Double Chocolate Mocha Cookies are brownie-like cookies – they’re thick and soft, flavored with just the right amount of mocha flavor and loaded with milk chocolate chunks!
Double Chocolate Mocha Cookies Recipe
So it’s DAY 2 in our 12 Days of Christmas Cookies and if you missed Day 1, check out my 3 Ingredient Shortbread Recipe. It’s not one you want to miss!
Let’s talk about today’s recipe. I will be the first to admit, that as much as I love…ok, NEED…my coffee every morning, I’ve never been a huge fan of anything coffee, or mocha flavored. I don’t claim to make sense. But what I’ve found is that I guess I haven’t really given “mocha” a fair shot. I will assume it’s a food preference that carried over from childhood when I didn’t like coffee at all. And since we all know kids aren’t the best food judgers, I decided to give mocha a second chance.
Glad.I.Did.
These Double Chocolate Mocha Cookies are pretty fantastic. The coffee flavor is subtle, so you taste it a little bit, but it’s not overpowering. I think that’s the trick…the perfect amount of coffee flavor. Even my kids (who hate coffee) love these! I use instant coffee granules to amp up the chocolate flavor and give them just enough “something extra” to be interesting.
These cookies are the soft, thick, and loaded with milk chocolate chunks. The milk chocolate breaks up the flavors of the dark cocoa powder and the coffee. If you prefer a semi-sweet chocolate chunk, go for it!
Stay tuned for another great cookie recipe tomorrow!
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Double Chocolate Mocha Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 24 large cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
Double Chocolate Mocha Cookies are brownie-like cookies – they’re thick and soft, flavored with just the right amount of mocha flavor and loaded with milk chocolate chunks!
Ingredients
- 1 cup cold butter, cubed
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup dark cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup instant coffee granules
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups milk chocolate chunks
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment mix the butter cubes until it’s smooth, about 1 minute. Add in both sugars and continue mixing on medium speed for 2 more minutes until light and fluffy, scraping the sides of your bowl as necessary.
- Next add in the cocoa powder and coffee granules until evenly mixed.
- With the mixer still on medium add in the eggs, vanilla, baking soda and salt and mix for 1 minute until smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl making sure everything is incorporated.
- Turn the mixer to low and add in the flour, mixing until just combined.
- Finally stir in your milk chocolate chunks.
- Using a large (3 tablespoon) cookie scoop drop the dough onto the prepared cookies sheet.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes until the edges are set. Centers might seem under-cooked, this is ok.
- Allow the cookies to cool for 3 minutes on the cookie sheet.
Notes
I buy milk chocolate and chop it into chunks for these cookies. You can also use semi-sweet chocolate if you prefer.
You can also use regular cocoa powder, instead of the dark cocoa powder if you prefer.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 253
- Sugar: 20.4 g
- Sodium: 133.4 mg
- Fat: 12.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 32.9 g
- Protein: 3.4 g
- Cholesterol: 39.1 mg
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I switched the milk chocolate chunks for the mint de creme thin mints that I chopped up. Omg so good!
Great idea!
Can i replace the butter with shortening? if so how much shortening should i use?
Yes you can in equal parts
Use better quality cocoa powder and chocolate and your cookie will be better.
How long do they stay?
These are amazing!1… however I love how light the milk chocolate looked in your photo and my nestle did not quite compare … what brand of chocolate do you use?
I used Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa Powder in this recipe!
Awesome thank you! What brand of milk chocolate do you use? You mentioned you buy chocolate and chip it up..
These look so yummy! Hopefully I can tweak them to be gluten free like these: https://www.paleofx.com/paleo-diet-crispy-chocolate-chip-cookies/
I just made these and they are wonderful! Thank you! Everyone loved them
So happy to hear!!
Can I add white chocolate instead of milk chocolate
of course!!
I don’t like anything with coffee flavor – do love chocolate. What is the least amount of coffee I can add to enhance the chocolate flavor, but not taste like mocha? Would a teaspoon of expresso powder work?
You could use 2 tablespoons of instant coffee granules and you should be fine. You will taste it in the dough, but not in the baked cookie. Or if you are nervous about it, leave it out all together!
How many cookies does the recipe make? Can’t wait to try 🙂
24 large cookies 🙂