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pumpkin s'mores cupcakes

Pumpkin S'mores Cupcakes Recipe

Shanaka
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 17 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 18 cupcakes

Ingredients
  

For the cupcakes

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • cup oil
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup pumpkin puree
  • cup milk

For the frosting

  • 1 7 oz container of marshmallow cream/fluff
  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3-4 tablespoon milk
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • ½ cup mini marshmallows
  • 10 oz snack size Hershey's chocolates
  • ½ cup crushed graham cracker crumbs

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prep a cupcake pan with liners. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk together the flour, sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, baking powder and soda, and salt.
  • Add in the oil, eggs, vanilla, pumpkin puree, and milk. Mix thoroughly - stopping the mixer, scraping the side and mix again.
  • Divide the batter amongst the cupcake liners, filling each cavity about ⅔ full.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 16-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before decorating.
  • To make the frosting - in the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the softened butter, salt, vanilla and about half of the powdered sugar. Mix on low speed for about a minute and then bump up the speed to medium for another minute.
  • Add in the remaining powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons worth of the milk. Mix on low for a minute and then on medium for an additional 2 minutes. The frosting should be light and fluffy.
  • Transfer the frosting to a piping bag fitted with a large star tip.
  • Using a small ice cream scoop or a rounded teaspoon, scoop out the center of each cupcake - save the pieces to be used again.
  • Transfer the marshmallow cream to a piping bag. Pipe a dollop of marshmallow cream into the cavity and replace the scooped out cupcake piece.
  • Pipe a large mound of frosting on each cupcake.
  • Melt five of the chocolate bars in a microwave safe bowl. Transfer the melted chocolate to a piping bag and cut a small hole in the end of the bag. Drizzle the melted chocolate over the frosting.
  • Insert a half piece of chocolate bar into the frosting and then gently press in a couple mini marshmallows. Sprinkle with graham cracker crumbs.
Keyword cupcakes, pumpkin, s'mores