Hot chocolate cookies

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 19:51:10 GMT

Step 1

Preheat oven to convection 350 degrees fahrenheit.

Step 2

Beat room temperature butter in stand mixer/by hand for 3-5 minutes (or until butter turns off-white).

Step 3

Add in brown sugar and white sugar. Beat the sugar with the butter until the mixture is fluffy (about 2 minutes).

Step 4

Add your large egg and stir into mixture.

Step 5

Mix in vanilla, corn syrup (optional) and molasses (optional).

Step 6

Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, expresso powder, cocoa powder, hot cocoa mix, and salt to form your dough. If using a stand mixer, mix on low. If mixing by hand, use a spatula.

Step 7

Use a 1/3 cup scoop (or however much your heart desires) and place a single ball of dough on baking tray. THIS IS YOUR TEST COOKIE! Always start with baking a single cookie, to make sure you didn’t forget an ingredient and/or your oven isn’t too hot (some ovens have hot-spots or cook things quicker/slower than others). This is also a good indicator of how much your cookie will spread. (I also flattened my cookies a little bit to help them spread.)

Step 8

After baking your test cookie, place cookie dough balls on your tray. Use your test cookie to estimate how many cookies you can fit on your tray.

Step 9

Bake cookies for 11-12 minutes (for 1/3 cup scoop).

Step 10

For perfectly circular cookies, use a circular bowl/cup and swirl around your fresh cookie to make edges clean. Then let cookies sit on tray for about 10 minutes before removing.

Step 11

Cool your cookies in the fridge before icing your cookies.

Step 12

For mousse, add heavy cream, sugar, and hot cocoa mix into a bowl and whip up using a whisk. If you do not prefer to do it by hand, you can use a stand mixer (with whisk attachment) or hand mixer. Whip up until the mixture is a stiff peak and chill until you are ready to frost your cookies.

Step 13

Use a spoon and spread 1-2 tbsp of chocolate mousse on top of your chilled cookies. Lastly, add mini marshmallows and you are done!

Step 14

You can put these in the fridge to store up to 10 days or in room temperature for 8 days!

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