HG's Rocky Road Softies

By sunitagt

1/6th of recipe (1 softie): 144 calories, 4.5g fat, 160mg sodium, 23g carbs, 2g fiber, 11.5g sugars, 3g protein -- PointsPlus® value 4*

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup brown sugar (not packed)
• 2 tbsp. granulated sugar
• 2 tbsp. light whipped butter
• 2 tbsp. natural, no additive applesauce
• 1 egg
• 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup whole-wheat flour
• 2 packets hot cocoa mix
• 1/4 tsp. baking powder
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
• 2 tbsp. mini dark chocolate chips
• 2 tbsp. sliced almonds, roughly chopped
• 24 mini marshmallows (about 1/4 cup)

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray.

2. In a medium bowl, thoroughly whisk brown sugar, sugar, butter, applesauce, egg, and vanilla extract. Add flour, cocoa mix, baking powder, and salt, and stir until smooth. Fold in oats, chocolate chips, and chopped almonds.

3. Spoon batter onto the sheet in 6 evenly spaced mounds. Use the back of a spoon to spread and flatten into 3-inch circles.

4. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of a softie comes out mostly clean, about 9 minutes. Leave oven on.

5. Meanwhile, cut each marshmallow into 2 coin-shaped halves.

6. Top each softie with 8 marshmallow halves, cut sides down. Bake until marshmallows just begin to melt, 1 to 2 minutes. (Do not overbake, as marshmallows will completely melt.)