Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are such a treat around the holidays, or anytime! This sweet and chocolate cookie recipe totally hits the spot.
If you’ve ever read one of my Friday Favorites posts then you know I have an affinity for outrageous desserts.
Eight layer chocolate cake dripping with caramel, chewy chips ahoy and fruity pebbles? Chocolate chip cookie dough stuffed brownies wrapped in pancakes then drizzled with hot fudge? Red velvet cake balls rolled in hot rocks and marshmallows then grilled over an open flame?
I’ll take one of each.
While I enjoy drooling over these extreme edibles, I rarely make them at home. Mostly because they’d never stand a chance at a long and happy life with my raging sweet tooth, but also because I’m lazy. Of course I adore cooking but when a recipe takes longer than 30 minutes of active cooking time I tend to get a little fidgety.
Maybe that’s why my favorite Christmas cookie in the world happens to be one of the easiest. No waiting for butter to soften, no labor intensive decorating, no icing…ok, ok – the dough has to chill for a bit before being baked, but Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are totally worth it!
Each bite of this deeply chocolaty cookie treat is heavenly. The outside is sweet and slightly crisp, while the inside is rich and fudgy. They just scream ‘Christmas’ to me. Maybe it’s because they look like a chocolate snowballs!
Like I said, these cookies are super easy to make too. Cream together cocoa, vegetable oil, and sugar, then add eggs and vanilla.
Next mix in gluten-free measure for measure flour, or all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt.
Getting closer!
Chill the dough for 4 hours then roll 1 Tablespoon worth of dough into a ball, and then roll in powdered sugar. Bake for 8-10 minutes, and voila!
I adore these cookies, and they’re always such a crowd pleaser when I take them to get togethers!
Tuna Noodle CasseroleChocolate Crinkle Cookies
Description
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are such a treat around the holidays, or anytime! This sweet and chocolate cookie recipe totally hits the spot.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup gluten-free measure for measure, or all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Directions
- In the bowl of a mixer (or in a medium-sized bowl) beat together cocoa, sugar, vanilla and vegetable oil. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until mixture is smooth. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Mix into wet ingredients in 3 batches, mixing until just combined in between each batch. Cover the dough and chill for at least 4 hours, or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Scoop out 1 Tablespoon dough, roll it into a ball between your palms and roll in powdered sugar. Place on a non-stick sprayed, or parchment paper lined, baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes. Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 2-3 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.
Notes
From AllRecipes.com
This recipe is courtesy of Iowa Girl Eats, http://iowagirleats.com.
The insides of these cookies are dense like fudge, which I just can’t get enough of. Fa-la-la-la-lahhh-la-la-la-getinmymouth!
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I made these delicious babies and although they turned out tasting delectable I had a few problems with them. Most of my powdered sugar “melted off” or absorbed into the cookie so it was not nearly as white and snowy and yours. Also, the bottom of my cookies burnt and I only cooked them 8 minutes! It was weird though because the rest of the cookie was cooked perfectly! Any suggestions? I also stuck a mint truffle hersheys kiss in the middle after it was baked but right when it came out so it melted into the middle – I reccommend it!
I really rolled my cookies into the powdered sugar so there was a lot. Also, some ovens cook hotter than others, so you may want to bake them for a little less time!
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The dough tastes great but when I went to roll them the dough was SO sticky I could barely get it off my fingers and the spoon, let alone roll it in the powdered sugar. Suggestion? Is it supposed to be like this and as you roll in the sugar (like flour when you have sticky bread dough) kind of smoothes it out?? Or is the dough itself too sticky?
The dough is sticky, but it should be ok if you refrigerate it long enough. Maybe try sticking it in the freezer for while?
Just made these after leaving the dough to refrigerate over night. So, so good and so easy. Now having to make another batch because I’m pretty sure these have zero chance of lasting longer than tonight in my house!
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Hello I.G.,
Just found your link on recipe.com (I had no idea it has “do follows” on it). I’m going to have to leave my link there too.
Just wanted to say if your cookies taste as good as they look, then they’ve got to be de-lish!
I’m gonna have to try ’em.
Awesome blog, btw.
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Hello!
I just made these for Thansgiving and they were devoured! So good! Quick question: if I make these for a gluten free cookie exchange, what GF flour would you recommend and would the proportions change?
So glad to hear! I usually use Domata gluten-free baking blend (though I haven’t tried it with this recipe.) I also hear that Cup4Cup gluten-free baking mix is awesome!
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what’s the shelf life of these choco crinkles?
I know this is a super old post, but hopefully you will still see this. Do you think I could sub peppermint extract for the vanilla? And if so, would it be an equal sub (1tsp)? Or is the peppermint too strong, and I should put more like 1/2 tsp in instead? Thoughts? Thanks so much!
For sure! I’d start with 1/2 teaspoon too.
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These cookies are amazing!!! One of the best (and easiest) gf cookie around! Thank you for sharing :)