One day last week, our internet was down ALL day. Thought I was going to go insane (not really). During that time though, I actually got quite a lot done around the house that needed to be done. I was also forced to look through some of my cookbooks, rather than play around on the world wide web. ;) While thumbing through Martha Stewart’s Cookies book, I stumbled upon some cookies called Surprise Cookies and kept going back to that page. So I decided to make the cookies.
I liked the cookies a lot more than I thought I was going to like them. I ate more of them that I care to admit, here and there over the course of a few days. The cookies are a perfectly textured soft chocolate cookie. After a short stint in the oven, a marshmallow is placed on top of the cookie and it is baked for a few more minutes. Once the cookies are cooled, the tops are frosted with a chocolate frosting to hide the marshmallow—hence the name Surprise. The marshmallow became more like a filling. I would even go so far as to say that the cookies were even better the next day.
One of the reasons I decided on the Surprise Cookies was because I had a bag of star shaped marshmallows that were blue, pink and white and wanted to use them.
I thought it was fun to not know if you’d bite into a pink, blue or white filled surprise.
Again, I really liked these cookies and will make them again for sure.
18 comments:
Do you know there are chocolate flavored marshmallows too as well as chocolate mint ones? Knowing how much you love chocolate, I figure they would be just the right surprise to add to your cookies.
What a nice surprise for these cookies! The marshmallows are very cute being star-shaped and it's so sad that they are easily available at our local supermarket.
MM These cookies remind me of those mallow cookies. Love those!
I was actually looking for a recipe where I could use marshmallows.. this one will work perfectly!
What a yummy cookie! Love the surprise filling.
these make me SO hungry - they look amazing - perfectly chocolately!
Mary
I made these back in March. They reminded me of my Grandma's chocolate sundae cookies. I remember liking the icing. Here's a link to my post about them. I love Lisa's idea of using chocolate marshamallows!!
http://basicallybaked.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/chocolate-surprise-cookies/
And here's a link to my Grandma's chocolate sundae cookies. http://basicallybaked.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/chocolate-sundae-cookies/
WOW these look amazing and so good.
These looked so good that we made them this afternoon. Your cookies look soft and moist and yummy. Mine were, sadly, disappointingly dry. But I loved the marshmallow surprise and the frosting was perfect with them. I will try them again and see if I can help out the cookie with some sour cream.
This was one of the first recipes I featured on my blog. It is a delicious goodie. Like the colored marshmallows.
Jennifer,
Sorry your cookies turned out dry. I think after the first batch, which I should have mentioned, I only baked them 6-7 minutes, then with the mallow on them only another 1-2 minutes. Though the first batch wasn't dry either. I hate when that happens. But yes, try a little sour cream or buttermilk possibly.
Thanks for stopping by.
These are really cute! Any kid would love them.
I've made these cookies before too, but not with the colored marshmallows. So much more fun. Now I'm thinking about making them for Christmas with the Christmas colored marshmallows. http://barbarabakes.com/2008/07/martha-stewart-surprise-cookies/ Thanks for the great idea!
Those look delicious and I would definitely have a problem snacking on those throughout the day!
They look great, especially with the colored marshmallows! I need to crack open my copy of MS's Cookies more often.
The marshmallow surprise would make me very happy!!!
Hey Katrina, I saw this post a few days ago, and we had our annual ward BBQ last night and Jonathan showed me chocolate cookie, and he was like "look it has a suprise inside". It made me laugh because I am sure someone else made your cookies for the event, your influence is still felt here in Kansas. They were very tasty.
When am I going to learn not to come here when I'm craving sugar??? They look so good.
When we lost power during a hurricane recently I did not handle the no internet situation well :) Love these cookies - the marshmallows are such a nice addition!
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