Rocky Road Cookies
Soft and chewy chocolate cookies stuffed with melty marshmallows and loaded up with crunchy almonds and chocolate chips!
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup cocoa powder (I used Dutch-Processed)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 (3.56 oz) package instant chocolate pudding mix (dry)
- ½ cup roasted almonds, chopped, plus more for topping
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, plus more for topping
- 1 cup mini marshmallows, plus more for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together until combined; set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter until smooth. Add in both sugars and mix on high for 3 minutes until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition until combined. Add in the vanilla. Then stir in the pudding mix.
- With mixer set on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture into the wet mixture until everything has been incorporated. Stir in the almonds and chocolate chips.
- Scoop out a portion of dough about the size of a golfball, and use the palms of your hands to flatten it. Place 4 mini marshmallows into the center, then wrap dough around marshmallows. (Make sure no marshmallow is showing.) Place onto prepared baking sheet, leaving 2 inches of space between cookies. Gently press down centers to create a thick hockey puck shape. Repeat process with the rest of the dough and marshmallows.
- Bake for 6 minutes, remove from the oven and push 3-4 mini marshmallows into the tops of the cookies. Return cookies to the oven for 3 more minutes.
- Immediately after removing cookies from the oven, gently press more almonds and chocolate chips into the tops of each cookie, if desired.
- Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.