Rocky Road Inspired Cookies
Here’s something new to add to your recipe book: rocky road cookies! These chocolatey, soft, and chewy cookies are packed full of texture and flavor. Inspired by the classic ice cream, this recipe is similar to my rocky road brownies, but in cookie form.
4 things to love about this recipe:
Comes together so easily with no chilling or mixer needed. For those days when you don’t have the patience to wait for such things. Tons of texture from the add-ins (chewy-gooey mini marshmallows, crunchy almonds, and melty chocolate chips). Soft and chewy base with a rich, chocolatey flavor (thanks to one of my favorite tricks of blooming the cocoa powderwith the melted butter). Less than 30 minutes to make! Again, patience isn’t exactly my strongest virtue here.
Definitely save this recipe for your holiday cookie tray–it’s sure to be a hit! I can’t wait to hear how you like them.
What You Need
You will need quite a few ingredients to make these cookies, but none of them are complicated or hard to find. Just grab a few pantry staples and some fun add-ins, and you’re ready to go!
Melted butter. Like my ultimate chocolate cookies, this recipe starts with melted butter. We’ll add the cocoa (and instant coffee, if you plan to use it) while the butter is still warm to help develop the flavor of the cocoa. Just make sure to let the butter cool completely before you add the sugars, or you could melt them. Cocoa powder. While you could technically use either natural or Dutch process cocoa since we are using both baking powder and baking soda, I prefer to stick with natural cocoa powder here. Dutch process tends to have a darker flavor which can overpower the other flavors we are trying to capture here. Brown sugar. You can use either light brown sugar or a mix of light and dark brown sugar. Using all dark brown sugar will give the cookies a richer, deeper flavor (due to the fact that it contains higher levels of molasses than its light counterpart). Don’t have either on hand? Make your own by following my tutorial on how to make brown sugar! Egg + egg yolk. Adding an extra egg yolk encourages these cookies to be soft and chewy, just like my inside out chocolate chip cookies. Sea salt. A sprinkle of sea salt is the perfect finishing touch to these rocky road cookies. It adds a lot of flavor, so I recommend adding it!
SAM’S TIP: Add a half teaspoon of instant coffee grounds in with the cocoa powder and melted butter! This won’t make your cookies taste like coffee, but it will give them a more chocolatey flavor. Remember, this is just an overview of the ingredients I used and why. For the full recipe please scroll down to the bottom of the post!
How to Make Rocky Road Cookies
SAM’S TIP: Perhaps you’ll remember this tip from my s’mores cookies! When rolling the cookie dough, you may want to tuck the marshmallows into the dough so they aren’t exposed. If you don’t, the marshmallows will spread out of the cookies. This is NOT a problem except the cookies won’t look as uniform and pretty. If you love all things rocky road, try my rocky road peanut clusters or Mississippi mud cake next (and stay tuned, I have more ice cream cookies coming)! Enjoy! Let’s bake together! I’ll be walking you through all the steps in my written recipe and video below! If you try this recipe, be sure to tag me on Instagram, and you can also find me on YouTube and Facebook
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