Hot Cocoa Cookies
Hot cocoa but in cookie form make for the perfect holiday treat and chocolate fix. The chocolate cookie with gooey marshmallow in the middle is the ultimate indulgement.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter browned
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp ground vanilla bean optional
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 hot chocolate packet
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 10 oz bag of marshmallows
- flaky sea salt optional
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F and line you’re baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a sauce pan over medium high heat, add your butter and let melt. Once it's melted keep it on the heat and let it cook for 5-10 minutes until it foams up and then turns brown. Let cool.
- In a large bowl, add your butter and sugars, and whisk until combined. Add your eggs and vanillas and whisk again until fluffy and nearly foamy.
- Next, add your cocoa powder, flour, corn starch, baking soda, salt, and hot chocolate packet, and fold until just combined. Add your chocolate chips.
- Scoop out your cookie dough into 1 inch balls, flatten it out and add one marshmallow. Wrap your dough around the marshmallow. (It’s ok if a little bit of the marshmallow is peaking out.) Continue with the rest of your dough and marshmallows.
- Place your cookie dough ball on your baking sheet a few inches apart and bake in the oven at 350°F for 8 to 10 minutes. Don’t overbake as your marshmallows could burn easily.
- Remove from oven, top with flaky sea salt, let set, share, and enjoy!!
Notes
Do I have to brown the butter? No, you do not but this step is 100% worth it. They will still turn out if you do not brown the butter, but be sure to melt the butter if you want the same texture.
Can I chill the dough or save it for later? Yes, of course! To chill the dough scoop our your cookies and place on an air tight container. You can keep it in the fridge for 3-7 days or in the freezer for about 2-4 weeks!
Can I make these without the marshmallows? Yes!! If you are not a big marshmallow fan you can totally make these as just the chocolate cookies and they would be so yum.