to be soothed…but add cherries to the pic? Irresistible!
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Thank you so much Alison!