When I first ran into this recipe for Chocolate Crinkles I was in awe. The powdered sugar cracks and dark chocolate contrast had me instantly in love and I was desperate to try them … weeks ago. Life got in the way as it always does though.
After I finally managed to get all of the ingredients it took me another week to find the time to just make the batter. I figured that might sit in the fridge for another week but as it happens, my cat peed on me at 6am prompting me to spring out of bed and screw up my whole Sunday morning. But it also gave me the uninterrupted time I needed to bake my Chocolate Crinkles batter.
I also had this idea that it would be fun to make these into Red Velvet Chocolate Crinkles with a deep red color for Christmas. Well, it sorta didn’t happen. The no-taste red food gel I used just didn’t have the oomph to overcome the rich chocolate brown color. Instead I ended up with a brick red colored batter that stained my hands as I rolled each chocolate ball.
Despite the red velvet-ish color hiccup these are some damn good cookies. Each one is perfectly sized for little kids, to share at a holiday cookie exchange or hog all to yourself in the bathroom. The cookie texture is moist, chewy, almost brownie-like and the powdered sugar gives it a soft sweetness that just melts in your mouth. Just don’t inhale as the cookie approaches your chompers or you’ll be hacking up powdered sugar for the next 10 minutes.
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate bar, chopped
- 4 ounces milk chocolate bar, chopped
- ⅔ cup white sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup powdered sugar, sifted
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- In a heatproof bowl (Pyrex is great), placed over a saucepan of simmering water, melt the chocolate and butter, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
- Using an electric mixer and paddle attachment beat the eggs and sugar until thick, pale, and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Add vanilla extract and stir.
- Add the cooled chocolate, red food coloring and beat until incorporated.
- In a small bowl whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder.
- Add dry ingredients to the chocolate mixture, stirring just until incorporated.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F and line your baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Place the sifted confectioners sugar in a shallow bowl.
- Using a teaspoon, scoop the chilled dough and roll into a tight ball with your hands.
- Roll each ball in the powdered sugar until completely covered and space 2 inches apart on the baking sheet.
- Bake 8 – 10 minutes until large cracks form. The texture will look like fluffy cake on the edges but be slightly soft on the inside.
ABOUT CAT DAVIS
They still look del-ish lol!
I loved everything in this post except for one part.
Your cat peed on you?! Yikes.
The cookies look delicious. I feel like I’m becoming your food copy cat :)
Are we friends on Facebook? The whole cat pee ordeal is on there lol …. nightmare. We had to go buy a new mattress today.
these look so yummy! perfect for christmas time
These sound delicious! I think I’ll make them for part of our teacher gift. Thanks for the warning about the powdered sugar inhaling, I hate that!
I like cookies that look as good as they taste and these really fit the bill. Yum!
I’m salivating…haven’t had breakfast yet and these look great!
those look pretty – and I like that it’s all “real” ingredients
These look super yummy – I’m still curious as to how you get the red coloring with chocolate, but I’ll follow your recipe and trust that it will turn out!
I absolutely love chocolate crinkle cookies, and even though they didn’t get the redness you were going for, I’m sure they’re still ultra delicious!
my daughter would love to make these and see how the crinkles develop when they bake
I’m definitely putting this on my Pintrest!
I can see this is one to go into the “want to try” folder. They look and sound so good.
Id for sure try these minus the red food color too. We tried red velvet cupcakes once and was a disaster…my 12 year old had red splattered all over the walls, table stains, and while eating them teeth stain! I could not figure out how it is that it’s safe to use ALL that food color just to get a red color. I am all about those choco cookies and if they taste like powdered sugar coated brownies, we are good to go here! I love that they are cookies and already “portioned”. my kids love to cut the “row” of brownies extra big. Well, maybe I do a little bit too. LOL!
I too love these cookies. I admit to adding in peanut butter once in a while for another wonderful flavor.
So clever! Pretty too! I must try these!!!
Hello,
If you bake cookies, you probably bake chocolate chip, but other cookies are equally as good. These Chocolate-Almond Crinkle Cookies are almost candy.
Wow these really look good. Thanks for sharing.
That looks yummy!!!
Sounds great!
Oh boy, these look delicious! I love the powdered sugar on there!
Chocolate Crinkle cookies are the best. They look so good right now, even at 7:30am!
These look super delish!
These look so yummy!
Hmm, those look yummy. I also like the lemon crinkle cookies that are made with cake mix and cool whip.
this looks so incredibly good… and i love that 4 tbsp of butter can yield 36 cookies… awesome. not terribly fattening. :-) thanks, you have a lovely site.
OmG! I’m so sorry your cat peed on you! I think I would have done the opposite and said heck with for the rest of the day instead of baking lol! These cookies look delicious so I guess I’m kinda sorta glad that your cat peed on you or you may not have posted them in time for Christmas ;)
They look soooo good! Loving all of your recipes!