These Dark Chocolate Cookies are not for the faint of heart. Intensely fudgy, with melt-in-your-mouth centers and a positively outrageous amount of dark chocolate chips, these ooey-gooey beauties are dangerously delicious.
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These deep, dark cookies take classic double chocolate chip cookies a step farther with THREE TIMES the chocolate.
Cocoa powder, melted chocolate, and a heap of chocolate chips each play a special role in making them the ultimate chocolate experience.
These chewy dark chocolate cookies have a smooth, glossy, almost brownie-like dough (as Brownie Cookies know). You don’t even need to chill it prior to baking!
And if all of the above hasn’t already convinced you to run to your kitchen to bake them immediately, the finishing sprinkle of sea salt certainly will.
One thing you’ll notice about these dark chocolate cookies with sea salt is the seemingly outlandish amount of chocolate chips (a full, 12-ounce bag).
As you stir them in, you may think that there’s no possible way the batter can hold all of these together.
But persevere! The smooth, glossy, brownie-like cookie dough will turn out exactly as it should.
Plus, I suspect that once you try them, you’ll never want them any other way.
These chocolate cookies are unquestionably decadent. For healthy dark chocolate cookies, be sure to check out The Well Plated Cookbook, which has my favorite recipe for FLOURLESS dark chocolate cookies that are more wholesome (and outrageously tasty!).
And for loaded cookies, check out the BEST Monster Cookies.
The Difference: Semisweet, Bittersweet, or Dark Chocolate?
- The terms “semisweet” and “bittersweet” are both subcategories of dark chocolate and are used in baking to indicate the ratio of sugar to cocoa solids; you can find this ratio labeled as a percent. Anything greater than 35% cocoa can be labeled “dark chocolate.”
- Usually, chocolate labeled “semisweet” has more sugar/less cocoa than chocolate labeled “bittersweet.” Semisweet usually hovers in the 50% to 60% range; it will taste sweeter than bittersweet chocolate.
- Bittersweet chocolate usually falls somewhere in the 70% range, though I’ve seen “bittersweet” chocolate in stores that’s 60%. (Confusing!)
- The good news is, you have choices! For my baking, when I want “dark” chocolate, I look for something around 65%. The higher the percent, the more intense the chocolate flavor will be, so choose to suit your own preferences.
- Wondering about “unsweetened” chocolate? This has NO sugar added and is intensely bitter. You don’t want to use this in a recipe without adding some other kind of sweetener.
5 Star Review
“I just love this recipe! It’s perfection in cookie form.”
— Gretchen —
How to Make Dark Chocolate Cookies
The secret to these dark chocolate chip cookies’ bewitching, melt-in-your-mouth texture is using a combination of both cocoa powder and melted chocolate. The cocoa makes them ultra rich-tasting, while the melted chocolate makes them chewy.
Now you’ll know what homey and luxurious tastes like at the same time!
The Ingredients
- Chocolate. Melted chocolate plays a vital role in this cookie recipe, for good reason as Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies also proves. It provides part of the chocolate flavor trifecta and aids in making the cookie centers ultra moist and gooey.
- Chocolate Chips. Nestled throughout every bite of each cookie, chocolate chips add a wonderful textural element and pack additional chocolatey goodness.
The Best Dark Chocolate for Baking
Splurge on high-quality chocolate for these cookies. The flavor payoff is oh so totally worth it! I think the best brands of dark chocolate for cookies are:
- For Chocolate Bars: Ghirardelli is my go-to. It’s perfectly rich at a decent price point. For a splurge, I sometimes use Lindt. Trader Joe’s brand is also quite good.
- For Chocolate Chips: Guittard is hard to beat. Ghiradelli makes good chocolate chips as well.
- Cocoa Powder. For creating an even richer, deeper chocolate flavor (like in these cloud-like Chocolate Meringue Cookies).
- All-Purpose Flour. This recipe uses very little flour compared to other cookies, which is part of what makes them so fudgy.
- Butter. Some butter is necessary in this recipe to make sure the cookies develop that scrumptious melty center.
- Sugar. A little sugar helps balance any bitterness in the chocolate.
- Vanilla. Chocolate + vanilla = a perfect match.
- Flaky Sea Salt. While optional, this is a final flourish that truly takes these cookies to the next level (just ask these Almond Flour Cookies).
The Directions
- Sift the dry ingredients.
- Melt the chocolate and butter together.
- Beat the eggs and sugar together, then add the vanilla.
- Combine the butter/chocolate mixture with the egg mixture.
- Incorporate the dry ingredients.
- Mix until the batter is thick and shiny.
- Stir in the chocolate chips (yes, all of them).
- Drop the dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle flaky sea salt over the top.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 9 to 10 minutes. Repeat with the remaining dough. ENJOY!
The Best Variations to Dark Chocolate Cookies
Perhaps a tsunami of dark chocolate is a little too much for you? We can’t be friends. You have options! Here are some delicious variations to try. You also can do a mix:
- White Chocolate Chips. Dark chocolate cookies with white chocolate chips are a wonderfully complementary combination.
- Nuts. Use half chocolate chips and half chopped walnuts or pecans for a rich, buttery flavor. (This is one of my favorites!)
- Dried Fruit. Take your pick! Cranberries, cherries, apricots. Have fun playing around.
- Chocolate Chunks. Up the chocolate ante by making dark chocolate chunk cookies by swapping the bag of dark chocolate chips for chocolate chunks.
Storage Tips
- To Store. Place cookies in an airtight storage container at room temperature for up to 1 week.
- To Freeze. Freeze cookies in an airtight freezer-safe storage container for up to 3 months. Thaw and enjoy as desired.
Tip!
For fresh cookies on demand, freeze your cookie dough. Drop the cookie dough by tablespoonfuls onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, then freeze until solid. Store the frozen dough balls in an airtight freezer-safe storage container for up to 3 months. Bake from frozen as directed, adding a few extra minutes baking time if needed.
What to Serve with Dark Chocolate Cookies
Recommended Tools to Make Dark Chocolate Cookies
- Cookie Sheet. This one is long-lasting, non-stick, and warp-resistant.
- Batter Scoop. For perfectly-portioned cookies, muffins, and more.
- Stand Mixer. This appliance is a worthy investment if you love to bake.
Dark Chocolate Cookies
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate coarsely chopped I used 60%; the darker the chocolate, the more intense the cookies will be
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter cut into 6 pieces
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips about 2 cups
- Flaky sea salt such as Maldon or Fleur de Sel (optional)
Instructions
- Place a rack in the center of your oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
- In a small bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder. Set aside.
- Set a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water, ensuring that the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water's surface. Add the bittersweet chocolate and butter. Heat, stirring occasionally, just the chocolate and butter are almost fully melted. Remove the bowl from the saucepan and stir until it melts completely and looks smooth and shiny. Let cool to room temperature.
- In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs and sugar together on medium-high speed for 2 minutes, until they are pale and foamy. Beat in the vanilla.
- Scrape down the bowl, then reduce the speed to low and add the cooled chocolate mixture, mixing just until incorporated.
- Scrape down the bowl again. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the dry ingredients, mixing just until the dry ingredients disappear into the batter.
- The batter will be thick and shiny and brownie batter-like.
- By hand with a rubber spatula, gently stir in the chocolate chips.
- For small cookies (2-inch) cookies, drop the dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto the baking sheets, leaving about 1 inch of space between the mounds of dough. For larger (3-inch) cookies, drop into mounds that are 2 inches across (you'll need about 2 tablespoons of dough). Sprinkle the tops of the cookies with a pinch of flaky salt.
- Bake the cookies for 9 minutes (if smaller) or 10 minutes (if larger). The tops of the cookies will appear slightly dry and the inside will be soft. Let rest on the baking sheet for 2 minutes, then gently transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to cool to room temperature (or as long as you can stand).
- Repeat with the remaining dough, baking only one sheet of cookies at a time in the center of the oven. If you are reusing the same baking sheet, let it cool completely between batches.
Notes
- If when the cookies are cooled, the chocolate is still gooier than you’d like, simply refrigerate the cookies for about 10 minutes.
- Actual cookie yield may vary depending upon the size of the dough scooped.
- TO STORE: Place cookies in an airtight storage container at room temperature for up to 1 week.
- TO FREEZE: Freeze cookies in an airtight freezer-safe storage container for up to 3 months. Thaw and enjoy as desired.
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I like baking cut out cookies mostly because my kids really enjoy it. I make and roll the dough and they get to cut out whatever shapes they want. Sometimes we get Halloween designs at Christmas!
A few years ago I discovered a (slightly) boozy pecan bar recipe from ATK that is now a must have for holiday potlucks and parties. These cookies look luscious! Thank you!
I love baking sugar cookie cut outs during the holidays. Adding quirky decorations with the family with Christmas music blaring is one of my favorite holiday traditions.
It’s not really baking, but I’m known for the caramel and chocolate covered pretzel sticks I make every year. My favorite thing to bake is an old recipe from my grandmother. I don’t know that they have a translated name, but essentially they are hazelnut meringue cookies.
My grandma’s sour cream sugar cookies are absolutely mandatory for Christmas with my family.
Sour cream sugar cookies sound like heaven! Will you share the recipe or is it a family secret??
Hi Karen, I LOVE sour cream sugar cookies too. In case Veronica’s are top secret, here’s another recipe for you to try. It’s an oldie (don’t judge the photos!) but a goodie :) http://www.thelawstudentswife.com/2012/09/no-fail-sugar-cookies-perfect-icing/
I love baking cookies, but my favorites during the holidays are cinnamon-sugar pecans and homemade marshmallows. So much better from scratch.
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I really like making toffee or gingerbread cookies for the holidays!
I started making cake balls for my family a few years ago, and now I can’t come to a holiday gathering without them! Everyone is always amazed at how good they are and how beautiful they look, and I love how simple they are to make! A little time consuming, but I just put a movie on while I’m rolling and dipping :D
Last year I made a Swedish Tea Ring for my Swedish grandmother and it was beautiful and delicious! Like cinnamon rolls, but even more special since it was in a beautiful wreath. I plan on making this a tradition!
My favorite cookie to bake is ginger snaps. My daughters and I found the recipe in the Three Rivers Cookbook (Pittsburgh, PA) and haven’t found any other recipe that comes close. It’s our go-to recipe that we make every Christmas.
My favorite are snowball cookies because I’ll only make them during the Christmas season. You can’t go wrong with sugar and butter. =)
Cookies are by far my favorite thing to bake, but I love making peppermint bark too!
These look wonderful, Erin! Cookies are my favorite thing to bake during the Holidays and my favorite cookie of all time are the chocolate-covered cherry cookies!
i’m boring because my favorite is just a classic chocolate chip cookie recipe :p but if i had to pick a second, it would be pecan pie! Also, these are beautiful blog photographs!
I love baking ginger cookies during the Holidays. I discovered them last year together with my son and we made a whole bunch of them.
I love love love chocolate!!! I like to do something different every year for Christmas. Truffles,Chocolate bark. I love to bake. Always have. I get that from my Mom. She taught me how in the kitchen years ago!! I love to bake cookies, cakes you name it!!
I love making spritz cookies with tree shapes and tinting the dough green. My other favorite is special k marshmallow wreaths.
Gingerbread bars
Simple sugar cookies are the best!
Sometimes the easiest recipes are peoples’ favorites–I love making turtle bars for the holidays. An all time favorite with family and friends!
cookies!
I love to bake molasses cookies and shortbread
I love to bake cookies! Any kind as long as they are tasty! (my all time favorite is chocolate chip!)
I love to make a special fruitcake for Christmas, but the recipe takes at least 8 weeks! I didn’t start soon enough this year, but I have next year’s start date already added to my calendar! Thanks for the chance to win!
I love to make biscotti! It is the perfect morning pairing with coffee around the tree.
I love to bake cookies listening to Christmas music.
Erin, I have a couple of go-to items that I bake every year: a ginger-pear bread that is amazing and ginger snap cookies. Can you tell I like ginger and molasses?
Holidays mean Kringles and cookies to me. Thanks for the chance to win this awesome book.
I enjoy making buckeye bars. Must make cut out sugar cookies too.
I don’t have a holiday specialty; I prefer to try new recipes. Last year it was cookie dough truffles. This year it might be some kind of fruit cake.
Every year I mean to make my family’s Swedish cardamom bread recipe – but this year I am really going to do it, I swear. However, I do manage to make at least a few batches of cookies, and this year I’ve thrown in a few truffles for balance as well. Thanks!
I love baking decorated sugar cookies
It just wouldn’t be Christmas without making my Nonna’s Date Bars. One bite takes me back to when I first tasted them as a little girl in her kitchen.
Its hard to pick a favorite holiday thing to make, as I just love to mess around in the kitchen, and I really love the recipes I get from you, Erin. For Thanksgiving I made the cookies with chocolate chips & pretzel bits and they were such a bit hit that I am going to make up several batches & give them to everyone as part of a goodie bag I’m preparing. Or….maybe I’ll have to include the Chocolate Chunks instead…
Marcia, I’m so excited to hear that you like the salty pretzel chocolate cookies! I love those too, but haven’t baked them for a while. Thanks for the reminder, and I bet they would be stellar with chunks of chocolate. Really, what isn’t? ;-)
gingerbread cookies :)
I love to bake all things chocolate for Christmas. Dark Chocolate Fudge is my favorite, though!
These cookies look divine! I can’t wait to try them.
Great Grandma’s Cookies are the favorite cookie in our family. A rolled out (very thin) oatmeal sandwich cookie with date filling between the two oatmeal cookies.
What yummy looking cookies! And that cookbook looks awesome, should check it out soon!
Sugar cookies that my niece and I decorate for our family’s Christmas dinner.
I love your photos for these cookies! The cookies look pretty damn good too!
Thank you so much Jessica! I had trouble not eating them all before I finished the shoot, hehe.
I love to make all things pumpkin!
I still have a reindeer cookie cutter from my childhood, which imprints a ‘harness’ across the waist as you cut. If you roll the dough out too thin, or press too hard, the cookies are very fragile there. (Broken ones were a perk for the decorators!) But they’re really cute with a stripe of red frosting and some silver balls for harness bells, and maybe a cinnamon red-hot stuck on the nose.
I have favorite recipes that I make at Christmas to share with friends: chocolate snowballs, lemon squares, apricot squares, raspberry squares, chocolate cookies frosted and with crushed candy canes on top. That is my project for tomorrow to deliver to friends on Thursday.
Any cookie that’s called “dark chocolate chunker” is a winner in my book!! I would love a stocking full of these babies! Hehe
I wouldn’t share these either – lucky for you Ben doesn’t have a sweet tooth – my taste tester (daughter) will fight me for these! Thanks for sharing your version of Dorie’s “Chocolate Chunkers”!
Oh sweet baby Jesus I love how many mix-ins are in these cookies! I’m all about the mix-ins!!!!! YESSSSSSSSS
Although it’s extremely rich, I love making trifle for the sweet to follow Christmas dinner with family. The custard is time consuming but totally worth it. The trifle can be customized with what’s in season for fruits or what I like currently. Otherwise, it’ll be Sticky Toffee Pudding, baked not steamed, with fabulous toffee sauce using Golden Syrup. And cookies: World Peace Cookies from a recipe by Dorie Greenspan. They can be stored in the refrigerator for a few days and baked last minute. Incredibly rich, deeply tasting of chocolate and satisfying, alone or with sorbet or vanilla ice cream and a cup of something hot.
Carol, the World Peace Cookies are in the “Baking” cookbook that I’m giving away today! I have them book marked to try, and now I want to move them to the top of the list. Thanks :)
I too have pointy elbows in my weapon aresenal. Cookie theives beware! My favorite thing to bake for the holidays are mint chocolate brownies.
Date cake! Mmmmm!
Ah those cookies!!! Love dark chocolate… My must-bake cookie list is growing!
My favorite thing to bake around this time of year is pumpkin chocolate chip bread (because it’s so simple to make), but I’ll never say no if someone else wants to share some of their snickerdoodles or sugar cookies with me… :) Your dark chocolate cookies look delicious, too!
We enjoy making traditional cut-out cookies:)
i like baking cookies
I love making English trifle at this time of year. My husband and I both love it.
I love baking stollen with my grandma
I cook a massive, fancy brunch on Christmas morning and anyone of our friends in town that would like to join our family is invited. I always make chorizo breakfast strata, individual servings of coconut rum bread pudding and grand marnier bread pudding, and a rotating third and forth item depending on the number of guests. It’s my favorite!
I like to bake sweet potato and also bake pecan pies!
I always look forward to good ole frosted sugar cookies!
I love baking cucidati!
I love your question, and I WISH I could catch chocolate jumping in the air. It’s just sitting flat on my cutting board. Much less exciting ;-) Also, HIGH FIVE for mix-ins!
I don’t really have a favorite. I like to try “new” things. It’s more confectionery rather than baking… Pecan and Almond Turtles. Going to attempt to make them all from scratch… including the caramel. My first time trying to make them, but saw a pic of them and said, “have to make!”
Saltine toffee is IMPOSSIBLE to resist Cheryl. Thanks for the recipe!!
I love to make tons of different flavors of biscotti.
I love making gingerbread men! I have a tradition where I hand them out to all of my friends around the holidays and they’re always a big hit!
I like making coconut macaroons! They are so easy!
Sugar cookies for all the memories. Plus I love them.
My favorite thing to bake for the holidays are peanut butter thumbprint cookies.
I Absolutely love bake chocolate chip pecan cookies and mocha snow ball cookies on Christmas Eve, the are Santa’s Favorite.
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I love baking oatmeal chocolate chip cookies during the holidays!
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Molasses buns are a tradition in our house!
Sugar cutout cookies!
I enjoy baking a lot of different items around Christmas. My daughter and I give out gifts to friends and family members for Christmas from our family. We decide what items we are going to make then go with that. Like last year we made pies. I think that this year we are going to go with cookies.
I love baking gingerbread men and shortbread cookies at Christmas.
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Fave thing to bake over the holidays .. cookies!!! and I don’t have this amazing cookbook!!!
I am so in love with the name of this recipe! I can’t wait to taste that dough…like brownie batter? Yes please!
My beloved mother-in-law’s recipe for Mandle Bread.
Cookies are my favorite holiday treat to bake – although last weekend I made some dark chocolate banana bread.
My beloved mother-in-law’s mandle bread is a favorite here.
I love baking rum cakes.
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I love to bake and decorate sugar cookies
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Me too, me too! Dorie Greenspan is an angel on earth. That cookbook has never let me down!
My favorite is cookies, I have ten grandkids and they love any and all cookies. The little ones want the ones they say are the yummiest but the older ones want ones with candy it them. As far as I am concerned cookies are everything as long as they are happy.
Snickerdoodle cookies are my favorite!
I love to bake Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate Kisses.
a variety of cookies
Cookies – especially the ones my mother used to make every year – spritz, pecan crescents, molasses.
During the holidays I love to bake thumbprint cookies rolled in walnuts with grape jelly centers.
Gingerbread anything! Scones, cake, cookies….love.
Chocolate chip biscotti — my fave all year round!
My kids beg for Danish Puff for Christmas morning. It’s a basic almond butter danish with a butter cream icing and walnuts. Or if it’s Christmas, fun sprinkles. From the old school Betty Crocker book.
I just love this recipe! It’s perfection in cookie form. I wouldn’t give any away either … and I might just keep a stash within 3 feet of me at all times. :)
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I love these cookies so much. In particular because they are called chunker cookies, how apt is that?! Gorgeous!
I love to bake Red Velvet Cheesecake for the holidays.
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I love to make cookies.
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It is tradition for my family to bake date nut filled cookies during the Christmas season. The recipe was shared with my mother by my paternal grandmother who I hear was a perfectionist with each step. I remember helping with the assembly line even when I was very young. The process took a full day and the entire kitchen (like ravioli day pictures from your family!) Mom would cook the filling and mix the dough in the morning. After she rolled and cutout circles, Dad would add a spoonful of filling to each one. The remaining steps were folding the cookie over into a crescent shape, crimping the edges with a floured fork, wetting the top with one hand, and adding sprinkles with the other. Yes, my water hand would occasionally end up in the sprinkle bowl if I lost rhythm! Countless cookie sheets and cooking racks later, Dad would pack the cookies for mailing to family and friends who expected the box each year. Enjoying a date nut filled cookie with breakfast was entirely acceptable!
I make a ton of different cookies and few other treats like fudge and bark and the list goes on.
I love baking venetian cookies (Italian rainbow cookies.) They are a bit labor intensive but look beautiful and my kids waited for these to appear each year. Now that they are grown it’s so much fun to see their faces when they come home and race to see who gets to them first!
I make my Grandma’s shortbread recipe from Scotland and the Rice Krispy peanut butter balls rolled in chocolate that I got from Danielle.
My granny always made us Snickerdoodles around Christmas. So now, I continue the tradition and always make them.
I love baking an assortment of cookies every Christmas! It’s also become a tradition for me to make a big batch of spiced nuts to divide up and give as gifts.
If I have to make only one it will be chocolate shortbread; so easy, and so delicious!
I have business associates that I thank each Christmas with home-made baked goods. I like to try new recipes all the time; some recipes have been successes, some not so much and don’t come back for an encore. One that is so good it is requested: my Sauvignon Blanc bundt cake with pineapple glaze.
So many cookies, so little time! My go to is the cranberry white chocolate oatmeal cookies recipe on the Craisins package. That’s the one that people ask for!
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Bread pudding with brandy sauce.
My favorite thing to bake around the holidays is cinnamon rolls to share with family and friends!
I’m always amazed at how dough can become a cookie when so little flour is used. These look so delicious! My husband doesn’t like cookies that are too sweet, so these would be perfect!
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Eggnog Cheesecake and thumbprint cookies are some of my favorite things to bake for the holiday season.
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I love to make butter spritz cookies
Love to make sugar cookies with my mom and sister!
My favorite thing to bake is Christmas cut-out cookies!
I love baking cupcakes, ’cause then all my friends gather to eat them ^_^
Cookies!
Lots and lots of cookies!
Ahhh raisins…in cookies?! Noooooo. But your photos are making me wanna try them!
I like baking my grandmother’s sugar cookies. I don’t get it quite right – yet – but I will!
Anything sweet! These will definitely be tried soon! :)
My favorite thing to bake for the holidays is granola, as I can make something relatively un-bad for you that still tastes good, in large enough quantities quickly that I can give away to friends and co-workers.
But recently I’ve gotten into making baked donuts. Help!
I love baking apple pie with the family!
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I love to bake cut out sugar cookies for the holidays!
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I love baking the recipes my mom used to make at Christmas. Whenever I’m making her nutbread or anise cookies I feel she’s there with me in my kitchen.
I love your recipes – and your enthusiasm!
Thank you so, so much!!
I love baking the old traditional recipes and finding new ones to share with family
I love making red velvet cinnamon rolls. I only make them for Christmas morning so they are a real treat every year!
Kolach! (Eastern European nut roll)
Peanut butter balls!
I have to bake chocolate peppermint powder cookies this time of year!
Hi Erin! I’m very eager to try this recipe, it looks so good & yummy! Do you have the metric version so I can try to bake? Thanks in advance!
Hi Yani! Unfortunately, I’m not able to provide metric measurements. There are several online conversion sites—one good one is from King Arthur! Here’s the link: https://www.kingarthurflour.com/learn/ingredient-weight-chart.
These were delicious and so fudgy just as you said. The chocolate was intense. Excellent!!
I’m so happy that you enjoyed them, Kim! Thank you for sharing this kind review!
Good golly Miss Molly!! I would give these 10 stars if I could. Recipe was easy to follow and cookies turned out exactly as promised. Fragrance filled the house and flavor was divine. Thank you for yet another go to recipe.
I’m so happy that you enjoyed them, Margaret! Thank you for sharing this kind review!
Easy recipe that taste so delicious!! Would highly recommend ?
I’m so happy that you enjoyed it, Monica! Thank you for sharing this kind review!
Mmmm! I can’t wait to try these!
I hope you enjoy the cookies if you try them!
Hi Erin, can these be made with a butter substitute? Husband is lactose sensitive so yummy butter won’t work & we don’t want to leave him out!
Hi Claire! I haven’t tried a butter substitute in this recipe myself, so you’d be experimenting. If you decide to play around with it, I’d love to hear how it goes!
This was the first recipe I tried from Erin and it was everything I hoped it would be…even though I was a little short on the dark chocolate and totally forgot the sea salt finish, (probably bc by son was home and I was chatting while baking)! The rise was sky high and they were the dark chocolatey gooey goodness I was hoping for!
So glad you enjoyed the cookies Kirshell! Thank you for the review!
That was an amazing and easiest way of making chocolate cookies at home. I am definitely gonna try this very soon.
Hi Rajni! So glad you enjoyed them! Thank you for this kind review!
Can the dark chocolate cookies be made with gluten free flour i.e. Bob’s Red Mill 1 to 1 baking flour? They look so delicious, I cannot wait to make them.
Thank You
Hi Roseann! I’ve not tested this out but usually you can use the 1:1 for substituting all-purpose flour. If you decide to experiment, let me know how it goes!
Hi Erin, this is not about the chocolate cookies it about your pickled onions. My whole family is addicted and I have made many jars for Xmas gifts. Everyone is asking for your recipe and raving about these onions. Thank you I love your emails. Erica. Osoyoos. B.C. Canada 🍁 🇨🇦
Hi Erica! Thank you so much!
I have made these dark chocolate cookies several times. Lots of dishes and chocolate to clean up but it certainly is worth the effort. I use a small cookie scoop and get 45 +/- bite size cookies which are perfect for eating with morning coffee, evening red wine and as a perfect size snack. Thanks for sharing this great receipt with all of us.
Hi Tom! So glad you enjoyed the recipe! Thank you for this kind review!
AMAZING, definitely very dark but for those who like that it is the best. The consistency is almost brownie like and my new favorite chocolate cookie
I’m so happy that you enjoyed them, Hannah! Thank you for sharing this kind review!
Amaze-balls! A chocolate lover’s dream come true.
Hi Hallie! So glad you enjoyed the recipe! Thank you for this kind review!
I tried it again as a gluten free option and they are still great! I used King Arthur gluten free cup-for-cup substitute; to account for the rice flour in the flour blend, I added 1/8 cup of water (this prevents grittiness of the rice flour). The richness of the recipe helps make the recipe stay moist.
Hi Hallie! Thanks for the feedback on making these gluten free!
Delicious, rich, and all around amazing. Like a cookie and brownie put together. I sprinkle with sea salt before baking!
Hi Robin! So glad you enjoyed this recipe! Thank you for this kind review!
Tried the recipe. It is easy and super tasty
Hi Akhila! So glad you enjoyed the recipe! Thank you for this kind review!
Can I use flax seeds instead of eggs for all your recipes
Hi Vasanth! I’ve only tested the recipe as is, so can’t say specifically how it would work. If you decide to experiment, I’d love to know how it goes!
Hello Erin,
I will try with flax seeds a substitute for eggs which I have tried in other recipes and they have come out well. I will substitute in your recipe and come back with the results. I am sure it will come out well
Thanks Vasanth! Hope you enjoy them!
Hi Erin! Am very eager to try your recipe it looks so yummy! But could you help to convert them into metric measurement please? Thanks in advance!
Hi Yani! Unfortunately, I’m not able to provide metric measurements. There are several online conversion sites—one good one is from King Arthur! Here’s the link: https://www.kingarthurflour.com/learn/ingredient-weight-chart.
So delicious! It was to many chocolate chips for my taste but that was my fault I dumped them in there to quickly without checking but that’s ann easy fix! I also reduced the sugar but very yummy!!
Great to hear, thank you Lizzy!