Fudgy S’more Brownies with Toasted Marshmallow Meringue
Every single person in our family can’t pass up a homemade s’more by the fire. But it’s our oldest daughter who actually lives for them. She’s the first one digging for the jumbo marshmallows and Hershey bars when a fire is lit when camping with extended family each summer. And when Blake fires up the charcoal grill in the back yard, we know what will be Hatti’s request for dessert. Yes, s’mores.
It took all the patience Hatti could muster to leave me alone to take pictures of these Fudgy S’more Brownies with Toasted Marshmallow Meringue. She and Tessa had a girlfriend over to play for the afternoon, and they kept “checking in on my progress”. {AKA…”seeing if I was finally done so they could eat them!”} I had to laugh when our young friend solemnly confessed, after wiping the meringue from the sides of her mouth with the back of her hand, “I sure don’t get anything like this at my house”.
Ahhhh…these are so fun. A dark, chewy, fudgy brownie base, topped with a glossy chocolate ganache. And then a big ol’ swirl of light and fluffy marshmallow meringue, toasted per campfire specs. You just can’t help but smile.
Fudgy S’more Brownies with Toasted Marshmallow Meringue
Ingredients
- for the brownies:
- ½ c. unsalted butter diced
- 3 oz. unsweetened chocolate chopped
- 1.5 c. sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp. instant espresso powder
- 1.5 tsp. vanilla
- ¼ tsp. salt
- ¾ c. flour
- for the chocolate glaze:
- ¼ c. heavy cream
- 1 T. light corn syrup
- pinch of salt
- ¾ c. semi-sweet chocolate chips I like Guittard brand.
- for the marshmallow meringue:
- 4 egg whites
- 1 c. sugar
- a large pinch of cream of tartar
- to finish:
- graham crackers broken into irregular pieces
Instructions
for the brownies:
- Preheat oven to 325° F. Fold a long piece of heavy foil into a 13" wide strip and fit it inside a 9"x13" metal baking pan, leaving foil overhang on the 2 long sides. Spray the foil with nonstick spray.
- Stir the butter and chocolate in a large heavy saucepan over very low heat until chocolate is melted. Remove from heat and whisk in the sugar, and then the eggs, 1 at a time. Whisk in espresso powder, vanilla, and salt. Then sift the flour over the chocolate mixture and stir to blend well. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
- Bake brownies until slightly puffed and dry-looking and tester inserted into center comes out with some moist batter attached, about 20 minutes. Let cool completely in pan on rack.
- Run a knife around the inside edge of the brownie pan. Use the overhanging foil as an aid and gently lift the brownies from the pan. The pan I used produces a brownie that is 1/2" thick. Be sure your cookie cutter is taller than 1/2". Press round biscuit cutter (mine was 2-1/4” in diameter) firmly into the cooled brownie. Use a thin metal spatula to lift the cookie cutter filled with brownie from the foil.
- Gently press the brownie out of the biscuit cutter. Repeat the cutting process until your brownie looks like a big piece of swiss cheese.
for the chocolate glaze:
- Place all glaze ingredients in a small saucepan and simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth. Cool for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally until the glaze is thickened, but still pourable.
- Stir until completely smooth, then drop a large teaspoonful onto the center of a brownie round, and spread it out to the edges. Repeat until all brownie rounds are glazed. Let set while preparing the marshmallow meringue.
for the marshmallow meringue:
- In a medium heat-proof bowl (if you have a stand mixer, use that bowl), combine the egg whites, sugar, and cream of tartar. Place bowl over a pan of simmering water (or use a double boiler), making sure the bottom of the bowl is not touching the water. Whisk ingredients until sugar is dissolved and egg whites are warmed to 145° F. This should take about 3 to 4 minutes.
- Remove bowl from heat and place on stand mixer. Using the whisk attachment, start beating on low until the mixture thickens just a bit. Then turn speed up to high until stiff, glossy peaks form. This should take about 10 minutes.
- Spoon meringue into a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip (I used Ateco #808) and swirl onto the glazed brownie rounds. Use a kitchen torch to gently toast the meringue. Finish by inserting a broken piece of graham cracker into the meringue.
- These keep very well refrigerated for a day or two.
Notes
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We lit our first s’more-making-fire in our new fire pit last night. After living in our late 60’s home for 8 years now, we really haven’t put much into our yard beyond a few bushes, alot of perennials (many transplanted from the farm in SD and my sister Jessica’s house), and many hours of necessary un-glorious maintenance labor.
Like most people, we have a running project wish list. This is the year we finally decided to bite off a little chunk outdoors, to deal with a couple areas that have caused us nothing but grief since we first moved in. And we threw in some fun, too, with a back yard fire pit patio – which was a double blessing, as it eliminated a big perennial area that I just don’t have the time to keep up with any more!
Like s’mores? Be sure to also check out my S’mores Pie!
Great recipe. Â I just made it this weekend and it turned out really well. Â Thanks for sharing.
There’re beautiful, I’m gonna make some for myself soon:-)
Thank you, Pim! Hope you like these!
Wow! Love it! Thank you for the recipe and great pics. My daughter and I are going to make these :)
Happy 4th of July :)
Those look delicious! I am yet to learn how to make those beautiful swirls you have on top of your brownies.
These are so gorgeous! I’ve had my kitchen torch for going on 7 years and I still haven’t mustered up the courage to use it. Obviously need to change that soon!
You MUST get that torch out and use it, girl!! It’s alotta fun!! :)
These look like the perfect s’mores treat!
Perfect swirl and amount of toasting–I’m still learning to use my kitchen torch properly :)
Yummy ! This looks so delicious! And you did great decoration job! Perfect!!!
These are too cute! My child of a husband would love these =)
Oh YUM!! Brownies AND marshmallow meringue, SOLD!!