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Hot Chocolate Cookies

Hot chocolate cookies are soft, chewy and rich in chocolate flavor. They include cocoa powder, chocolate chips, hot cocoa mix and marshmallow bits. 
 

 
The weather really has me in a baking mood and cookies are always a hit here. I found Lisa K's Hot Chocolate Cookies on the Taste of Home website and they sounded like the perfect treat.
 

No changes to the recipe but I do want to point out that mini marshmallows and marshmallow bits are not the same thing.  If you use mini marshmallows they will melt into the cookie and not be as attractive or tasty.  

 

I am a big fan of cookie scoops, it helps to keep all my cookies uniform.  After I scooped them all onto a sheet of parchment I pressed a couple additional marshmallow bits and chocolate chips onto the tops of the cookies. 

 

I baked them 8 at a time on parchment lined half sheet pans. It's hard to tell with chocolate cookies when then are done so be sure not to over bake.  The recipe states to bake until "just set" and then to move them to wire racks. I let mine sit on the sheet for about a minute and then moved them parchment and all to the rack. 

These disappeared very quickly and I'm glad that I bought two containers of the marshmallow bits because the guys already are asking for me to make them again and to double the recipe. 



Hot Chocolate Cookies

Hot Chocolate Cookies
Author: Jolene's Recipe Journal

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 sticks butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup instant hot cocoa mix (about 3 packets)
  • 3 tablespoons baking cocoa ( I used Hershey's Special Dark)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup vanilla marshmallow bits (not miniature marshmallows)
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
  2. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa mix, baking cocoa, salt, baking soda and baking powder; gradually beat into creamed mixture.
  3. Gently stir in marshmallow bits and chocolate chips.
  4. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto parchment lined baking sheets. Bake until set, 10-12 minutes. Let rest on sheet 1 minute and remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Notes

Source: https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/hot-chocolate-cookies/

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