Even food bloggers have little kitchen disasters. :)
Recently on a day off, I decided to make a recipe I have been wanting to try forever — s’mores pie. Love s’mores. Love pie. Brilliant idea. Right?
Well, I made the chocolate part of the pie, which was a breeze (and ridiculously delicious when I sampled the batter). Then afterwards I laid out all of the marshmallows beautifully on top, and stuck the pie under the broiler tand set the timer for the allotted two minutes to give them that golden “toasted” look. After about 45 seconds though, I turned around to take a peek at the pie and saw flames! HUGE flames!
You know how when you stand over a campfire a marshmallow can go from soft and white to a flaming fireball in a matter of seconds? Yeah, multiply that by about 20! The entire pie was engulfed!! My roommate happened to be in the kitchen at the time, and after we both stood frozen for a second in disbelief, she ran for the fire extinguisher, and I ended up filling up the mixing bowl quickly with water and then dousing the entire oven! Thankfully, the fire went out right away, but the house smelled like a campfire (for at least a day) and the pie was…well…you’ll have to see the picture below.
Of course my roommate’s husband returned home an hour later, excited about the pie we had promised him, and I sadly apologized for the charred mess. To which, without missing a beat, he immediately asks if the chocolate part was still ok. I told him I imagined it was, but there was at least an inch of charred-to-a-crisp marshmallow layer on top! He responded that we girls must have “never lived in a frat house”. So sure enough, being the surgeon (and guy!) that he is, he spent the next ten minutes carefully flaking off the top layer until the beautiful chocolate part shone through. He then topped it with some new marshmallows, and voila — not only was it salvaged, it was incredible!!!
I did end up making another round of the pie to photograph all lovely and golden for you all, of course watching it like a hawk this time under the broiler! (It definitely can be done successfully, although you can also just bake it or use a kitchen torch.) And it was fantastic. All of that rich chocolate, the graham cracker crust, and toasted (not charred!) marshmallows made for the perfect dessert that’s a definite crowd-pleaser.
Live and learn! And then eat pie. :)
S'mores Pie
Ingredients
Crust Ingredients:
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
Filling Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 3/4 cup milk
- 10 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- 2 eggs, whisked
- 20-30 large marshmallows
Instructions
To Make Crust:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C).
- In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the graham cracker crumbs and melted butter until evenly coated. Press mixture into a greased 9-inch pie plate. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
To Make Pie:
- In a medium saucepan, whisk together cream and milk. Warm over medium-low heat. Add in chocolate and stir until chocolate has completely melted and is smooth. Slowly add in vanilla and whisked eggs, and whisk until smooth.
- Pour chocolate filling into baked pie crust. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until chocolate filling is set and does not jiggle when pie is lightly shaken. Remove from oven.
- Using a kitchen shears or a knife, cut marshmallows in half. Place halves in concentric circles over the top of the pie until covered.
- Lower oven rack to the middle position, and set oven to the lowest broil setting. Place pie on the rack and lightly toast the marshmallows. (I recommend pulling them out the second you see them beginning to turn slightly golden.) You can also use a kitchen torch to toast the marshmallows instead.
- Chill pie in the refrigerator to set for 2-3 hours. Or it can also be served slightly warm. Drizzle with chocolate sauce if desired.
Notes
Did you make this?Let me know how it turned out in the comments below!
And a glimpse into Round One…
Bbsolutely gorgeous and loved the story. Thanks for sharing the before pics too. I got a chuckle from it on this otherwise gloomy morning. Can’t wait to try this recipe!
GREAT story! I can’t wait to make this!! YUM! The ‘charred’ pie looks like Minnie’s Pie!! (Bahahhahaa… from the movie ‘The Help’) Thanks again!
MLM
That is SOO funny!! I LOVE your pix of your shocked faces and the pie surgery after ;) It reminds me of the first time (a LONG time ago) my roomie and I made pizza dough. We thought we followed the recipe to a T, but when the timer went off, the pizza in the oven was HUGE… like, the dough engulfed the oven rack. We still ate it ;)
Hello,
My son has an egg allergy and I’m wondering if the eggs are totally necessary? thanks :)
My chocolate would not set up in oven, my crust ended up burnt. Any ideas or suggestions?
Thx
Made this today and it was a big hit. I used milk chocolate chips instead of semi-sweet as I thought that was more S’more-y since they are made with Hershey’s Milk Chocolate. Next time I will use less graham cracker crumbs as I thought they were excessive. Also, I had better luck browning the marshmallows under the broiler than with a torch.
This recipe worked great for us!!! It is really good and easy!! We used nutella instead of chocolate chips, and just subsititued milk for the cream, and it worked!!! VOILA!!!
I used half milk chocolate chips/half semisweet for the filling, and added the pinch of salt thats in the ingredients but isn’t in the instructions. I also used a pre-made crust because it was easier. It took more than double the amount of time in the oven to make the chocolate filling anything resembling “not jiggling” when moved. I broiled the marshmallows on the lowest setting for a little less than 2 min and took it out as soon as it started to brown, ended up with a really beautiful golden color.
Thanks for saying it took double the time to bake. I was afraid I’d done something wrong! I can relax now and let it keep baking! :)
made this today for dessert tonight, smells so good! just wondering if anyone else had to bake longer than the indicated time? i think this took about an hour to bake. i also used chocolate chips, semi and dark, instead of the chopped semi chocolate. didn’t use the heavy cream either, used fat free 1/2 and 1/2, so we shall see. it looks marvelous!
Made this tonight and it was pretty good!! The chocolate part was a little bitter. Wonder if it needed some sugar??? It looked amazing and was over all a decent dessert.