Name: Indoor Smores Cereal Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 5 tablespoons butter; 8 cups Golden Grahams cereal; 3.5 ounces marshmallow creme (1/2 small container); 10 ounce mini marshmallows; 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips; 2 Hershey Bars (broken into pieces, optional)

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Are you craving a s’more but can’t get outside to make one? These Indoor Smores Cereal Bars are pure ooey gooey deliciousness! We can’t stop eating these homemade Golden Graham cereal bars that are the perfect dessert or snack for any time of the year!

Easy Recipe with Golden Grahams Cereal

Our eleven year old has been begging to have a campfire and make since school has been out. The challenge is we’ve either been in the field working long days so we’re too tired or it’s raining every time he asks. Every time he asks I begin craving this perfect summer treat. So, I converted our Easy Unicorn Treats made with Lucky Charms into Smores Bars! Regardless of the weather these Golden Grahams Smores Bars can be made and enjoyed!

With kids, we always have cereal around since it can be eaten for any meal (in a pinch) and makes easy snacks. When I have a little extra time and energy I like to make cereal bars with marshmallows because my kids love them! I also love how well these snacks freeze since we don’t need to eat the entire pan at once.

We have so many fun and delicious cereal bars with marshmallows that inspired this recipe, Creamy Crispy Cookie Treats, Easy Valentine Treats for Kids, Easy Halloween Snack for School Parties and Easy Christmas Tree Treats. It just made sense to create a fun summer party treat!

Are These Cereal Bars with Marshmallows Messy?

Yes! And that’s my favorite part! Several of us love eating these treats with our fingers, but know that this recipe is very gooey!

This recipe can be made less gooey by leaving out the marshmallow creme OR by increasing the amount of cereal used.

My husband is a farmer and I had just finished taking pictures of these beautiful S’mores Cereal Bars when he called. He was in a tractor putting fertilizer on young corn plants and a bolt had broken. So I picked him up and took him to the shop to get the parts he needed. I very proudly loaded a freshly photographed plate on cereal bars along with our kids in our minivan. I presented the snack to him and he said, “If I made these for my kids I would be mad because they’re so messy.”

I acknowledge that he was grumpy and would rather be getting work done than fixing things that break. Sometimes parts of any job just stink and that’s where he was at. The moral of the story is that these are messy and they may not make you happy if you’re grumpy.

How to Make Indoor Smores Treats

Melt butter in a large pan, when it is nearly melted add the marshmallow creme and stir
Once butter and marshmallow creme are combined add half of the marshmallows and keep stirring
When marshmallows are nearly melted remove from the heat and stir in cereal
Once cereal is well coated add chocolate chips and remaining marshmallows and stir well
Spread into a greased 13 x 9 inch pan and smooth out the top with wet fingers
Sprinkle pieces of Hershey chocolate bar on top

Tips for Making S’mores Cereal Bars

I rarely ever say this, but this is one recipe that I can’t tell the difference between using butter or margarine
Marshmallow creme can be left out to decrease gooeyness
Amount of cereal can be increased to decrease gooeyness
More chocolate chips can be mixed in or sprinkled on top to increase chocolate flavors
Marshmallow is the dominant flavor in this recipe, so adjust ingredients as desired
Use wetted fingers or a butter wrapper to smooth out the top of the bars
Don’t worry about getting the marshmallows totally melted on the stove, there is plenty of heat to keep melting later on
These bars freeze well

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