It's been a while! I can't believe it is already July 4th! The summer is just flying by! During those wonderful summer nights, my family sits around a fire in our backyard and makes the best dessert (besides cupcakes)- S'MORES! So I decided to bring the two together with a S'mores cupcake!
While I normally come up with my confections to lure the men at my work (LOL), my friend Nicole is 60% responsible for this recipe- She saw it on a cooking segment during our local morning news. Once she told me about it, I immediately went online and found the recipe! This was probably the most fun cupcake to make- there's just something about a S'more in the summertime that just goes perfectly- and what the heck- why not add a cupcake in there!
So I started with my favorite chocolate mix- after following the directions, I added some graham cracker crumbs that had been pulsed in the food processor. You just add the crumbs to the top, right before going into the oven. I think I overfilled the cupcake liners, but they still turned out just fine! While these were cooling, I decided to get my cute little decorations ready! I bought those big Hershey bars and just cut them in half, along with mini marshmallows & graham cracker squares cut diagonally.
In addition to the delicious toppings, these little cakes were filled with fluff! Just like the "hostess" cakes from before, I just took a regular open piping tip- and just filled them until the fluff popped out a little on the top. Things do get a little messy with the graham cracker crumbs and the fluff, but I just kept some paper towels handy & things were fine.
The next component to these cakes was a delicious graham cracker frosting. It was one of the easiest/tastiest frosting's I've made. It just called for one cup of the same graham cracker crumbs that were on top of the cupcakes, some butter, water, confectioners sugar, a pinch of salt & vanilla...that's it! Just cream the butter, and slowly add in the rest of the ingredients, and this is what you have:
And here we have the finished product:
These were scrumptious! And they look so adorable too!
I hope you all enjoy your Fourth of July- I'll be enjoying a delicious s'more by the fire with my family! :)
