Best Hot Chocolate Puff Recipes

FLUFFY HOT CHOCOLATE

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This is our daughter's favorite hot chocolate recipe. It may look like ordinary cocoa, but a touch of vanilla sets it apart from the rest. And the melted marshmallows give it a frothy body you won't get from a cocoa packet. -Jo Ann Schimcek, Weimar, Texas

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 15m

Yield 4 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

8 teaspoons sugar
4 teaspoons baking cocoa
4 cups 2% milk
1-1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

In a small saucepan, combine the first four ingredients. Cook and stir over medium heat until marshmallows are melted, about 8 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Ladle into mugs.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 249 calories, Fat 8g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 33mg cholesterol, Sodium 128mg sodium, Carbohydrate 36g carbohydrate (30g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 9g protein.

HOT CHOCOLATE COOKIES

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Using hot chocolate mix and marshmallow bits in the cookie dough really makes these cookies taste like hot cocoa. -Lisa Kaminski, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 25m

Yield 5 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup instant hot cocoa mix (about 3 packets)
3 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup vanilla marshmallow bits (not miniature marshmallows)
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa mix, baking cocoa, salt, baking soda and baking powder; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Gently stir in marshmallow bits and chocolate chips., Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake until set, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 81 calories, Fat 4g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 12mg cholesterol, Sodium 95mg sodium, Carbohydrate 12g carbohydrate (8g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.