These lettuce wraps with spicy mayo and chile peppers are a tasty snack made with canned tuna, Thai basil, and cilantro. To serve them as a lighter main dish, double the serves. No one will ever suspect they were made with tuna in a can, according to my family.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Servings: | 36 |
| Yield: | 36 cookies |
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- 1 (16 ounce) package milk chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 (16 ounce) package colored miniature marshmallows
- 2 cups flaked coconut
Instructions
- Melt the butter and chocolate chips in a heavy saucepan over medium heat; mix until smooth and creamy; remove from heat and stir in the vanilla. Fold in the marshmallows and walnuts.
- Scatter about half of the coconut onto a large baking sheet. Form the chocolate mixture into two oblong logs and lay them onto the coconut. Use the remaining coconut to coat the logs. Refrigerate until the logs are firm, about 1 hour. Cut logs into 3/4-inch slices.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 168 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 21 g |
| Cholesterol | 7 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 47 mg |
| Sugars | 16 g |
| Fat | 10 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
made this for christmas, was very good tasting. was hard rolling it up, just have to let it cool down a bit first
I’ve been making these for years, but hadn’t for a few so I had to look for a recipe. I couldn’t remember how much butter. I did change the nuts to dry roasted peanuts this year. My daughter is deathly allergic to tree nuts and I wanted her to be able to share them. She has no trouble with peanuts. Also, I have never made them with any chips except semi-sweet. I was surprised to see several comments about letting the chocolate cool because in all the times I’ve made them, I’ve never had the marshmallows melt. I checked my chocolate after it was all melted and it wasn’t nearly hot enough to melt anything! I put the chips and the butter in a glass bowl and heated in the microwave for 30 seconds, stirred, heated another 30 seconds, and stirred until it was smooth. It took a few stirs, but I once burnt chocolate chips (they turn to powder!) and I never melt them any longer than I have to. I discovered I didn’t have any wax paper, but I did have freezer paper, so I used that and it seems to have worked perfectly. They are still in the freezer, but they are going to be excellent!
I really struggled with these cookies- I followed the recipe to the letter and there wasn’t enough chocolate to hold the marshmallows and walnuts together in logs. I ended up adding more chocolate and this was still just a mess. The flavor is ok but INCREDIBLY sweet.
Made these at Christmas time. I love them but most recipes use raw egg. I am sceptical of using them. I made these with no substitutions. I was happy to find this recipe. They freeze well too. Thanks for a great recipe.
My grandmother used to make these every year. I like it better without the coconut.
After looking all over the Internet for a recipe for Church Window Cookies (I remember these cookies from my childhood, made by my beautiful Aunt, and I so much wanted to make them for my children), I selected this recipe as it’s so consistent with the others I found. I followed the recipe to the letter but had less than desirable results. The chocolate seized up and the marshmallows wouldn’t incorporate into it; meanwhile, the residual heat melted them. I managed to salvage the ingredients but my cookies look nothing like the adorable church windows in the recipe photos. I think I’ll try developing this recipe myself but tempering the chocolate.
I use coconut oil instead of butter and they turned out fantastic. I made them last Christmas and will make them this year again. They are delicious and look great on the cookie platter
I made them for a cookie exchange and I thought I made them as directed, but the logs looked more like the evidence of the reindeer having been there. When sliced, they looked nothing like the picture. The only difference I can think of is that I used the tiny marshmallows (like those in Lucky Charms) and maybe the chocolate wasn’t cooled enough so they melted. I’d rate them a 0.1 for looks and a 4 for taste.
I use a 12 oz bag of semi sweet chocolate chips and a 10 oz bag of colored marshmallows. and the best tip I found is to freeze them for a bit, then they are firm enough to slice, and BEST TIP… use an electric knife for slicing!! It works very well! can even get thinner slices , without smashing the log!!
Too many marshshmallows for this recipe made it a horrible one. Cut back to just a 10 oz. bag, not 16 oz. . Unfortunately I lost my original recipe
These are great! Here are some tips for next year: I melted 1/2 cup butter with 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips in the microwave for about 2 minutes, stirring after 1 1/2 minutes. I added about 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and let the chocolate mixture cool a few minutes, just so it wasn’t molten hot. Then I stirred in a 10.5-ounce bag colored miniature marshmallows. I spread coconut in a line onto three sheets of wax paper. Then I scooped the marshmallow mixture along the lines to form a log. Sprinkle more coconut on top, roll up the wax paper, and twist the ends. I’m sure I used more than 2 cups of coconut, but I didn’t measure it. I like the tip about using a foil box, but I didn’t have one.
I made three different rolls. Rolled cold in nuts, smashed Graham crackers, and coconut. If you are not familar with these cookies, it is easy to get lost with this particular recipe. I just remember from childhood and watching how they were made.
I make a version of these every year, so did my grandma. That’s where I got the recipe. She used to call them Window Pane Cookies, although not a cookie. I love these, they are a tradition.
My mother has made these for as long as I can remember, the only difference is she puts in on wax paper and rolls it into logs and instead of coconut she sprinkles powdered sugar on them when they are firm. ( Because I’m allergic to coconut)
This is something I made all the time my kids were growing up during the holidays.. They loved them.. They are more like a candy than a cookie, but they are good and so easy!! Besides they really dress up your cookie platters..
First of all, I LOVE church window cookies but there are a few problems with this particular recipe. 1) I have never come across a 16oz bag of chocolate chips, only 12 oz. And same for the marshmallows, they have always been 10 oz bags. 2) this recipe leaves a lot unexplained for the process of rolling the log. I also agree with another reviewer that margarine works much better than butter for this particular recipe, even though I am a huge advocate of using real butter otherwise. If you go with the 12 oz bag of chips, 10 of marshmallow and use margarine, this recipe will come out perfect. Just make sure you heat the chocolate and butter on a low setting so it doesn’t burn, then it will harden and not mix well with the marshmallows.
Didn’t use cocoanut just rolled in confectionary sugar this really is an old one to make.. Really pretty!
I grew up with these cookies…my mom made them at Christmas time. Everyone needs to try these, they are easy to make and taste great. it’s leaving out the part that you place about a cup or more of the mixture onto wax paper. mold it into logs and roll up the wax paper and just twist the ends of the paper to seal it shut or you can use twist ties.
I’ve made these for over 35 years. They are always a big hit. You can also make these with semi-sweet Chocolate chips.
My mom used to make something very similar to these every year for Christmas…minus the coconut and with a cookie crust in a 9 X 13 pan. They were always a favorite of mine they are pretty and so yummy…I might have to bring back the tradition and add the coconut to change it up a bit!
I tried this and I think the recipe needs to be a little more specific regarding what you do after you remove from heat. After following the directions, I read other recipes on this site for the same thing and it says to let cool. Then it goes on to say add marshmallows etc. So the marshmallows melted into the hot chocolate and the windows didn’t look quite as they should. It also changed the taste