Lets take a culinary adventure back to the delicious decade of 1990 and an obsession that was equally as mouthwatering as it was to-die-for tasty: chocolate marshmallow cookies and Valley River Mall. Most of you will not know Valley River Mall, but I bet you do remember the old cookie stands that were a regular fixture in the suburban shopping paradise...the cookies were big (so big) and our favorite was a chocolate comatose of rich cocoa, gooey marshmallows and a smothering of luscious, fluffy frosting.
Not only was this cookie experience so memorable because of the sugared goodness that I can still taste to this day, but more importantly because it was my sister's first introduction into why the world of baking is so much more that an Oreo. In our 7 year old world, these cookies were gold and our allowance was currency. My sister LOVED these and she I will credit as my inspiration in the quest at recreating the cookies from our childhood that have long been lost in shopping mall turnover.
Ingredients
1 box of chocolate cake mix (I like devils food)
1/2 cup of butter
2 eggs
1 tablespoon of pure vanilla
1 bag of large marshmallows (cut each marshmallow in half and set aside)
Chocolate frosting (you can make it or by it canned - one can will do for this whole recipe and its easy!)
Recipe
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. With an electric mixer, cream butter (apx. 2 minutes)
3. Add cake mix, eggs and vanilla - mix until blended
4. Drop by spoonful onto cookie sheet lined with parchment (I use a medium cookie scoop)
5. Bake @ 350 for 8- 9 minutes
6. Remove cookies from oven and quickly place 2-3 marshmallow halves sticky side down on top of the cookie
7. Place pan back in oven for 1 minute
8. Remove cookies again and use the back of a buttered spoon to lightly flatten and spread the melted marshmallow across the top of each cookie
9. Allow to cool and frost with the chocolate frosting, making sure to cover all the marshmallow
10. Eat, eat, and try to share :)
17 comments:
These look simple and delicious!
What a fun story behind these delicious chocolatey cookies! I'd love to feature your recipe on our blog :), please let me know if you're interested.
Thanks!
Sophie, Key Ingredient Chief Blogger
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I as well was a lover of the chocolate marshmallow cookies sold at Valley River center. And no matter what mall I am in ,and in whatever city I look for these cookies! Thank you for your easy recipe to childhood past!!
Wow, I was actually online trying to find THESE cookies. I'm from Florence and when ever we would go to Eugene to go school clothes shopping we used to get these at the Valley River Mall!!! Every once in a while I will crave them! So for the our 4th of July party this year I thought I'd try and make them. Thanks!!
Christina Ory
Christina, I am so glad you found these too!! They are delicious as well as memory lane worthy :) Let me know how they turn out!
I also was just online trying to find a recipe for these cookies. My 3 daughters and I have fond memories of these cookies at Valley River Mall in the 1980's. We couldn't get them out of our mind. So, we all have been trying to find the recipe. Isn't the internet delightful for things like this. Thanks for your post.
Gloria in Gig Harbor, WA
Thank you so much for posting these cookies. My brother inlaw just loves these cookies and the bakery by us makes them but they are not the same. So thank you i am going to give these a try.
Thanks for sharing this one! They look so yummy and kinda retro LOL Can't wait to give 'em a try :)
i used to get these cookies when i went to the mall ive been craving these cookies for a long time
thank you becky from
tenino wa
Yes! I remember eating these in
Valley River when I'd get to go on a shopping trip from Bend to Eugene - Bend shopping was NOT what it is now. Thanks for posting, because I can't wait to share them with my young daughters!
A mall in my home town kelso called Three Rivers sold this very cookie and like all of you i loved it. Thanks so much its been ages since ive got to enjoy this cookie:)
Was the shop called The Cookie Cutter? I am from Vancouver, and just this morning I was asked to find a recipe for these cookies.
I am not a fan of cake mix cookies, but I will try them.
Thanks,
Jenny
I am so happy you have this recipe! I was telling my husband about the Warm Cookie Store at Valley River and how I always used to get these cookies and how much I wished I could have one again. Can't wait to try it!
I am also looking for the recipe from the Vancouver Mall Cookie Cutter Shop. My husband and I both loved them!! I'll give this one a try & see how it goes :)
OMG... Warm Oven Cookies... originally they were in what used to be the tiny little (now very overgrown) Oakway Mall... then they moved to the Valley River Mall... and then when I came back from college back east, they were gone!!! This is so wonderful, thank you!!!!!
Love this! Grew up in Eugene and these are the BEST! I thought I would never taste them again! Thank You!
EWoods
I DO know Valley River Center!...and fondly remember those cookies:) In fact, those are the very cookies I was searching recipes for! Imagine my surprise when you actually mentioned them & VRC! I am so anxious to try your recipe after I convert it to gluten free--THANK YOU!!!
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