S'More Cupcakes

I found this cupcake recipe and wanted to try it out on the guys.  I had to sample it and it sure was tasty. Definitely not low cal though.

It's so hot today. Probably not the best day to be baking and heating up the house. The kitchen got so warm that I frosted the cupckes in the dining room. But it still was so warm in there that all of my icing started melting off of the cupcakes.  When it cools down some, I'll post pictures, if I can get my icing to stay on the cupcake and look pretty!

S’Mores Cupcakes

Ingredients

1 box chocolate food cake mix

1 ½ c crushed graham crackers

¼ c sugar

5 TBS butter, melted

5  (1.55 oz each) Milk Chocolate bars

2 c mini marshmallows

For Icing:

1 c butter, softened (2 sticks)

2 c marshmallow fluff (1 jar 7 oz)

4 c powdered sugar

4 TBS milk

Directions

1.      Heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare 24 muffin cups with paper liner.

2.      In medium bowl, combine graham crackers, melted butter, and sugar. Spoon one tablespoon amount of graham cracker mixture into each liner and press down to form crust. Bake the crusts for 5 minutes.

3.      Prepare cake mix as directed on package.

4.      Pour batter into the graham cracker crusted muffin cups. Bake as directed on package. Remove from oven. Let cool in muffin pans for 5 minutes. Remove and place on wire racks.

5.       While the cupcakes are baking, break the chocolate bars into piece and place in a microwavable bowl.  Melt in microwave on 50% power for 30 seconds. Stir and continue melting for 30 seconds, until melted.

6.      Spoon 1 TBS of chocolate on top of each cupcake, spreading to cover. The cupcakes will still be warm.

7.      Chill cupcakes in fridge until chocolate is set.

8.      For the icing: Mix butter and fluff until smooth on medium speed with an electric mixer.  Slowly add powdered sugar with mixer on low.  Add milk and increase speed to medium and mix until combined and smooth.

9.      When chocolate is set, frost cupcakes.

10.  Reheat and drizzle with remaining chocolate, if desired.

11. (I didn't do this part, but I'm sure it would add to the athenticity of the S'More)  To toast the marshmallows, spread marshmallows on a baking sheet. Turn oven to broil. When oven is ready, place baking sheet on top rack. Toast marshmallows under broiler for 15 seconds. They toast very quickly. Remove from oven and garnish cupcakes.

Hope you enjoy!

Until next time, when I continue the rantings and ravings of a mom of an

American Dream Family.....