Double Chocolate Espresso Cookies combine the flavors of chocolate and coffee in a decadent cookie for the holiday season. When deep rich chocolate cookie dough is flavored with espresso, studded with mini chocolate chips and rolled in festive holiday sprinkles, every bite is an indulgence.
Chocolate Espresso Cookies Recipe
Is your favorite food group chocolate? And you can't live without your morning cup of coffee? Then our Espresso Cookies are made especially for you.
Cocoa powder and mini chocolate chips give this cookie a double dose of chocolate and the addition of espresso intensifies the chocolate flavor even more.
An easy cookie recipe to add to your baking list, this is definitely the best holiday cookie recipe around!
This year’s Christmas desserts just got elevated to a whole new level of deliciousness!
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Holiday sprinkles and gold and silver sugars add a festive touch but these cookies are just as delicious when you roll them in confectioners' sugar for a chocolate crinkle cookie look.
Trust me when I say, you're guaranteed to spread cheer during the holidays when you fill decorative cookie tins with our espresso cookie recipe and give them as Christmas gifts!
Lisa L. says "I made these, and they were awesome!!! These just became my number one cookie. They were rich and soft, and delicious."
Yes, you really do want to make these cookies, even Lisa agrees with me!
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Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Make these cookies with your favorite sprinkles
- Be sure to measure your flour correctly. Spoon the flour into the measuring cup and then level off with the flat end of a knife.
Ingredients for chocolate espresso cookies
- flour
- unsweetened cocoa powder
- baking soda
- salt
- butter
- dark brown sugar
- granulated sugar
- instant espresso powder
- milk
- eggs
- vanilla extract
- mini chocolate chips
- red and green sprinkles or your favorite sprinkles
Holiday Dessert Recipes
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Reindeer Brownies is an easy recipe that will quickly become a holiday tradition that are so much fun for kids! Fudgy homemade brownies topped with a silky-smooth cocoa buttercream frosting come to life as Rudolph with sugar eyes, candy cane antlers and a bright red candy nose, of course!
Candy Cane Fudge is an easy recipe of sweetened condensed milk that mixes with bittersweet chocolate for a rich chocolate layer that compliments a top layer of candy cane flavor adorned with bits of green and red candy cane.
Double Chocolate Espresso Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 cup butter ,at room temperature
- 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup instant espresso powder
- 2 Tbs. milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
- 1 cup holiday sprinkles or your favorite sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in bowl.
- With mixer on medium-high speed in another bowl beat butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Combine espresso powder and milk, stirring until powder is dissolved. Add eggs, vanilla and espresso mixture and beat until blended.
- Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually add reserved flour mixture until combined. Stir in mini chips.
- Roll dough into 1-inch balls and then roll in sprinkles to coat.
- Arrange on ungreased baking sheet and bake 8 minutes or until edges are firm.
- Cool 3 minutes on baking sheets. Transfer to wire racks and cool completely.
Notes
- Make these cookies with your favorite sprinkles
- Be sure to measure your flour correctly. Spoon the flour into the measuring cup and then level off with the flat end of a knife.
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