Easy Fudgy Rocky Road Cookies Recipe
Chocolate, marshmallow and toasted almonds are transformed into the most moist and delicious fudgy Rocky Road Cookies.
Servings: 22 cookies
Ingredients
Cookie
- 1 box chocolate fudge cake mix {13.25 ounces}
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups mini marshmallows
Chocolate Almond Frosting
- ½ cup butter
- 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
- 3 Tablespoons milk {I used 1%}
- 2-2 ½ cups powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup roasted and salted almonds {chopped}
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- Combine the cake mix, eggs and oil in a large bowl and mix until completely incorporated using an electric mixer {or by hand}.
- Using a medium sized cookie scoop {or about 2 tablespoons}, scoop cookies onto a silicone mat {or parchment lined} cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8 minutes, remove the cookies from the oven. Press 4 mini marshmallows into the top of each cookie. Return to the oven for 2 minutes or until the marshmallows have grown in size. Remove from the oven and cool on a baking sheet.
Chocolate Almond Frosting
- Combine the first butter, cocoa powder and milk in a small saucepan over medium heat and whisk until the mixture has melted. Remove from heat, add powdered sugar and whisk until smooth. Add chopped roasted and salted almonds and stir to combine.
- Using a heaping teaspoon, pour frosting over cookies. Allow the frosting to spread out over the top of the marshmallows.
- Let the frosting set and serve. Keep the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Notes
Be sure to press the marshmallows down into the partially baked cookies and then return them to the oven. This will allow the marshmallows to bake into the cookies.
Thin out frosting with additional milk or thicken it with more powdered sugar. The key is to have a frosting that is thin enough to flow but thick enough to set up.
Allow the cookies to set up completely before stacking them. If you try to stack them too early the frosting will stick to the bottom of the cookies.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 239kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 206mg | Potassium: 99mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 157IU | Calcium: 42mg | Iron: 1mg