Chocolate Chip S'mookies

Substitutions & Swaps

🍪 Cookies

• Homemade chocolate chip cookies (called for) - Bake them slightly underdone so they stay chewy under the warm marshmallow
• Bakery chocolate chip cookies - The shortcut; pick thick, soft ones over thin and crisp
• Graham crackers - Go fully classic s'more if you want the traditional crunch
• Brownie cookies or snickerdoodles - Fun flavor twists that hold up to the marshmallow

🍫 Chocolate

• Milk chocolate bar - Melts fast and tastes most like a classic s'more
• Dark chocolate - Cuts the sweetness against the cookie and marshmallow
• Peanut butter cups - Adds a salty-nutty layer that works overtime here
• Caramel or hazelnut spread - A smear in place of the bar for extra ooze

🔥 Marshmallow

• Jumbo marshmallows - More gooey surface area per s'mookie
• Marshmallow fluff - Spreadable and torchable; no skewering required
• Flavored marshmallows (vanilla bean, toasted coconut) - Easy way to dress it up

🔧 Assembly Method

• Kitchen torch - Best char and the most control over the marshmallow
• Broiler - Toast marshmallows on a sheet pan for 30 to 60 seconds, watching closely
• Gas burner - Skewer and toast over the flame like a campfire
• Microwave - 10 to 15 seconds puffs the marshmallow without the char, the rainy-day move

🍪🔥🍫 Tips & Tricks for the Best Chocolate Chip S'mookies

Gooey marshmallow, melty chocolate, chewy cookie, no campfire needed

• Underbake the cookies by 2 minutes. They keep baking from the warm marshmallow, and a slightly soft cookie stays chewy instead of cracking when you bite down.
• Match your cookies in pairs by size. A top and bottom that line up means the marshmallow does not squish out the sides on the first bite.
• Warm the chocolate, do not rely on the marshmallow alone. Set the chocolate on the warm cookie for a minute so it is already softening before the hot marshmallow lands.
• Torch the marshmallow off to the side. Toast it on a skewer or sheet pan, not directly on the cookie, so you do not scorch the chocolate chips.
• Go for deep gold, not black. A few seconds past golden is where the toasted-marshmallow flavor lives; full char just tastes burnt.
• Assemble while everything is warm. The pull comes from a hot marshmallow against a warm cookie. Build them one at a time and eat immediately.
• Press gently and twist. A light press and a small twist seals the sandwich and pushes the chocolate into the marshmallow without crushing the cookie.
• Set up a s'mookie bar for a crowd. Lay out cookies, chocolate, and a torch and let guests build their own. It is the whole party right there.
• Keep a damp towel nearby. This is sticky, gooey work; a towel within reach keeps the torch and your hands clean between rounds.
• Make the cookies ahead, never the s'mookies. Cookies hold for days; assembled s'mookies are a within-the-hour dessert.