Mini S'mores Pie

Here's another of Jack's cooking creations.  He chose our dessert this week from the Tasty You Tube videos - Mini S'mores Pie.

These were sooooo good with a homemade graham cracker crust, a chocolate pudding pie base and a roasted marshmallow on top.  Jack did a great job with all the steps, and learned how to temper eggs when mixing them into a hot mixture.

We cut the recipe in half, and it still made 12 little pies in the muffin tin.

Graham Cracker Crust:
2 packets of graham crackers, finely crushed
1 stick unsalted butter, melted
⅓ cup granulated sugar

Chocolate Filling:
1 ¼ cup of heavy cream
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed
⅓ cup granulated sugar 
10.5oz / 300g dark chocolate (60% cocoa minimum) chopped
3 eggs, plus 2 yolks 

20 large marshmallows 
Foil cupcake liners

1. Preheat oven to 350˚ F. 
2. Combine crushed graham crackers, melted butter, and sugar in a bowl until all of the crumbs are moistened with butter. 
3. Fill foil cupcake liners halfway, then using a small spoon or your fingers push down the crumbs to form your crust. 
4. Bake 5-7 minutes, until they are just starting to turn golden brown. Set aside.
5. Lower oven temperature to 275˚ F.
6. Combine the cream, butter, and sugar into a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 90-120 seconds, stirring halfway through. 
7. Add chopped chocolate and stir until all the chocolate is melted. 
8. Whisk 3 eggs and 2 yolks in a separate bowl. While stirring eggs, add a small amount of warm chocolate/cream mixture into the eggs (to gently warm up your eggs so they don’t scramble!)
9. Pour the egg mixture back into the chocolate/cream mixture and stir.
10. Pour the chocolate filling into cupcake foils leaving a little bit of room at the top.
11. Bake for 15-17 minutes, until the chocolate filling is just set and wobbles very slightly shaken
12. Turn on the broiler to high and top each pie with a marshmallow. 
13. Broil the pies until the marshmallows just start to char and brown. If the tops brown too quickly for the marshmallow to spread across the entire top of the pie, take the pan out and once they have cooled for a minute, press down on the top of the marshmallow and the gooey insides will come out and spill on the top of your pie!