Hot Chocolate

This is seriously the best hot chocolate ever. It's everything hot chocolate should be, frothy and delicious. The secret is to melt the marshmallows into it while it's cooking. 

Hot chocolate

Ingredients

¼ cup cocoa powder

½ cup sugar

1/3 cup water

4 cups milk

½ cup chocolate chips

1 cup marshmallows

Directions

In a saucepan, combine the first three ingredients and bring to a boil. Over medium heat add milk, chocolate chips and marshmallow and stir with a whisk until marshmallows 

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Let me first start off by saying I'm sorry. I don't have time to make these right now. I will this week but not today. *hangs head in shame* I still wanted to give you the recipe today. 

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

Candied Bacon

8 slices thick bacon

1/2 cup lightly packed brown sugar

Cookies

2-1/4 cups all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup packed light brown sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1 whole egg

1 egg yolk

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Candied Bacon

Preheat the oven to 350º.

Line a baking sheet with tin foil sprayed with non-stick spray. Lay bacon in a single layer and sprinkle with brown sugar.

Bake at 350º for about 30 minutes, turning every 10 minutes, or until crispy. Let cool.

Cookies

Preheat the oven to 325º.

In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, combine the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the whole egg, egg yolk and vanilla, mix to combine. Slowly add the flour and baking soda, mix well. Using a spatula, stir in the chocolate chips and bacon.

Roll the cookie dough into golf ball sized balls, approximately 24. Bake at 325º for 15-18 minutes.

Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

INGREDIENTS

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1 cup unsalted butter, at softened

1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

2.5 cups old-fashioned rolled oats

2 cups (12 oz bag) dark chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 350°. Line a cookie sheet with parchment. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.

Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and both sugars until creamy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, then the vanilla, beating well after each addition. Gradually add the flour mixture, mixing until just combined. Stir in the oats and chocolate chips.

Drop dough 2 inches apart onto the cookie sheet. Bake until golden around the edges, about 15 minutes. Let sit on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a rack to cool.