Friday, March 1, 2013

Smores Mini-Cups

These just turned out so cute! I love all things chocolate-graham cracker-marshmallow. The ooey gooey fire-roasted sweetness is certainly the key to my heart. And mini-sized means I can eat more than one! These are great for parties, too, I brought them to work recently.


1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 package of graham crackers (just one of the "sleeves" in a box)
1/3 cup powdered sugar (optional)
Milk chocolate chips
1 package of mini marshmallows

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Crush graham crackers. I either put them in a plastic zipper bag and run a rolling pin over them, or toss them in the magic bullet and let it do its...err...magic. Both work well to get the fine pieces that you need, one just requires more work.
Mix graham crackers with melted butter and powdered sugar. I leave this optional because I keep on scaling back the sugar, but don't really think it's necessary unless you really like the sweet flavor. Try it with your first batch, but know it works well without.
Press into cups of a mini muffin pan. No liners, no grease, just smoosh that in there. Be sure to leave the shape of the cup, this involves a lot of cute little mini muffin cup work.
Bake 4-5 minutes, just long enough to toughen those babies up, they might look like the butter in them is bubbling.
As soon as they are out of the oven, sprinkle your preferred combination of chips and marshmallows into each cup. I like to mix them up, you could layer chips, then marshmallows, then chips. I just like to make sure there's a little marshmallow and a little chip on top.
Put back in the oven on the top rack for another minute or so, just long enough to melt some chocolate and brown the top of the marshmallows.
These are fabulous warm, but good anytime! Enjoy! 

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