Chocolate Cookies with Marshmallow
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The ooey-gooey goodness of these Chocolate Cookies with Marshmallow melted inside, coupled with a cookie/brownie texture, is just waiting for you to sink your teeth into.
My, oh, my — I have been waiting to share these Chocolate Cookies with Marshmallow for a long time! Now that I have them baked to perfection, I can — I want you to experience them too!
The sweetness of a roasted marshmallow, coupled with a cookie/ brownie texture is the perfect dessert for any occasion!
If you don’t have a fire-pit to roast marshmallows in when you’re craving them, have no fear! These cookies will hit the spot! Read on for the recipe and my tips so that you can experience them for yourself!
Recipe Ingredients
- All purpose flour
- 1 bag of large marshmallows – One size below the jumbo
- Unsweetened cocoa powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Unsalted butter – softened
- Granulated sugar + a small bowl of it for rolling the dough
- Light brown sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla
Helpful Kitchen Tools
- Electric Mixer (Splurge)
- Electric Mixing (Budget Friendly)
- Cookie Sheets
How to Make Chocolate Cookies With Marshmallows
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and lightly spray a baking sheet.
In a mixing bowl, cream together the brown sugar, white sugar and the butter. Add in both eggs, vanilla, and mix until well combined.
In another bowl, sift together the cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and flour.
Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until well combined.
It will look like this.
Scoop out a large ball of dough and flatten it with your hands. See my big ol’ handprint in there?!
TIP: You are going to have to put a marshmallow inside during the next step and roll the dough around the marshmallow, so don’t make it too thin or it will fall apart in your hands. If that happens the first time — don’t you worry — just roll the dough up again and give it another try. You might want to try making a couple of these first to get the thickness just the way you want it. These Chocolate Cookies with Marshmallow took some time for me to finesse, myself!
Place a marshmallow in the middle.
Now wrap the sides up to the top.
Shape into a large ball.
Roll in some granulated sugar.
and place onto a cookie sheet.
Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes. Once you start to see some marshmallow poke through on the top, remove the cookie sheet.
Then let them cookies cool for about 5 minutes before removing from sheet.
And there you have it — ooey-gooey marshmallow magic inside some delightfully delicious chocolate! My Chocolate Cookies with Marshmallow is a family staple around here!
Let The Cookies Cool on the Cookie Sheet
The cookies will be delicate when removed from the oven. They will hold up better if allowed to cool for several minutes before removing from the cookie sheet, so just hold your horses! It’s only a few minutes. Just keep a napkin handy for drooling as you wait to dig into these beauties!
Further Cool on A Sheet of Parchment Paper
When cooling, it’s best to cool them on a sheet of parchment paper, rather than a cooling rack with bars.
Can I Reuse Parchment Paper?
Why, yes you can! You can reuse parchment paper quite a few times to save some $$. Don’t get too frugal though – when that paper is brittle and dirty, its time to put her to rest in the circular file.
Practice Makes Perfect
On the first try, the marshmallow filling may not turn out exactly how you want it. May I suggest that with your batch, just try baking one or two cookies at a time to test your specific cooking time and process. My Chocolate Cookies with Marshmallow do best with 3-4 cookies on a sheet at a time.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Light brown sugar
- 1 cup Granulated sugar Keep a small bit handy in a separate bowl to roll the cookies in
- 2 sticks Butter softened
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 2/3 cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- 1 tsp Salt
- 3 cups All purpose flour
- 1 bag Marshmallows I used one size below jumbo size
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees and lightly spray cooking sheet
- In a mixing bowl cream together the brown sugar, white sugar and the butter. Add both eggs and vanilla. Mix until well combined.
- In another bowl, sift together the cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and flour. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until well combined.
- Scoop a large dollop of dough and flatten it with your palm. Place a marshmallow in the middle and wrap up the sides to the top. Roll into a large ball and then roll it in some of the granulated sugar that you saved.
- Place on cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes. Once a bit of the marshmallow starts poking through the top remove the cookie sheet and let them cool on the sheet for 5 minutes and then move to parchment paper to fully cool.
Notes
You may also like these cookie recipes:
Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies AKA Cloud Cookies
And here are a few recipes with marshmallow that you may enjoy:
These cookies do look delicious! I might also add a few candy sprinkles to the marshmallow part when it’s through baking for a little fun color.
I have to ask: Why is it better to cool on parchment paper than a wire rack? What if I cool on parchment paper over wire racks? I bake with parchment paper on my cookie sheet, then move the paper to to the cooling wire racks & carry on baking. I do use a new parchment sheet on the cookie sheet until the previous batch has cooled. But is it just for this particular cookie to not cool on a wire rack or all cookies? thanks
Yep the parchment paper on the wire rack may work but the table top gives extra support as the cookie cools to give it more form. These cookies are a bit tender and could seep through the wire rack if you didn’t have the parchment on it andy may still do a little bit so experiment and see what happens. THat’s half the fun of baking 🙂
These look delicious! I had no idea you could reuse parchment paper. Thank you for the tip. I can’t wait to try these!!
These are delicious, indeed!
Oh, I can’t wait to try these!!!!!! Heavenly!
Who wouldn’t like a cookie with a “surprise” inside?!
These sound yummy!! I did appreciate the hotness warning, “hold your horses”! You know I’m going to be trying to eat these way too soon & trying to hold my mouth open while huffing to cool that marshmallow off!!! I can’t help myself!