Nutella S’mores Cupcakes

I couldn’t wait to show you these adorable graduation cupcakes!  So I’m not waiting 🙂  We’re having a celebratory barbeque for my brother’s graduation today and we whipped these up this morning.  I know I would normally insert some random story here but like I said, we’re bbq’ing.  So I hope you enjoy your weekend, hopefully now it will include these cupcakes 🙂

melt chocolate candy melts and dip square graham crackers to coat

combine egg whites, sugar, water, corn syrup and some other things and beat the frosting over a double boiler

until its thick and fluffy

Start with chocolate cupcakes, anyone of these or these or these  will work. Unwrap them and flip them upside down on a baking sheet.

Remove the middles of the cupcakes

fill the middles with nutella

dollop the cupcakes with seven minute frosting aka fluff 🙂

Top them with the graham crackers and pipe a strip of the frosting on top for the tassel

or if you’re not celebrating a graduation…

keep the wrappers on, fill the middle with nutella and dollop the icing

stick a chocolate covered graham cracker on top

enjoy!!

Seven Minute Frosting
Adapted from the More from Magnolia cookbook
Yields enough to frost 30 cupcakes (or more-I only had 30) or a 9 inch layer cake

Ingredients:

3 large egg whites, at room temperature
2 1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup cold water
1 1/2 Tablespoons corn syrup
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cream of tarter
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:

1. In a medium saucepan, bring 2 inches of water to a simmer.

2. Combine the egg whites, sugar, cold water, corn syrup, salt and cream of tarter in a heatproof bowl.  Place bowl over simmering water (it should not touch water); and with a handheld mixer, beat on high speed until stiff peaks form, about 7 minutes.

3. Remove from heat and beat in vanilla extract.  Use immediately.