Hot Chocolate Christmas Cookies – Perfect and easy cookie recipe for Christmas or any festive time of year! Delicious rich chocolate cookies with melted marshmallows stacked on top with chocolate icing and festive sprinkles to finish them
I love chocolate cookie, the base for this cookies is packed with chocolate, not just cocoa but a lot of semi-sweet chocolate. It gives them a rich flavor and a chewy, fudgy texture.
I am all about simple recipes, especially when the holidays can be so crazy! This is a great recipe because is so easy
How to Make Hot Chocolate Cookies?
These cookies are so easy to make, gather your ingredients combine all of the dry ingredients and then add in all of wet ingredients
Use a tablespoon or scoop dough to scoop the dough at the time and roll the dough in your hand to create balls then transfer to a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicon baking mat, spacing cookies 2-inches apart
Bake them for 10-12 minutes add marshmallow on top and bake them for a couple more minutes
Cool cookies on pan several minutes then transfer cookies to wire racks and set wire racks over baking sheets
Next you make icing:
In a medium bowl, whisk all ingredients and mix together until well combined
Spoon a small amount of icing onto the top of each cookie and sprinkle with red, white and green sprinkles before icing dries
Hot Chocolate Cookies are soft, chewy and taste like a yummy cup of hot chocolate
Cookies can be stored in an airtight container up to 2 day and you can change the sprinkles to coordinate with various holidays
They are perfect cookie to leave out for Santa with a cold glass of milk on Christmas Eve! Enjoy!
Hot Chocolate Christmas Cookies
Course: DessertCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy36
servings30
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minutesHot Chocolate Christmas Cookies – Perfect and easy cookie recipe for Christmas or any festive time of year! Delicious rich chocolate cookies with melted marshmallows stacked on top with chocolate icing and festive sprinkles to finish them
Ingredients
- For the cookies:
½ cup unsalted butter
12 oz semi-sweet chocolate
1½ cups flour
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ¼ cups brown sugar
3 eggs
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
24 large marshmallows, approximately
- For the icing:
2 cups powdered sugar
¼ cup cocoa powder
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
¼ cup hot water
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Red, white and green sprinkles, optional
Directions
- To make cookies:
- In a medium saucepan melt butter and chocolate, stirring well until melted and smooth, set aside to cool
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt until combine
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat brown sugar, eggs and vanilla on low speed until well combined
- Add the cooled chocolate mixture and mix
- While mixing, add the flour mixture slowly and blend until just combined
- Cover bowl and chill 1 hour or until firm enough to handle
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees, line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or a silicon baking mat
- Use a tablespoon or scoop dough to scoop the dough at the time and roll the dough in your hand to create balls then transfer to a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicon baking mat, spacing cookies 2-inches apart
- Bake cookies about 10-12 minutes
- While the cookies bake, cut the large marshmallows in half
- When cookies have baked, remove from oven and press one marshmallow half cut side down into the center of each cookie
- Return the cookies to the oven and bake about 2-3 minutes
- Cool cookies on pan several minutes then transfer cookies to wire racks and set wire racks over baking sheets
- To make icing:
- In a medium bowl, whisk all ingredients and mix together until well combined
- Spoon a small amount of icing onto the top of each cookie and sprinkle with red, white and green sprinkles before icing dries
- Let cookies and icing set for about 30 minutes before serving
