Baking Starbucks Pastries at Home

Everyone knows I've been working at Starbucks for the past two years now. It's a part of the two things I am passionate about; coffee and baking. Well Starbucks has recently added La Boulange to their company and it is rolling out warm french pastries for it's customers. One pastry in particular is called the Chewy Chocolate Meringue Cookie. It has goooey chocolately goodness in every bite and I am absolutely obsessed with them. So naturally I, of course, found a recipe that is very similar and easy to do at home. I personally think this recipe tastes better than the Starbucks cookie, but I would devour both any day. This recipe is courtesy of Deliciously Yum!. It's even gluten free for all the Celiacs out there.


Yields 20
Ingredients

1. 3 cups confectioners' sugar
2. 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (Hershey's Special Dark)
3. 1/4 teaspoon salt
4. 2 to 4 large egg whites, at room temperature
5. 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
6. 1 1/2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips
7. 1/4 cup graham crackers, broken into pieces plus extra for topping cookies
8. 1/4 cup mini marshmallows, cut in half plus extra for topping cookies

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray or use a silpat mat.
2. 1. With the help of your stand mixer, whisk together confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder and salt. Add two egg whites and vanilla. If batter seems too thick, add another egg white until batter is thick, but moist (I used 3 egg whites, but depending on your egg size you might need to add another. Batter consistency should not be runny. If the addition of another egg white causes your batter to be too runny, add another 1/4 cup or so of confectioners' sugar).
3. 2. Remove bowl from mixer and fold in chocolate chips, graham cracker pieces, and mini marshmallows. Place about 1 1/2 tablespoons of batter per cookie on the prepared baking sheet. Top each cookie with additional graham cracker pieces and marshmallows. Bake for 10 minutes. Let cookies cool completely before removing from the cookie sheet. Enjoy!