Forget waiting for Mallomar season. Now you can make your own giant version in cake form. A big gooey homemade marshmallow coated with a bittersweet chocolate glaze, sitting atop a graham cracker base — who can resist?
| Level: | Intermediate |
| Total: | 4 hr |
| Active: | 2 hr |
| Yield: | 8 to 10 servings |
Ingredients
- Nonstick cooking spray, for oiling the bowl, utensils and knife
- Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting
- Three 1/4-ounce packages unflavored gelatin
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- Pinch kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- Nonstick cooking spray, for oiling the pan
- 2 sleeves graham crackers, broken into pieces
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted
- 2 large eggs
- 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil
Instructions
- For the marshmallow: Line a 10-inch heat-safe bowl with a large piece of plastic wrap, leaving a 5 inch overhang. Coat the plastic wrap with cooking spray and then add a large scoop of confectioners’ sugar. Pat and rotate the bowl on an angle so that the plastic wrap is coated in sugar. Tap out any excess and set aside.
- Stir together the gelatin and 1/2 cup cold water in the bowl of stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment.
- Combine the granulated sugar, corn syrup, 1/2 cup water and salt in a small saucepan and cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar completely dissolves. (If any granules of sugar stick to the side of the pan, brush them back into the sugar-water mixture with a wet pastry brush.) Attach a candy thermometer to the pan and increase the heat to medium-high. Cook until the mixture reaches 240 degrees F.
- With the mixer on low speed, slowly pour the sugar syrup into the softened gelatin. Once all the syrup is added, increase the speed to high and beat until the mixture is very thick and holds soft peaks, about 15 minutes. Beat in the vanilla.
- Coat a rubber spatula with cooking spray and scrape the marshmallow into the prepared bowl. Smooth out the top and dust with confectioners’ sugar. Let sit at room temperature until the marshmallow is completely cool and set, about 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, for the crust: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat the inside of an 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray.
- Pulse the graham crackers, flour, baking powder and salt in a food processor until finely crushed. Add the butter and eggs and pulse until the mixture clumps together. Press into the prepared pan and bake until golden and no longer shiny, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool completely. Unlock and remove the side of the pan.
- For the chocolate coating: Microwave the chocolate and coconut oil together in a medium microwave-safe bowl in 30-second increments, stirring after each, until the chocolate is smooth. Let cool at room temperature until the mixture coats a spoon and drips off slowly.
- Build the cookie: Line a baking sheet with a wire rack. Place the crust on the rack and pour about 1/3 cup of the chocolate coating onto the center of the crust. Using an offset spatula, spread the chocolate to the edges of the crust ensuring that the chocolate drips and coats the sides of the crust evenly. Use the sides of the plastic wrap to remove the marshmallow and invert onto the crust.
- Pour the remaining chocolate coating all over the top of the cookie and let it drip to coat completely. Let sit at room temperature until the coating is hard and set, about 30 minutes.
- Transfer to a cake stand or serving platter. Coat a knife with cooking spray and slice (this will help keep the marshmallow from sticking to the knife).
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 10 servings |
| Calories | 591 |
| Total Fat | 28 g |
| Saturated Fat | 16 g |
| Carbohydrates | 88 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Sugar | 77 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Cholesterol | 62 mg |
| Sodium | 102 mg |
Reviews
5 stars for taste and 4 for instructions. I made this for Easter dessert yesterday and it tastes just like the cookie!!! My son loved it.
Just make note the recipe is off a little. When you are at the step with heating the sugar mixture it suggests a small saucepan I suggest medium ( I always follow a recipe exactly the first time around) it spilled over on me, not fun. The other mistake was on the crust after pulsing the graham crackers then add the wet ingredients (eggs, melted butter) the recipe reads without the vanilla extract. But it is in the list of ingredients and you need to add it, to the crust mixture.
Other wise if you love the cookie you will love this cake….so fun.
I made this yesterday it was absolutely delicious