S'Mores Cupcakes

First let me say that I really don't care all that much for s'mores.  Sure I'll make and eat one around the campfire but they just don't hold that much appeal to me.  But cupcakes are my thing and after I heard about the s'mores cupcakes I couldn't resist.  These so far have topped all the cupcakes I've ever made.  Yes, they've beaten out Red Velvet, Oreo, Snickers & Caramel and even the Chocolate Chip Cookie cupcakes - they are that good.  There are several very different s'mores cupcake recipes out there and some far easier than these but don't bother with them - these are winners.

My recipe comes from annies-eats.net and first starts with a graham cracker crust topped with a thin layer of chocolate.  This is prebaked for 5 minutes then a thin chocolate cupcake batter is poured over top and baked another 20 minute.  The topping consists of an egg white and sugar confection that is cooked over stovetop then whipped into a marshmallow consistency.  This topping is piped onto the cupcakes and then torched - the fun part!  A piece of Hershey's chocolate tops the cupcake.

I wanted to see how much topping I could get on one of these without it collapsing and it came out looking like an ice cream cone.  I would call this a Freshour cone.

Playing around with the fluff you can make all kinds of funky looks!

I made four dozen cupcakes for girls at work this week and this batch will go to John's office for their Halloween/Chili Cookoff. 

The best part of making these was busting out my new torch that hubby bought for me. 

Chef John dressed for his office Halloween party.