S'Mores Cupcakes with Nutella

 I have found the cupcake Mecca!

And no, I will never go back to plain ol' cupcakes ever again.

After the Lemon-Marionberry-Lavender creations my mind has been awhirl with thoughts on new ideas for more cupcakes.

I knew after "S'Mores" came to mind that it had to have already been done. Which it has, but most of the recipes I found online called for chocolate ganache. Now I must say I have nothing against ganache. But it seemed so simple, plain almost.

And that is when I remembered that my favorite way to make S'Mores isn't with a chocolate candy bar but with Nutella!

 Frosting made from Nutella! Genius! And I was also wasn't the first to come up with this either. So I married a recipe for Nutella Frosting, and a recipe for graham cracker cupcakes and piped them with marshmallow creme... They are devine!

Ingredients:

Graham Cracker Cupcakes:

• 11/2 cups graham cracker crumbs.
• 1/2 cup cake flour.
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder.
• Pich of salt.
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened.
• 3/4 cup sugar.
• 2 large eggs.
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
• 3/4 cup milk.

Filling:

• Marshmallow Creme (1 can should be enough)

Frosting/Topping Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup Nutella
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• Milk/Cream
• Teddy Grahams

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees & line cupcake/muffin pans with paper liners.
2. In a medium bowl mix together graham cracker crumbs, flour, baking powder & pinch of salt. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl beat butter & sugar until light & fluffy.
4. Add eggs into butter mixture one at a time, blending well after each.
5. Beat in Vanilla.
6. Alternatingly add part graham mixture & milk until all is blended together into large bowl.
7. Pour into lined pans and bake. 22 minutes for standard size cupcakes, 14 minutes for mini cupcakes (or a toothpick comes out clean).
8. Cool completely.
9. Cut out hole in center for piping marshmallow creme into.
10. Put  marshmallow creme into a quart ziploc bag, seal and cut off one corner the size of the whole in your cupcake. Pipe creme into cupcakes.
11. With mixer on high, beat butter & Nutella until evenly combined. Add powdered sugar 1/4 cup at a time, mixing well after each. Add milk/cream as/when needed to reach desired consistency (I used Heavy Whipping cream).
12. Put Frosting into decorating bag with desired tip and pipe onto cupcakes.
13. Garnish with a Teddy Graham.
14. Enjoy!