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Chocolate S’mores Shots

By Erin

It’s National S’mores Day! Time to gather your friends or family around a campfire, roast some marshmallows to a golden brown (or charred black), pop it on a graham cracker with chocolate and enjoy!

In celebration of S’mores Day, I thought I’d add a little twist to the classic S’mores and make some Chocolate S’mores Shots for the adults to enjoy. Cheers!

*You could also make this into a non-alcoholic treat for the kids and anyone else who needs a mocktail version of this by subbing chocolate milk for the alcohol. 🙂

Chotoclate S’mores Shots

Yield: 8-10
Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 15 min

Ingredients:
1 cup Whipped Vodka

2 cups Caramel Liquor

1 cup Irish Cream

Garnish:
Mini Marshmallows

Graham Cracker Crumbs

Mini chocolate chips

Chocolate Shot Glasses:
8-10 Mini Red Solo Cups
1 package ( 10 oz ) Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Candy Melts

Instructions:
Melt Ghirardelli chocolate wafers and lightly pour 2 tablespoons of the chocolate into the red mini cups.
Swirl the chocolate around the sides of the cups, to evenly spread the chocolate around.
Place in the refrigerator to harden.
Cut the sides of the red cups to remove the chocolate mold.
Pour graham crackers crumbs into a small bowl.
Place a frying pan on the stove over low heat.
Place the top of the chocolate glass on the frying pan to melt the edges.
Dip the chocolate glass into the graham crumbs.
Set to the side.
Repeat with all of the glasses.
In a large chilled pitcher combine vodka, Caramel liquor, and Irish cream and shake.
Pour into the chocolate cups.
Add Whipped cream, graham cracker crumbs, mini chocolate chips, and mini marshmallows to garnish.

Enjoy!

a2 Milk® + Cookies

By Erin

“This post was sponsored by a2 Milk® as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. I received complimentary products to facilitate my review.”

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Now lets celebrate with some milk and cookies! Try this delicious recipe for S’Mores Cookies!