If you love a nice mug of hot cocoa, then you are going to absolutely adore these Hot Cocoa Cookies. Made with hot cocoa mix, they truly taste like hot chocolate!
With the addition of dehydrated mini marshmallows, you have all the flavor of hot chocolate in these delicious hot cocoa cookies! These make the perfect addition to your Christmas Cookie baking and holiday cookie exchanges!
On a recent trip to Target a new product jumped into my cart…
(2020 – Update: Unfortunately it seems Mallow Bits are very hard to find in stores year. Any freeze dried marshmallows will work. They are easy to find online, though in store can be a bit harder. Check by your hot chocolate area. Also, some brands such as ChocoMaker are now selling what appear to be identical marshmallows as sprinkles, so check the sprinkle isle.
2017 – Fun update, a few months after I shared this post back in 2012, the folks at Kraft reached out to me, and a few months later after much testing on in the Kraft Kitchens, this cookie recipe appeared on the actual Jet-Puffed Mallow Bits container, as well as some of the Swiss Miss Cocoa containers. You can still find it there today!)
Kraft Marshmallow “Mallow Bits”. Clearly I had to buy some. They were available in both vanilla and peppermint, and were on the end of an isle, where all the products you can’t find seem to reside.
While I’m sure they would be great to eat out of the container for lunch, I decided I would work them into a recipe. Hot chocolate cookies sounded like fun.
Hot Cocoa Cookies
The Mallow Bits can be a bit (no pun intended) hard to find. Check both the marshmallow area and the hot cocoa/coffee isle. More often than not I find them with the hot cocoa.
But if you can’t find those, or you like to have things in mass quantities, there is always Amazon. You can get a pack of the Mallow Bits or a different brand of dehydrated marshmallows.
I have to admit, I wasn’t expecting anything spectacular from these cookies.
I mean the only difference from a regular cookie is swapping the cocoa powder for hot chocolate mix – no biggie.
Well surprise surprise, these were GREAT.
Both my daughter and a friend of ours agreed – while they knew they’d be good, they ended up being much better than expected. Woohoo! Here’s how to make them… 
RECIPE FOR COOKIES MADE WITH HOT CHOCOLATE MIX
Hot Cocoa Cookies
Ingredients
- 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 - or 3/4 cups
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup Marshmallow Bits*
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a mixing bowl, mix butter until light and fluffy. Add in sugars and mix until well combined. Add eggs and vanilla, mixing until just combined.
- Combine dry ingredients in a bowl and stir to combine. Add to wet ingredients and stir to combine.
- Scoop onto baking sheets lined with silicone baking mats or parchment paper, approximately 2-3 tablespoons of dough per scoop, and bake for approximately 9-11 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool at least ten minutes prior to transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Disclaimer
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Callie says
My family and I are not the greatest bakers but we want to try these cookies. Is there a way to just add the mix, chocolate, and marshmallows to pre-made cookie mix or will something bad happen?
Christi says
Callie, I haven’t tried so I really can’t speak to what the results would be.
Ellen says
Made these last weekend and they got rave reviews! Thanks a lot.
Angela says
I baked a couple batches and then dded another half a stick of butter so they spread out a bit more. Delicious cookies!
Caleb says
I made these yesterday but the marshmallows completely melted. How you address that problem.
Christi says
Caleb, did you use the Mallow Bits? If you use regular miniature marshmallows they will melt, which is why the recipe calls for the Mallow Bits that are dehydrated and won’t give you that issue.
Rae Ann says
I made with regular mini marshmallows and they did not turn out! The marshmallows melted and got an unfortunate texture. Next time I will hunt down the bits!
Christi says
This is why I recommend the Mallow Bits, which is how I made them in this recipe. Regular marshmallows, especially if very fresh, can turn into a stick mess. Mallow Bits can be found at almost any grocery store, either with the marshmallows or near the hot cocoa products.
Jordan says
How many cookies does this make?
Cassie O says
How many cookies does one recipie yield?
Chris says
How much gr/cups is the 4packages of hot cacoa powder?
I want to try the recipy, but we dont have those kinds of package, only big bags.
Pasty_Mamba says
Thx I am using this recipe for a school project, very excited!!!!!
Michelle says
I found this recipe just before Christmas and finally found the marshmallows – so excited to make these for my hot cocoa loving daughter! I am sorry to keep beating a dead horse here but on the butter front – you say this above the recipe
Hot Cocoa Cookies With Marshmallow Bits
(Printable Recipe at bottom of post!)
2 and 1/2 sticks ( 1 and 1/2 cups) room temperature butter (you only see two sticks in the photo, but I added another 1/2 stick)
SO I just want to confirm that it is 2 1/2 sticks of butter which is 1 1/4 cup and not 1 1/2 cups….maybe that was the issue with the ladies who had flatter cookies? Thanks and your blog is beautiful!