I love s'mores, they are hands down one of my favorite desserts. I've looked and looked for a recipe and couldn't find one that I liked, so I had to improvise. Last year I had dinner at a restaurant in Los Angeles called The Six, they had a very rich version of a s'more and I wanted something along those lines, not your typical milk chocolate thing, so this is what I came up with.
The taste is every thing you remember from the campfire, only without the campfire and a tiny bit more sophisticated. Let me know what you think. A Votre Sante!
S'more cupcakes
Graham cracker crust (base)
1/3 cup melted butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs (I used Trader Joe's honey graham crackers)
Cupcakes
You can use any chocolate cupcake recipe or boxed mix you like this is my favorite recipe. I didn't have any unsweetened chocolate, and I try to use what I have so I used 3 oz (approx 1/2 cup) dark chocolate chips and added 2 Tbsp of unsweetened cocoa powder. Since you have the graham cracker crust you have to fill them a little less, you can probably make a few more, I think I made an extra three, just fill the empty spaces with water so they still bake even. Bake as directed or until a toothpick comes out clean.
For the top:
I wanted to use what I had, which was large marshmallows, more chocolate and the left over graham cracker crust. So instead of letting them cool, I cut the marshmallows in half, the first time I tried it I used 2 and 1/2 marshmallows which was too many because they slid off in the oven....second time around I used 1 1/2. Put them back in the oven, set to broil and watch them closely. I think mine took all of 4 minutes until they were golden brown. While they're in the oven melt another 1/4 cup of dark chocolate (about 45 seconds in the mircrowave). Once they're out, drizzle with about 1 tsp of the melted chocolate and top with a little bit of the leftover graham cracker crumbs. Let cool for at least 30 minutes. Voila, s'more cupcakes. Enjoy! I took them to a Fourth of July party and they were a hit!!!
This was attempt #1 with more marshmallows, I said I needed to work on the presentation....both were equally yummy so as always, play with your food, and let me know what you think!
