Mini chocolate-chocolate cupcakes with raspberry and caramel filling

Holly over at PheMomenon is hosting a Blogging For Babies event called Little Wonders. Holly is raising money for the March of Dimes March for Babies in honor of her son Cole. Read all about her story on her blog.

The requirements of the event are simply to make something small. Since you all know I love making cupcakes, I thought mini-cupcakes would be perfect. The truth is, I have supported March of Dimes for quite some time myself. My 13 year old sister was also born premature. I was 14 at the time and remember being very scared. I was so scared in fact, that when the entire family went to see her for the first time in the NICU, I refused to go.

My sister has grown into a wonderful teenager girl (is that even possible?) She’s very intellegent and likes to bake just like me. We enjoy baking together when I see her, which unfortunately, isn’t often enough. Here is the most recent picture of us taken last Christmas. Yes, she’s a tall one.

Back to the cupcakes. I used my favorite chocolate cupcake recipe with my favorite chocolate cream cheese frosting recipe (without the chili powder). I made both recipes dairy free (the caramel was not dairy free).

I usually use the cone method to fill cupcakes. I knew this wouldn’t work very well with mini-cupcakes. Instead I used a special cupcake filling tip that came with my piping bag set. It took a while to get the hang of it, but in the end it worked out fine. I filled some with leftover caramel I had and the rest with some leftover raspberry preserves. Both tasted amazing.

Definitely be sure to check out Holly’s story and support her team for the March of Babies.

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10 Responses to “S’mores Cookie Bars”

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    Heather — December 2, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    Yum! They look really good. But I do not like marshmallow fluff. To me, it doesn’t even really taste like marshmallow, and has a weird chemical taste. Nast.

    Have you ever tried these ones? REAL marshmallows! 🙂 Maybe there is a way to combine your recipe (the cookie part) with this?

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    laurasrecipecollection.com — December 2, 2009 at 6:40 pm

    Wow, those look awesome!

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    Cupcake Activist — December 2, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    I love s’mores!

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    Ingrid — December 3, 2009 at 4:16 am

    I’ve made these several times and I’d have to say they’re my favorite “s’mores” dessert!
    ~ingrid

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    Jelli Bean — December 3, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    You’ve got me wanting to pop a couple grahams, chocolate, and marshmallows into my toaster over for a quick fix. These look really good. I don’t think marshmallow fluff exists here in Central America, but these bars look sensational.

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    stephchows — December 3, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    oh yum! count me in for this one for sure!! I could go for a nice campfire too right about now 🙂

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    nutmegnanny — December 3, 2009 at 8:43 pm

    Oh my goodness! These look awesome….yum!

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    Dorothy — December 3, 2009 at 9:05 pm

    Those look great! Would you believe I never had “true” s’mores (with toasted marshmallows) until this year?!?!

    I named you for the “Kreativ Blogger” award! Love your blog, though I’m more of a lurker than a commenter 🙂 Here’s the link if you want to grab the badge for your page:

    http://fuzzykoalacakecompany.blogspot.com/2009/12/thats-creative-way-to-spell-it.html

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    Amanda — June 9, 2010 at 1:21 pm

    wow! im loving everything here. 🙂 –Cafe Guru

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    Kris — June 12, 2010 at 2:06 am

    I just made these and they are awesome!!! thanks so much!!!!

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