These Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are an easy-to-make holiday cookie recipe that’s perfect for Christmas! Made with real chocolate and coated in sugar for the perfect holiday treat!
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Have you started your holiday baking yet? I’ll be honest, it’s the second week of December and I haven’t started baking yet! But it’s on the agenda for this week and the kids and I are so excited to get started with these Chocolate Crinkle Cookies! I just know you’re going to love them as much as we do!
How to Make Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Unlike most chocolate crinkle cookie recipes this recipe includes real melted chocolate in the dough instead of just cocoa powder, and that gives these cookies such an intense chocolate flavour and a tender, fudgy texture. To make these cookies:
- Measure and sift the dry ingredients.
- Melt the butter and chocolate together.
- Mix the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy, then add the vanilla and chocolate mixture.
- Fold in the flour mixture just until it disappears.
- Chill the dough for about an hour or two.
- Make into balls, roll in granulated sugar and then powdered sugar.
- Bake, cool, and enjoy!
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Looking for more holiday cookie recipes? You’ll love these Best Ever Ginger Molasses Cookies, these Whipped Shortbread Holiday Cookies, or these Chocolate Caramel Pecan Turtle Cookies!
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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Recipe: Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 8 ounces semi sweet chocolate chopped (225 grams)
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
For rolling:
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Recipe: Instructions
- Add the butter and chopped chocolate to a medium bowl. Microwave in 30-second increments on 50% power just until the chocolate and butter are melted. Mix them together well and set aside.
- In a large bowl (a separate bowl), whip together the eggs and sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy (use a whisk or a hand mixer for this job).
- Once the chocolate and butter mixture has cooled to room temperature, add it to the egg mixture along with the vanilla, mixing well.
- Place a fine sieve over the bowl and add the flour, baking powder and salt, sifting it as you add it to the chocolate mixture.
- Mix everything together well, just until combined and the flour disappears.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a lid and refrigerate for about 1-2 hours.
- After the dough has chilled, take it out of the fridge and let it sit at room temperature for about 20 minutes.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Prepare one or two baking pans by lining them with parchment paper.
- Using a spoon or a cookie scoop, scoop out the dough by the tablespoon and roll each spoonful in your hands to create a ball.
- Dip the balls in the granulated sugar, and then in the powdered sugar.
- Place the balls on the prepared baking sheets, spacing them apart (about 12 cookies on a large baking sheet).
- At this point you can press the balls down just slightly with something flat, or you can leave them as they are.
- Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 9-10 minutes.
- Remove the pans from the oven and let the cookies cool on the pan for at least 5 minutes before removing them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Recipe: Notes
Recipe: Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
I was looking forward to a rich dark chocolate cookie. I had tasted these before but never made them.
I believe there is way too much flour in these cookies. It was difficult to mix the flour into the liquids. The cookies turned out quite pale even though I used dark semi-sweet chocolate chips and the barely had any crinkle. They taste dry. They are definitely missing that rich chocolatey chewy flavour!
Compared to other recipes – which I have now checked out – definitely too much flour!
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