Chocolate Surprise Cookies

Name: Chocolate Surprise Cookies
Yield: Makes about 5 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 2 cups (10 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup (1 1/2 ounces), cocoa; 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1/2 cup, creamy peanut butter; 1 1/4 cups (8 3/4 ounces), granulated sugar; 2 , large eggs; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/3 cup, milk; 30 large, marshmallows, halved crosswise; 4 1/2 cups (18 ounces), confectioners' sugar; 9 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1/2 cup (1 1/2 ounces), cocoa; 1/2 cup, hot water; 1 1/2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 3 tablespoons, nonpareils

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2013

Desserts or Baked Goods

SERVESMakes about 5 dozen cookies

TIME1¾ hours, plus 1 hour chilling and 45 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a kid-friendly cookie, we pair a fluffy marshmallow with a soft chocolate cookie and bury the whole thing under a layer of chocolate frosting. Cocoa powder does double duty in the cookie and the frosting, and to add even more appeal, we...

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