When I was a teenager there was this really great cookie place in the mall in Vancouver. It was called The Cookie Cutter. I loved going there to get a cookie dough cone (just like it sounds, raw cookie dough scooped into a sugar cone-mmmm!) My favorite cookie that they sold there was a chocolate marshmallow cookie. It was soft with a thick layer of marshmallow in the middle and chocolate frosting. After a few years the Mall got a remodel and they decided that the only food places they would allow had to be franchises. The cookie cutter was a one owner, one restaurant kind of place, so they were forced to close down and were replaced with Mrs. Fields.Years later I was still thinking about those cookies, and after I married D, I found out that they were also one of his favorites as well. I set out looking for a good recipe for chocolate marshmallow cookies but to no avail. That is when I decided to take matters into my own hands. I had been making cake mix cookies for a while, and if you have ever made them you know that they turn out a soft cookie. I started out with a cake mix cookie as the base of my recipe and went from there. Today I am passing my recipe along to you. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
Chocolate Marshmallow cookies
preheat oven to 350
1 chocolate cake mix (we prefer devil's food or triple chocolate chip)
1 cube of butter (or margarine if you prefer it)
2 eggs
1 T vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips (optional but preferred)
18 to 20 large marshmallows
Chocolate Frosting of your choice (I use the Fluffy Chocolate Frosting recipe from The Cake Mix Doctor cookbook, but because of copyright I am not going to publish it here).
In a mixing bowl cream the butter with an electric mixer. Add the cake mix, eggs and vanilla. Mix until well mixed. Stir in the chocolate chips and drop the cookie dough by spoonful onto a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 9 to 10 minutes. While the cookies are baking cut each marshmallow in half with a pair of clean scissors or kitchen shears. Remove the cookies from the oven and press one half of a marshmallow sticky side down (the sticky side will be where you cut through the marshmallow) on each cookie. Place the pan of cookies back in the oven for one minute. Remove the cookies again and use a spoon to flatten and spread the melted marshmallow across each cookie (this works best if you lightly butter the back of the spoon, re-buttering it as needed to prevent sticking). Allow the cookies to cool and frost with the chocolate frosting of your choice.
These cookies have gotten raves anywhere I have ever taken them, and people regularly request them from me. They are actually very easy, and very good. I hope you enjoy them! Let me know how you like them if you try them!
21 comments:
Wow, I would have LOVED the Cookie Dough Cone.
You are eeeeeviiiilll!
But I love you anyway!
Mmmmm. Sounds so good!
ummmmmmm. Ahhhhhhhhh. Ooooooooo.
I'm nearly speechless. I saw the picture first and thought, "Hmm, that looks like that cookie from The Cookie Cutter that used to be in the mall." Then I saw what you wrote and got so excited I almost started squealing. I'm definitely going to make these tonight for FHE. Thanks for the recipe!
Hey, these sound like heaven!! Maybe this month for visiting teaching you could bring me some! Seriously, I have the recepie now so no excuses, right? Hey, I was the anonymous commentor about the scripture cases/purses. I would love to see how you made them and maybe I could make them for the ladies in my life for Christmas! Can we say Super Saturday?
Oh yeah, I'm going to un-look that picture and un-read this post.
Could you tell me what exactally is a 'cube of butter' is? I am desperate to make these for my pregnant sister who LOVED these as a kid and we have never been able to find them since!!
Thanks!!
A cube of butter is one stick of butter, or 1/2 Cup...
Oh my gosh!! I cannot thank you enough. I was online checking for the recipe for THIS VERY COOKIE. This was my favorite cookie before the store you were talking about closed. I was very little at the time. We are from western Washington and I know this is it.
Thank you again!!
OMG! I don't know you...but I used to go to The Cookie Cutter all the time. That chocolate marshmallow cookie I have dreamed about for years since that place closed!!! My mom used to bring me one back home, even if I didn't go to the mall with her.
I figured it was a one restaurant kind of place. I have searched forever too trying to find a similar recipe to no avail. My boyfriend thinks I'm crazy.
You have no idea how much you have made my day by posting this recipe. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Funny thing. I too used to live on these when I worked at Sears at the Vancouver Mall from 1987 into the 90's. I got my now wife hooked on cookie cutters right before they went out of business. We've looked everywhere for a good substitute and finally found one down at a mall in Medford while on vacation. Since it's a bit out of the way, we've only been there once. But now thanks to you and your fellow-obsession to these cookies, we can have our fix whenever we wish. Thanks for the blog.
John
I just made these cookies... and I can't cook! They're fantastic!! Just like I remembered them. However, in my case it was in the mall in Olympia, WA and it was called "Grandmas Cookies". My girlfriend worked there while we were in high school and I always stopped by and bought one of these cookies. I've sought a similar store for years with no luck. I just knew someone out there had the secret recipe - THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! :)
-angela
So pleased I found your blog and recipe. I have been looking for years for this recipe. These take me back to being a kid at the mall with my mom. These are HEAVENLY. Thank you, Thank you!
I CAN'T believe I had already read this post and commented on it!!
What the hey!
Those cookies are made out of deliciousness :)
This is a random question, but my friend and I are in a disagreement on the exact location of the old Cookie Cutter store in Vancouver Mall. Do you remember where is was in the mall? Thanks!
My wife and I are cheering for joy! Thank you fellow Vancouverite. I thought the secrets of The Cookie Cutter were lost forever. I loved that place and ate many dough cones there. Broke my heart when they had to close.
Oh and Jon, the store was to the West of Mervyn's on the corner. Not sure whether it was upstairs or down. But I think it was upstairs.
I didn't know that I remembered this until seeing your website here....
Thank you for the recipe! Can't wait until the new year to try these...(too much sugar right now!)
We are also in Vancouver! Small world!
We made these for Christmas. They were a big hit! Thanks for sharing.
I'm glad people are enjoying the recipe!
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