Dark Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
In a time of year when all things sugary sweet make a grand procession, I am not going to waste any time with cookies that aren’t amazing.
Dark Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
These simple crinkle cookies have the texture of a cookie outside and a brownie inside. The powdery sugar outside coating mixes with the dark chocolate chewy center to make one of the favorites of my household.
I also exchanged the vanilla extract for almond extract- because there is something spectacular about almond and dark chocolate. The dark chocolate in these cookies comes from dark chocolate cocoa powder- regular cocoa powder could be used, but I like the richness of the darker cocoa myself. I mean, if we are going to go chocolatey, why not go big or go home?
This cookie is also interesting in that it bypasses butter or crisco and uses vegetable oil. For a hot second I thought,
Dark Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
“Hey, these are sort of vegan” but then I remembered, no, there are eggs involved.
Not vegan. Delicious, but not vegan. However, with an egg substitute- these could be.
The dough needs to be thoroughly chilled, and then it is scooped, or rolled into balls. The balls are then rolled in powdered sugar.
Dark Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
These cookies bake at 325* for ten minutes. Then, they cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before cooling completely on a wire rack or parchment paper. They are a tender cookie until they cool- so you need to be careful when moving them.
The neat thing about this cookie is when they bake they make the “crinkle.” A combination of the cookie spreading and the powdered sugar not- they are the prettiest little things.
Dark Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
The powdered sugar does have a tendency to get…everywhere. It is a necessary evil but oh so worth it.
These cookies were my contribution to the Library Cook Book Club Cookie Exchange and I am so glad these turned out better than the Thai Peanut Noodle Soup that never made it, due to an unfortunate not-plugging in of the crock pot situation. In fact, as I was baking them my cookie tasters were hovering until I had baked enough for the exchange…and wondering how many more I had to set aside before they could have one. Thankfully there were enough left over for my counter top snack container.
Dark Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
If you consider that the mixing of the dough part is pretty easy, then you take a break before rolling them and giving them the confectioner’s sugar coat. Baking is easy and then the hardest part…waiting for them to cool enough to eat.
These cookies I have yet to freeze- partially because they disappear and there aren’t usually enough to freeze. They are easy enough to do right near cookie tray assembling time. The amount of time it takes to make these are so worth the end result.
Of all the cookies, these simple chocolate crinkles are really one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy them.
Enjoy this recipe, and as always, thank you for coming to the table!
Chrissy
Click below for a printable recipe.
PrintChocolate Crinkle Cookies
Deliciously soft dark chocolate crinkle cookies with a dusting of confectioner’s sugar.
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Dark Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 2 Cups White Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
- 4 Eggs
- 2 Teaspoons Almond Extract
- 2 Cups Flour
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1/2 Cup Confectioner’s Sugar (for rolling the cookies)
Instructions
- In a mixer, combine cocoa powder, sugar, and oil.
- Add eggs, and Vanilla Extract.
- Combine Baking Powder, Salt, Flour and slowly combine with Cocoa mixture.
- Cover dough and refrigerate for a few hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 325*
- Roll dough into 1-2″ balls according to preference. Roll balls in confectioner’s sugar.
- Place onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 9-12 minutes depending on size of cookie. Let cook on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.
- If cookies do not have a crinkle appearance, drop the cookie sheet to a hard service from approx. six inches, causing the cookies to flatten and crinkle.