S'more Cupcakes (Lady Yennefer)

S’more Cupcakes

Fall is the season for  corn mazes, hayrides, and bonfires.  No bonfire is complete without s’mores.  They’re fun, gooey, and oh so yummy.  I felt that this needed to be captured in a cupcake, so I made my own s’mores cupcake.  I hope you enjoy.

Yields: 24-30 cupcakes, depending on how full you make them

Graham Cracker Base Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cup graham cracker crumbs
• 5 Tbsp butter, melted
• 2 Tbsp granulated sugar

Cupcake Ingredients:

• 2 ¼ cups flour
• 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
• ¾ cups cocoa, unsweetened
• ½ cups brown sugar, packed
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs (room temperature)
• 1 ½ cup coffee
• ¾ cups vegetable oil
• ½-1 cup mini chocolate chips
• 24-48 mini marshmallows

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 F
• Line 2 cupcake pans with cupcake liners
• To make the graham cracker base, combine the graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, and sugar
• Place 1 Tbsp of base in each cupcake liner, pressing down gently

• In a medium mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients
• Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well
• Fill lined cupcake pans until ½ to ⅔ full
• Add ½-1 tsp of mini chocolate chips to each cupcake.  Don’t mix in.
• Press down the chocolate chips slightly with 1-2 mini marshmallows, pushing down so that about half the marshmallow is in the cupcake

• Bake in preheated oven for 20-24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean

Marshmallow Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup marshmallow cream
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 cups confectioner’s sugar
• 2-3 Tbsp heavy whipping cream, to desired consistency (may not be needed)

Directions:

• Cream butter and marshmallow cream until light and fluffy
• Add vanilla extract. Mix until well combined
• Add confectioner’s sugar a little at a time.  Mix until well combined
• Add heavy whipping cream, if needed and mix until light and fluffy

Scoop frosting into a decorating bag and pipe onto cupcakes.  Garnish with mini chocolate chips, if desired.