If you are looking for new easy dessert recipe ideas that are simple to make, yet give you the comfort of familiarity, you might want to try these creative s’more dessert recipes taken from S’mores: Gourmet Treats For Every Occasion by Lisa Adams. The recipes from Lisa’s book put fun and inventive twists on a classic simple dessert and will get you thinking about your food in ways you haven’t thought of before:

Marzi-Pear

Ingredients:

2-4 cubes marzipan-filled chocolate
1 graham cracker, broken in half
1 marshmallow
1 slice fresh, ripe pear, about 1/2 inch thick

Directions:

Arrange the marzipan chocolate on half of the graham cracker and melt. Roast the marshmallow. Once chocolate has melted, remove the graham cracker from heat and add the pear slice. Top with roasted marshmallow and remaining graham cracker.

Note: For a creamier version, replace the pear slice with two Hershey’s caramel kisses.

Nutrition analysis per serving: 545 calories; 12.80 grams protein; 116.98 grams carbohydrate; 6.43 grams dietary fiber; 54.79 grams total fat; 32.74 grams saturated fat; 190 milligrams sodium; 38.72 milligrams cholesterol.

Black Forest Cupcake

Kids would love making this treat with their friends at their birthday party.

Ingredients:

1 chocolate cupcake, unfrosted
1-2 fresh cherries, pitted and sliced
5-10 chocolate chips
1 marshmallow

Directions:

Scoop out a hole in your cupcake large enough to hold a roasted marshmallow (it’s easier just to pick out the cake and eat it). Place the cherry slices in the bottom of the cupcake and top with a few of the chocolate chips.

Make some incisions in the marshmallow and insert the remaining chocolate chips. Roast the marshmallow, taking care not to lose the melting chocolate. Once the marshmallow is roasted and the chocolate is melted, add the marshmallow to the cake cup.

Variations: Omit the chocolate chips and top the sliced cherries with hot fudge. Or, for an elegant presentation, top each cupcake with a whole cherry, complete with the stem.

Nutrition analysis per serving: 480 calories; 6.13 grams protein; 74.67 grams carbohydrate; 2.87 grams dietary fiber; 20.69 grams total fat; 8.91 grams saturated fat; 306 milligrams sodium; 55.10 milligrams cholesterol.

*Recipes adapted from S’mores: Gourmet Treats For Every Occasion