S'more Cupcakes

If you like s'mores, you will LOVE these cupcakes. They taste exactly like a s'more, just in cupcake form. They are little time consuming compared to some other cupcakes I've made, but they were fun and the finished product was worth it. Here's what you need for the cupcakes

Graham crackers, butter, sugar, eggs, semi-sweet bakers chocolate, salt, baking soda, cocoa powder, baking powder, cake flour, vanilla, and buttermilk. Place the graham crackers in the bowl of a food processor

Pulse until crumbly; add melted butter and sugar

Pulse that together until combined

Scoop 1 Tbs. of graham mixture into the bottom of each cupcake lined muffin cup

Using the bottom of the Tbs. press the crust down

Repeat with every muffin cup. This is what it should look like (just like doing crust on cheesecake)

Set those aside for now. Cut up bakers chocolate into shavings

Sprinkle over the graham crusts

Bake just for the crusts to firm and the chocolate to melt. Set that aside; prepare cupcake batter. In a large bowl, combine butter and sugar

Beat together until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla

Mix together well. In a separate bowl, combine cocoa powder, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt

Stir together until well combined. Alternately add the dry mixture in with the buttermilk

Begin and end with dry mixture

Keep on low speed while adding these ingredients

Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl when needed. Here's the finished batter

Using a large ice cream scoop, spoon batter into each cupcake lined cup

Bake

Take cupcakes out of pan to cool completely. While cooling, prepare the frosting. Here's what you need for the marshmallow fluff frosting

Butter, vanilla, powdered sugar, and marshmallow creme. In a mixing bowl, combine butter and vanilla

Beat until fluffy and combined. Add powdered sugar

Mix together well, add in the marshmallow creme

Beat together until fully mixed. Finished frosting..

Pipe frosting on cooled cupcakes. Decorate with graham crackers and hershey bars to make them look like a s'more

The inside

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S'more Cupcakes

Crust:

1½ cups graham cracker crumbs
¼ cup sugar
5 1/3 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
8 oz. semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped

Cupcakes:

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, soft

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

3/4 cup cake flour

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

3/4 cup buttermilk

Frosting:

2 sticks butter, soft

1 cup powdered sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

1 (7 oz) tub marshmallow creme

Crust:

Place graham crackers in the bowl of a food processor. Grind up into fine crumbles. Measure into 1 1/2 cups, grinding more crackers if necessary. Put the graham crackers back in the food processor and add the melted butter and the sugar. Pulse until combined. Drop 1 Tbs. of graham mixture in the bottom of each cupcake lined muffin cup. Press down using the bottom of the measuring spoon; set aside. Cut the bakers chocolate into shavings. Sprinkle a good amount over the graham crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 3 minutes. Take out of the oven and set aside.

Batter:

In a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla, mix until combined. In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Alternately add that dry mixture in with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry mixture. Once the batter is combined, scoop over the graham crust filling 2/3 way full. (I use a large ice cream scoop). Bake at 350 degrees for 18-22 minutes or until done. Take out of the oven, let cool in pan for a couple of minutes. Take out of the pan and let cool completely. While those are cooling, prepare the frosting.

Frosting:

Beat together butter and vanilla. Add the powdered sugar and beat until fluffy. Add the jar of marshmallow creme and beat to combine. Frost the cooled cupcakes. I decorated them with hershey bar and graham cracker, but that is optional. Enjoy!