Rocky Road Sandwich Cookies
Soft double chocolate cookies with crunchy peanuts are sandwiched around a fluffy sweet vanilla marshmallow filling. Indulge in this decadent rocky road cookie recipe!
Hey guys! How was your weekend? Did you have a fabulous July 4th celebration?
Ours was really exciting! My regular readers probably already know about my live appearance on Fox TV’s Good Day show on Friday. That whole thing happened so fast I didn’t even have a chance to get nervous, lol! I somehow (adrenaline?) was able to whip up a cake, a dozen cupcakes, a bunch of shortcakes, yogurt parfaits, and a whole mess of white chocolate dipped strawberries in the span of an afternoon. Then, pack it all up and style it pretty in the studio bright and early the next morning. After it was all wrapped up, we headed down to the Ben Franklin Parkway for the big celebration (Philly OWNS the 4th!) to visit the Nutella truck, among other fun things. By the time we made it back home I basically just collapsed in a heap for the next 24 hours! #wornout.
But now that I’m fully rested I’m raring to go for another fun week of recipes! Starting with this one today- rocky road sandwich cookies. These are inspired by one of my favorite ice cream flavors. I think you’re really going to love these soft and deeply chocolate-y double chocolate peanut cookies, stuffed to capacity with gooey marshmallow filling. Talk about a decadent treat!
Hope your week is off to a great start! I’ll be back on Wednesday with another fabulous, no-bake Nutella recipe 😉
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Rocky Road Sandwich Cookies
Ingredients
For the Marshmallow Filling
- 2/3 cup (157.73 ml) water, divided
- 1/2 ounce (14.17 g) plain gelatin, (2 packets)
- 1 1/2 cups (300 g) granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup (157.73 ml) light corn syrup
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
For the Chocolate Peanut Cookies
- 1/2 cup (113.5 g) unsalted butter, (1 stick)
- 1 cup (220 g) light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 1 egg, (large)
- 1 egg yolk, (large)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup (28.67 g) cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup (180 g) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup (146 g) cocktail peanuts
Instructions
To make the Marshmallow Filling:
- Place half the water in a large mixing bowl, and sprinkle the powdered gelatin on top. Set aside and allow to soften.
- Combine the sugar, corn syrup, remaining water, and salt in a medium saucepan, and set over medium-high heat.
- Allow the mixture to come to a boil, swirling the pot occasionally (do not stir).
- Attach a candy thermometer to the side of the pot, and keep the mixture at a low boil until it reaches 238 degrees F.
- Slowly and carefully pour the hot syrup over the gelatin mixture, while whipping at medium speed.
- Increase the speed to high and continue to whip until the marshmallow is stiff, glossy, and white.
- Stir in the vanilla extract, and allow to cool (at room temperature) for about an hour.
To make the Chocolate Peanut Cookies:
- Place the butter in a medium pot and melt it over low heat.
- Remove from heat and stir in the sugars.
- Crack in the eggs, stirring vigorously.
- Add the vanilla, then the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt, and stir until fully incorporated.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and peanuts, and scoop by the tablespoonful onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Press to flatten slightly.
- Chill for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are set, but the middle of the cookies are still soft.
To assemble the Rocky Road Sandwich Cookies:
- Scoop about a tablespoon of marshmallow filling onto the bottom of half the cookies. (I found a small ice cream scoop works really well for this. Mist it lightly with non-stick spray first!)
- Sandwich the remaining cookies on top and enjoy!
Totally irresistible! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Thanks Karly! And thank you again for hosting 😉 Hope you had a fun weekend!
These are making my mouth water! Confession: I will take a cookie over ice cream any day of the week. No offense, ice cream. Congrats again on your successful TV appearance. You were so wonderful to watch!
Thanks Nora! It’s a tough call between cookies and ice cream for me too… Cookies just may edge out, especially if they’re warm from the oven!
Rocky road sandwich cookies are like the best recipe ever! These look super chocolatey and delicious!
Oh yes. So much yes! Thanks so much Jess!
Wooooooow your weekend sounds busy and fun at the same time!!!!!!! I lovedddddddd your TV appearance!!! I watched it online, of course and you were just AMAZING!!!!!!!! These ice cream sandwiches are just mind blowing!!!! I am loving the rocky road version.
Lol thank you so much my dear! I love rocky road too- chocolatey, crunchy, sweet, gooey, and a little salty. What more could you want, right? Thanks so much for the sweet comment, love!
Wow, it must’ve been adrenaline! Or the fact that my suspicions about you having kitchen powers have been confirmed 😉 Just kidding, you are plain amazing! These cookies are proof. I love sandwich cookies; two for one PLUS filling! The flavors in these, and that awesome texture balance, sound incredible!
Thanks sweetie! You are too kind ;P And you’re so right- two cookies plus filling > one plain cookie for sure!
I’m sooo happy for your success!! And girl…these cookie sandwiches….YES! I love the filling and the gooey cookies and the crunchy peanuts-a perfect combo of deliciousness!
Thank you so much Kayle! Gooey + crunchy + chocolate = winning for me too ;P
How exciting to be on Fox!
These cookies look scrumptious! I wish I had 1 or 4 right now. As always, I adore your gorgeous photos!!
Thanks Tina that is so sweet of you to say!
Wow! What a busy holiday for you! Hope you got some well deserved rest after all of that and congrats on the tv appearance, that is SO cool!
These look amazing, by the way, I love the marshmallowy filling!
Thanks, Kayley! It was one of those crazy weekends, but I’m so glad I had the one day to rest up a bit. Thank you so much for the sweet comment! 😀
Congrats on the TV appearance, Allie – wow, that is incredible! It sounds like you did amazingly not feeling at all nervous. I would have been ridiculously nervous – in fact I don’t think I could have done it!
The cookies sound wonderful, too. Such a creative idea!
Lol the whole thing was such a blur! I don’t think I even had time to get nervous. It was probably a good thing. Thanks so much Helen!
Ohh that soundedlikea fun experience, but very tiring indeed!I hope you were able to get some well-deserved relax!
These cookies look fantastic – I’m so checking the recipe right now! x
Yes, it was fun and a bit crazy! Thank goodness I had the following day to crash, lol. Thanks so much Consuelo!
You are a super mama Allie and definitely deserve some rest after all the incredible treats you made! So glad you had such an amazing weekend with so many exciting and good things! And I love these rocky road sandwich cookies – they are absolutely gorgeous! Pinning!
Thank you so much, Kelly! You are such a sweetie. And thanks for the pin, too!
What a delicious recipe! Great job 🙂
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Yum! I love rocky road so will for sure be trying these. My kids aren’t fans of pecan or walnut in cookies but I think they’ll handle peanut. If not, just means more for me 🙂 Awesome job this weekend. Mine was quite lazy in comparison!
This would certainly make for a pot luck favorite with young and old alike. You get twice as much and yet one is only taking A cookies, don’t your know. Ha!
I can see inspiration has struck! These look amazing!!!
You are just so adorable. You deserve a week of sleep, maybe two! These cookies are just beautiful and the perfect chocolate pick-me-up. Love it.
Right back atcha, darlin’! Thank you so much and I hope your week is off to a great start! <3
Yum! These will definitely fill the void of chocolate in my day.
Pinning.
Lol that is just how I feel sometimes~ a void of chocolate! So happy you like them Melanie, and thank you for pinning!
You are a total rock star, Allie. My eyes bugged out of my head when I saw how many delicious treats you prepared for your tv spot. I don’t know how you do it! I’m glad you had an incredible experience (I still need to watch your appearance) and a wonderful, exciting 4th of July weekend. Girrrrrl, these sandwich cookies are calling my name. Heading over to Connie’s to read about them!
I don’t know how I did it either, sister. I think I had an out of body experience, lol! Adrenaline…! Anyway thank you so much for being so supportive and sweet. It really means the world to me, you have no idea! I’m so grateful for your friendship <3
You deserve all the rest!! You had a great weekend and if this is how you come back then girl…I heart you! Heading over now for the recipe.
Thank you sweetie! It sure felt good to rest up after a crazy whirlwind of activity… ready to tackle another busy week now! Hope yours is off to a fantastic start 😀
Oh my1 You are definitely well rested with these gorgeous sandwich cookies. I will take a dozen!
Lol thanks love! 😀