Chocomallowbutterscotch Bars! :D

Are you reading the title and thinking "Choco...what??" Don't even worry about it. Just skip the reading part and go as quickly as you can through the making part so you can get to the eating part.

I know I promised you noodles last weekend and a) I should know better than to say I'll do something over the weekend, and b) I really wasn't that proud of the result. These bars that I made last night however, are a very different story.

I have a very distinct memory of the first time my mom made these. I was in fourth grade and my friend Hillary and I had been playing outside. We came inside for whatever reason and my mom and just taken these out of the refrigerator and said, "Do you want to try some?" Well chocolate is involved, so obviously the answer is 'yes,' but I had no idea that I was about to taste the most delicious thing that I'd yet had in my young life. I think I actually said, "Mom! Why haven't you made these before!?" 

At that age you assume that your mom knows everything, and therefore she must've always known how to make these amazing bars and was holding out on me. I thought it was terribly cruel. I don't remember her response, probably because I was too busy stuffing my face.

Now, these may not look like much, but try to judge from what's not there rather than what is. As you can see, almost half the pan is gone and like I said, I made these last night. These are such an amazing combination of salty and sweet and soft and smooth and melty that there's no way they'll last the weekend. Not around Mitch and I, that's for sure.

So without further ado....

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup butterscotch chips

1 cup peanut butter (I've always used creamy, but crunchy would be interesting too! Let me know how it goes if you try it!)

1/2 cup butter

1 bag mini marshmallows

Put the first four ingredients into a saucepan on med-low heat and stir until melted and smooth.

Line a baking pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. It really doesn't matter what size pan you use. I used a 13" x 9" and that was great. The smaller the pan, the thicker the bars!

Pour the marshmallows into the pan and spread them out evenly.

Pour the melted chocolate mixture over the marshmallows and use a spatula to spread it out evenly as well.

Lick the spatula. You know you want to.

Put the pan in the refrigerator and let set, then cut into bars, but don't share. Just make sure you run one mile for every piece you eat. (No fair eating the whole thing as one big "piece," either.) If you're super impatient, put the pan in the freezer. That's what I did last night and they were ready in about 15 minutes.

If you don't eat these all in one sitting, they're better kept in the fridge than at room temperature. They get too melty!

That's all! Super simple, super awesome! Please enjoy :)