Cupcake Challenge Winner: S'more Cupcake

June 3, 2006 — -- Denine Shern, a 33-year-old mother of two, beat out all the competition to take home the golden cupcake trophy with her recipe for "s'more" cupcakes. She said the idea simply came from her love of the camping staple, s'mores.

S'MORE CUPCAKES

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line muffin tin with cupcake wrappers
Melt butter and chocolate in saucepan over low heat until smooth.
Beat eggs, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until thick and pale yellow (about 3 minutes). Pour chocolate mixture into egg mixture and stir until combined.
Pour chocolate batter into prepared muffin tins until quite full (almost to the top of each tin). Bake for 14 minutes. Let cool.

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