S’mores Cookies — 🍪 🙌🏻 🎉 These SOFT and CHEWY cookies are loaded with chocolate, marshmallows, and graham crackers!! The best s’mores you’ll ever eat and no campfire required! Kids and adults alike LOVE these amazing cookies!
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I love s’mores, but like most busy adults I don’t frequently find myself just hanging around campfires and roasting marshmallows over an open flame. The last time that happened was probably 1987 and I was a Girl Scout.
Which is why these s’mores cookies are a beautiful thing. They bring the taste of s’mores indoors via soft, tender, chewy chocolate chip cookies.
I adapted my favorite chocolate chip cookie base because the cookies turn out exceedingly soft, every time. I added crushed graham crackers, mini marshmallow bits, and chocolate chips. The result is nothing short of the gooey, chewy, moist, chocolaty heaven.
They’re enough to make the Brownie Scouts jealous that they have to stand around swatting bugs and getting stinky hair for their s’mores.
The graham crackers soften slightly while baking, but retain some crunch, which is a perfect contrast to the the little marshmallow bits that stay chewy.
There’s an abundance of chocolate in every bite because s’mores aren’t good unless there’s chocolate coating your fingernails and dripping all over. Keep the napkins handy.
Ingredients in S’mores Cookies
To make these s’mores chocolate chip cookies, you’ll need:
- Unsalted butter
- Light brown sugar
- Granulated sugar
- Egg
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour
- Cornstarch
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Graham crackers
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips (milk chocolate chips work too)
- Marshmallow bits
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make S’mores Cookies
Making s’mores cookies with actual graham crackers is very easy. Here are the basic steps:
- Add the butter, sugars, egg and vanilla to a stand mixer and beat until light and fluffy (this will take a few minutes!).
- Add in the dry ingredients and beat just until mixed.
- Then, fold in the graham crackers, chocolate chips, and marshmallows.
- Scoop the cookie dough into balls and set on a plate. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 2 hours.
- Once the dough has chilled, place the cookie dough balls on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake until the edges have set and the tops are just beginning to set, even if slightly undercooked, pale and glossy in the center.
Cookie FAQs
Yes, you MUST chill the cookie dough prior to baking it. Do not bake with warm dough because cookies will spread and bake thinner and flatter.
Whenever I post a s’mores dessert recipe, I usually have readers from outside the US say they can’t find graham crackers where they live. If that’s the case for you, I recommend using another lightly sweetened cracker or cookie in place of the graham crackers. I think plain digestive biscuits would work well here, but let me know what you wind up using!
However, please make these s’mores cookies with graham crackers if possible. That will deliver the most authentic s’mores flavor.
I used Kraft Jet-Puffed Mallow Bits, rather than actual marshmallows, because they survive the baking process better. The bits are sold in the baking aisle of most grocery stores or Target, but if you can’t find them, use regular mini marshmallows.
Technically yes, but the cookies won’t be nearly as soft and pillowy without it. Cornstarch cookies are some of my favorites because they bake up soft and chewy every time!
I used the classic s’mores mix-ins to make this cookie recipe, but you’re welcome to add additional mix-ins if desired. I imagine shredded coconut and chopped nuts would pair nicely with the marshmallows, chocolate chips, and graham crackers!
I used semi-sweet chocolate chips to make this recipe super easy to throw together, but you can substitute 12 ounces of Hershey’s bars that have been chopped up. Using Hershey’s bars would give these cookies an even more authentic s’mores flavor.
Storage Instructions
Store cookies airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week, or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Alternatively, unbaked cookie dough can be stored airtight in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, so consider baking only as many cookies as desired and save the remaining dough to be baked in the future when desired.
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Soft and Chewy Smores Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup light brown sugar, packed
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch salt, optional and to taste
- 1 cup coarsely chopped graham crackers, about 4 full-size cracker sheets
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, (12 ounce bag)
- 1 ¼ cups marshmallow bits
Instructions
- To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the butter, sugars, egg, vanilla, and beat on medium-high speed until well-creamed, light and fluffy, about 5 minutes (or use a hand mixer and beat for at least 7 minutes).
- Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, optional salt, and mix until just combined, about 1 minute.
- Add the graham crackers, chocolate chips, marshmallows and beat momentarily to incorporate, less than 1 minute, or fold in by hand.
- Using a medium 2-inch cookie scoop, form heaping two tablespoon mounds (I made 26). Place mounds on a large plate, flatten mounds slightly with your palm, cover with plasticwrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or up to 5 days, before baking. Do not bake with warm dough because cookies will spread and bake thinner and flatter.
- Preheat oven to 350F, line a baking sheet with a Silpat or spray with cooking spray. Place mounds on baking sheet, spaced at least 2 inches apart (I bake 8 cookies per sheet).
- Bake for 8 minutes, or until edges have set and tops are just beginning to set, even if slightly undercooked, pale and glossy in the center. Do not bake longer than 9 minutes if you want ooey-gooey Smores-like cookies because they firm up as they cool (The cookies shown in the photos were baked with dough that had been chilled overnight, allowed to come to room temp for 15 minutes, and were baked for 8 minutes, with trays rotated at the 4-minute mark. They have chewy edges with soft, pillowy, gooey centers).
- Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes before removing and transferring to a rack to finish cooling.
Notes
- Store cookies airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week, or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- Alternatively, unbaked cookie dough can be stored airtight in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, so consider baking only as many cookies as desired and save the remaining dough to be baked in the future when desired.
- Dough base adapted from Twix Bar Chocolate Chip Cookies, Soft and Chewy M&M’s Cookies, Soft and Chewy Snickers Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Chocolate Chip and Chunk Cookies.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I would give both kidneys for these cookies.
Can we just be neighbors and you can make me cookies ALL THE TIME? ;)
I wish I could make donations! I have way too much food in this house! :)
I love smores, these are the best!
I know that the life of my camera is not eternal, but the idea of it just pooping out on me kind of gives me an anxiety attack!! Thank goodness that you decided to still make these! They look like heaven in a cookie! Pinning!
I could have gotten it fixed$$ but that takes time and money and as a blogger and author, I don’t have the luxury of just waiting around, being camera-less, and the old camera had 20k frames on it. So yes, it would have lasted longer, but it’s like repairing a car when you’re a taxi driver – at some point you just have to say, this is my livelihood and I need to get a new one. But gulp. Yes, anxiety! And thanks for pinning!
I am in love with these cookies! They look amazing.
thanks!
I just made my own version of these over the weekend, but I had no idea these marshmallow bits existed! Instead, I sandwiched melted marshmallows between two little cookies which was cute, but so much effort. Definitely trying it your way next time!
Oh the marshmallow bits are so helpful in recipes like this! Try them next time. Baking aisle of all major groc stores, Target, Walmart, etc.
See now this is a creative take on the S’mores trend! I love it. If I hadn’t just made some cookie dough (chilling in the fridge and calling to me right now) I’d make something like this. I even have mini marshmallows in the fridge!
The cornstarch is KEY in cookies. I never bake them without it anymore.
That’s crazy that you just made cookie dough AND have the mini marshmallows on hand. But I am not surprised after all these years about the parallels! You could always just smoosh some onto the top before baking :) But knowing you, they could be some triple ginger cookie with cayenne pepper sprinkled in so the m’mallows may not work…ha!
“I don’t find myself just hanging around campfires” bahahahaha. I don’t either, but I’ll make these cookies to cheer myself up about it ;)
Amen & enjoy!
OMG, Averie! I already love your CCC recipe and now you make it into a s’more version. I am overly excited! I really was going to put off cookie baking for a while as I had a bit too many last week, but after seeing this that may not happen. And the twix version, I still need to try those as well!
This is my fave version! Then the Snickers, then Twix. Something about these though, soooo good! LMK if you try them :)
Cornstarch does go a long way, I have been using it ever since I saw it in one of your recipes and it works wonders with cookies. Gosh I hope your camera is fine I would have been crying hysterically if that happen to me; I guess there are worse thing in life but they are so expensive, it is so irritating when they act up.
Well now that I have a brand new one, I should be set for a good, long, very long time :)
Oh my goodness, I would have freaked about my camera!
These cookies look awesome, I know my kids would go nuts for them.
Yeah. It was a freakout but it happens.
Oh my goodness. Maybe it isn’t a good thing I discovered you–cookies are my downfall. :) I have never tried making cookies with cornstarch in them and now I can’t wait to try. I have made cookies with pudding in the recipe and they do bake up nicely (I read your comments regarding the similarities of pudding/cornstarch).
We camp a lot so we have s’mores several times a year.
Yes the first ingredient in pudding mix is usually modified food starch, i.e. cornstarch, so that’s why they bake up so soft. Now you can shortcut that, and just use 2 tsp actual cornstarch for about 1 penny, not $1.49 for the box :)
First of all, WOW! Second of all, I am seriously craving a cookie right now. I posted a S’mores treat today too! Great minds, eh?! Oh my gosh…I’m starting to even type like a Canadian now! ;)
I can’t believe how thick those cookies are. I have s’mores every one in a while but they’re often too sweet for me. I really like the “s’mores indoors” idea! Too bad about your camera but hope you like the upgrade. The pics looks great!
I know, and that’s after SMOOSHING THEM. I have to smack down all my cookies. The dry air in San Diego and things just RISE here and get so puffy with much less flour than most people need! And the upgrade is like…a dream come true!
My kids are drooling on my shoulder begging me to make these ;}
I could do some serious bribing right about now!
Oh make sure you get a big list of chores completed before baking :)
Oh man I couldn’t recall the last time I had a s’more either. I don’t remember making them very often as a kid though. I love the idea of taking something like that – from childhood – and combining it with a cookie.