19 Recipes That Start With a Bag of Marshmallows (2024)

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The sugar cookie dough gets a double dose of chocolate from both melted chocolate chips and cocoa, as well as a pop of flavor from cinnamon and a touch of cayenne pepper. Add a broiled marshmallow on top and you’ll have a mug of hot chocolate in the form of a cookie.

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New York City pastry chef Clarice Lam, who owns door-to-door bakeryThe Baking Bean, puts a nostalgic spin on a classic campfire recipe. These peanut butter and jelly s'mores are sure to satisfy your most intense comfort food cravings.

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This creamy finger paint is cute and so easy the kids can make it themselves. You can get several batches out of one bag of marshmallows, too, so it’s much cheaper than any finger paint you’d find in a store. If things get messy during art time, all you have to do is lick your fingers. The stickiness hangs around, so don’t use this for anything you’d like to keep for more than a day or two.

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These cookies taste just like a s'more, no campfire required.The graham crackers really come through in the cookie, while the melty chocolate melds with toasted marshmallow during the baking process.

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It doesn't get more Southern than frogeye salad, which can't help but make eaters reminisce about church potlucks or childhood dinners spent at a grandparent's house.

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These sweet unicorn treats are adorable enough to serve at a birthday party, but easy enough to throw together for after-school snacks during the week. Adding almonds and apple chips into the mix make these snack bars more substantial and flavorful than a plain rice cereal treat, but these ingredients are easily swapped to accommodate your favorite mix-ins or nut allergies. We added a touch of food coloring to give the bars a cheerful pink hue, but it’s A-OK to leave it out if you would prefer.

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Use a concentrated red food coloring gel (not liquid food coloring) for the brightest results. When baking the meringues, don't open the oven after turning it off; this will help them dry.

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Your little human monsters will love decorating brownies with chocolate, marshmallows, and M&M's to make these sweet treats. For the base, we doubled the recipe for Dark Chocolate Brownies, baking it in a 9- by 13-in. pan and omitting the glaze. Thin, flat chocolate bars work best for the faces.

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While it might not be the best-looking dish on the holiday table, it will be incredibly popular. Super sweet and creamy, this dish will work just as well as a side as it will as a dessert. We guarantee there won't be leftovers.

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This mile-high chocolate pie is inspired by a Southern classic: theMoonPie. With a grahamcracker crust, a Tennessee whiskey-chocolate filling, and marshmallowy meringue, this pie is sure to impress.

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This giant cookie is a sweet, indulgent treat that tastes like a traditional campfire s'more. The cookie base is soft and gooey when warm, but firms up after cooling. Bonus: Little kids will be spared a scorched marshmallow or burned fingers.

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Reminiscent of classic popcorn balls, these salty-sweet treats make for awesome low-fat, lunch box-friendly snacking. Make a batch with the kids this weekend to enjoy throughout the week.

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Ingredients of the favorite campfire treat is morphed into a dreamy S'more Shake.

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These Mississippi Mud Brownies are rich, chocolaty, and drizzled in peanut butter! What more could you want in a brownie?

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These autumnal dessert bars combine the elements of the classic, marshmallow-topped sweet potato casserole into a gooey and glorious blondie. (After all, sweet potato casserole kind of belongs on the dessert table anyway.)

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This twist on classic Rice Krispie Treats features the cool and creamy citrus flavors of orange dreamsicle.

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Grated lemon rind and premium white chocolate elevate the favorite childhood treat of crispy rice cereal bars into Lemon-White Chocolate Chewy Crispy Bars. These treats will have adults asking for more.

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Enjoy the taste of sweet potato casserole in soup form by topping pureed sweet potatoes with unsalted peanuts and mini marshmallows.

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Made with bittersweet and semisweet chocolate, you'll want to keep Extreme Hot Chocolate simmering in your slow cooker to warm up on those blustery winter days.

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