Deluxe Chocolate Marshmallow Bars (taste of Home)
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Bars
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Chocolate
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Desserts
Ingredients: 3/4
cup
Butter or margarine 1 1/2
cups
Sugar 3
Eggs 1
teaspoon
Vanilla Extract 1 1/3
cups
All-purpose flour 1/2
teaspoon
Baking powder 1/2
teaspoon
Salt 3
tablespoons
Baking cocoa 1/2
cup
Chopped nuts,
optional
4
cups
Miniature marshmallows
-----TOPPING----- 1 1/3
cups
(8-oz.) chocolate chips 3
tablespoons
Butter or margarine 1
cup
Peanut butter 2
cups
Crisp rice cereal
Directions:
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until fluffy. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa; add to creamed mixture. Stir in nuts if desired. Spread in a greased jelly roll pan.
Bake at 350-degrees for 15 - 18 minutes. Sprinkle marshmallows evenly over cake; return to oven for 2 - 3 minutes. Using a knife dipped in water, spread the melted marshmallows evenly over cake. Cool. For topping, combine chocolate chips, butter and peanut butter in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until melted nd well blended. Remove from heat; stir in cereal. Spread over bars. Chill.
Yield: about 3 dozen.
SOURCE: "Taste of Home" (Priemere Edition)
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