Hot Cocoa Candy Cane Cake Mix Cookies
These tasty cookies start with a cake mix base, and are finished off with a marshmallow center, then drizzled in chocolate and sprinkled with candy cane bits. Perfect for your holiday cookie exchanges, these cookies will be a favorite!
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INGREDIENTS
- Cake mix
- Oil
- Eggs
- Hot cocoa mix
- Chocolate
- Crushed candy canes
Servings: makes 24 cookies
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 8 minutes
Additional Time: 15 minutes
Down time: 5 minutes
Storage: store in an airtight container
You will need the following items to make this recipe:
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Large bowl
- Rubber or wooden spoon
- Cookie scoop
- Parchment paper
- Baking sheet
- Cutting board
- Knife
- Piping bag
- Ziplock baggie
- Rolling pin
DIRECTIONS
STEP ONE
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and line a few baking sheets with parchment paper.
STEP TWO
Add the cake mix, hot cocoa mix, eggs, and oil to a large bowl, and stir until a dough forms.
STEP THREE
Use a cookie scoop to drop spoonfuls onto a baking sheet, 2-3 inches apart.
STEP FOUR
Transfer the baking sheet to the oven (see next step), and bake for 7 minutes.
STEP FIVE
While the cookies are baking, cut the marshmallows in half. Also, add the candy canes to a ziplock bag, and use a rolling pin to crush them.
STEP SIX
After the cookies have baked for 7 minutes, remove from the oven, and place one half of a marshmallow in the center. Return to the oven, and bake for an additional one minute.
STEP SEVEN
Remove from the oven.
Add the chocolate to a piping bag, and heat in 15 second intervals in the microwave, until melted.
Snip off the very end, then drizzle chocolate over the centers of the cookies. Sprinkle crushed candy canes over the melted chocolate.
All finished! Enjoy your delicious Hot Cocoa Candy Cane Cookies!
Hot Cocoa Candy Cane Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
- 13.25 oz box chocolate fudge cake mix
- 2 tbsp 1 packet hot cocoa mix
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 12 marshmallows cut in half
- ⅓ cup chopped baking chocolate melted
- 2-3 candy canes crushed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and line a few baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Add the cake mix, hot cocoa mix, eggs, and oil to a large bowl, and stir until a dough forms.
- Use a cookie scoop to drop spoonfuls onto a baking sheet, 2-3 inches apart.
- Transfer the baking sheet to the oven (see next step), and bake for 7 minutes.
- While the cookies are baking, cut the marshmallows in half. Also, add the candy canes to a ziplock bag, and use a rolling pin to crush them.
- After the cookies have baked for 7 minutes, remove from the oven, and place one half of a marshmallow in the center. Return to the oven, and bake for an additional one minute.
- Remove from the oven.
- Add the chocolate to a piping bag, and heat in 15 second intervals in the microwave, until melted.
- Snip off the very end, then drizzle chocolate over the centers of the cookies. Sprinkle crushed candy canes over the melted chocolate.
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