Smore Fudge Bars

A few weeks ago we were having the family over for a BBQ, and I wanted a yummy dessert to make. So, I remembered on Pinterest that I had a smore bar recipe that I wanted to try. What better dessert to have with BBQ then Smores, right?? :)

These turned out AMAZING I do say. They were super yummy and very addicted so watch out if you make them. LOL 

Ingredients:

Crust:

· 2 cups graham cracker crumbs

· 1/2 cup butter, melted

· 1/4 cup granulated sugar

· 1/2 tsp. salt

Fudge Layer:

· 2 cups milk chocolate chips

· 14 oz. sweetened condensed milk

Fluff Layer:

· 3/4 cup sugar

· 1/2 cup light corn syrup

· 1/4 cup water

· 1/4 tsp. salt

· 2 egg whites

· 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar

· 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line a 9x9 baking with foil. Set aside
3. Mix all the ingredients for your crust together and press evenly into pan.
4. Bake for 10 mins. Remove from oven and set aside
5. Next make your chocolate filling. In medium sauce pan combine chocolate chips & condensed milk together over medium-low heat. Stir until melted. Pour immediately onto crust.

Fluff:

1. Combine sugar, corn syrup, water and salt in small sauce pan over medium-high heat. Boil together until a candy thermometer reads 240 degrees.
2. While mixture is boiling beat 2 egg whites and cream of tartar together until soft peaks form.
3. When syrup is ready, turn mixer onto low & drizzle the syrup along the side of the bowl slowly combining it into the egg whites.
4. When all the syrup has been added turn mixer up to medium high & beat for 7-8 mins until thick and glossy. When there is about 1 min left add in the vanilla extract.
5. Spread about 1 1/2 -2 cups of the fluff on top of the chocolate layer.
6. Turn over onto broil & place pan under for 1 minute or until the top of the marshmallow layer gets lightly golden.
7. Cut into squares when ready to serve.

Store bars airtight at room temperature for up to 2 days or refrigerated for up to 5 day.



Weekend Recap

It's Monday again and another weekend has gone. I hope everyone had a good weekend! We had a pretty good weekend, I just wish they could be longer. :)

Friday: After I got off work we went to dinner at our normal Friday night place Fronteras. It's so yummy and a nice way to begin a weekend with yummy food and drinks. :) After dinner we headed back home and hung out on the deck for a little while and had a couple drinks. The rest of the night we just relaxed and watched some TV.

Saturday: We got up Saturday morning and headed out for our weekly grocery shopping. We came home and was getting stuff ready for the brisket Shane was going to smoke. I decided I needed to clean and organize the basement so I did, which didn't take super long, thank goodness. It wasn't super bad but just needed a good touch up. LOL

 After cleaning the basement I decided to check out plane ticket prices for MX. We will be going to Cabo again in October! They had a good deal on tickets so we bought them! I'm so excited for our trip and can't wait to leave! We will be meeting another couple there we meet a few years ago! So excited to see them and hang out for a week!

Shane got the brisket all ready and on the smoker. Doesn't it look yummy! It was very good. We had a friend, my sister and nephew over to hang out and have dinner with us that night.

Lexan and Me, I made him take some pictures with me. When I asked him if he wanted to take a picture he told me "No". LOL well he did it anyways. Isn't he a cutie! I just love him. 



Sunday: We did some chores around the house and relaxed most of the day. Shane got our new picture and candle holders hung up. They look so cute hung above our couch (I will post some pictures later). I just need to buy some candles for the holders and they will be completed. :)
I got a sweet tooth so I decided to bake something yummy. I will post the recipe later. For dinner we had Steak, Cheese & Bacon Potato Rounds, Corn on the Cob and Bread. The Cheese & Bacon potato rounds were a new recipe I tried. They turned out really good (Recipe to follow soon).

That concludes our fulfilled weekend. Now let's hope this work week goes by pretty fast!

Stay-Cation!!

I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend. I know I enjoyed having 4 days off! We had a fun-filled weekend at that. We wanted to do a small weekend vacation someone but decided it might be cheaper to stay home and do stuff around here we normally don't get to but want to. So we had a Stay-cation. It was a lot of fun!
We started off Friday evening with going to see The Hangover 2. We went to the AMC Main Street downtown. We had some drinks before heading into the movie. We could do this because we bought tickets and reserved out seats so we had no worries on where we would sit. This is a great idea! No front row at a new release. LOL

This movie was funny. Not better than the first one but it was good and well worth going to see. I'm looking forward to seeing it again b/c I know I missed some funny parts with everyone laughing. So once it comes out I will have to see it again at home. I had to do this with the first one there was so much laughing I missed some parts. This was a good start to our Stay-Cation a good movie and some drinks to go along with it.

 

 Drinks with some friends before the movie!



On Saturday day 2 of stay-cation....We decided to go to the T-Bones games. It was raining and a little chilly that day but that didn't stop us for going to the game. We headed up early before the game and did some tailgating. Our seats were really good as well. I have never been that close at a baseball game so I was excited! I was very sad that when the girls came out to throw shirts they didn't even bother to throw them to the people sitting close so I didn't get one but I tried very hard by yelling and jumping but no such luck. :(
We did lose that night but it was still a fun night with some friends.

Day 3 we decided to do Worlds of Fun! I haven't been in years so it was time to go. :) We went after 4pm so it would be cheaper for us. It was a little crowed so we had to wait in line for everything. Boo I don't like waiting. haha. It was a little hot too but we did get a water ride in to cool off a little. We didn't get to ride a whole a lot due to all the waiting in line so we will have to go back one day it isn't super busy so we can ride more. I did get my funnel cake I was so excited for! It was super yummy! I love those things.

Day 4 Memorial Day we had an all day BBQ. Shane smoked some yummy meats Ribs and Brisket! Yum! That morning I cooked Biscuits and Gravy to have a good breakfast to start off our day. We had a few friends over to hang out all day and have some drinks then enjoy some yummy food for dinner. It was the prefect day to be outside just hanging out. The wind was nice and it wasn't super hot out. Loved it! It's always a good time hanging out all day with friends and just relaxing out doors. The food was delicious that Shane made. We still have leftovers and have been enjoying them everyday!

We also took off Tuesday May 31st. This was my birthday!! I turned 27. We went out to breakfast that morning but after that we relaxed all day after our busy fun weekend. I sat outside for a little while and read my new book, then I watched some of my recorded shows I was behind on. It was a good day just hanging out with my hubby on my birthday. Last night we went to Texas Roadhouse for my birthday dinner. This is my favorite steak place and it was soooo good last night. Yummy!