Hot Chocolate Cookiescookies made with hot chocolate mix, milk chocolate chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and mini marshmallows. Great for Christmas and the holiday season. 

hot chocolate cookies

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HOT CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Every single night after I tuck the kids in bed, I sit down on the couch with a cup of hot cocoa and unwind to a little reality TV.

When I first started doing it my husband looked at me sideways. Who drinks hot chocolate in 85 degree weather? Me.

Now he comes home with an economy sized pack of hot chocolate from Costco to make sure I don’t have to go a night without it. Needless to say, I had plenty of hot chocolate for these Hot Chocolate Cookies.

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined.
  2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, hot chocolate mix, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients slowly until incorporated. The dough will be thick.hot chocolate cookie dough
  3. Mix in the milk chocolate chips, semi-sweet chips, and marshmallows. Chill the dough at this point for 30 minutes for extra thick cookie but it’s not necessary.
  4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line baking sheets with parchment.hot chocolate cookie dough
  5. Make cookie dough balls, around 1 1/2 tablespoons each, and place onto prepared baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Make sure to cover the marshmallows with the dough. They can be poking out a little (which makes for a pretty cookie) but if they’re completely exposed they can spill out and stick to your pan.hot chocolate cookie dough
  6. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges are golden brown. The cookies will still look soft. They will continue to cook on the cookie sheet as they cool. Let cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan. I love these warm. If your eating them after they have cooled you can warm them in the microwave for 10 seconds. Store in an airtight container.

hot chocolate cookiesYou’ll need about 4 packages of cocoa mix or around 3/4 cup of mix if you’re using a big container of hot chocolate. Don’t use sugar-free or your cookies will taste awful.

hot chocolate cookies

The best part of these cookies is that they stay soft for days and they taste like hot chocolate in cookie form.

Hot Chocolate Cookies - cookies made with hot chocolate mix, milk chocolate chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and mini marshmallows. These cookies stay soft for days.

Look at the inside of these delicious cookies. So moist and full, and I mean full of chocolate and melty marshmallows.

hot chocolate cookies

BEST COOKIE RECIPES

hot chocolate cookies

Hot Chocolate Cookies

4.66 from 47 votes
Hot Chocolate Cookies - cookies made with hot chocolate mix, milk chocolate chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and mini marshmallows.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 30 cookies

Ingredients

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, hot chocolate mix, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients slowly until incorporated. The dough will be thick.
  • Mix in the milk chocolate chips, semi-sweet chips, and marshmallows. Chill the dough at this point for 30 minutes for extra thick cookie but it's not necessary.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line baking sheets with parchment.
  • Make cookie dough balls, around 1 1/2 tablespoons each, and place onto prepared baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Make sure to cover the marshmallows with the dough. They can be poking out a little (which makes for a pretty cookie) but if they're completely exposed they can spill out and stick to your pan.
  • Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges are golden brown. The cookies will still look soft. They will continue to cook on the cookie sheet as they cool. Let cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan. I love these warm. If your eating them after they have cooled you can warm them in the microwave for 10 seconds. Store in an airtight container.

Notes

Freezing the marshmallows to help keep their shape and to not let them melt out of the cookies but I've done it both ways and it's not required.
Cuisine: American
Course: Dessert
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Christy Denney
Christy is the voice behind The Girl Who Who Ate Everything! She is no stranger to making meals that kids and adults will love. She grew up in Mesa, Arizona as the youngest of ten kids. She can always be found in her kitchen with music playing and cooking with her kids. She published her first cookbook in 2014. She loves party food that gets the conversations going!