There is a reason rich, fudgy Molten Chocolate Lava Cake appears on so many restaurant menus and is a popular Valentines dessert – it is unbelievably delicious with its soft warm chocolate cake outside giving way to a creamy, smooth stream of liquid chocolate inside, ensuring every forkful is bathed in its velvety decadence. drool. So in preparation for Valentine’s Day, I bring you this must make, restaurant quality dessert you can make at home – with an even more delicious s’mores twist. This S’mores Molten Lava Pies recipe idea came about after I saw a recipe in a magazine for Mini S’more Pies which intrigued me as I love everything s’mores from my Nutella S’mores Pie and S’mores Cookies to my S’mores Pancakes to Caramel Nut S’mores Bars. But more importantly, Patrick loves everything S’mores and I knew they would be perfect for the day of love. The more I thought about the recipe, however, the more I knew it needed to have a gooey chocolate center, just like campfire s’mores – so – lightbulb! – why not make Mini S’mores Pies using the batter from my Chocolate Molten Lava Cakes?! Yes and YES! Now you can have your Chocolate Lava Cakes and your S’mores Pie too!
How to Make Mini S’mores Molten Lava Pies
The base of these Mini S’mores Molten Lava Pies begins with a buttery graham cracker crust which you can make completely in your food processor or add crumbs and melted butter to a bowl and mix to combine. You press the crumbs into the bottom and about ¾ up the sides of greased cupcake liners using the back of a tablespoon. I find the back of a tablespoon is super helpful to press the crumbs firmly in place, otherwise they will stick to your hands. Even so, they crumbs will be squirrelly and it’s hard to get the sides even, so don’t worry about it. The star of the show is the chocolate. Making the chocolate molten lava cake center is SO easy with only 5 ingredients – butter, chocolate, sugar, eggs and flour. Simply add butter and baking chocolate to a large microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 1 minute, or until butter is melted, then stir until butter and chocolate are completely smooth. Next, stir in sugar until smooth followed by eggs and egg yolks then beat for 1 minute with a hand whisk. Fold in flour just until combined. That’s it! Evenly spoon batter into prepared graham cracker crusts. It’s okay if the batter rises above the top of the graham crackers. Bake for 9-11 minutes, or until the sides are firm but the centers are set but still soft (but not jiggly). Take care to not overbake your lava cakes or they will turn into chocolate muffins. Remove your lava pies from oven and top each pie with half of a marshmallow. Broil 6” away from broiler until golden, approximately 1-2 minutes to achieve toasted goldenliciousness. Let the Mini S’mores Molten Lava Pies cool for 1 minute then remove pies using cupcake liners. Serve immediately for a molten center as the center will continue to cook as the pies cool. If you can’t serve immediately, they will still be delicious with a rich, gooey center, just not quite as runny molten. And when I say runny molten, I mean an irresistible warm, oozing chocolate center flowing through the moist, decadent cake-like center. With buttery graham crackers. And gooey toasted marshmallows.
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