S'more Cookies

If 2020 taught me anything - it would be how to be an online shopper.  Out of necessity, I mastered the art of finding what I needed online, ordering it, paying for it and then waiting for it to show up at my door.  #thankyouamazonprime 😂Online shopping is a beautiful thing and up until last week, I'd probably boasted that over the last year, I'd become a fairly proficient online shopper.  

And then this happened ...

I wanted to order a chocolate mold to make some tools for cupcake toppers. Clearly I missed the fine print on the item description though because the unusually small chocolate mold that arrived, made the tiniest tools that I've ever seen. 👀😅 I'm pretty sure that these miniature chocolate tools would disappear completely into a pillow of buttercream on top of a cupcake.  🛠
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When I finished laughing about the absurdity of the size of these chocolate tools, I requested a refund from amazon and within minutes, I had my money refunded and they told me that there was no reason to return the product.  #thankyouamazon  That was the point when I decided that I had to at least try the mini mold.  I can't help but wonder what in the world anyone would possibly do with a chocolate hammer that's the size of a penny but who can resist making tools?  🤷🏻‍♀️

Clearly I need a little more help in the online shopping department.  😅 I obviously got a little too excited when I saw the mold for tools and scanned through the details a little too quickly. 😂The same thing happened when I saw this recipe for S'more Cookies.  You can't blame me really.  I mean, who wouldn't get excited about S'more Cookies?  💁🏻‍♀️

When I got all caught up in the excitement of making these amazing treats, I neglected to read through the whole recipe until it was way too late.  I had no idea how many steps were involved in the making of these cookies until the process was already underway.  😬 I don't want to discourage you from making these because they're delicious - I just want to give you all the facts so that you don't jump into the recipe with the same reckless enthusiasm that I did.  🤣 They're just as scrumptious and delicious as they sound but they do require an investment in time.  

S'more Cookies
Cookies
 2 cups all-purpose flour
 3/4 cup natural unsweetened cocoa
 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
 1/2 teaspoon salt
 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
 1/2 cup vegetable oil
 1/2 cup granulated sugar
 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
 2 eggs
 1 teaspoon vanilla

Ganache
 4 oz. heavy whipping cream
 2 tablespoons butter
 3/4 cup dark chocolate morsels

Chocolate Buttercream
 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
 1/4 cup natural unsweetened cocoa
 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
 1/4 cup of prepared chocolate ganache
 1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs

Meringue Frosting
 3 egg whites
 3/4 cup granulated sugar
 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
 1 teaspoon vanilla

Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. 

Cream together butter, sugar, powdered sugar and oil.

Beat in eggs, one at a time, and vanilla. Add dry ingredients.  Chill dough 20 minutes. 

Roll dough into 1 1/2" balls and place on silpat mats.   

Pour 1/4 cup sugar into a shallow dish. ​

Press the bottom of a glass into sugar & press down gently to flatten cookies.

Bake cookies 7-8 minutes at 350.

Melt chocolate, butter and whipping cream slowly in microwave for ganache.

Whisk until smooth. 

Beat butter for buttercream in mixer until smooth.  

Beat in powdered sugar, cocoa, vanilla and 1/4 c. ganache.  

Pipe a circle of buttercream on each cooled cookie leaving the center open.  

Sprinkle crushed graham cracker crumbs around the edges.  

Add a spoonful of ganache into the center of each buttercream circle. 

Combine egg whites, sugar and cream of tartar in a bowl and set over a double boiler.  

Whisk until sugar melts and mixture is hot to the touch. 

Transfer bowl to the mixer and beat using whisk attachment to soft peaks.  

Add vanilla and whisk until stiff peaks form. 

Transfer mixture to a piping bag fitted with a star tip.  ​Pipe meringue on top of each cookie.

Use a butane torch to toast the meringue on each cookie.  

Decorate with a square of hershey's chocolate. 

Much like my chocolate mold order, my cookie making process didn't go off without a hitch.  The first time I made these cookies, I couldn't get the meringue to stand up on its own.  I made it 4 different times and it just wouldn't stiffen up.  😢 I was super frustrated so I decided to give up on my meringue and turn it into buttercream instead and pipe that onto my cookies instead.  The buttercream S'more cookies were great but I still had to make the recipe a second time so that I could do it the way that it was intended - with toasted marshmallow meringue.  😋 Second time was a charm - all I can say is the less humidity in the air - the better the chance that your meringue will firm up. 
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Ciao!

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