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If you’re looking for the s’mores pie you got at a restaurant or diner recently — that chocolate-pudding confection with whipped cream, fudge, mini-marshmallows, or whatever else passes for “S’mores Pie” these days — then I’m sorry, friend, but you’ve come to the wrong place. The recipe you’ll find within this page is NOTHING that fancy. It is pretty much what the title implies — a quick dessert you can whip up in almost any kitchen that’s cheep and easy and satisfies that deep longing for campfire cooked s’mores that no city dweller can satisfy.

Or, in my case, uses up leftover s’mores fixings from a barbecue.

But come on, look at that photo and tell me your mouth isn’t watering already at the thought of melted Hershey’s chocolate, graham crackers, and slightly-blackened marshmallows.

Don’t lie to me. I see you drooling.

Now, I wish I could say that I deliberately wrote this recipe and burned the marshmallows, but nothing can be further from the truth. The fact of the matter is, I was gifted a large amount of marshmallows and chocolate by my parents after their Memorial Day barbecue, and pretty much let it sit on the kitchen counter for days while I went “What the hell am I going to do with this? I live in a second-story apartment. I don’t barbecue.” The idea floated through my head that I should go grab a box of Rice Krispy cereal, finely chop the chocolate, and make chocolate chip Rice Krispy Treat squares, but where would the fun in that be, hmmm? Not to mention the fact that I was really craving some s’mores about a week after I received my s’mores fixings.

Luckily, there’s a grocery store on my way home from work, and that store carries graham cracker crusts.

Now, as for the burnt part–I like my marshmallows a little on the well done side, so I had every intention of pulling the pie out of the oven, photographing the beautiful, golden-brown crust that’d formed on top, then throwing it back in and burning the hell out of it. Three minutes under the broiler, I pulled out my pie and…

Nothing. The marshmallows had softened and began to merge with one another, but all that did was form a solid white top that looked absolutely no where near the vision I had for this cheap, easy dish, so back in it went. Of course, at that point, my turkey and white bean chili had just finished simmering, so I started setting the table, and yadda yadda yadda, I realized “Oh shit! The pie!”

I threw open the stove, burning my forearm in the process, and found to my immediate relief that the pie was not on fire, but done just the way I like it. Of course, that sadly meant that I couldn’t take a picture of the medium done pie. Just cook to your liking, people.

College Grad S’mores Pie

An original Elizabeth Williams recipe

INGREDIENTS
• 6 regular sized Hershey’s milk chocolate bars (not those thick King Sized deals that your cube neighbor’s kid sells for Girl Scouts/Soccer/Church/Satan)
• 1 graham cracker crust
• 1 bag of marshmallows (give or take a few)

Yes, really, that’s the list.