By the time this article is posted, weeks are probably going to have passed, but recently I helped my dad shovel snow. It was horrible. It was nasty and cold out, and the snow was half sludge, so it was heavy. After we finished, there was one thing that we wanted: hot chocolate. So I figured, why not make it in cookie form?
This is the recipe I got from Lemon 8:
• 1 cup butter softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 1/4 cups flour
•4 packages Hot Chocolate Mix (not sugar-free)
3/4 cups
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup Dehydrated Marshmallow Bits*
Basically, unless you have a mixer, you’re kind of screwed. But you could always try? What I did was put the butter in my mixer and mixed it until it was somewhat fluffy, then I added the eggs and vanilla. After they were mixed in, I added the sugars. Then add the packs of hot chocolate, and mix it well. When I did it, I added it after the flour and dry ingredients, and there were some chunks that just looked like regular cookie color. After you add the rest of the dry ingredients, you add the marshmallow bits and chocolate chips. Bake for 8-11 minutes at 350 degrees.
Also, I recommend making small balls on the cooking sheet because I used an ice cream scoop. Maybe that wasn’t the best idea, but it still kind of worked. I had to cook each again for basically an extra ten minutes.
I feel like, if I had made them into smaller balls, it would have turned out better. Once mine cooled, the edges were hard, almost stale. But I still enjoyed them, and my dad did, too. I think if I did it again, I’d add more hot chocolate, too, because it just tasted like a regular cookie with a hint of hot chocolate rather than a hot chocolate cookie.
