s'more cupcakes with a marshmallow frosting and graham crackers on the bOTTom

One night I was flipping through the channels for something to watch and I stumbled upon this show called Cupcake Wars on the Food Network.  As I watched for awhile, one of the contestants was baking a S'more flavored cupcake.  I thought that was a cleaver idea, but didn't think too much else about it and the show really didn't give a recipe.  Well a week ago I needed a dessert so I thought, and thought and for some reason those cupcakes came to mind, but I didn't exactly have time to bake something up from scratch.  So I opened a box of cake mix and the following is how I made my own version of a S'more Cupcake which was inspired by this show.  (Now before I go any further I have to tell you, I am still not bitten by the cupcake bug fad even though I have blogged twice about cupcakes :) but sometimes they are so darn cute I can't help myself.)

To start with I made a graham cracker crust for the bottom of my cupcake liners.  I took 4 graham cracker and crumbled them up and then added 2 Tablespoons of melted butter; stirred and then packed into the bottom of my cupcake liners with a spoon. 

Next I stirred up my chocolate cake mix and poured that on top of the graham cracker crust. 

I then sprinkled chocolate chips on top of the batter and baked them.  

Once they had cooled I mixed up a frosting of 50% marshmallow cream and 50% white frosting (from a can).

After the cupcakes were iced I drizzled chocolate on top (mostly to make it look cute)















Then I topped them with a marshmallow and torched it to give it that roasted look.  I must say the taste of the toasted marshmallow was probably the best part.  

Overall, it was a pretty quick and easy way to dress up a cupcake. 












Want to know what else I do to save time around my kitchen??  I can.  Stop by next week for my "Canning Week Blog Party" where we will be posting lots of tips, recipes, linky parties and give-a-ways all related to canning.  And find out how one day of canning in the summer saves me lots of time and resources all winter long.


This post is linked to Hoosier Homemade's Cupcake Challenge and Cupcake Tuesday.
Just Something I whipped up Monday with The Girl Creative
Monday Mania at the Healthy Home Economist
Tasty Tuesday at Beauty and Bedlam
Tempt My Tummy Tuesday at Blessed with Grace
Tuesday at the Table with All the Small Stuff
Tuesday Taste with Crazy Daisy
Real Food Wednesday with Kelly the Kitchen Kop