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Makes
15 cookie sandwiches
Author Notes
C is for cookie, and also for chocolate, cinnamon, chill powder and cayenne pepper, all combined in these sweet and spicy Mexican Chocolate Cookies. Stuffed with marshmallow frosting, these chocolaty cookie sandwiches will kick your cookie intake up a few notches! —bitememore
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Ingredients
- Chocolate Cookies
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16 ounces
semi sweet chocolate, chopped
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1/4 cup
butter
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1 1/3 cups
sugar
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4
eggs
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1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
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3/4 cup
flour
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1/2 teaspoon
baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon
ground cinnamon
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1/2 teaspoon
chili powder
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1/2 teaspoon
kosher salt
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pinch
cayenne pepper, optional
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1/2 cup
semi-sweet chocolate chips
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1/2 cup
milk chocolate chips
- Marshmallow Filling
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1 cup
marshmallow fluff
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1/2 cup
vegetable shortening
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3/4 cup
icing sugar
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1 tablespoon
whole milk
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1/2 teaspoon
vanilla extract
Directions
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1) Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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2) In a microwave safe bowl, melt semi-sweet chocolate and butter until smooth. In a large bowl, whisk sugar, eggs and vanilla. Whisk in melted chocolate mixture. Stir in flour, baking powder, cinnamon, chili powder, salt, cayenne pepper (if using) and both semi-sweet and milk chocolate chips, just until flour disappears. Drop the dough by tablespoon onto prepared baking sheet, at least 2 inches apart. Bake 9 minutes, or until the cookies are set. Remove from oven and cool before filling.
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3) For the marshmallow filling, using an electric mixer, beat the marshmallow fluff and shortening until smooth. Add the icing sugar, milk and vanilla extract, beating for 1 minute until fluffy. Spread filling on the bottom of a cookie and top with another cookie.
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