I was asked by Quirk Books and Serious Eats to participate in Marsh Madness, a friendly little competition among bloggers.
We’re celebrating the launch of Shauna Server’s book, Marshmallow Madness, and our task was to create a fabulous marshmallow-based recipe.
I love marshmallows and so March Madness Marsh Madness was right up my alley.
I came up with Peanut Butter Cocoa Krispies Smores Bars
Let’s talk about the layers in these bars. It’s not a proper dessert to me if it doesn’t have about 17 flavors and textures and layers going on.
These have plenty going on.
If you need more marshmallow-based recipes, I have one or two…
Deep Dish Double Chocolate Golden Grahams Smores Bars (Vegan & GF options)
White Chocolate Vanilla Marshmallow Cake Bars
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough & Marshmallow Stuffed Rice Krispie Bars (No Bake)
One of my Favorite Recipes of 2011 is Marshmallow Peanut Butter Double Chocolate Pillowtop Bars (GF with Vegan options)
Peanut Butter Marshmallow Bars with Vegan Chocolate Frosting (No Bake)
Double Chocolate Caramel Corn & Cocoa Rice Krispies Candy Bars (No-Bake with Vegan & GF options)
Twinkies (3 ingredients, no added oil or butter)
Yes, I love marshmallows.
If you’d like to make Smores or something from Shauna’s book with marshmallows, you’re in luck because…
…3 Readers will win a copy of Marshmallow Madness
I am absolutely loving the book. It’s chock full of recipes for homemade marshmallows with really unique flavors such as root beer float marshmallows, bacon-flavored marshmallows, and there are recipes for how to make homemade graham crackers and whoopie pies. As a bonus, the book cover is “puffy” and squishy, adding to the overall fun factor.
To Enter the Giveaway:
1. Tell me how you like to use marshmallows or a favorite marshmallow-based recipe (links welcome).
2. For a second entry, Twitter Follow LV&Y and and then tweet the following:
“I love Marshmallows & want to Win the Marshmallow Madness Cookbook from @LoveVeggiesYoga @QuirkBooks http://tiny.cc/ejrs1″
3. For extra entries and you must leave a separate comment for each:
Facebook Like Love Veggies & Yoga
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or post this Giveaway on your blog
Contest ends Saturday, February 25, 2012 and winners will be chosen randomly.
Open to continental U.S. readers only.
Comment below to enter!
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I rarely have marshmallows, and when I do s’mores are an absolute must. as are rice crispies (with gluten free cereal, of course). I would love to win this and discover how to make some delicious flavored marshmallows!
Browned butter rice krispie treats.
Yay!! I like plain rice krispie treats, or other treats with rice krispies and marshmallows. Your chocolate chip cookie dough marshmallows are so yummy!
Maybe I am a simplest (lol, is that how you spell that?) But my favorite way is to use marshmallows is cooked on a wire over a camp fire
. Toasty on the outside, gooey on the inside 
yum
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I love to keep marshmallows in the freezer and eat a handful as a snack–I love the pastel colored ones the best! I just made your pillow top bars and didn’t have regular peanut butter, so substituted Dark Chocolate Dreams pb—amazing!!
S’mores, Rice Krispy treats or hot cocoa. Fun book!
I love marshmallows on a cup of hot chocolate. My 4yo daughter and I love to have hot chocolate with melting marshmallows for dessert on a regular basis!
Hi Averie (neighbor!): What a great post to introduce Shauna’s book!
Fantastic ideas and those Peanut Butter Cocoa Krispies Smores Bars are sure to be a tasty favorite treat. Beautifully done!
I like to stuff them inside a cocoa chocolate cookie. I also just like to throw them on top of a bowl of cereal. Makes me feel like a kid again.
I love marshmallows. Have you seen those new little marshmallow bits? The little ones that usually come in those instant hot chocolate packets? Well, I like putting those inbetween my peanut butter and jelly sandwiches… weird huh? But so yummy!
i like to make krispie treats with marshmallow and cinnamon.
my fave marshmallows are my homemade ones with honey and agar. wholesome and still fluffy.
Scotcheroos which is a peanubutter/butterscotch twist on rice krispies treats. OH MY GOSH delicious. and simple. and easy to eat a whole pan of them.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chocolate-scotcheroos/
I really like those See’s Candies chocolate marshmallows with a layer of caramel.
My favorite way to use marshmallows is making rice krispie treats, and I use almost double the marshmallows of normal.
I like making s’mores, mostly. I’d love to try making my own marshmallows!
I love a plain old rice krispie treat. They are my absolute favorite snack, and instead of cake, that’s what my mom makes me for my birthday!
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The book sounds lovely! My favorite marshmallow recipe is Crunchy Top Nutella Brownies http://www.confessionsofachocoholic.com/chocolate/crunchy-top-brownies
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This looks like such a fun contest! Drooling over all the yummy looking treats in this post and I don’t even like marshmallows!
I love plain old krispie treats. BUT I love to experiment with the different marshmallow flavors!
I also follow a lot of your boards on pintrest… and I re-pinned the homemade 3-musketeer bars.. first re-pin of MANY.
Such a fun concept! I love marshmallows because they make everything gooey and wonderful
Some of my favorite marshmallow recipes I’ve made include:
Ooey Gooey Chocolate Marshmallow Oat Bars:
http://www.theavidappetite.com/home/2011/10/2/ooey-gooey-chocolate-marshmallow-oat-bars.html
Chocolate Dipped Fruit Pops + Marshmallow Dipping Sauce:
http://www.theavidappetite.com/home/2011/8/30/chocolate-dipped-fruit-pops-marshmallow-sauce.html
and my personal favorite, the Peepza Pie!
http://www.theavidappetite.com/home/2011/4/22/chocolate-cookie-peepza-pie.html
I love marshmallows so light and fluffy, my favorite way to use them is making rece krispies bars, toasted on vanilla icecream, or on top of sweet potato caserolle!
My favorite way to use marshmallows is in my smores cake. bake them in the cake, AND use it in the middle, and as a topping ( http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150305324837870&set=a.442261097869.240561.108847752869&type=3&theater )
also. just a plain, slightly burnt and black crispy outside, and oh so gooey inside, marshmallow over a campfire works for me
mmm is it summer yet?
um how I don’t I enjoy marshmallows?! love s’mores, golden graham s’mores bars, and as a topper to hot cocoa!
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I love the roasted marshmallows in sweet potato casserole.
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE rice krispy treats. And I’m also guilty of eating marshmallows straight out of the bag!
I like to put marshmallows in brownies (a rocky road sort of version).
I absolutely love a marshmallow fluff and peanut butter sandwich! marthalynn16 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Mmmmmmmm YUMMY!!!!!! I just want to eat it all!!!!! t – t – t – tasty tasteeeey!
Who doesn’t live a meaty s’more?
Gah, I meant melty s’more. But meaty is good too.
I love marshmallows in dark hot chocolate! Yum! I Facebook like you and pinned your recipe on pinterest!
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Those colored marshmallows are gorgg! Reminds me of Lucky Charms — my fave way to eat marshmallows! Homemade Lucky Charms…I have to get on that!
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Good luck in the competition Averie!! I’m sure your Smores Bars are super tasty
my favorite way to eat marshmallows is to completely roast them and then eat the charred sugar with the gooey middles!
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smokes are the best! definitely my favorite way to use marshmallows
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I like them s’mores
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Either plain, or with hot chocolate!
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I’d make s’mores cookies.
I love using marshmallows in this fabulous 15 minute Rocky Road Fudge:http://www.cooksillustrated.com/recipes/detail.asp?docid=8024.
They’re also a main staple in hot chocolate
We like them roasted, of course! But any way is good!
i like to eat the mini ones, as is…or in smores and rice crispies! yummm!
Marshmallows are A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.
Especially Gingerbread men marshmallows. *so adorable*
I love popping a bowl of popcorn, throwing in some marshmallows, & finishing it off with a drizzle of caramel and chocolate sauce. Movie nights are the best!
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Fun! I’ve made marshmallows at home a few times and they really are a world away from the grocery store ones. Which doesn’t mean the store ones aren’t good, and I actually just made a batch of Krispie Treats this weekend using chocolate Frosted Flakes instead. Mmm. Yep, my favorite.
I am loving all these marshmallow posts for the Sweet 16! I have yet to make my own, but I do love marshmallows even in their commercial form…my favorite? A recipe of my grandmother’s that includes almond bark, peanuts, rice krispies and peanut butter. Yum!!
I’d love to learn to make homemade marshmallows for hot chocolate.
I love putiing marshmallows in the middle of cupcakes for that ooey gooey surprise! Love all of your recipes will be trying some of them!
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My favorite way to use marshmallows is to make rice krispie bars, but with cocoa rice krispies! Also, have to love smores!!
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Such a delicious, grownup Krispy treat.
One of my favorite ways of eating marshmallows is in smores. It reminds me of being carefree and young, and camping with my friends. I also put them in hot chocolate. Today would be a good day for that. We got 8.5 inches of snow overnight. Yeah! Thanks for the giveaway.
I love using marshmallow cream in vanilla marshmallow frosting for cupcakes. Growing up I use to love banana and marshmallow cream shakes. Yum!
That sounds fabulous
What a fun little competition, and I love your bars!! My favorite way to have marshmallows is just straight into my mouth!! Honestly – they are a regular snack around here!
Oh girl marshmallows are perfect in smores, but really they belong in a frozen concoction of peanut butter, marshmallows and fudge sauce in ice cream. HA! At least that’s what I’m craving. LOL
My absolute favorite marshmallow recipe is a Banana Boat. I’ve made them for years as a girl scout, and any time I go camping, I always bring the supplies because I’m obsessed and I prefer them to s’mores.
So, Banana Boats. If you’ve never had one, I highly suggest you go make yourself one (or a dozen) right this second.
You need:
Bananas
Chocolate Chips
Marshmallows
Tin Foil
Leaving the peel on, cut your banana in half (though make sure you don’t cut all the way through). Stuff the slit with chocolate and marshmallows. Wrap in tin foil. Place in a campfire (or the oven) until everything is a gooey mess (ours usually took less than 15 minutes).
I also followed you on Pinterest, repinning the Vanilla Cake Batter and White Chocolate Chip Caramel Corn recipe.
I have made your No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Rice Krispie Bars for the Cookie Dough lovers at work. They were a big hit!
Thanks for LMK! Glad they were a hit!
I love puffed rice treats made with marshmallow. Also, just different flavored marshmallows.
I love Marshmallow Confetti bars.A recipe I got from an episode of Martha Stewart.They have Fruit Loops,Captain Crunch and Rice Krispies in them.They’re a big hit with the grankids.I would love to win the cookbook.How fun.
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