By Laura | Laura the Gastronaut
Prep Time: 25 minutes | Cook Time: 15 minutes | Chill Time: 1 hour | Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Yield: 8 trifle cups
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Don't have a campfire, no worries! Delicious smores inside of a cup! There's two layers of graham cracker crust, homemade chocolate pudding, and marshmallow fluff. Topped with mini-marshmallows, chocolate chips, and graham cracker crumbs, these dessert cups are so tasty and fun! This smores recipe went with my Ghostbuster movie night perfectly- inspired by Stay Puft!
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1/3 cups packed light or dark (67 grams) brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 cup strong (59 mL) coffee
• 1 3/4 cups (414 mL) half-and-half
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3 ounces semisweet chocolate, cut into small pieces
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs (about 8 full sheets of graham crackers)
• 5 tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 26 ounces marshmallow crème
• For topping: mini-marshmallows, chocolate chips, graham cracker crumbs
➊ Make Chocolate Custard Pudding: In a medium bowl, beat egg yolks and brown sugar together until pale and forms a ribbon (see picture above). Beat in cornstarch.
➋ In a medium saucpan, whisk together cocoa powder and salt. Whisk in coffee and half-and-half until well combined.
➌ Place saucepan over medium-high heat, whisking frequently. Heat just until the mixture begins to boil. Remove from heat.
➍ Pour the hot chocolate/half-and-half mixture VERY SLOWLY in a small stream into the bowl with the egg yolk mixture, whisking constantly to temper the eggs.
➎ Pour the mixture back into a clean saucepan, and place on medium-high heat. Whisking constantly, heat mixture until it begins to boil. Lower the heat to medium-low, and continue whisking until thick (about 2-3 minutes). *Mixture may become lumpy during this process but just keep whisking. Be careful so mixture does not scorch bottom of pan (constantly whisk to prevent scorching). Remove from heat. Whisk in vanilla, butter, and semisweet chocolate until chocolate and butter are melted. Set aside.
➏ Make Graham Cracker Crust: In a medium bowl, mix together graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, and sugar until well combined.
➐ Assemble Trifle Cups: Divide half of the prepared graham cracker crust mixture into 8 trifle cups. Then layer with a spoonful of chocolate pudding and a layer of marshmallow crème. Repeat layers one more time. Top with mini-marshmallows, chocolate chips, and graham cracker crumbs.
➑ Let chill in fridge for one hour until set.
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