This chewy Hot Chocolate Cookies recipe is so much fun from the marshmallow cream and hot chocolate mix to the milk chocolate chips and mini marshmallows!
Sometimes a new recipe is created by changing an old recipe, sometimes it comes about when someone suggests a new recipe idea and sometimes you stumble upon a new recipe accidentally. This recipe for Hot Chocolate Cookies was created accidentally. I was trying to make hot chocolate buttercream frosting for a recipe and the frosting turned out really grainy, but I didn’t want to waste all of those ingredients. So, I turned to the internet to see if you can make cookies with powdered sugar and sure enough, it turns out that shortbread cookies use powdered sugar. I tweaked the grainy frosting recipe, using my Best Sugar Cookie Recipe as inspiration, and ended up with these fabulous Hot Chocolate Cookies!
I received these gorgeous shortbread cookies topped with white and dark chocolate, pistachios, cranberries and sugar crystals from Michele at Bacon Fatte. The combination of flavors was fantastic! Stop by her blog today for the recipe.
These fabulous Browned Butter Toffee and Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies came from Serene at House of Yumm. I loved the sweet and salty combo! Be sure to stop by her blog to find the recipe.
And these amazing Double Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Cookies are from Starr at Chicago Foodie Girl! You know that peppermint and chocolate are one of my favorite combinations. You can find the recipe on her blog today!
I sent my Hot Chocolate Cookies to Rebecca from Sugar & Soul, Julie from Bread Booze Bacon, and April from Mama Loves Baking. Take a few minutes to visit their blogs to see what cookie recipe they are sharing today.
Now, onto the Hot Chocolate Cookies. To make the cookies, mix up the cookie dough and then stir in milk chocolate chips and mallow bits mini marshmallows by hand. Please note that I did NOT use regular mini marshmallows, I used Jet-Puffed Mallow Bits. They are crunchy little marshmallows like the ones you find in the packets of hot chocolate. They don’t puff up and completely melt in the cookies. You can find the Jet-Puffed Mallow Bits in some grocery stores near the marshmallows or sometimes with the hot chocolate. Or you can order them online here.
Use a tablespoon sized cookie dough scoop to make balls of dough and place on a parchment covered baking sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes. Allow the pan to cool between batches.
Enjoy the Hot Chocolate Cookies with a warm mug of hot chocolate or a cup of coffee. These chewy cookies taste like hot chocolate and we love the milk chocolate chips and mini marshmallows in them.
Hot Chocolate Cookies
This chewy Hot Chocolate Cookies recipe is so much fun from the marshmallow cream and hot chocolate mix to the milk chocolate chips and mini marshmallows!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 2 tbsp marshmallow cream
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup powdered hot cocoa mix
- 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup + 2 tbsp flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup Jet-Puffed Mallow Bits
Instructions
- Beat the butter, shortening and marshmallow cream.
- Cream in the granulated sugar and powdered sugar.
- Mix in the powdered hot cocoa mix and unsweetened cocoa powder.
- Add the egg and vanilla, mix well.
- Stir in the flour, salt and baking powder.
- Stir in the milk chocolate chips and mallow bits by hand.
- Use a tablespoon sized cookie dough scoop to form balls of dough.
- Bake at 350 degrees on a parchment lined baking sheet for 9-11 minutes allowing the pan to cool between batches.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
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Nadia says
Hey Tonia!
My name is Nadia and I’m one the of the volunteers of wikiHow, the world’s most popular how-to website. I regularly post recipes on this site and I’m planning on posting a recipe of hot chocolate cookies this winter.
I really liked your image in this recipe (looks good!) and I was wondering if you’d be okay if I use it on one of my articles. Totally fine if you’d prefer not to, I understand. =) I will give you credit and will send you the published article if you’d like.
Let me know what you think by replying to this message or emailing me (I prefer email however, get it faster!). If that’s not your cup of tea feel free to tell me, I understand.
Cheers!
Nadia
Tonia says
Hello Nadia,
Unfortunately, I do not give permission for my recipes and photos to be published on other websites since that would be taking traffic away from my site.
Best,
Tonia
Justine | Cooking and Beer says
OMG yum! I seriously want to make all of the cookies you post! Pinned!
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction says
These sound amazing! I would love to have gotten a dozen!
April says
these were SO good! i barely got any after my husband discovered them! LOL
Tonia says
Yay!! I just made another batch and my daughter is bringing them to her holiday potluck at work! Thanks April!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
These look incredible Tonia!
eat good 4 life says
Cookies and more cookies. I love all of these amazing recipes. I need to get my baking cookie apron on and get to work 🙂
Roxana says
I totally want to stuff my face with ALL of these cookies, but especially these hot chocolate cookies. 😀
Patricia @ Grab a Plate says
How great that you could salvage these! I hate having to throw away good ingredients! I love the marshmallow goodness in these!
Megan Keno says
As if cookies weren’t comforting & cozy enough yet! These sound amazing!
Katerina @ Diethood says
Oh my! Allthecookies! I wish I could grab one of each, and a dozen of YOURS! They look to cry for! 😀
Sarah E. says
Your pictures are just absolutely gorgeous! Your cookies and the cookies you received look so so good. I love hot cocoa cookies and I’m always up for trying a different variation of them. Can’t wait to try your recipe. Also kicking myself for not picking up that mug from Target. I picked up the liquid love one 🙂
Gerry @ Foodness Gracious says
Yumm is all I can say! Send me a dozen!