Chocolate Mocha Cookies

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Chocolate Mocha Cookies are the perfect treat for the coffee addict in all of us! Deliciously soft, thick, and chewy chocolate cookies infused with espresso powder and studded with chocolate chips. Decorate with melted chocolate and sprinkles of your choice. No chilling required!

Chocolate Mocha Cookies are perfect for the coffee addict in all of us! cookingwithcurls.com

The saga of the missing box

These delicious cookies were the perfect reward after the insane challenge of sending Christmas gifts to my daughter and her host family in Belgium…the box never arrived!! She is bummed and so am I 🙁  She has no gifts to give to the family tomorrow morning. Ah the joys of international shipping!

The box cleared customs in Belgium on Thursday the 20th, but has not been delivered. Apparently the postal service would not deliver the box because of it’s “size”. She had to go down to the post office and pay a $150.00 tax to pick up the box!

White chocolate and jimmies coated mocha cookies piled on a metal plate.

How to make Chocolate Mocha Cookies:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liner.

In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy, occasionally scraping down the sides.

Butter, eggs and sugar beaten together in a large glass bowl cookingwithcurls.com

Add the espresso powder, flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda. Mix until thoroughly combined.

Cocoa, flour and other dry ingredients mixed into the cookie dough cookingwithcurls.com

Stir in the chocolate chips.

Chocolate chips stirred into the stiff cookie dough cookingwithcurls.com

Using a small scoop (about 1 Tablespoon size) form into small balls. Place on an baking sheet about 1 1/2 inches apart.

Cookie dough rolled into balls and placed on a baking sheet cookingwithcurls.com

Bake for 10 – 12 minutes. The tops should still be soft and look slightly under cooked.

Baked cookies hot out of the oven on a baking sheet cookingwithcurls.com

Remove from oven and let sit on baking sheet for 6 or 7 minutes to set.

Remove to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely.

Melt white chocolate according to package directions. Stir until smooth.

A bowl of melted white chocolate cookingwithcurls.com

Option 1:

Dip each cookie halfway and place on a silicone line or parchment paper. Sprinkle with jimmies or decorative sugars.

Place decorated cookies on a silicone or parchment lined sheet to set cookingwithcurls.com

Allow chocolate to harden before moving.

Option 2:

Drizzle the melted chocolate over the cooled cookies on parchment or silicone liner.

Baked cookies on parchment paper drizzled with melted chocolate and topped with sprinkles cookingwithcurls.com

Sprinkle with chocolate jimmies or decorative sugar.

To make Chocolate Mocha Cookies with white jimmies:

Roll each cookie ball in a small bowl of white jimmies.

Ball of cookie dough rolled in white sprinkles in a small bowl cookingwithcurls.com

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit on baking sheet for 6 or 7 minutes to set. Remove to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before serving.

These Chocolate Mocha Cookies are crisp on the outside, chewy on the inside and loaded with flavor! cookingwithcurls.com

Look at those chewy insides…YUM!!

The version rolled in the white jimmies is how I originally made these Chocolate Mocha Cookies when this post was created. Since those images are still floating around Pinterest I decided to include them in the updated post. We wouldn’t want to confuse anyone who shows up looking for sprinkles!

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Chocolate Mocha Cookies are perfect for the coffee addict in all of us! cookingwithcurls.com

Chocolate Mocha Cookies

Chocolate Mocha Cookies are the perfect treat for the coffee addict in all of us!
4.75 from 4 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cookies, white chocolate, chocolate chips, recipe, espresso
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 32 Cookies
Calories: 107kcal
Author: Lisa Johnson

Ingredients

Cookies

  • ½ cup unsalted butter (softened)
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 Tablespoon instant espresso powder (add more if the flavor is not strong enough)
  • 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • cup cocoa powder
  • ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips

To Decorate

  • 5 ounces white chocolate melting wafers (I used Ghirardelli)
  • jimmies sprinkles or decorative sugars

Instructions

Cookies

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liner.
  • In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy, occasionally scraping down the sides.
  • Add the espresso powder, flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda. Mix until thoroughly combined.
  • Stir in the chocolate chips.
  • Using a small scoop (about 1 Tablespoon size) form into small balls. Place on an baking sheet about 1 1/2 inches apart.
  • Bake for 10 – 12 minutes. The tops should still be soft and look slightly under cooked.
  • Remove from oven and let sit on baking sheet for 6 or 7 minutes to set. Remove to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely.

To Decorate with White Chocolate

  • Melt white chocolate according to package directions. Stir until smooth.
  • OPTION 1: Dip each cookie halfway and place on a silicone line or parchment paper. Sprinkle with jimmies or decorative sugars.
  • Allow chocolate to harden before moving.
  • OPTION 2: Drizzle the melted chocolate over the cooled cookies on parchment or silicone liner.
  • Sprinkle with chocolate jimmies or decorative sugar.

For cookies rolled in white jimmies

  • Roll each cookie ball in a small bowl of white jimmies.
  • Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit on baking sheet for 6 or 7 minutes to set. Remove to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before serving.

Notes

  • Nutritional values will vary depending on how the cookies are decorated and how much white chocolate is used.
  • Store in an airtight container, or freeze for several weeks.

Nutrition

Calories: 107kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 51mg | Potassium: 60mg | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 95IU | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 0.6mg

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