I Think Cupcakes Are Evil …

Because they are taking over my life and making my thighs uncomfortably close to one another.

I’m currently in possession of some undeniably delicious cupcake recipes. I want to make a new one every week, but that would be wrong, wouldn’t it?  I’ve got a Nutella cupcake up my sleeve.  A snicker doodle cupcake waiting in the wings. And I’m ashamed to admit I might even have to make a Dr. Pepper cupcake I found on that oh-so-addictive creative play place called Pinterest.

Luckily it was Hannie B.’s birthday this week, so I actually had a bonafied reason to make cupcakes. Darn.

We settled on S’mores cupcakes – a recipe from the always WOWing my mind Jennie Doezie. The frosting alone made these cupcakes unreal.  I’d eat a whole vat of it with a spoon if I could {read: without gaining ten thousand pounds}.

It’s Fall.  The weather is cool, crisp and perfect for roasting some marshmallows over a fire to squeeze between a pair of graham crackers with a square of chocolate.  Or . . . you could just make these cupcakes and call it good.  Very good.

Enjoy!

S’mores Cupcakes

Begin by making a basic chocolate cupcake.  You could go with a box mix, but I used Martha Stewarts One-Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes and it the recipe was so good I may never use a box mix for chocolate cupcakes again.

Frosting:

2 sticks butter, room temperature

2 cups confectioner’s sugar

1/2 tsp. vanilla

16 oz. tub marshmallow cream (I used Fluff)

Cream butter on high in mixer until light and fluffy. Add sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, beating after each addition until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla until incorporated. Add marshmallow and mix until creamy. Transfer to pastry bag and pipe onto cupcakes. This is a good stiff frosting, perfect for piping.

Dust tops of cupcakes with graham cracker crumbs and top with a square of Hershey’s chocolate (classic S’mores).