Having a bake sale at your summertime lemonade stand? Cupcakes are always a bake sale winner because they’re usually the biggest and prettiest thing on the table. They pull a good price, so they’re also big profit makers for the bake sale holders! Today, I’m sharing my winning bake sale recipe with you and how to make them the first item to sell out with fantastic packaging. This S’Mores Cupcake recipe made with Hershey’s Milk Chocolate bars are all the fun of summertime s’mores without the campfire!
Last year alone, I raised over $1000 for a few charities I like to work with selling nothing but cupcakes. The standout cupcake favorite I sold? Hands down, it was my S’Mores Cupcakes. With marshmallow frosting topping chocolate cupcakes and a little graham cracker and Hershey’s Milk Chocolate bars for garnish, you not only have a cupcake shop worthy creation, but a cupcake people with throw dollars at.
Another of my bake sale favorites? Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes. You can use the same chocolate cake recipe as in this recipe and use the five star peanut butter frosting recipe in this post to mix up your bake sale offerings.
Bake Sale Recipe: S’Mores Cupcakes
- 2 dozen chocolate cupcakes, made from box or your favorite recipe
- Marshmallow frosting (recipe follows)
- 3 Honey Maid Graham Crackers
- 2 Hershey’s Milk Chocolate bars
My personal favorite for chocolate cake recipes is the Beatty’s Chocolate Cake recipe by Ina Garten. I have yet to find one as moist and flavorful, and don’t think I could top it if I spent a year in the kitchen experimenting. The only thing that will throw you with this recipe is the consistency of the batter; it’s going to be soupy! Not to fear, this is the way it is supposed to be and the cupcakes will come out fantastic in the end. If you want to go a semi-homemade direction, just make the cupcakes from a box mix and add a tablespoon of instant espresso to boost the flavor.
Marshmallow Frosting
4 egg whites
1 cup granulated sugar
pinch of cream of tartar
1 cup minature Jet-Puffed Marsmallows
1 tsp. pure vanilla
In the top of a double boiler, over boiling water, combine 4 egg whites, sugar, and cream of tartar.
Cook over rapidly boiling water, beating for about 3-4 minutes or until the sugar dissolves into the egg white. I use a whisk, but if you have a hand-held mixer, use that!
Add the cup of marshmallows, and whisk until they are entirely melted into the mixture.
Remove the top of the double boiler from heat and place in the stand of your electric mixer if you’re using one. Put in the vanilla extract. Beat mixture for 5-7 minutes, or until stiff peaks form.
Next, see how we put together the cupcakes and wrap them up to sell at a bake sale!
What a tasty idea and I love your packaging!
Now that’s an icing I’d enjoy! Brilliant (easy! cute!) way to package the cupcakes for a bake sale, too.
I love these! So pretty!
Love the packaging idea and who wouldn’t want to buy a s’mores cupcake that looks as yummy as this? Thanks for sharing on the Living with Style Linky Party!
Will be making these this weekend for bih BBQ. I know we will love them. This is a great party favor idea too. Packaging is so cute 🙂
These are adorable! Sharing on Twitter. Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! Have a great week!
Kim
So glad you like them!
The cupcakes look so yummy and the packaging makes them look even better. I’m sure the disco dust helps catch buyer’s eyes too. Great job! Visiting from Create Link Inspire link party and pinned!
Thanks, Trudy!
I bet these are the hit of the bake sale! I know my kids would want them if they saw them! Yummy!
Definitely worth a try! 🙂
They look delicious, I love how they’ve been individually wrapped 🙂
Oh my yummy! Thanks for linkin’ up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Yum! I have been talking about s’mores for the past couple of months. I must need to make these! Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty.
These are so cute! I plan to make them this weekend – for the marshmallow frosting, should I be using a clear vanilla? I’m afraid if I use my Mexican vanilla it won’t turn out as white.
It won’t be as pure white, no. If that’s what you’re going for, do look for clear. Personally, I love using vanilla bean paste (like this: https://amzn.to/2swsDsg ) because it gives such better flavor and you can see little flecks of vanilla in the frosting.
Does the icing recipe make enough to generously decorate 24 cupcakes? Wondering if I should double it?
Was wondering what these go for at bake sales? Thinking about making them for this weekends bake sale for my daughters high school softball team .
Do the Graham crackers get soggy if they sit in the frosting?