Can someone please remind me not to take my kids shopping with me again…ever. During the last school holidays I had taken them to the movies and ‘mistakenly’ took them into the supermarket to get a couple of things. My daughter spotted a box cake mix that “Daddy has at home”. I’m not in the habit of buying packet cake mixes, as you probably already know except for the ‘el cheapo’ ones I buy specifically for birthday cake making.
I went to help her make it and the box said to add 250gm of butter and 3 eggs! WHAT? To a box cake mix? No way. I don’t even make cakes from scratch with that much butter and that many eggs. It had to be used up another way, more cost effectively.
It was time to put the thinking cap on and see what else I had lurking in the pantry. I found the last of the Danish butter cookies given to us at Christmas time and a handful of marshmallows from Easter. To be honest, I’d never heard of a S’more until my daughter went to Girl Guides about 5 years ago. She was so excited to tell me all about the art of pressing melted marshmallows and chocolate between two cookies. I couldn’t believe it at first but since blogging and finding recipes on Pinterest, not a day goes by when I don’t see a recipe for either S’mores or Brownies so I decided to combine the two in the form of these S’mores Brownie Bars.
I blitzed the cookies into crumbs and added 1/2 cup of melted butter. This was then pressed into a slice pan.
I wasn’t sure what to add to the box cake mix but ‘winged it’ with 2 beaten eggs and 1/2 cup of milk. (Still finished up using more eggs than I would’ve liked.)
I poured the cake mix batter onto the cookie crust and smoothed it over.
I then topped that with the handful of marshmallows I had and the chocolate chips that came with the cake mix. Pop that in the oven for approximately 25 minutes or until marshmallows have browned and cake mix has set. It will still be a little gooey.
The marshmallows look like little mushrooms sprouting on top. Next time I might push the chocolate chips and marshmallows into the cake mix a little before popping in the oven. I might even try this with a few nuts and jelly lollies added to make a Rocky Road type Brownie Bar.
The best part was that the kids absolutely devoured this. I’m going to have to start showing my daughter the recipe books a bit more I think and not have her thinking a box cake mix is the only way to make a cake. Although I secretly wouldn’t mind having one in the pantry again to whip this one up again.
{Cake Mix} S’mores Brownie Bars
- 400gm cookie crumbs
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 chocolate mudcake (or similar) box cake mix
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup marshmallows
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 170 deg C.
- Blitz cookies until fine crumbs are formed and then mix in 1/2 cup melted butter.
- Press into a slice/bar tin.
- Add 2 beaten eggs and 1/2 cup milk to the box cake mix.
- Pour over pressed cookie crumb base.
- Sprinkle marshmallows and chocolate chips over the cake batter and slightly press into mixture.
- Bake for approximately 25 minutes or until marshmallows are golden brown.
