I was as excited about this month’s Daring Bakers challenge as only cookies can make me. We were given two recipes this month, with the option to do both or pick one, and from the very beginning I knew I had to try the Mallows. This came with a slight amount of trepidation (which I’m learning is a regular thing with these DB challenges) as my last attempt at home made marshmallows was so disastrous I couldn’t even bring myself to blog about it! I’m happy to say I had a lot more success the second time around!
The Mallows have three components – a biscuit base, home made marshmallow and a chocolate glaze. Each component came together quite easily to produce a gorgeous cookie, even though there was a bit of waiting involved. I had great plans to make a few batches with different flavoured marshmallows but decided to keep it simple yet delicious and flavoured the mixture with vanilla bean.
The recipe said that it would make two dozen cookies, but it made closer to fifty. I ended up with more cookie bases than I had enough marshmallow mixture to pipe onto, so I sandwiched them together with jam to make tiny wagon wheels for a great little trip down memory lane. I enjoyed this challenge and would not hesitate to make these again, they were a real crowd pleaser and fifty cookies disappeared a lot quicker than I thought humanly possible!
The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network.
Mallows (Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies)
Recipe courtesy Gale Gand, from Food Network website
Makes roughly 45-60 cookies
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ teaspoon baking powder
• 3/8 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3 eggs, whisked together
Marshmallows
• ¼ cup water
• ¼ cup light corn syrup
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon powdered gelatin
• 2 tablespoons cold water
• 2 egg whites, room temperature
• 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped
Chocolate Glaze
• 340g dark chocolate, finely chopped
• 55g vegetable oil
1. In a mixer with the paddle attachment, blend the dry ingredients.
On low speed, add the butter and mix until sandy.
Add the eggs and mix until combine.
Form the dough into a disk, wrap with cling wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
2. . When ready to bake, line a baking tray with parchment paper and
preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F).
3. . Roll out the dough to 1/8-inch thickness, on a lightly floured surface. Use a 3-5cm cookie cutter to cut out small rounds of dough.
Transfer to the prepared pan and bake for 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Let cool to room temperature.
4. To make the marshmallow, combine the water, corn syrup and sugar, and bring to a boil until “soft-ball” stage, or 112°C (235°F) on a candy thermometer.
Sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water and let dissolve.
5. Remove the syrup from the heat, add the gelatin, and mix.
Whip the whites until soft peaks form and pour the syrup into the whites.
Add the vanilla and continue whipping until stiff.
Transfer to a pastry bag.
6. Pipe a “kiss” of marshmallow onto each cookie. Let set at room temperature for 2 hours. Line a cookie sheet with parchment or silicon mat.
7. To make the chocolate glaze, melt the 2 ingredients together in the top of a double boiler or a bowl set over barely simmering water. One at a time, gently drop the marshmallow-topped cookies into the hot chocolate glaze.
Lift out with a fork and let excess chocolate drip back into the bowl.
8. Place on the prepared pan and let set at room temperature until the coating is firm.
31 Comments on “Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies”
Gorgeous mellow cookies and very well photographed! I wanted to do both but ended up with only the milan cookies.
Yum, looks delicious! I love how you can see the vanilla seeds in the marshmallow…YUM! 🙂
Oh so cute!! And I can say first hand that they were SO yummy! I gobbled them up and didn't share 😀 Loved the vanilla bean in the marshmallow, I couldn't pick which I preferred out of the two types, I loved both! Thanks again for sharing 🙂
How delicious! I bought some rocky road mallows from the supermarket recently and they are nowhere as good as yours. And what a great idea to sandwich them together to make the little wagon wheels – so cute!
It’s lovely, Lisa. I ended up with a lot more cookies as well, but they were quite tasty right? 😀
Wow, yours turned out really well! Good job 🙂
Your cookies all looks so gorgeous and uniform. I can never get mine to look alike!
Thanks for sharing the recipe! They look delish! 🙂
Oh my goodness, they are the cutest little gifts! Love them stacked with the ribbon.
Wow…so cute cookies!!! 🙂
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Oh yum! These are so cute! I can't believe how uniform they turned out, very professional looking indeed! 😀
Ellie, I wanted to try the milan cookies but didn't quite get around to it. Thanks!
Sara, yes they add a little something special don't they 🙂
Steph, I'm so glad you enjoyed them!! Now hurry up and join the Daring Bakers 😀
Belle, I was particularly proud of the wagon wheels! Rocky road mallows are an interesting idea!!
Anh, oh I definitely didn't mind ending up with extras! Thanks!
Loie, thanks!
Megan, haha and I was thinking my piping skills need a heck of a lot of work! 😛 thanks!
Clekitty, no problem! Hope you'll try it one day.
Amanda Nicole, it just begged for ribbon hehe.
Sonu, thank you!
Siobhán, thank you! 🙂
Ah Lisa…beautiful work as always and love the photos. Your marshmallow piping is so perfect!
Beautiful
your cookies looks so cute as a gift.
Fantastic and I love the idea of wagon wheels as it is one of those biscuits I really miss being gluten free, they were my favorite as a kid.
wow ! lisa, c'est superbe ! c'est magnifiquement réussi !
Wagon wheels O so many memories. And your photos are so professional. They all look so yummy. Bravo on this challenge and it seems that you really enjoyed it so much. Cheers Audax in Australia.
I love the perfectly round, flatter topped shape of your Mallows, and the photo with them stacked and tied with the ribbon is gorgeous! Beautifully done..glad you gave it a second try!
I think the sandwich cookie version is just so adorable, and you take really good photos.
Yummm, I want one of those sandwiches!! Everything looks beautiful.
Beautifully, beautifully done. I love your mallows and the pics are fantastic.
Mmmmmm…. vanilla bean…. *happy sigh*
Your mallows look beautiful!
Your cookies look soooo beautiful!
I think the wagon wheels are a great idea.
Oh such pretty cookies, nicely done!!
Memories indeed! Loved these since I was little. I'm wondering why no one (so far, that I've seen) made the cookies chocolate, heh 🙂 Beautiful ones you've made here! 🙂
Beautiful job on this challenge!! I love the wagon wheels – so cute =D.
Perfectly finished cookies and your pictures are very good too.
oh … I love your cookies ^^ … and your photographs ^^ XOXO
I love the little sandwiches – so cute, wrapped up with a ribbon!
Wonderful photos, presentation and post.. but even all that pales to the delicious taste, the absolutely delicious taste 🙂 I doubt there will be any sharing 'round these parts 😀
the additional gelatin to the marshmallow really brings up the gooey texture, love it! Thanks for the recipe!