On a recent trip to Target a new product jumped into my cart…
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.
Don’t worry if you can’t find the Mallow Bits (I am guessing they may be a hard to find item unless you just stumble over them like I did). Simple replace the Mallow Bits with mini 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…
Hot Cocoa Cookies With Marshmallow Bits
adapted from Baked Bree’s Hot Chocolate Cookie Recipe
2 and 1/2 sticks room temperature butter (you only see two sticks in the photo, but I added another 1/2 stick)
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)
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup Marshmallow Bits (you could substitute mini marshmallows)
Cream together your butter and both sugars until light and fluffy. And in eggs and vanilla and blend well. In a separate bowl, mix together your dry ingredients, including your hot chocolate packets.
Add the dry ingredients a little at a time to your wet ingredients. I found that my dough was very dry – as in I had to almost knead it by hand to work in the chocolate chips and marshmallow bits.
Drop on to your cookie sheets. I sometimes had to “form” mine a bit, even when using my cookie scoop. Again, the dough was dry, but the end result was fabulous.
Bake in an oven preheated to 350 degrees for 8-11 minutes. Allow to cool for approximately five minutes then remove from cookie sheet. Enjoy!!!
These cookies look just wonderful and such a good combination with the mini marshmallows!
These look great and I have to find those little marshmallows now!
those sound great, but I have to find those, how cute!
Yummy! I’ve never heard of Mallow Bits, but I can’t wait to try them! My family loves all forms of marshmallows
Your recipe looks great.
I found these at Walmart and literally yelped in the store. Even my husband had a big ol’ smile on his face b/c we’ve both been look for these, since we saw some at RaceTrac(gas station). I’ve been using them in hot cocoa and just eating them by the palm fulls.
I don’t buy hot cocoa mix in packets I have a large can of mix. How much cocoa is in 4 packets?
I found these right before Christmas and had made a huge thing of cocoa mix for everyone so we took the bites along… But I ended up eating the whole container as a snack. They remind me of the marshmallows from Lucky Charms!
Sound great, but I’m with Mindy…. I buy a large can of hot chocolate mix, so how much would that be??? I have everything else and sure would love to make these for a nice Saturday in, we just got our 1st real snowfall! So 4 packets equals how much?????
I’m pretty sure that they were a big hit, hot cocoa mix in the cookies sounds like a really good idea and they look fantastic
Each of my hot cocoa packets were 1.25 oz (though I think many are 1oz), so it would be a total of 4-5 oz. I’m not sure what that translates to in measurements. Since a packet is one serving, I’d probably see what one serving is on the large can, and add four of those.
Hey, I’m from Germany and would love to try these cookies! How much is 1 stick butter in g?
I am not the biggest cookie fan but these sounded good so I thought I’d give them a try. I have to say, they are the BEST cookies I’ve EVER had! I love, love, LOVE them! Thank you so much for sharing!
These sound fantastic! I just found your blog, and I must say I love your photos! They make me want to bake everything on it. I can’t wait to make these cookies. I think I saw these bits the last time I was at Target.
Oh my gosh! The batter was UNBELIEVABLY good! we couldn’t stop eating it! The cookies are in the oven and we are VERY eager to see how the taste!
YUM-O! these just came out of the oven and they were one of the best cookies I ever had, but how do you get them to be shaped like ice-cream scoops?
I need to find these marshmallows I have yet to see them.
These sound amazing… is the cookie soft and chewy??
Kristen, yes it is. I kind of think all cookies need to be that way!
Made these this afternoon and they are DELICIOUS!!! And yes, soft and chewy cookies are a MUST! Thanks for the great recipe!! I’ll definitely be making these again!
My dough wasn’t dry like yours. I added another half cup of flour but they still came out very flat and won’t hold their shape when I remove them from the pan. What could have gone wrong?
Hmm… I do find that a really dry dough actually holds it’s shape much better, so if they weren’t dry, that makes some sense. How much was your butter melted? That’s one of the variables that could have been a factor. How did they taste?
I, too, make my own hot cocoa mix so I have a big container of it. If someone could open a packet of mix, measure it, and let us know how much (1/4 c.? 1/2 c.?) is in it that would be so helpful. Thanks!
Mary, I think what might work would be to figure whatever amount of your mix equals a single serving, since each packet would be a single serving, and then go accordingly (so four packets = four servings). Hope that helps.
Did you use whole sticks of butter? In the picture it almost looks like half sticks. Just want to make sure before I start baking. Can’t wait to try these!!
I too was giddy with delight upon finding the mallow bites at the end of the aisle in Target one day. I think I may have even screamed like a little girl. I have always thought that someone should package those little tiny babies just so I could eat them without having to fight my hot chocolate for them.
Cookies are in the oven…I opted out, for the first batch at least, on the chocolate chips. The batter also tastes amazing! So happy to find this recipe. And….I also bought the peppermint ones…so they may go in the next batch!
I really want to try these.. but how much is 1 stick of butter? We dont have ‘sticks’ here…
Samantha, here’s a reference that might be helpful…
1 stick of butter = 1/4 pound
1 stick of butter = 1/2 cup
1 stick of butter = 8 tablespoons
1 stick of butter = 4 ounces
1 stick of butter = 113 grams
Hey Christi!
We’re loving the new Bits recipe for Buttercream cupcakes. We can’t wait to try them at KRAFT Kitchens!
FYI – We just launched our new Facebook page yesterday and showed the recipe some link love.
http://www.facebook.com/jetpuffed.com
Can anyone translate 4 hot chocolate packs into one measurement-like tablespoons or maybe ounces? I have a wonderful hot chocolate powder from Whole Foods that comes in a bottle and would rather use this than packets. These look great and would like to try. Thanks!
Sue, since a packet is one serving, I would see how much one serving is on your bottle, and swap out the number of packets for the same number of servings. So if your powder says two tablesspoons is one serving than x4 servings = eight tablespoons. Hope that helps!
Well, don’t know if I got it exact but whatever I did worked! Made these today and, in the words of my kids, they are “awesometacular” (They got it from Jeremy Jahns on YouTube so guess I should credit) Thanks!
These cookies not only look cute, they have a fantastic mild crunch and a chewy yummy center. Baked them today for my kids coming home from the Uni. We loved it ! It is better molded with the hands, comes out round and chubby with marshmallow bits. So cute !
Loved the mallow bits in the cookie. Fantastic! I had made the original recipe with the 3 types of chocolate chips before. Im really curious why you added an extra stick of butter and why you added baking powder? Would really like to know. Thanks!
Kelsey, I added baking powder to my cookies to help them rise a bit more. The additional butter came from my not being terribly happy with the first batch, and the extra butter seemed to do the trick and get them just the way I wanted them.
I am excited to try this recipe for this year’s annual cookie swap. How many cookies does the recipe above yield? And using what size scoop?
Denise, for the scoop I guess “standard”. It’s the one I somehow have like four of (guessing it’s probably around 2 tablespoons). I’m thinking it made about 36-48 cookies with that scoop. But make them whatever size YOU need! I’m all about being totally flexible on things like that.
Found this recipe on the Kraft Mallow bits container, my family and I loved them, so yummy, although the recipe on the container is missing the salt ingredient after I read your recipe here but they still were great. I had a canister of hot cocoa and I used 8 tablespoons and it worked great, thanks for the recipe and look forward to trying other recipes from your blog
Can’t wait to make these! Thanks for sharing!
So I just tried making these tonight. I’m baking them as I type this, lol:) I saw the Marshmallow bites at Target as well and picked them up because I saw the recipe on the back. I’m hoping they will come out as well as yours. I put in about 1 cup of cocoa powder because on the back of the cocoa it tells you to add 1/4 C to make one serving. The cookies that are finished baking look a little lighter than I expected but that could be because of the brand of cocoa (Generic store brand). Hopefully they will taste good!:) I also found I had to add about two to four minutes to the cooking time because they weren’t baking completely through at 11 mins.
Made these cookies yesterday. DELICIOUS! They are seriously addictive — and we are not big sweet lovers here. I will be making these again soon for a bake sale. Thanks!
Found your recipe actually on the back of the bits that we’ve used for a couple of years now. Mine turned out like some of the others mentioned–not “dry” but too soft. I even added more flour since I’m high altitude. I had a really hard time getting them off the cookie sheet because they are too soft and won’t hold their shape. Not sure what I could have done differently. Despite the flatness, they were good! Thanx for the recipe!
Angee, hmm – not sure. I know Kraft made a lot of batches before considering putting them on the product, using that recipe. Butter temperature can always have an impact. Did you try baking them longer? From what you say it sounds like they might be undercooked? Living in the desert, I have no advice when it comes to high altitude (which shows any time I head up north and attempt to bake!).