American
S'mores Dip
Chocolate chips melt under a layer of marshmallows in a hot oven. Graham crackers are the scoop, served as soon as the top is toasted.
- Prep
- 8 min
- Cook
- 10 min
- Total
- 18 min
- Servings
- 8
- Difficulty
- Easy
Why you’ll love it
- The oven, not a broiler you have to hover over, toasts the marshmallows more evenly.
- Two chocolates melt at slightly different speeds and taste more like a s'more.
- A pinch of salt and a spoon of butter keep the chocolate from tasting waxy.
- It is a serve-now dish. The marshmallows firm up as they cool.
Ingredients
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Instructions
- 1
Heat the oven to 400°F.
- 2
Put the semisweet chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, butter, and salt in an 8-inch oven-safe skillet or a small baking dish.
- 3
Bake 4 minutes, until the chocolate is soft. Stir in the vanilla until the chocolate is smooth and hot.
- 4
Cover the surface with the mini marshmallows in a single even layer.
- 5
Return the skillet to the oven for 5 to 7 minutes, until the marshmallows are puffed and toasted on top and the chocolate is hot underneath.
- 6
If the marshmallows are still pale, give them 1 more minute. Do not walk away. They go from toasted to burnt quickly.
- 7
Set the skillet on a trivet. Serve immediately with graham crackers for scooping. This is about 8 shares.
Pro tips
- An oven-safe handle matters. If the skillet handle is plastic, use a baking dish instead.
- Mini marshmallows cover the surface better than large ones.
- The dip is very hot. Let it stand 1 minute before anyone scoops.
Easy substitutions
- milk chocolate chips
- more semisweet chocolate chips
- graham crackers
- sliced strawberries for scooping
- unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
Storage and reheating
Storage
Leftovers keep covered in the fridge up to 3 days. The marshmallow layer will not stay toasted.
Reheating
Warm in a 350°F oven for 8 minutes, until the chocolate is hot again. The marshmallows will not look freshly toasted.
Nutrition
Estimates per serving, using standard ingredient averages and rounded to the nearest gram. This is not a lab analysis, and it shifts if you change brands or add sides.
- Calories
- 232
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 28 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
Budget friendly · Oven
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