The Ultimate Campfire S’mores Cookie- The Best Recipe

Summer is hopefully around the corner? Here in Michigan we have no idea what the weather is doing so I thought I could help bring in the good summer vibes by making campfire s’more cookies. I love that this cookie is a brown butter chocolate chip cookie with an addition of crushed cinnamon graham crackers, topped with gooey, charred marshmallows, and melted Hershey’s chocolate! I can just smell the campfire smoke! Are you ready for the summer?

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

12 minutes

Yield

12 cookies

Ingredients

1 stick unsalted butter, browned, see notes

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

1/3 granulated sugar

1 large egg + 1 egg yolk, room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/3 cup flour, measured correctly, see notes

4 sheets graham crackers, crushed

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup milk chocolate chips, see notes

Large marshmallows halved and Hershey bar squares for topping

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a medium bowl add the flour, graham crackers, baking soda, salt, and set aside.

Take the stick of butter and melt it in a small sauce pan. You want to stir and cook until the milk solids have browned and the butter smells toasty. This takes about 8-10 minutes. Pour the butter in small glass container and place it in the freezer to give it a chance to cool down.

To a standing mixer, add in the granulated sugar, brown sugar, and cooled brown butter (scrape all the bits and pieces) to the bowl. Mix until combined.

Add the egg and egg yolk to the butter mixture and mix. Add in the vanilla extract and mix. Add in the flour mixture and mix until JUST combined. It is okay if you see flour pockets. Add in the chocolate chips and mix for a few more seconds until the chocolate is distributed proportionally. Do this on a low setting so you do not over mix!

Using a standard cookie scoop, scoop the dough out onto the sheet tray. Make sure there is at least 3-4 inches between each cookie. DO NOT squish the dough balls down, trust the process!

Place the dough in the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Once the timer goes off, pull the cookies out, and turn on the broiler. Place two marshmallow halves and a square of chocolate on each cookie (see picture). Put the cookies back in the oven to get a nice char on the marshmallows. About 30 seconds-1 minute. This goes fast so don’t leave the kitchen!

Let the cookies cool and enjoy!

Notes

Cut the butter into squares and melt it slow and steady. Be careful since the butter will start to pop a little! As soon as you start to see the butter turn darker start to stir since now things will go pretty quick. You will know the butter is done when there is a pretty large amount of foam at the top and it smells nutty and toasty
Do not scoop the measuring cup in the flour and shake the access off! Take your empty measuring spoon and use a tablespoon to scoop the flour into the measuring spoon until it is full and with a knife level it
Feel free to use milk chocolate as directed but I totally used a mixture of milk and dark chocolate since I like the combination better and the bitter sweetness from the darker chocolate
Do no squish your dough balls down before baking! I know it is tempting since the dough balls are pretty high, but they will start to spread once cooked, and when you add the toppings you will press them into the gooey baked cookie! If you start with a flat cookie ball then it will be paper thin by the time you are done and we don’t want that!