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Hot Chocolate Macarons – Beautifully decorated cookie with a crisp cookie shell and soft center. The marshmallow filling makes this cookie taste just like hot cocoa in cookie form.

Nothing says Christmas cookie to me like a cookie made to resemble hot cocoa.

Instead of a regular cookie, we decided to make macarons – one of my favorite cookies to make. If macarons are your favorite too, be sure to check out my other recipes — Coffee flavored macarons, strawberry lemon macarons, lemon lavender macarons, cinnamon roll macarons, and if you want a complete step by step on how to make these cookies, visit this post on how to make french macarons.

But for now, let's talk about these hot chocolate macarons.

Make Macarons Like a Pro with these Supplies

If you like making macarons or want to try your hand at it, here are some supplies you might want to invest in.

• Macaron Baking Kit
• Gel Food Coloring
• Cookbook on making macarons for beginners
• Macaron baking boxes
• Flour Sifter

How to Make Hot Chocolate Macarons

For the cookie batter, you will need —

• 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
• 1 cup almond flour, sifted
• 3 egg whites
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon of egg white powder

Start by combining 1 and 1/2 cups of powdered sugar with 1 cup of almond flour, egg white powder, and the cocoa powder.

You want to sift it. The reason you do this is so that you get rid of all the clumps that are in the almond flour. You want a very superfine powder to work with. This will ensure your cookies come out smooth on top. The best almond flour to use is the Blue Diamond Finely Sifted.

Just throw away the clumpy bits because you will not use them. Set the other bowl aside.

Now, in your stand mixer, you will beat your egg whites until they are fluffy. Then, add in your sugar. Beat on high until somewhat stiff.

Your egg whites need to be stiff enough to create a little bird beak.

Fold the meringue into the dry ingredients. The batter will be thick but loose enough to make a figure 8 in the batter. 

To whip this batter, you have to be super careful and not overwhip it. This will cause your cookies not to gain their feet (which we will talk about below).

In the bowl, use a rubber spatula and start a circle in a clockwise motion. When you get back to the top at 12'oclock, then go straight down. That is 1 turn.

Do this 35-45 times.

Now, put your large tip on the piping bag and fill the bag with the cookie batter.

Pipe the cookies onto the tray. You can make smaller ones or you can make bigger ones. The size depends on you. The normal size is about 1 and 1/2″.

Once you pipe the cookies onto your parchment-lined sheet tray, take a wet finger and gently tap the top of the cookies if there are any tips sticking up.

Take the tray and firmly tap it on the counter 3 times to remove any air bubbles from the cookies.

Before Baking the Cookies

Then, let the cookies rest for 20 minutes or until the tops are dry to the touch. They should not be sticky at all.

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees and when you are ready to bake the cookies, place them on the middle rack and bake for about 12 minutes.

Let them cool before peeling them off of the parchment paper. Your cookies should have feet like these when they are baked correctly.

Let's Fill Those Cookies

Before filling your cookies, take them and try to match up the sizes as best as you can. Since we are human and not perfect, the sizes will not all be uniform.

You can fill your cookies with whatever flavor you like. Most of the time, people go for buttercream. However, for this recipe, we are doing marshmallow buttercream.

Once you pipe on the buttercream, assemble the cookie.

Put the top half on and allow the cookies to set up in the fridge so the buttercream stiffens all the way. When it is done, you have the perfect Hot Chocolate Flavored Macaron cookie.

Time To Decorate the Tops

For the tops, we dipped them in melted milk chocolate and added some Christmas sprinkles and fun mini marshmallows to create the perfect hot chocolate topping.

Check Out Our Other Macaron Cookie Flavors

Be sure to try my other delicious macaron flavors —

• Coffee Flavored Macarons
• Strawberry Lemon Macarons
• Lemon Lavender Macarons
• Cinnamon Roll Macarons
• Cotton Candy Macarons

Delicious Christmas Cookies to Try

• Chocolate Chip Cocoa Powder Cookies from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
• Cinnamon Cookies from Daily Dish Recipes
• Coconut Cookies from Magical Ingredients
• Cranberry Orange Cookies from Devour Dinner
• Old Fashioned Iced Molasses Cookies from An Affair from the Heart
• Gingerbread Biscotti from Kate's Recipe Box
• Hot Chocolate Macarons from Jen Around the World
• Meltaway Cookies from Palatable Pastime
• Nastar Cookies from A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures
• Polish Cream Cheese Cookies from Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks
• Turtle Chocolate Chip Cookies from Blogghetti