World’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies and Chocolate Marshmallow Bars

I’m sharing two dessert recipes today! I’m currently pumping for two babies which means I’m hungry 24/7! We’ve had a lot of desserts and snacks in our home lately.

World’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

My husband decided a while back that he wanted to figure out how to make the best chocolate chip cookies and after a lot of trial and error, he nailed it!  They are big, gooey, chocolatey, and pure perfection!

Ingredients

• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 egg

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees
2. Grease cookie sheet
3. Mix the flour, baking soda and salt (sit this sifted ingredients aside)
4. In a medium bowl, mix the melted butter, brown sugar and white sugar
5. Beat in the vanilla, egg, and egg yolk until creamy
6. Mix in the sifted ingredients until just blended
7. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand using a wooden spoon
8. Drop cookie dough 1/4 cup at a time onto the prepared cookie sheets
9. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes
10. Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely

Chocolate Marshmallow Bars

These are in between brownies and cake so I decided to call them “bars”.  I hope you enjoy them as much as we did!  Just a tip, heat a piece up in the microwave for 15 seconds, SO good!

Ingredients

For the Brownie:

• 1 cup margarine (2 sticks)
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 bag of mini marshmallows (10 ounces)
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 cup flour

For the Frosting:

• 1 stick m butter (1/2 cup), softened
• 3 cups of powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 tablespoons of cocoa

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees

For the Brownies:

1. Soften margarine and blend in sugar and cocoa
2. Add eggs, vanilla, and flour
3. Grease a 9”x13” baking pan and bake for 25-30 minutes
4. Remove from oven and cover entire top with marshmallows
5. Return to oven for 4 minutes

For the Frosting:

1. Mix all ingredients with a hand mixer until smooth
2. Spread over brownies