Cocoa, chocolate chips, chocolate covered almonds and coffee beans. Cookies.
We adore them. It’s the BEST!- I’ve heard( not too humble huh..). I can’t restrict myself in calling them the best.
If there’s one thing kids ask(almost demand) when they come to our place, are these cookies. Now coming to think of it, I’m not too sure it’s just them asking or one chocoholic teen who makes them ask…
The cookies are slightly crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, little like a cushioned brownie. They are quite chocolaty with hints of crunch from the almonds and coffee beans.
The idea of using coffee beans came from the beautiful Chef Giada De Laurentis, she used them in her cookie recipe and I thought it was an ingenious idea.
I’ve bought chocolate covered coffee beans(now try saying that 5 times:)),..ate it all even before it made to the batter. This time I bought my chocolate covered coffee beans last and added it first.
We couldn’t wait for it to get out of the oven, it’s one of those things which tastes out of the world crazy good when it’s warm.
Turn on a movie, .Sit in your spots, warm up the cookie a bit and close your eyes and take a bite, it is perfect..
It’s OK, all the craziness with chocolate but what’s NOT OK was, I had a boy bouncing off the walls. What remained was boxed for later.
What is YOUR favorite cookie?
I leave you with this chocolate heaven. Hope you all have an awesome weekend.
- 1 cup All purpose Flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 tsp cocoa powder(I used Hershey's)
- ⅓ cup chocolate covered coffee beans/almonds
- 4 tbsp or ½ stick unsalted butter
- 4 ounces semi sweet chocolate baking barks/squares
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract( I used Madagascar bourbon vanilla extract)
- 2 tbsp brewed coffee
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- Mix all purpose flour, baking powder, salt, chocolate covered almonds/coffee beans,cocoa powder together and keep aside.
- Melt butter in a microwave till it melts and note not to burn it.
- Chop the Semi sweet chocolate squares and add it to the warm butter and mix well until it is smooth.
- Whip butter, both the sugar well. Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat well, add 2 tbsp of brewed coffee. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix well using spatula.
- Add the chocolate chips to it.
- Use a small ice cream scoop to make portions.
- Use parchment sheets so the cookies don't stick to the baking sheet.
- Bake at 325- 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes. Leave it to sit on the baking sheet for 5 minutes and then transfer the cookies to a cooling rack.
- ENJOY!!
They will be a bit soft after 12 minutes, leave it on the tray and carefully transfer.
If using a darker cookie sheet, it might take a little lesser time to bake.
If you want to make it egg less, it's also perfect without the addition of 1 egg, just add 2 tbsp of either flax seeds powder or 2 tbsp apple puree.
If you want to omit the chocolate covered beans( for kids) or you feel it might get stuck in the teeth(it did a bit), please go ahead, doesn't change the flavors a lot. You can just use chocolate covered almonds.
If you find the dough a little crumbly, add a couple of tablespoons of water. The weather and the temperature of your kitchen varies.
I love these photos! They came out wonderfully, and I can see the crisp outsides and gooey insides to the cookies. Yum.
Aaah! Chocolate overload! I love it and esp the chocolate covered almonds and beans! Reminds of the very chocolatey ice cream I had tonight. Lovely photos Asha!
Nazneen
wow, those cookies luk absolutely scrumptious,wonderful recipe and grear shots as usual 🙂
I totally agree these cookies are the best. Choc with coffee is heavenly and I can imagine the smell all over the kitchen when baking them.
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Those cookies look insanely good and ever so tempting! A devilish treat.
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Rosa
I’ve made Giada’s choc-espresso bean cookies and they are so good. Your version came out gorgeous, with that crackly crust! These are one of my favorite types of cookies for sure. Anything that is like a brownie and I love almonds! Beautiful pictures.
These cookies look scrumptious Asha! Wow! Coffee does so enhance the flavor of chocolate!
Great photos! Great post to start the weekend with 🙂
Shashi @ http://runninsrilankan.com
One word to describe it – DIVINE!
Simply superb, looks so yummy.
Droolworthy cookies…I would love them with my coffee…I bet the wont last long in our house 🙂 Thanks for sharing this lovely recipe
such deliciously chocolaty indulgence…will have to make a king sized batch of these goodies else will be over by the end of the day they get made…yumm 🙂
the texture looks crazy good. These would be dangerous around me. I’ve been eating oatmeal,flax, raisin cookies everyday for the past week! Its awful but I dont mind it at all 🙂
These cookies look wonderful and crunchy!
They look crazy good!
They look wonderful! You can just tell from the picture where you break them in half! 😀
Love these cookies!
I would love to eat one of these. No I’m lying, I would like to eat 2 of these. No I’m lying, I would like to eat 12 of these. Amazing! 🙂
I need to move closer to you.
Mmm! These melt in your mouth while you blissfully chew all the chocolaty goodness! Chocolate heaven!
OMG, you’re killing me with these cookies, Asha! Amazing!
I so need these right now. While number crunching for my new appliances. Yikes!!
Love the homey photos. So so beautiful 🙂
Hey Ash, followed the smell of these cookies! They definitely look extremely moreish and tempting! I’d have to dunk them in coffee!
Wow chocolate intense!I am for sure trying this Asha 🙂
these look so good, wish I had one now with a glass of milk 🙂
Ash chocolate cookies are welcome any day loved your shots …a delight to eat while watching movie
Oh, gosh, I need to make these! My family will be thrilled!!!
Oh. This is trouble. Tripe trouble… GREG
These look really good. my favourite is chocolate chip cookie but never tried a coffee bean cookie. Would surely try one now.
I would love to try these cookies of yours! I’m sure my daughter will love them!
These cookies look addictive :).
Crunchy from outside with a creamy and delicious inner life,great recipe.
Asha, I just adore brownies and brownie-type chocolate cookies. And, yours look spectacular! Learned about using espresso powder with chocolate and cocoa to enhance flavors (waaaay back) when I read Maida Heatter’s baking and dessert cookbooks. To this day, I enjoy tossing some into dry ingredients when baking with chocolate and cocoa. Thanks so much for sharing, girl! xo
Coffee and chocolate are wonderful together, these are pretty stunning cookies!
Triple chocolate??? Oh my goodness!! I’m totally sold. I’ve not been baking due to a sick oven, but these beauties have me craving cookies. I just may have to make a trip to moms! LOVE everything about them.
The name of these cookies and the pics made them look so tempting and your description even more so! My daughter can’t seem to get enough of chocolate and these cookies are certainly for die hard choco fans like her.
Sinful chocolate…love the gorgeous clicks.
lovely page !! the cookies look so yum!!
Dark Seduction all over your pictures!How I adore those intense, chewy, crumbly beauties 🙂
Made cookies one time. Didn’t turn out good. But I’m inspired to give it a try again now that I have a gorgeous, beautiful recipe 🙂
Just got back after an impromptu trip to the magical Disney and so happy to see your loving comments and I missed being away for 3 days..
XX’s from me to you.
Wow so lovely n chocolaty… Nice clicks
Ash these cookies look really wonderful… They look so crispy. Bookmarking to make them for my hubby n girl..:-)
I love these cookies.
Did you say “Triple”? YUM! I won’t go anywhere if I have these cookies in front of me. 🙂
so beautiful and yummy you are really a amazing cook
Never warmed my cookies up! Actually I’ve never cooked chocolate cookies in my entire life. Shame on me. I’ll start from this recipe, I look forward to trying it out now!