Chocolate Marshmallow Cookie Bars

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate square
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened (6 oz. for this layer and 2 oz. for frosting)
• 1/4 cup softened butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 beaten egg
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 cups mini marshmallows
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate square
• 2 ounces cream cheese, reserved
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 lb powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 place butter and unsweetened chocolate in saucepan over low heat. heat just until chocolate melts (you can do this in microwave). stir in sugar.
• 3 combine flour, baking powder, and nuts. add them to the chocolate mixture. stir well.
• 4 stir in vanilla and eggs.
• 5 spread the batter into a greased and floured 9x13 cake pan.
• 6 cut off 2 oz. from cream cheese and reserve it for later.
• 7 combine the softened cream cheese with butter, sugar, flour, and vanilla. stir it until it's smooth.
• 8 add the beaten egg, and stir until well combined.
• 9 mix in the chopped nuts.
• 10 spread the cream cheese layer over the chocolate layer.
• 11 sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top.
• 12 bake at 350 f for 20 to 25 minutes.
• 13 take the pan out of the over and sprinkle the miniature marshmallows on top.
• 14 return pan to the over for 2 more minutes.
• 15 frosting - melt the butter (over low heat or in microwave).
• 16 break the unsweetened chocolate into two parts and stir them into the butter.
• 17 stir in the softened cream cheese and the milk.
• 18 heat the mixture until it can be stirred smooth (over low heat or in microwave).
• 19 beat in the vanilla.
• 20 gradually beat in the powdered sugar (in 1-cup increments).
• 21 stir the frosting until it's smooth.
• 22 spread the frosting over the cookie bars, swirling it into marshmallows.
• 23 cool the pan until you can handle it without potholders.
• 24 slip it into the fridge for 1 hour.
• 25 to serve, cut the bars into 32 pieces.