S'mores Empanada

Living in Central Texas means we get to eat lots of good Tex-Mex. But these days, it's not fajitas or enchiladas that we're craving whenever we go to La Maragarita, one of our favorite local Tex-Mex restaurants.  It's their homemade S'mores Empanada. Just writing about it is making me drool!

We're a camping family, so S'mores are already a favorite of ours.  I mean, seriously, you can't go to Inks Lake and play the "Farting Fireman" game around the campfire without a S'more in hand.  So the first time we saw S'mores Empanadas on the menu at La Margarita, we knew we'd stumbled upon something delicioso.

The menu describes the dessert as a 'handmade pastry filled with milk chocolate, marshmallows, and crunchy graham crackers, then deep fried until golden brown. Served gooey and hot with vanilla ice cream on the side.' And for only $3.95. What a bargain! These days you can hardly get a scoop of ice cream for less than that.

We usually share one S'mores Empanada between the four of us. But you order at your own risk.  I have no doubt that if Guy Fieri were to challenge me to finish one all by myself, I would walk out of La Margarita a winner.  But on most days, after eating the requisite chips-n-queso followed by fajitas-n-ritas, sharing a S'mores Empanada gives us enough of a taste to satisfy our sweet tooth without leaving anyone feeling like a glutton.

So the next time you're stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic on IH-35 north of Austin, pull into La Margarita and order a S'mores Empanadas.  I promise you won't be disappointed!

La Margarita Restaurant
1530 N IH-35
Round Rock, Texas 78681
(512) 388-1103
www.lamargarita.us