S’mores Hot Chocolate

Warm up this winter without building a camp fire with S’mores Hot Chocolate! It’s a rich and chocolatey drink with toasted marshmallows and cookie butter melted directly into the milk.

Finally got our first snow of the season in Pittsburgh, so that means one thing.

Cozying up with S’mores Hot Chocolate!

It’s what happens when you put hot chocolate and s’mores together in the same mug.

At first I tried making it like my thick hot chocolate, but the chocolate overpowered the marshmallow and cookie butter flavors.

This s’mores hot chocolate uses cocoa powder for the base so all of the flavors shine together.

To ensure this is indeed a true s’mores hot cocoa, I toasted the marshmallows before melting them into the chocolate like I did with my s’mores ice cream.

Sure, it’s an extra step but s’mores simply doesn’t taste the same without that toastiness.

For the graham crackers, I tried using actual crumbs. Those got soggy quickly and I didn’t want to spend the time steeping graham crackers in the milk, so I used a scoop of cookie butter to mimic the flavor.

Ooey gooey toasted marshmallows, spiced cookie butter, and creamy rich chocolate.

All that you’re missing is the smell of campfire.

Ingredients For S’mores Hot Chocolate

Here’s what you need to make your s’mores cocoa:

• Milk: Whole milk is best because the fat help makes it rich and creamy
• Marshmallows: Toasted is best so you really get that hot chocolate and s’mores flavor, but if you don’t have any flame you can microwave them until puffy before melting.
• Cocoa powder: The chocolate for your smores hot cocoa
• Powdered sugar: Helps sweeten the cocoa as well as slightly thickens it
• Cookie butter: Gives your smores hot chocolate its graham cracker taste without dealing with soggy graham cracker crumbs

If you wanted to add coffee, check out my s’mores mocha.

What is cookie butter?

Cookie butter is a spread made up of ground speculoos cookies. It’s the same consistency as peanut butter but it’s warm spiced cookies instead of peanuts.

Oddly enough it has a taste very similar to graham crackers, so I like to use it often in my s’mores desserts like my s’mores blossom cookies.

I was trying to figure out how to get the graham cracker taste into the drink. Graham cracker crumbs didn’t work (please don’t do this! It was a soggy mess).

Next idea was to try a scoop of cookie butter like I did with my peanut butter hot chocolate. Success!

You can find cookie butter in your store’s peanut butter aisle (the most recognizable brand is Biscoff as seen with my no bake Biscoff cheesecake but there may be others).

However if you can’t find any, you can sprinkle some crushed up graham crackers on top.

How To Make S’mores Hot Chocolate

Making your s’mores cocoa is super easy! All you have to do is:

1. Heat the milk.
2. Melt marshmallows, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, and cookie butter.

And that’s it! Serve with another toasted marshmallow or top with homemade whipped cream or chocolate whipped cream.

You can even make my peanut butter whipped cream and substitute cookie butter for the peanut butter.

More Hot Chocolate Recipes

Once you finish sipping on your toasted marshmallow hot chocolate, check out these other hot chocolate recipes:

• Caramel Hot Chocolate
• Cheesecake Hot Chocolate
• Coconut Milk Chocolate
• Raspberry Hot Chocolate

First published October 14, 2012