It's

Cozy Food Friday

That means it's time to share a recipe from 

another great cozy mystery!

Today I'm joining Berkley Mystery in

celebrating the new release of 

 

ASSUALT AND BUTTERY

Book 3 in the Popcorn Shop Mysteries

by Kristi Abbott

With her poodle, Sprocket, popcorn entrepreneur Rebecca Anderson must bag a killer in the latest Popcorn Shop Mystery from the author of Pop Goes the Murder.

Repairs are under way at Rebecca Anderson’s gourmet popcorn shop. With production of her tasty treats on hold, Rebecca has plenty of time to read the old diary she discovered hidden in the shop’s walls. It’s a fun peek into her town’s history…until the diary’s abrupt ending leaves Rebecca wondering whether she’s actually stumbled upon a cold case.

Unfortunately for Rebecca, mysteries are popping up right and left. When local busybody Lloyd McLaughlin is found dead, the police suspect he was poisoned by Rebecca’s popcorn. But Rebecca has only made one batch of popcorn recently, and it wasn’t intended for Lloyd. Nothing about Lloyd’s death makes sense—until Rebecca discovers a startling connection between the missing diary-writer and the murdered man.

Now, with her reputation on the line, Rebecca must discover who’s been cooking up murder—both in the past and in the present.

ABOUT KRISTI

Kristi has been obsessed with popcorn since first tasting the caramel cashew popcorn at Garrett's in Chicago. If you've never had it, you might want to hop on a plane and go now. Seriously, it's that good.

Kristi lives in northern California, although she was born in Ohio like the Rebecca, the heroine of the Popcorn Shop Mysteries. She loves snack food, crocheting, her kids, and her man, not necessarily in that order.

Kristi also writes as Eileen Rendahl, Eileen Carr, and Lillian Bell.

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On to the recipe!

S'MORE POPCORN BARS

All food photos are by  borrowed Lisa Ks Book Reviews  from Google Images and its contributors, with many thanks. Your finished dish will vary in appearance.

Graham cracker crust:

1 1/2 c. Graham cracker crumbs

6 T. butter, melted

1/3 c. sugar

    Mix together crumbs, sugar, and melted butter.

   Press into a foil or parchment paper-lined 8x8 pan.

   Back at 350 degrees for 7 minutes or until it starts to brown.

Filling:

1 10 oz. package chocolate chips

1 jar marshmallow crème

3 cups popped popcorn

   Melt chocolate chips in microwave or in a double-boiler. Pour over crust.      

   While the chocolate chip layer is still warm, microwave the marshmallow crème for 30 seconds at 50% power. 

   Watch closely so it doesn’t go full Vesuvius on you. Pour the crème over the chocolate chip layer. 

   Press the popped popcorn into the marshmallow layer. 

   Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

   To serve, let it come to room temperature, then cut into squares.

Just when you thought popcorn couldn't get better!

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Please keep reading and check out my 

installments of 

Book Beginnings on Fridays

and

The Friday 56

Both the BB and 56 are also from

ASSAULT AND BUTTERY

Book Beginnings on Fridays is a meme hosted by Rose City Reader

Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading

The Friday 56 is a meme hosted by Freda's Voice

Rules: *Grab a book, any book. *Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader (If you have to improvise, that's okay.) *Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grab you. *Post it.

My Book Beginnings

I walked over to the bars of my jail call. "Hey! Anybody out there? I want my phone call. Don't I get a phone call?"

My 56

For a second, I thought I'd misheard.

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