Combine Two Passions - Books and Baking!

 SOLSC  #22 - Slice of Life is sponsored every Tuesday by Stacey and Ruth from Two Writing Teachers.  For the month of March, I've joined the challenge to post a slice of life daily.

"What?  Are we turning into a cooking club?"  That was the first comment from the members of my Battle of the Books Club on Tuesday afternoon when I told them we would be making Rocky Road S'More Bars.  Actually I have a fellow blogger to blame for this detour taken by our book club.  She blogged about an evening walk with her dog and discovering that someone was making s'mores. The post and picture lingered to prompt this internal argument (somewhat similar to the fortunately/unfortunately posts I've been reading lately).

Wow!  S'mores!  It's been a long time since I've eaten s'mores.  No campfires in my near future though, and microwave s'mores just aren't the same. 
But . . . I do have that s'more bar recipe that I sometimes make during the holidays. 
However . . . I am trying to lose some weight before my son's wedding in June.
But . . . If I share it with someone else, I won't eat as many.
However . . . We don't have any upcoming PD (people in meetings like my treats).
But . . . You could bake them to share with the lunch bunch.
However . . . There was that buzz in the news about people making co-workers fat.
But . . . You do have Battle of the Books Club on Tuesday.
And . . . You could involve the students in the baking!

Justification for baking.  Somehow, I can always find it.  I brought the ingredients, and we assembled the bars in my classroom.  And, high point of the event, the students accompanied me to the teacher's lounge to put them in the oven.  Fifteen minutes later, we carried a pan of hot, gooey goodness to the classroom.  They didn't really have time to cool, so we had to eat them with a spoon.  And one of the students came up with a new name for the bars - S'Mores Galore!

Fortunately, they're all gone!