Desserts 101: S'mores Bites
I love s'mores. They make me think of summer and camping (not that I do that much of it) and being outside by a firepit. When my husband and I were dating, we took a vacation with his family to Minnesota and I taught my (now) brother-in-laws friend from Brazil how to make s'mores! Yep, that's me, bridging international relations with chocolate, marshamallows and graham crackers.
Since we live in the midwest and our seasons include winter, we've learned how to make s'mores in the microwave, which are good, but nothing like the original. I found this recipe on Pinterest and decided to give it a try this weekend to see how it stacks up.
Plus I'm just really hungry for some desserts.
S'mores Bites, courtesy of thefirstyearblog.com on Pinterest
Ingredients:
7 whole graham crackers (equals 1 cup), finely crushed
1/4 cup powdered sugar
6 tablespoons butter, melted
2 (1.55 oz) milk chocolate candy bars, divided into rectangles
12 large marshmallows, cut in half
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Finely crush the graham crackers into crumbs, using whatever method you want.
Combine graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar and melted butter into a small bowl.
Evenly divide crumb mixture into each cup of a 24 cup mini miffin pan, grease slightly before using. Press crumbs down to form shallow cups.
Bake 4-5 minutes or until edges are bubbling.
While that's baking, break the candy bars into the divided rectangle pieces. Also cut the marshmallows in half using a scissors that has been sitting in cold water.
Remove the pan from the oven and place one chocolate rectangle into each cup.
Place one marshmallow half, cut-side down, into each cup.
Return to oven for 2-4 minutes or until marshmallows are just slightly softened.
If you'd like the tops to be brown, turn the oven to briol, and broil the s'mores bites for 1-2 minutes.
Cool on a cooling rack for 15 minutes before carefully removing them from the pan.
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