5 Minute Chocolate Fudge S’mores Mug Cake.
Just sharing a s’mores mug cake today. That can be made in 5 minutes.
You know… NO BIG DEAL.
Since you’re asking, yes… I have always thought the whole “cake in a mug in a microwave” thing was sort of skeevy. Well, until I was feeling superbly lazy last week and housing a mad chocolate craving. Like, really mad. So I gave it a try.
And another.
Annnnnd maybe another. Oops.
And another?
Then I thought… is there anything in the world that I’m more obsessed with than s’mores? Umm nope. There isn’t. But just so you know, I’m also allowed to say that about guacamole, Ryan Gosling and chocolate peanut butter. So stop looking at me that way.
In minutes, with a few tweaks and twists and makeshift graham crusts and marshmallow middles, I had a s’mores mug.
And it was just SO… FUDGEY.
Sidebar: for years as a quick treat, I’ve melted butter in a bowl, added graham cracker crumbs, thrown on some chocolate chips and marshmallows then stuffed it in the microwave for 10 seconds. Then I usually burn the roof of my mouth because I’m so impatient and inhale it anyway.
And you know what?
This is like, A BILLION TIMES BETTER.
Sorry for the shouting, but it’s necessary. !!!
This is a much more practical, easier, quicker version of my smore’s cake in a jar, with marshmallows stuffed in the center and even a few healthier adjustments.
I want to marry this mug. Don’t judge me.
And if you love someone (like yourself), this would be an outstanding choice for a fast Valentine’s Day dessert. So… love yourself. PUHlease.
5 Minute Chocolate Fudge S’mores Mug Cake
[adapted from food network]
makes 1 serving, can easily be doubled
2-3 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs
3 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (mine was dark cocoa, hence the dark color)
1/8 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
1 1/2 ounces milk chocolate (chopped or morsels)
marshmallow fluff, cream or actual marshmallows
Combine 3 tablespoons butter and 1 ounce of chocolate in a small bowl, then melt in the microwave for 20-30 seconds. Set aside. In another bowl, combine remaining melted butter with 2-3 tablespoons of graham cracker crumbs and stir until moistened. Press graham crumbs into the bottom of your mug.
In a bowl. whisk egg, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Add in flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa, stir until a thick batter forms. Stream in melted butter and chocolate, mixing to combine. Fold in remaining chocolate chips. Add half of the mixture on top of the graham crust, then throw on a scoop of marshmallow fluff/cream or a few marshmallows. Add remaining batter on top, then pop in the microwave for 1 minute and 20 seconds to almost 2 minutes. Remove and top with additional marshmallow if desired. You can pop it back in the microwave for 5-10 seconds to make them melty, or pop them directly under the broiler for about 10 seconds to toast if desired. You can also use a kitchen torch if you have one. Sprinkle with graham crumbs!
Notes: If you don’t have whole wheat pastry flour, you can use all-purpose. I would not recommend using regular whole wheat. Additionally, I have made this by substituting coconut butter for the full amount of butter. It was just as delicious, albeit slightly drier. You cannot taste coconut at all. Finally, take into account the power of your microwave. Mine has a mind of it’s own and is insanely powerful, so I cooked this on 80% power. Judge accordingly and add/subtract a few minutes of cooking if you know your’s is wonky too. Unfortunately it may take 1-2 trial runs to get the right consistency because all microwaves are different, but I promise it’s worth it!
And that’s Friday for you.
394 Comments on “5 Minute Chocolate Fudge S’mores Mug Cake.”
My God you are a delicious little genius!
I am so making this tonight!
Five minutes!?!? For that gooey amazingness! :-D Yum! You’ve outdone yourself, Jessica! Mmmmm!
Of course you post this on the day I’ve vowed to cut way down on my sugar consumption in preparation for our trip to Barbados in three weeks. Jeez.
;).
This s’mores mug cake looks absolutely fantastic, and I will be making it as soon as I’m back from our trip!
Amazing! Dessert in 5 minutes? Sounds perfect!
Friday rocks.
The marshmallow/graham topping is genius! I actually made coffee cake in a mug yesterday afternoon and I drizzled biscoff on top instead of the crumb topping. I will have to try this next time. I like the cake in the mug idea because I can have one by myself and no traces anywhere:-) I will try this one next time, just need to make sure I have some marshmalllows!
That sounds amazing!
This looks DELICIOUSLY dangerous ;)
I’ve just come back from working out at the gym for two hours and seen this. Oh dear Lord. This looks absurdly superb right now…
Um, at least you didn’t come home from the gym and make it for lunch like… someone… I know did.
Trust me, I am exercising all the willpower I have not to make this right, right now!
I love this one because I have (almost) all of the ingredients! I just need to pick myself up some marshmallows! Happy Friday!!
i was LITERALLY just talking to someone about cake in a mug yesterday. how do you read minds like that??
Oooooh need some of this! I have 5 minutes….
Sometimes I think my ass gets wider just by reading your blog….and I like it! :)
Ha Ha – I know the feeling Kelly :)
Yay! I heart this.
guac, ryan gosling, and chocolate peanut are all totally worth it. and now so is this cake! so dangerous that it’s so dang easy…
Heaven in a mug, I tell ya! :-)
HOLY COW – this is right up my alley!
I adore all things chocolate and the ability to whip something together in 5 minutes warms me to my toes!!
Yep, I’ll be making this for myself for Valentines Day! Oooh and ps. I’m going to see The Vow tonight!! I agree with you that Ryan Gosling is yummy, but Channing Tatum is verrrrry nice too!
Um…what the WHAT?! A cake that takes five minutes. Is cooked in a mug. And “baked” by my microwave. How could this not be ah-mazing? Oh yeah…it has marshmallow fluff on top!
Oh dear, this COULD be breakfast. I won’t tell anyone if you don’t and I think I deserve it after hiking up a mountain yesterday.
Um, you definitely deserve it in that case.
5 Minutes! Fudge! Holy Crappers! This will be a wonderful quick Valentine’s Dessert or a quick chocolate fix for me!! I’m excited to try this!!!
Umm these need to happen in my life – immediately! Happy Friday indeed!
What a great breakfast idea! Thank you! ;) HA! I only wish I were kidding! …..I’ll hold off till the afternoon (maybe!)
Well I don’t know if this is an amazing or horrible thing for me…
I’ve been looking for a good mug cake recipe cause some of them look kind of sick!! This one looks awesome!
I might make these for company tomorrow! It’d be nice not to have to break out a ton of bowls to make something!
I don’t usually respond to your posts {crazy lurker here} but you always come up with the BEST recipes. Thank you for being a food genius and sharing with the rest of us! :)
Thank you for commenting!
I would marry that mug too! It looks delish!!!!!!! :)
I recently discovered how to make a single serving brownie in the microwave and my life has been changed forever. Seriously. This cake looks pretty darn amazing.
S’mores are my favourite dessert in the entire world so I’m totally down. Do you ever just stick a marshmallow on a fork and toast it over a burner? Not that I myself do that. ;)
only every time I have an open bag of marshmallows!.. I have even threaded mini-marshmallows on a skewer and toasted them… I mean,, uhh. toasted marshmallows!!
I don’t do crazy things like sprinkle with cram crakers, or dip them in melted chocolate… not me!
It’s like….you’re in my brain. I am so excited to make this!
I’ve been wanting to try these “cakes in a mug” for a while now, I think you may have finally convinced me.
Only you could make cake in a mug look as damn good as a regular cake. Looks amaaaazing!
I’ve made plain, simple chocolate mug cakes when I need a quick chocolate fix, but they always turn out dry! This one looks amazingly moist! Can’t wait to try it.
Smores are the bestest!So are serves 1 desserts! Ive been doing muffin experimentation all week (God help my waistline – serious plea!). This AM I read your ‘baking meals/ desserts for 2 historic post’ – amazing! I realised (DUH) the genius of baking half batches. ALSO the advantage of baking your own muffins = you can eat ALL the muffin tops! No-one ever need know you even baked them (except when you try to blog about the muffins, and consider posting pic’s of the remaining bases….)
Oh my gosh. I have a little obsession with “baking” things in the microwave and this looks like it might just send that into overdrive. It looks amazing! Not to mention, smores seems like the perfect flavor for right now. Because smores is obviously a flavor :)
i will second you on s’mores, guacamole, ryan gosling, and chocolate peanut butter being obsession worthy. im pretty sure i could live on those 4 things. this looks amazing! trying it this weekend!
This looks amazing!!! And that butter-graham cracker quickie one sounds pretty great, too!! I kind of hate you now for giving me these really quick ways to inhale a bagillion calories!!!
I have always wanted to try this! Because I am a super peanut butter fanatic and a devout member of P.B.A.A. I must add some peanut butter to this recipe. Yes, I know. I used to eat pb with my smores as a kid. It’s ah-mazing! I am off to have a love affair with that mug. No joke! Happy Friday!
MANGIA!!!
Are you going to write a cook book? Because you NEED to!!!
All I can say is… I. Want. That.
Mug cakes and I have a borderline inappropriate relationship. I’m pretty sure this recipe will now cross it over into full out inappropriateness and I love it! ;)
Yesssssss!! Nothing in this world is better than knowing that I am five minutes from eating cake at alllll times. Now a smore and a cake?! I think I want to marry this mug AND you.
The idea of putting graham crackers in the bottom of this is brilliant, splendid, and saving my life today. Actually, my husband’s life.
I’m literally making this the minute I get home. First thing. Even before I find my sweatpants.
Before sweatpants? That’s serious business.
I tried to make one of these little mug cakes the other day and it was a miserable failure. So I think the universe is telling me that I obviously need to try again. With this. No less than once a day for the next year.
Ok – my heart just went pitter patter when I saw the title of todays post. I’m not going to lie…I am guilty of making the 2 minute chocolate mug cake lately but this is just a whole new ball game. I was already thinking I wish I hadn’t found those recipes (for the sake of fitting into my pants) but now I will be thinking that even more. Must. try. this. ASAP!
Microwave, 5 minutes, cake, chocolate,…pretty much the prefect elements.
Was also thinking about your halfway open jars of coconut milk from yesterday’s post and wanted to LYK that there’s a product called coconut concentrate that you can literally mix up just how much coconut milk you need, thus avoiding opening a whole can if you just need 1/4 cup type of thing. It’s made by Tropical Traditions and is on their site. I love it!
Oh hi. These are the cutest (and most dangerous) mug cakes EVER.
Your amazing recipes + the conveinence of a microwave = incredibly dangerous
Jessica! Stop it! Just stop it right now!
(this is amazing)