chocolate jack-o-lantern graham s’mores with homemade marshmallows

• prep time: 1 hour
• cook time: 30 minutes
• yield: about 24 s'mores

chocolate graham crackers

• 2 cups graham or whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon bakking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup milk
• 1 batch of homemade marshmallows or 1 bag store-bought
• 2 - 3 100g bars semi-sweet or milk chocolate

instructions

• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (160 c)
• add flours, cocoa, sugar, salt, and soda into food processor and pulse
• add butter, vanilla, and honey. and pulse until combined
• add 1/4 cup milk and pulse until a dough forms
  • if the dough seems too dry and crumbly continue adding more milk until it you can form it into a ball in your hand
• turn out onto lightly floured surface and roll into a layer about 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick and cut into desired shapes
• bake for 6 - 8 minutes until crisp.

homemade marshmallows

• work in small batches by placing a few graham crackers on baking tray
• place 1 to 2 squares of chocolate on half of the crackers
• put in oven for 2 - 3 minutes until chocolate is melty
• remove from oven and allow to cool for a minute
• * place marshmallows on chocolate and carefully top with warm crackers
• allow to cool slightly before serving

store-bought marshmallows

• work in small batches by placing a few graham crackers on baking tray
• place 1 to 2 squares of chocolate on half of the crackers and marshmallows on other half
• put in oven for 2 - 3 minutes until chocolate is melty and marshmallows puff
• remove from oven and pair chocolate topped crackers with marshmallow topped crackers and press down slightly
• serve warm