Chocolate Marshmallow S’mores No-bake Squares (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)

Chocolate Marshmallow S’mores No-bake Squares (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)
If there is any dessert that transcends all barriers, generational, geographical, politics and food tastes, it’s S’mores!
A beautiful graham crackery chocolatey carmelly marshmallowy square that sinks warmly in your fingers and melts sweetly in your mouth says so much more than plain old dessert, doesn’t it?
Like maybe also..
picnics,
camping,
beaches,
scouting,
hiking,
fireplaces,
snowstorms,
blackouts,
and mostly..
..gatherings with friends and family
And since the traditional recipe is easy – just squishing toasted marshmallows and chocolate bars between two graham crackers, I decided to make my recipe more complicated😂 and create a no-bake bar since raw desserts are my middle name. Actually, I’m not exactly sure just how perfectly raw this is, so maybe no-bake is a better term.
That’s because I heat up and melt vegan marshmallows in a measuring cup sitting in boiling water for at least 8 minutes or more and it gets pretty hot. To be fully raw, the food cannot be heated above 40 °C (104 °F) and this marshmallow, at least the brand I used (Dandies) had to get pretty hot to melt.
I also ground up graham crackers for my base. I used a GF brand, but Nabisco’s Original Grahams are also accidentally vegan.
Or you could make your own. In fact, I know many food bloggers who even make their own marshmallow!
But that involves a candy thermometer and after using one in this recipe for “faux” tempering a chocolate dip for fudge bricks, I will reserve that even more time-consuming recipe for another life.😂
This recipe is more complicated, of course, than the traditional one, but not that bad. I blitzed the grahams for a crust, added a bit of coconut oil to hold it together, threw on some date paste I had in the freezer (who doesn’t have date paste in the freezer?), poured on the melted gooey marshmallow, and set in the fridge to set. Once the top was solid enough, I melted a ton of dark chocolate squares, let them just cool and poured them on top.
Back in the fridge for at least 4 hours, and ta da! With a blazing hot knife, I cut up the squares and there we have it!
So, who is ready to make S’mores?