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If you love toasting a marshmallow over a campfire, you will love these Campfire Rocky Road Brownies. These brownies have the taste of toasted marshmallows baked right in and are topped with a rich rocky road frosting. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Are you a camper? A glamper? A five-star-hoteller with a fondness for room service? No matter your preferred relaxation style, I promise these Campfire Rocky Road Brownies, made with toasted marshmallows and smoked almonds, are totally your preferred eating style. Unless you hate chocolate, or marshmallows, or almonds, or happiness. Hm, this intro quickly took a dark turn…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyhow, I’ve had camping on the brain recently. Asher has suddenly fixated on the idea of going camping as a family, even though he’s never been before, we have zero equipment, and I think he might only be in it for the s’mores. He asks about it regularly, which in toddler-land means approximately every 10 minutes, and after the three millionth request, I agreed that we could go camping this spring. Note to self: start buttering up outdoorsy friends now, for camping gear mooching purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These brownies aren’t the direct result of Asher’s requests—he’s not that <\/em>powerful, yet—but they do bring together some crucial camping flavors! They start with a brownie that I will boldly call my New Favorite Brownies Recipe Yes For Reals. (The name could use some work.) Seriously, though, it is the perfect blend of dense and fudgy with a smattering of cake-iness. I like my brownies fudgy with a bit of chew, but not heavy, gummy, or brick-like, and this threads that particular needle perfectly. Expect to see much more of this brownie in future recipes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The real magic of this recipe happens on top, though. I toasted a tray of mini marshmallows with my trusty kitchen torch, and was once again reminded that 1) our parents were liars, playing with fire is the best<\/em> and 2) few things are better than the smell of toasting marshmallows wafting out of the kitchen. If you don’t have a torch, this can just as easily be done in your oven’s broiler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The toasted marshmallows were combined with smoked almonds, coated with a rich chocolate glaze, and the whole shebang was poured on top of the baked brownies. The end result is a big honkin’ layered dessert full of big honkin’ flavors like smoky, salty almonds, slightly charred vanilla marshmallows, and of course chocolate crammed into every nook and cranny. I could practically smell the campfire and feel the forest breeze through my hair as I was eating these!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I will say that smoked almonds have a strong flavor, and if they’re not your thing plain, you probably won’t like them in this dessert. If that’s the case, feel free to substitute regular salted almonds. You can also omit the marshmallow toasting step if you’re short on time, or if you’re a grinch who hates camping and its related cuinary references.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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