This year I felt the need to participate in the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. I know what you are thinking – and NO, I am not technically a food blogger BUT I do love to cook/bake and I have shared the occasional recipe, so why not?!
Each blogger pays the mandatory participation fee (which goes to Cookies for Kids’ Cancer) and then we share our information. After the registration deadline, we are given 3 names and addresses (along with food allergies) so that we can all swap cookies! Cool, right?
I debated over what I wanted to make, but finally decided to make Hot Cocoa cookies!
Hot Cocoa Cookies {#Recipe}
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 cup or 6 packets hot chocolate mix with marshmallows - optional
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- OPTIONAL:
- 1/2 cup chopped Andes Mints or 1/2 cup Marshmallow Bits Kraft
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350°
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Cream butter and brown sugar
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Add hot chocolate, eggs & vanilla. Continue mixing.
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Add salt, baking soda & flour and mix well.
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If you are going to use optional ingredients, now's the time to add and mix them in.
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Bake for 9-11 minutes. (I use a Silpat, but it's not required.)
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Cool on a wire rack.
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ENJOY!
Hot Cocoa cookies are a soft, creamy, cookie. I think they are delicious (but better warm!) and perfect for the cooler weather we’ve been having in South Texas!
With OXO, Dixie Crystals, Gold Medal Flour and Grandma’s Molasses matching our donations dollar for dollar, the other bloggers and I were able to raise $13,778.40 for Cookies for Kids’ Cancer!!
Those look AMAZING! Yumm! Thanks for sharing. Maybe we will leave these for Santa this year.
All these cookie swap recipes I’ve been seeing are making me drool! I’m going to pin this one for later. 😀
These sound so good! I mean hot cocoa is good and all but it’s hard to take with you everywhere you go but these you could. 🙂
Not only do these sound fantastic, but it’s all for a great cause!
WOohoo! I plan on baking these next weekend.
Those look delicious and my kids love hot cocoa. This would be great on Christmas Eve!
These look delish. I need to get baking.
I’m trying these this afternoon! They look absolutely delicious!
I love the cookie swap! Yours look delicious!
I LOVE hot cocoa and hot chocolate. Thanks for sharing!!
yum
What a wonderful yummy recipe for Hot Cocoa Cookies These look easy to make, and I would love to make them. Thanks so much for the recipe. I have all the ingredients to make these For Christmas!
These look really good..perfect for the winter!
the more and more i look at your recipes the more and more i fall in love with your blog!! You make so many things that my family would enjoy! These cookies look absolutely delicious! I think they would be perfect after a long day in the snow, with a cup of cocoa to go along with them!
That makes me HAPPY! Thanks for reading!
these looks so good, I love hot cocoa! I bet my kids would be all over these goodies! I be your house smelled so good after making these!