Hot Cocoa Walnut Cookies

Hot Cocoa Walnut Cookies

Enjoy the flavors of hot cocoa in this delicious holiday cookie! These chocolatey cookies have crisp edges and chewy centers with a bit of crunch from finely diced walnuts. Top them with mini marshmallows and watch as they get bubbly and toasty in the oven! This recipe was made in partnership with Diamond Nuts.
Servings
24 servings
Prep time
15 minutes
Cook time
11 minutes
Passive time
60 minutes

Ingredients

  • ½ cup + 2 Tbsp unsalted Butter, room temperature (140 g)
  • ⅔ cup Light Brown Sugar (145 g)
  • ⅓ cup Cane Sugar (65 g)
  • 1 Egg (50 g)
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 cup Organic Unbleached White All-Purpose Flour (136 g)
  • 1 packet Milk Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix (39 g)
  • ¼ cup Cocoa Powder (20 g)
  • ½ tsp Baking Soda
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • ½ cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips or Chopped Chocolate Bar (100 g)
  • 1 cup Diamond of California Finely Diced Walnuts (120 g)
  • About 72 mini marshmallows

Instructions

  1. Mix softened butter, brown sugar and cane sugar until well incorporated. Add the egg and vanilla extract to the mixture and mix.
  2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, hot cocoa mix, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
  3. Incorporate the dry ingredients to the wet mixture then stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts.
  4. Cover and chill the dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
  5. While the dough is chilling, preheat the oven at 350ºF and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  6. Divide the chilled cookie dough into 24 portions. Roll into a ball, create a small indent on top with your finger and insert 2-3 mini marshmallows.
  7. Bake for 11 minutes until the cookies are set and the marshmallows are bubbly and toasted. Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes.

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