Hot Chocolate Cookies
These sweet and chocolatey Christmas cookies are a must-make treat to add to your holiday baking list. They are rich and tender and super easy to make with hot chocolate mix.
Servings 30
Calories 200kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup hot chocolate mix with marshmallows sift out marshmallows for topping cookies
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- melted chocolate chips for drizzling and sprinkles for garnish, if desired.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar with a mixer on medium speed.
- Add in vanilla and eggs and beat until combined.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- Add the sifted hot chocolate mix (not the marshmallows) and unsweetened cocoa powder to the batter. Beat with the mixer on medium speed until combined.
- Add half the flour mixture to the bowl and continue mixing on medium low until combined. Add the remaining flour mixture and mix again. Be careful to not over mix.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Using a medium cookie scoop or a heaping tablespoon, drop cookie dough 1 inch apart on the cookie sheets. You should have 15 cookies per sheet.
- Add 5 of the reserved marshmallows from the hot chocolate mix to the top of each cookie.
- Bake for 10 to 11 minutes until lightly golden around the edges. Leave on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes to set and then transfer to a cooling rack.
- For a festive touch, melt ¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl in 15 second increments until melted. Transfer melted chocolate to a zip-top sandwich bag. Cut a tiny hole in one of the corners of the bag. Drizzle chocolate on the cookies and then garnish with sprinkles, if desired.
Notes
I used Nestle Carnation Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 200kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 116mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g
