S'mores bars are better than other bars...

You made it! It's Friday!

 

I hope your last few hours of work go smoothly, and that your perfect hair day holds out through the rest of the afternoon.

 

May your drive home be safe and without incident, because as we all know, there's nothing worse that making it through the work week, all the way to Friday at freedom time, only to get in a fender bender, have your kid come home from school sick with some kind of plague, or realize that your face has been developing a surprise zit for you to discover only when you try to go get ready for your fun night out tonight....

 

So, good luck...

 

For those of you that end up having any of these unfortunate circumstances occur, and you are now forced to stay at home...on a Friday night...don't fret. It's probably better this way anyhow...Why you ask, is staying home on a Friday night better that going out?

 

I'll tell you...

 

1. the sweatpants you've been rockin' since your sophomore year in highschool are the dress code.

2. no makeup required...so bust out that clay mask you bought at Target, like, 2 months ago and get to detoxin' those pores.

3. If you dribble your wine down your chin, just grab the neck of you shirt and dab it up.

4. It's a good night for pizza rolls anyways.

5. you can catch up on your DVR shows and finally delete those 27 episodes of Dance Moms and Duck Dynasty.

6.  You could finally clean the house and do the laundry... totally kidding

7.  You could clean out the pantry and throw away the box of white rice from 2007

and that can of creamed corn from 2009.

8.  You can catch up on your reading... seriously, go finish those three half-read novels on your nightstand.

9.  2:00 am is the "bad decision hour" so go to bed already.

 

10. S'MORES BARS!!!

 

With that said, I'd like to invite you to a special kind of party..

A party with no bad decision making or hangovers to follow....

A party with only 5 guests..

Graham crackers

Butter

Marshmallows

Chocolate

and your face :)

 

Now I'm perfectly aware that this is not an original idea.  S'mores bars have been around for a while, but if you're anything like me, you kind of forgot about them, and now the thought of making them makes you feel as if you've stumbled upon some life-altering revelation. 

 

So, gather up the ingredients, (if you have to run to the store it's ok, sweatpants are ok grocery store attire....at least that's what I tell myself) and get the DVR ready to go, the glass o' wine nearby, and let's get our S'mores on ;)

 

 

S'mores Bars

about 40 of the big marshmallows (not the jumbo campfire ones...too big)

4 tbsp butter

4 milk chocolate Hershey bars

3 packages of graham crackers (not boxes, the wrapped packages inside)

 

a pot

a big spoon

pan lined with foil and sprayed

 

 

1.  Get your ingredients together...

 

 

2. Chop up your graham crackers and chocolate to about penny sized pieces...

 

 

3. In your pot, on medium heat, melt your butter...

 

 

4.  Then add in the marshmallows and melt until smooth...stir constantly so they don't burn...

 

 

5. Once it's smooth, take off heat and IMMEDIATELY add in your grahams and chocolate and fold, fold, fold, until all mixed up...

 

 

6.  Spread into greased and foil lined pan and press down ..

 

 

7.  Once cooled, lift foil out and cut your bars into squares.. It helps to separate them by little wax paper squares too :)

 

 

 

Enjoy :)

 

Now grab a few of these ooey gooey babies, refill the glass of wine, and plop down with Honey Boo Boo or Dance Moms or whatever secret shame of a television show you like, and revel in the fact that while you are relaxing in the comfort of your own sweatpants, on your own couch, with a delicious treat and mind numbing programming, your friends are out at the bar slowly drinking away their chances of waking the next morning with any dignity or recollection of the events following their 2:00 am Taco Bell run.

 

 

 

Cheers :)

 

 

 

:) Ashley