Marshmallow Pie

My second born is now an official teenager (Yikes!). How old does that make me? Never-mind, it doesn’t matter. Moving on…

Jason is an original kid in many ways. For one, he doesn’t like cake. What? You are asking yourself what kind of person doesn’t like cake. Well, me. I don’t like cake either. So for his birthday this year he asked for a Marshmallow Pie instead. So Lewis decided to make him a pie for his birthday treat instead. We tried a few of the recipes that we found, and didn’t like one in particular so we came up with one which is a mixture of about three. Jason loved it. It wasn’t exactly pretty but the warm brownie with melted chocolate and marshmallows on the top was amazing.

1/2 cup butter
2 ounces chocolate, coarsely chopped
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 eggs
1 cup sugar (we use Splenda)
1 teaspoon real vanilla extract
1/2 cup flour
3/4 cup chocolate chips
large marshmallows, enough to cover pan
graham cracker crust

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a 9-inch pie dish with cooking spray.
In a microwave-safe bowl combine the butter, chopped chocolate, cocoa powder. Melt, about 45 seconds on high power. Stir. Heat in 10-second bursts until mixture can be stirred smooth.
Lightly whisk together the eggs and sugar in a mixing bowl.
Add vanilla.
Add the chocolate mixture to the egg mixture and whisk.
Stir in the flour until just combined.
Pour batter into graham cracker crust.
Bake for 25 minutes. Check with a toothpick.
Turn oven to 450F. Keep the oven rack in the middle of the oven.
Sprinkle the chocolate chips over your hot brownie.
Place the marshmallows on the top, covering the whole surface.
Bake for 3 minutes, or until marshmallows are golden and puffed. Watch closely. Do not walk away. There is a fine line between golden brown and charred marshmallows.
Cool for about 20 minutes. It tastes really good warm, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side.

For his birthday we got him a new phone. Now he can text his buddies back in Utah (when they aren’t on the computer together which is always!) He also got a giant chocolate bar that he was ecstatic about.