Reviewed: Apr. 1, 2010

I admit I chose to make this recipe purely out of sheer curiosity and a good dose of skepticism. How good could these be with no sugar (the granulated kind), butter, flour or eggs? But then Magic Cookie Bars came to mind so I "hauled" out ALL four ingredients. It took a lot longer for the oven to preheat than it did to whip these up. I made things easy for myself both for cutting the bars and for clean-up and lined my pan with foil. As I was making these S'Mores kept coming to mind so I just had to add a handful of mini marshmallows when these were done and just popped the pan under the broiler for a minute. I'm a believer. Can't beat 'em for gooiness and chocolatey goodness and they really do kind of taste like a squishy S'more! I'm telling you, if you're short on baking ingredients, if your kid needs something for a school treat in a hurry, or if you just have a sweet tooth that needs satisfying NOW, keep these in mind!

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naples34102

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: Mequon, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2009

My grandma has made these every Christmas for as long as I can remember. The only difference is that she adds some vanilla and salt...she calls them Marians, but I suspect that she calls them that b/c that's the name of the lady who gave her the recipe a long time ago. I love these so much and it always reminds me of Christmases spent in PA.

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REDHEADWHOSINGS

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Findlay, Ohio, USA

Living In: Columbia, Missouri, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 1, 2010

Well, don't try to use fat-free sweetened condensed milk, low fat graham crackers. Tastes a bit cardboardy to me. I did use milk chocolate chips and added a dash of salt and 1 tsp of vanilla. Again, don't try to go low fat, it just doesn't do the recipe justice. ** Update on 4/4 -- these tasted much better the next day. They were still slightly warm when I tried them on the night I made them. Sorry for the bad first review, but I'd make this again, just know I have to make them at least 1 day in advance.

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Cindy in Pensacola

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Stockton, California, USA

Living In: Pensacola, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 11, 2010

Extremely easy to make and extremely tasty. Good for people who allergic to eggs.

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CHANDYCOOKS

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Kottayam, Kerala, India

Living In: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Reviewed: Nov. 16, 2009

My FAVORITE recipe! I love these bars, so sweet and goopy! I added marshmallows once and called it S'Mores Bars. I also made double chocolate by using chocolate graham crackers instead of regular. I had this recipe years ago and lost it. Thanks so much for submitting this!!!

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Chanda

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2009

I was told by a friend her grandmum makes these and she adds 1/2 tsp. salt and 1 tsp vanilla and they are Yummy!

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ilovemykids

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Feb. 21, 2011

I was looking for a recipe to use up graham crackers that didn't require butter, and this was perfect for that. They're quite gooey, as the name implies, and also quite tasty. I think next time I will line my pan with parchment paper because even though I used a generous amount of shortening, they were very difficult to get out of the pan.

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Mae

Reviewed: Jul. 8, 2010

Skipped the nuts, added mini marshmallows on top before baking and took them camping. Everyone was sad when they were gone. Great for kids to make---easy!

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