I Tried Turning Hot Cocoa Into Cookies (Here’s What I Learned)

Описание: This was my first attempt at turning hot cocoa into cookies — and honestly… they were delicious, but chaotic 😅
Super flat, super messy, marshmallows melted completely — and that’s exactly why I’m sharing it.

Baking failures = lessons. Here’s what happened and what I learned.
🧈 Hot Cocoa Cookie Recipe (Test Version)

⚠️ This recipe spreads A LOT
🔥 Still tastes amazing
📚 Included for learning purposes

🔥 Oven: 350°F
🍪 Makes ~20–24 cookies
Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

1 cup white sugar

¾ cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 packets Swiss Miss hot cocoa mix

2¼ cups all-purpose flour

½ cup cocoa powder (optional but intense)

1 tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

Mix-ins

Chocolate chips (optional)

Homemade marshmallows (cut into chunks)

🥣 How I Made Them
1️⃣ Cream butter + sugars

Creamed butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth.

2️⃣ Add eggs + vanilla

Mixed in eggs one at a time, then vanilla.

3️⃣ Add dry ingredients

Whisked flour, cocoa powder, hot cocoa mix, baking soda, and salt.
Added to wet ingredients until just combined.

4️⃣ Fold in mix-ins

Folded in chocolate chips and chunks of homemade marshmallows.

5️⃣ Chill + Bake

Chilled dough, then baked at 350°F for 10–12 minutes.

😅 What Went Wrong (and Why)
❌ Too Much Butter

2 sticks of butter caused the dough to melt before structure could set.

❌ Homemade Marshmallows Melted

They turned into syrup because they don’t have stabilizers like store-bought marshmallows.

❌ Flat + Messy Cookies

Even with chilling, the fat-to-flour ratio was too high.

✅ What I Learned

Butter amount matters more than chill time

Homemade marshmallows = melt city

Cocoa + hot cocoa mix weakens structure

Flavor was 🔥 but structure needed help

🧠 Why I’m Sharing This

Because baking isn’t magic — it’s trial and error.
This batch led directly to my brown butter + marshmallow bit version, which fixed everything.

Sometimes you have to make the mess to learn how to clean it up.

If you watched this far, thanks for baking with me 🤍
Drop a comment if you’ve ever had a cookie go completely off the rails.
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