For thanksgiving, I decided to make dessert. I don't really love traditional thanksgiving desserts, so I decided to troll the internet and find a dessert that fulfills my chocolate desires. That is where the idea for the Whoopie-Corn-Mallow came from. Basically a thanksgiving inspired chocolate covered whoopie pie.
The first thing you will need is the base of the treat, the cupcake. feel free to make any type of cake, but because this is "thanksgiving inspired" I used a cornbread mix and just followed the instructions on how to bake that.
The most important part of this process is baking the cake in cupcake tins rather than baking a normal cake. Again, just follow the instructions for baking, and modify cooking time for size.
While cupcakes are in the oven, melt the chocolate. Any chocolate will do, but I usually use semi-sweet chocolate chips because they are delicious and easy to melt.
Add two tablespoons of butter or margarin. This will thicken up the melted chocolate and make it the perfect spreading consistency.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. What this does is melts the chips without burning them. Fill a pot halfway with water and set it to boil. Put the bowl of chocolate chips and butter/margarin in the water and let it melt (make sure you use a glass or metal bowl that won't melt with heat).
If you find that your melted chocolate is too thick to be spreadable, than add oil a bit at a time until consistency is perfect.
Next step is the filling. Feel free to use any marshmallows desired, but ,in my opinion, vegan marshmallows are the best! Once you have had one there is no going back to normal marshmallows.
Take the muffins out of the oven and let them cool down on a cooling tray.
Then, cut each muffin in half and set the tops off to the side.
Take a marshmallow and a muffin bottom, put one on top of the other, and put in the microwave. Time may vary, but I basically put each one in for about 5 seconds/whenever I saw the marshmallow puff up. Then I quickly take the bottom out and wiggle the muffin top till is sticks to the bottom.
Then comes the messy but yummy part. Cover your muffins in chocolate. This part is open to interpretation.
Then stick them in the freezer...
... and ta da! Your Whoopie-Corn-Mallows are complete.
Enjoy!
xoxoxo
Nina
Song stuck in my head right now: Twist and Shout - The Beatles
