S’mores Brownie Pie — No campfire? No problem! This brownie pie is made with fudgy brownies topped with toasted marshmallows and graham cracker crumbs. Best s’mores ever!
Chocolate Brownie Pie with Marshmallows
No campfire handy? No desire to ever sit around a campfire? I totally understand. Make indoor smores instead.
Unless you’re really into camping or are lucky enough to have a backyard firepit, smores over a campfire isn’t the norm for most of us. Luckily, most of us have ovens with broilers.
Plus I have no patience to roast my marshmallows evenly and dip them directly into the fire. They turn black, I blow them out, and call it good. But that’s another reason I prefer the broiler and it only takes 1 minute.
Each bite of the smores pie is so satisfying. Dense, fudgy, rich brownies topped with melted chocolate chips, fluffy gooey marshmallows, and sprinkled with crunchy bits of graham crackers.
It’s a fast and easy dessert to make, and ready from start to finish in about 30 minutes. Pop it in before dinner and as you’re finishing up, dessert will be ready.
There are so many flavors and textures going on in every bite, and that’s why I think people love smores. Those big contrasts of flavors and textures. Crunchy crackers, warm soft marshmallows, and melted chocolate.
My daughter demolished half the pan, pulling just the toasted marshmallows off of the brownies and eating them. I donated the other half to friends and got rave reviews and it was deemed the ‘best smores dessert ever’.
Perfect indoor comfort food.
And you don’t even have to leave your cozy kitchen to enjoy.
What’s in the Smores Brownie Pie?
To make the chocolate brownie pie recipe, you’ll need:
- Unsalted butter
- Dark chocolate
- Cocoa powder
- Eggs
- Granulated sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Instant espresso granules
- All-purpose flour
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Marshmallows
- Graham cracker crumbs
How to Make Smores Brownie Pie
Begin by making the brownie base. It’s an easy whisk-together batter and the brownies turn out very fudgy with slight chewiness around the edges.
I didn’t use any of my standby brownie bases and made this one up on the fly. I wanted a fairly shallow, thin layer of brownies that was fudgy and not cakey, and got exactly what I was hoping for.
After baking the brownies, sprinkle with chocolate chips, top with marshmallows and broil for about 1 minute.
After the marshmallows are toasted and puffed, sprinkle with crushed graham crackers and dig in.
Can I Omit the Instant Espresso Granules?
The instant espresso doesn’t make the brownies taste like coffee, it just intensifies the chocolate flavor; omit if you’re concerned.
Can I Make a Graham Cracker Crust for the Pie?
Possibly. I’ve only made the recipe as written, but I don’t think using a graham cracker crust would alter the brownie bake time.
Can I Make a Classic Brownie Pie?
If you’re craving a regular chocolate brownie pie, omit the graham cracker crumbs and marshmallows from this recipe and just sprinkle chocolate chips on top instead.
Tips for Making This Easy Brownie Dessert
Keep an incredibly close eye on the marshmallows so they don’t burn, because broilers are extremely unforgiving. I’ve learned my lesson the hard way by charring too many marshmallows and don’t broil on the top racks.
I broil on the much safer middle rack, with the oven door open, and stare into the oven the entire time and jostle the pie dish around to aim the broiler on specific patches I want more or less toasted.
I used large marshmallows for this recipe, but mini will work as well. Just note that they broil more quickly.
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Smores Brownie Pie
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, 1 stick
- 2 ounces dark chocolate, coarsely chopped (I used Trader Joe’s 72% Pound Plus Bar)
- ¼ cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso granules, optional but recommended
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- about 8 ounces large marshmallows, enough to cover pan completely
- about 2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs, half of 1 graham cracker, crushed in your fist
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a 9-inch pie dish with cooking spray; set aside.
- In a medium, microwave-safe bowl combine the butter, chopped chocolate, cocoa powder, and heat to melt, about 45 seconds on high power. Stop to check and stir. Heat in 10-second bursts as necessary until mixture can be stirred smooth; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, lightly whisk together the eggs and sugar.
- Whisk in the vanilla.
- Add the chocolate mixture to the egg-sugar mixture and whisk to combine.
- Optionally whisk in the espresso granules. It doesn’t make the brownies taste like coffee and intensifies the chocolate flavor; omit if you’re concerned.
- Stir in the flour until just combined; don’t overmix.
- Turn batter out into prepared pan, smoothing the top lightly with a spatula.
- Bake for about 26 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean, or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter.
- Turn broiler to high power. Keep the oven rack in the middle of the oven, not up high where you’d normally broil things because it’s safer in the middle; the marshmallows are less likely to char.
- Evenly sprinkle the chocolate chips over brownie.
- Evenly sprinkle the marshmallows.
- Broil for about 1 minute, or until marshmallows are golden and puffed. Keep an incredibly close eye on them so they don’t burn because broilers are extremely unforgiving. I broil on the middle rack, with the oven door open, and stare into the oven the entire time and jostle the pie dish around to aim the broiler on specific patches I want more or less toasted.
- Remove from oven and evenly sprinkle with graham cracker crumbs before serving. Serve as soon as it’s comfortably cooled, or allow to cool completely before serving.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Gorgeous job Averie! Those are beautiful pictures and I want to dive right into that thing.
Thanks, Jackie!
Starting off March with a BANG! This looks awesome and the perfect substitute for not having a campfire! Love those gooey marshmallow photos. Just beautiful Averie!
Thanks, Chelsea!
I am typically more of a cookie person but these brownies have me totally mesmerized. They looks so freaking good.
This looks UNREAL. That toasted marshmallow on top…the gooey chocolate…ugh. dying. Pinning, and totally making as soon as I’m reunited with my kitchen.
Thanks for pinning, Rachel!
I can think of few things worse than sitting around a campfire in this weather…
One of those things would be a life without chocolate. Or smores! This pie looks divine! Pinned. Not sure if I should pin to Brownies or Pies…decidedly both.
Thanks for pinning!
It used to be a favourite pastime for my husband and I to sit outside in our backyard and make s’mores after the kids have gone to bed but no campfire in view since we moved to London. I can’t wait to try this recipe out! The photos are absolutely gorgeous too. Thank you for sharing!
That’s a nice story and memory that you two have :)
I am a pie girl! And this one looks incredible!! Beautiful photos too!
I want to eat them ALLLLLLLLLLL.
Seriously.
Thanks, Lauren :)
That’s an amazing tip about broiling on the middle rack with the oven door open! I’ve been scared to broil anything in my oven because it’s so gosh darn temperamental, but if I tried your trick, I’m sure my food would turn out just fine!
And funny as it sounds, I absolutely love toasting marshmallows over a campfire (whether at Tahoe or in someone’s fancy fire pit in their backyard). There’s something peaceful and soothing about trying to patiently get the perfect golden color. I enjoy it so much that I rarely eat the marshmallows I toast and ask if I can do it for other people! They don’t seem to mind much. ;)
That’s awesome that you’re a m’mallow toaster for OTHERS. You can do the work, gladly, with toasting all of mine, too…ha!
It’s a deal!! :)
I love camping and I have an outdoor firepit! I usually only sit by it a few times in the summer though, because the mosquitos suck my will to live. Marshmallows on a tstick are about the only thing that gets me out there!
Between the mosquitos half the year, and the blizzards the other half, it’s amazing you get out at all to use your firepit :)
This looks ooey, gooey and absolutely delicious!
This looks like a good recipe to make tomorrow afternoon and then have while watching the Oscars. We actually do have a fire pit but it’s under lots of snow. My least favorite part of smores are the graham crackers so the brownie base sounds great. I’m going to use milk chocolate chips since I have a Sam’s club sized bag in the pantry.
I am drooling all over my keyboard! Must Try! Pinning!
Thanks for the pin, Paula!
MMMMMMM yesss!!!!! You know I love s’mores, and the ooey gooey decadence of this pie is just singing out to me!!
Your photography is always amazing buy oh my god that second picture and the one with the stretchy marshmallow…you’re making me want to brave all this rain we’re having to go buy marshmallows!
I am so sick of the rain! I know ‘we need it’ but…you know! :) And thanks for the photography compliments!
I find these photos absolutely stunning! I think it is the white/grey background. Whatever it is, it makes this smores brownie pie seem … classy (? :) Ironic since smores will always make me think of smoky, sticky, gooey heaven. You seem to always do that, combine the best of both worlds! I’m all over the rich and gooey in this recipe!
Thanks for the high praise & wonderful compliments!