Rocky Road Cookies

I was really excited for this week's recipe: Rocky Road Cookies. Chocolatey cookies with marshmallows and almonds- what's not to be excited about?

But unfortunately, Pinterest let me down again. 

This is how mine turned out. Not the prettiest...

In case I just made a mistake somewhere, here's the recipe for you all to try.

Ingredients:
3 cups powdered sugar
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 tsp salt
3 large egg whites
1 tbsp vanilla extract
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup mini marshmallows
2.5 oz toasted sliced almonds

First, you'll need to preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.

In one large bowl, mix the powdered sugar, cocoa powder and salt. Then add the egg whites and vanilla. When combined, add the chocolate chips and almonds.

Mix it up!

Spoon out small blobs of the mixture onto your cookie sheets and top each cookie with a few marshmallows.

Stick in the freezer for 5-10 minutes to prevent the cookies from spreading on the pan.

They looked really good at this point, but they went south soon after.

Bake for 12-13 minutes until the marshmallows are golden brown.

My Tips:

I think the recipe calls for too much cocoa powder. It's not too often that you'll hear me say something is too chocolatey, but this is one of those situations. 

Also, this recipe doesn't contain flour, so the cookies don't really have a way to rise. I think the cookies might be a little softer with some added flour or baking powder.

I was so disappointed in these cookies that I ended up throwing all of them away, and that doesn't happen very often. But I guess not every recipe will turn out the way it's expected to. On to the next recipe!