Hot Cocoa Cookies

Winter is the best time of year for hot cocoa, and these Hot Cocoa Cookies are just as good as a warm cup of hot cocoa.

Hot Cocoa Cookies are great to have around the holidays topped with crushed candy canes, they taste just like a peppermint mocha.

As a matter of fact, we make them every holiday season as they are one of Jordyn’s favorites, along with making G-Ma’s fudge.

Hot Cocoa Cookies

Winter is the best time of year for hot cocoa, and these Hot Cocoa Cookies are just as good as a warm cup of hot cocoa.

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Prep Time 29 minutes mins

Cook Time 16 minutes mins

Chill Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 45 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 22

Calories 167 kcal

Equipment

• 1 Stand-up mixer
• Cooling racks
• 1 1-2qt saucepan
• Cookie sheets
• 1 Small Cookie scoop optional
• 1 Medium mixing bowl

Ingredients

  

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• ½ cup Unsalted Butter 1 stick
• 12 oz Bag Semisweet Chocolate chips
• 1½ cups Flour
• ¼ cup Cocoa Powder
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 3 eggs room temperature
• 1½ tsp Vanilla extract
• 1¼ cup light brown sugar packed
• 12 Regular size marshmallows
• 2 bars Hershey Chocolate

Instructions

 

• In a saucepan melt unsalted butter and semisweet chocolate chips, once melted let cool for 15mins
  ½ cup Unsalted Butter, 12 oz Bag Semisweet Chocolate chips
• In a medium mixing bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Set aside
  1½ cups Flour, ¼ cup Cocoa Powder, 1½ tsp baking powder, ¼ tsp salt
• Mix eggs, vanilla, and light brown sugar in standup mixer, add melted chocolate.
  3 eggs, 1½ tsp Vanilla extract, 1¼ cup light brown sugar
• Remove mixing bowl from standup mixer and fold in flour mixture, to avoid creating a cloud poof.
• Chill for 1hr.
• Preheat oven to 325 °F
• Remove cookie dough from refrigerator and using a small cookie scoop or spoon, place cookie dough on prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake for 12mins.
• While cookies are baking cut each marshmallow in half and break apart Hershey chocolate bar so there is a brick of chocolate for each marshmallow.
  12 Regular size marshmallows, 2 bars Hershey Chocolate
• Take out cookies and place a chocolate brick on each cookie followed by a marshmallow.
• Place back in the oven and bake for an additional 4mins.
• Take out of oven and let cool for 5mins. Place on cooling rack
• Don't forget to add these to the plate of cookies for Santa!

Notes

Top with crushed candy canes for a Peppermint Mocha Cookie.

Nutrition

Serving: 24gCalories: 167kcalCarbohydrates: 22.5gProtein: 2.2gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 3.7gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 107mgPotassium: 94mgSugar: 12.8gCalcium: 28mg

Keyword Christmas Cocktails, Christmas cookies, Holiday cookies, Holiday desserts, Holidays

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