I went a little out of the box with this treat – milk chocolate chip cookies with mini marshmallow bits.  I thought they would be easier to use and less messy than mini marshmallows.  And they were!

I used a combination of cocoa powder and hot cocoa mix, but you can leave out the cocoa mix if you want.

Remember to scoop your flour and cocoa from their respective containers so you get the correct amount.  If you pour directly into the measuring cup, it gets packed in, and you end up with too much flour and dry cookies.  Yuck!

• Ingredients list
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup crisco
• 1 cup plus 2 tbs brown sugar
• 1 cup plus 2 tbs sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 1/4 plus 2 tbs flour
• 1/2 cup hot cocoa mix
• 3/4 cup plus 2 tbs unsweetened baking cocoa
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tbs cornstarch
• 1 cup mini marshmallow bits
• 2 cups milk chocolate chips

Directions- in a bowl, cream butter, crisco, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs.  Mix in dry ingredients. Fold in chips and marshmallow bits.   Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.  Chill and hour or two.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookies.

Bake 10 to 13 minutes. Cool completely.  Store in covered container.

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