Black Cocoa Cookies
These Black Cocoa Cookies are rich, dramatic in color, and surprisingly easy to make. With their midnight-black color, soft chewy centers, and deep chocolate flavor, they’re perfect for Oreo lovers, dark chocolate fans, and anyone embracing their spooky side.
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Equipment
- mixing bowls
- silicone spatula
- whisk
- parchment paper or baking mat
- kitchen scale optional
- 3 tablespoon cookie scoop
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- ½ cup black cocoa, sifted
- 2 ¼ cup all purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp fine sea salt
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Sift black cocoa powder, all purpose flour, baking powder and fine sea salt into bowl. Set aside.2 ¼ cup all purpose flour, ½ cup black cocoa, sifted, ½ tsp baking powder, ½ tsp fine sea salt
- In a separate bowl, combine sugars, butter and vanilla. Whisk until well combined.
- Add eggs and whisk until well combined.¾ cup unsalted butter, ½ cup granulated sugar, ½ cup light brown sugar, packed, 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Whisk until combined.2 large eggs
- Add chocolate morsels and fold into dough.
- Use 3 tablespoon cookie scoop to place on baking sheet.¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels
- Bake for 11 minutes. Remove from oven and place on cooling rack.
Notes
Use Kitchen Scale. The greatest advantage you can give yourself when baking is using a kitchen scale. It helps more accurately measure ingredients by weight vs. volume.
Room Temperature Ingredients. Make sure your eggs and butter are at room temperature before you begin.
Measuring Dry Ingredients should always be done using the spoon and level method if you are not using a kitchen scale.
Black Cocoa Powder. This ingredient is what helps to get your cookies naturally very dark without having to resort to food coloring. I use King Arthur Black Cocoa Powder, but you can find other brands on Amazon.
To help create a decorative cookie:
M&M's - decorate them in Gideon's Bakehouse fashion by applying plain m&m's to the outside of the cookie prior to baking, and then filling in the gaps post bake. It gives them a bit of a nice crunch with extra sweetness.
Sugar Coating - If you want to keep them simple without too much extra effort or ingredients, a simple sugar coating will do the trick! After scooping out the 3 tbsp cookie dough, roll in granular sugar to completely coat cookie. Bake as you would for a deliciously sweet cookie.
Buttercream Frosting & Sprinkles - lather on some buttercream, or pipe swirls on top. A vibrant neon green or deep purple would really help the dark cookie stand out. And throw some Halloween sprinkles on top just to really help it pop.
Chocolate Dip - if you are a huge fan of chocolate than I recommend dipping the chocolate cookie into a candy coated chocolate (Ghirardelli is my favorite brand to use). Dip, toss on some Halloween sprinkles and you have yourself an easy but cool looking treat.
Leftover Halloween Candy. I have a tutorial just for this one! The perfect way to use up that halloween candy in a delicious cookie.
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