Mondays are hard. You are recovering from weekend fun but yet are still so far from Friday. What better time to make s’mores!? Not just any s’mores but these amazing, easy-to-make S’mores Cups! I don’t know what it is but with summer coming up it just means s’mores need to be made in any form whether you have a campfire or not. Want to compliment these cups with a skillet dessert? Try our Peanut Butter Cup S’mores Dessert Skillet.
What are S’mores?
A s’mores is traditionally a campfire snack or dessert with toasted marshmallows and a layer of chocolate placed between two pieces of graham cracker.
Who originally came up with this delicious treat though? Well, it’s not exactly clear but Wikipedia has some great theories.
S’more is a contraction of the phrase “some more”. S’mores appeared in a cookbook in the early 1920s, where it was called a “Graham Cracker Sandwich”. The text indicates that the treat was already popular with both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. In 1927, a recipe for “Some More” was published in Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts.
The contracted term “s’mores” appears in conjunction with the recipe in a 1938 publication aimed at summer camps. A 1956 recipe uses the name “S’Mores”, and lists the ingredients as “a sandwich of two graham crackers, toasted marshmallow and 1⁄2 chocolate bar”. A 1957 Betty Crocker cookbook contains a similar recipe under the name of “s’mores”.
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Ingredients:
7 Graham Crackers
6 TBSP Butter
1/4 cup powdered sugar
4 Hershey Chocolate Bars
7 Large Marshmallows
S’Mores Cups Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Place graham crackers into a large resealable plastic bag. Finely crush the crackers into crumbs. Combine graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar and butter in a small bowl.
2. Place 1 TBSP crumb mixture in each cup of a mini muffin pan.
3. Press crumbs into each cup. Lightly indent the crumbs with the back of round teaspoon.4. Bake 4-5 minutes or until edges are bubbling. Meanwhile, break two of the candy bars into rectangles. Remove pan from oven; place one rectangle into each cup.
5. Cut marshmallows in half crosswise using kitchen scissors dipped in cold water. Place one marshmallow half, cut-side down, into each cup. Return to oven 1-2 minutes or until marshmallows are just slightly softened.
6. Cool in pan for 15 minutes. Carefully remove cups from pan. Cool completely.
7. Break remaining candy bars into a small bowl and microwave on HIGH 45-55 seconds or until melted and smooth. Carefully spoon about 1-2 teaspoons of chocolate on top of each marshmallow. Let stand 40 minutes-1 hour or until set. Makes 14 s’mores cups.
S’mores Dessert Cups
Ingredients
- 7 graham crackers
- 6 tbsp butter
- 1/4 cup confectioners sugar
- 4 hershey's chocolate bars
- 7 large marshmallows
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Place graham crackers into a large resealable plastic bag. Finely crush the crackers into crumbs. Combine graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar and butter in a small bowl.
- Press crumbs into each cup. Lightly indent the crumbs with the back of round teaspoon.
- Bake 4-5 minutes or until edges are bubbling. Meanwhile, break two of the candy bars into rectangles. Remove pan from oven; place one rectangle into each cup.
- Cut marshmallows in half crosswise using kitchen scissors dipped in cold water. Place one marshmallow half, cut-side down, into each cup. Return to oven 1-2 minutes or until marshmallows are just slightly softened.
- Cool in pan for 15 minutes. Carefully remove cups from pan. Cool completely.
- Break remaining candy bars into a small bowl and microwave on HIGH 45-55 seconds or until melted and smooth. Carefully spoon about 1-2 teaspoons of chocolate on top of each marshmallow. Let stand 40 minutes-1 hour or until set.
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