Sโ€™mores Cupcakes

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These Sโ€™mores Cupcakes are to die for! Super moist chocolate cupcakes with a graham cracker crust, topped with a super light and airy marshmallow frosting!

Close-up of Smores Cupcakes with a bite out of one

Sโ€™mores Cupcakes

If youโ€™ve been keeping up with Sโ€™mores Week this week, then youโ€™ve already seen my Smores Cheesecake and Smores Ice Cream Bars and you know that sโ€™mores are all the rage this week! A bunch of us bloggers have gotten together to bring copious amounts of sโ€™mores-inspired treats. To see what everyone else brought today, check out the bottom of the post. Iโ€™m sad to see Sโ€™mores Week end, but Iโ€™m pretty pumped to end it with these Sโ€™mores Cupcakes.

So yesterday I had my 6 month check up/cleaning at the dentist. I know a lot of people hate the dentist, but I actually donโ€™t mind it. Iโ€™ve actually fallen asleep while getting my teeth cleaned before. No joke. And I love leaving with that clean feeling mouth. ๐Ÿ™‚

And now our dentist has a tv in the ceilings above the chairs, so I get to watch tv while I lay there. Works for me!

Iโ€™ve been fortunate to never have any cavities or anything, so itโ€™s never been a bad experience for me. I never even had to get braces. I donโ€™t know how I got so lucky, but Iโ€™ll take it.

And I donโ€™t think Iโ€™ve ever been to a dentist appointment without having them tell me how great my teeth are. After my dental hygienist finished cleaning my teeth yesterday she said, โ€œIโ€™m officially jealous of your teeth.โ€ Thatโ€™s saying a lot coming from someone who looks at teeth all day every day.

I wish I knew what Iโ€™d done to get such great teeth. Iโ€™d make sure our kids do it one day. Maybe itโ€™s all the milk I had to drink as a kid? I am a little shocked that after all the sugar that makes itโ€™s way into my mouth these days that I donโ€™t have more teeth issues. It must be a genes thing.

Close-up of Smores Cupcakes on a wooden board
Overhead view of Smores Cupcakes on a wooden board

I do always get lectured about flossing though. I just canโ€™t seem to get into that habit. Iโ€™m not a fan.

The Best Sโ€™mores Cupcakes Recipe

However, I am a massive fan of these Sโ€™mores Cupcakes. When one of my coworkers grabbed one, his first comment was one of surprise. โ€œA cupcake with a crust?!โ€ Why yes, why not?

And the crust on these might just be my favorite part. The graham cracker crust has some added sugar in it, and it is just perfect with the super moist chocolate cupcake.

The marshmallow icing is incredibly light and fluffy. I considered using marshmallow fluff, but I had a tough time getting it stiff enough. To be fair, it was when our air conditioning was on the fritz, so maybe it was a little warm.

But this icing stood up to the warm air, so it won! And the contrast of the lightness of it, with the denser cupcake and the sweet, lighty crunchy crust is just perfection. You wonโ€™t be able to stop eating them.

Then I finished them off with a little chocolate sauce and a sprinkle of graham cracker crumbs. Super cute, but totally optional.

These Sโ€™mores Cupcakes are super yummy and simple to put together! With the graham cracker crust, chocolate cupcake and marshmallow frosting, they really are like eating a sโ€™more in cupcake form!

Smores Cupcakes on a wooden pedestal
Close-up of Smores Cupcakes

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Recipe

Sโ€™mores Cupcakes

  • Author: Lindsay
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 15-18 Cupcakes
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American

Description

These Sโ€™mores Cupcakes are to die for! Super moist chocolate cupcakes with a graham cracker crust, topped with a super light and airy marshmallow frosting!


Ingredients

CRUST

  • 1 1/4 cup (168g) graham cracker crumbs
  • 5 tbsp (70g) butter, melted
  • 5 tbsp (65g) sugar

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

  • 1 cup (130g) all purpose flour
  • 1 cup (207g) sugar
  • 6 tbsp (43g) Hersheyโ€™s Special Dark Cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup (120ml) buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup (120ml) vegetable oil
  • 3/4 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup (120ml) boiling water

MERINGUE MARSHMALLOW FROSTING


Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees and prepare a cupcake pan with liners.
2. In a small bowl, combine crust ingredients and mix well.
3. Press about 1 1/2 tbsp of the mixture into the bottom of each cupcake liner.
4. Bake crusts for 7 minutes then remove and set aside.
5. To make the cupcakes, add all dry ingredients to a large bowl and whisk together.
6. Add egg, buttermilk and vegetable oil to the dry ingredients and mix well.
7. Add vanilla to boiling water and add to mixture. Mix well.
8. Pour batter into cupcake pan, filling a little more than half way, and bake at 300 degrees for about 17-19 minutes.
9. When done, remove cupcakes from oven and allow to cool for about 5 minutes. Then remove from cupcake tin and allow to cool.
10. While cupcakes cool, make the meringue frosting. Combine egg whites, sugar, cream of tartar and vanilla extract in a metal, heatproof mixer bowl.
11. Place over a saucepan with simmering water (or use a double boiler).
12. Whisk constantly until sugar is dissolved and whites are warm, to between 120 and 140 degrees on a thermometer, about 4-6 minutes. Remove from heat.
13. Using the whisk attachment, beat on low speed, gradually increasing to high, until stiff, glossy peaks form, 5 to 7 minutes.
14. Pipe frosting onto cupcakes (I used Ateco tip 808) and top with chocolate sauce and graham cracker crumbs, if desired.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cupcake
  • Calories: 230
  • Sugar: 26.7 g
  • Sodium: 143.5 mg
  • Fat: 9.6 g
  • Carbohydrates: 34.5 g
  • Protein: 3.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 52.4 mg

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S'mores Cupcakes - super moist chocolate cupcakes with a graham cracker crust, topped with a light marshmallow frosting!
Smores Cupcakes - a graham cracker crust, moist chocolate cupcakes and marshmallow frosting!

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