Brownies S’mores

I’m in a very s’more mood! You want s’more?! (get it? S-MORE!) Brownie time!!

Brownie S’mores

Ingredients

For the Brownies

• 2/3 cup brewed coffee
• 1 tablespoon non-hydrogenated vegan margarine ( Earth Balance)
• 2 ounces dark chocolate (58% or darker), finely chopped
• 2 3/4 cups plus 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 cup cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2/3 cup vegetable or canola oil
• 2/3 cup water
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups plus 3 tablespoons all-purpose gluten free flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 cup chocolate chips

For the S’more Assembly 

• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 4 cups mini vegan marshmallows (Dandies or Sweet & Sara)
• 24 gluten free graham cracker squares
• 3/4 cup chocolate chips

1. To start the brownies, Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. Grease a 9 by 13-inch baking pan.
3. Using a double boiler, heat the coffee, margarine, and dark chocolate, stirring, until the chocolate is melted and the ingredients are thoroughly combined.
4. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the sugar, cocoa powder and salt and mix together with the paddle attachment.
5. Add the oil, water, and vanilla and mix to combine. Add the coffee mixture and mix to combine.
6. In a separate bowl, mix together the gluten free flour and baking powder. Stir in the chocolate chips. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until all the ingredients are incorporated.
7. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and bake for 45 to 55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely, then cut into squares.
8.  To assemble the s’mores, Once brownies are cooled and cut, melt 1/2 cup of chocolate chips in a microwave. Drizzle the melted chips over the brownies.
9. Pile the marshmallows onto the brownies, on top of the melted chips. Using a pastry torch, flame the marshmallows until you get some browning, being careful not to burn them. Sprinkle the remaining chips on top.
10. Break the graham cracker squares in half and press them into the marshmallows so that they stand upright. Or, simply crush them in a plastic bag and sprinkle them over the top.

ENJOY!!

Campfire Cookies

S’mores. Classic camping dessert. You bring the tent, I will bring the s’more ingredients. S’more are probably my favorite part of camping. I am an indoors girl. Don’t get me wrong, camping is cool. But I’m definitely not an all the time camper. Once or twice is nice. But I digress. What is ALWAYS delicious and fun all the time are s’mores! Here is a great little cookie that takes all of you campfire favorites and, well puts them in a cookie!!

Campfire Cookies

These cookies truly are the best of both worlds; they are chewy like a cookie and crunchy like a s’more. However, unlike true s’mores you don’t have to have great weather or a fire pit. All you need are s’more ingredients! and LOTS of them because people will gobble these up just as fast as they do s’mores, maybe even faster. 

Ingredients

• 1 cup vegan butter (Earth Balance)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups gluten free flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup mini marshmallows
• gluten free graham crackers (Kinnikinnick makes some tasty “Smoreable” Graham Crackers)

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. Line a baking sheet/cookie sheet with wax paper. Place graham cracker squares on baking sheet. Set aside.
3. In a bowl, cream together vegan butter and sugar until incorporated.
4. In a small bowl beat thoroughly eggs and vanilla and add to creamed butter and sugar.
5. To that mixture add the gluten free flour, salt, baking soda, chocolate chips and mini marshmallows. 
6. Stir until all the ingredients are very well incorporated.
7. With a dough scooper or a spoon, place dough onto graham cracker squares.
8. Bake for 9-11 minutes (after 11 minutes, the graham cracker will burn, and you definitely do not want burned graham crackers)
9. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Ahh! All the tastes of a s’mores without having to build a fire!

Rain or shine. Hot or cold. ENJOY!

Kwegyirba Croffie is a freelance Associate Producer at News 12 Connecticut and a Special Events/Event Planning and Social Media Intern at College Lifestyles (TM). She is a Quinnipiac University alumni and a sister of Alpha Delta Pi. She enjoy cupcakes,Broadway musicals, Forever 21 ,giraffes, peacock feathers, orchids, lillies and anything Disney.