Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are a Holiday Classic
These irresistibly fudgy chocolate crinkle cookies with their signature crackly tops are just what you need to sweeten your holidays!
With baking season in full swing, I’ve been making a lot of unique cookie recipes lately – lots of thumbprints with fun flavors and different kinds of sandwich cookies (like the chocolate mint).
But sometimes you have to go back to the basics. To the Christmas traditions. To the classics you’ve never tried.
Which brings me to the baking world’s best-kept secret: the chocolate crinkle cookie. This isn’t just a cookie; it’s a culinary wonder that deserves its own fan club.
Chocolate crinkle cookies are like the James Bond of the cookie jar – smooth, suave, and dressed to impress with their signature powdered sugar ‘tuxedo.’
One bite, and you’ll understand why these cookies are legends in the Christmas cookie universe, and the reason why ‘just one more’ becomes a test of willpower.
The reason they are called crinkle cookies likes in their “crinkly” tops. After the sugar goes on top, it makes this recipe look like you put in way more effort than you truly did.
Are you ready to embark on a baking adventure that ends with you being the hero of every cookie exchange? These crinkles are more than just treats; they’re a chocolate love affair in cookie form.
Scroll down for a recipe that’s going to catapult you into the cookie hall of fame!
Here’s what you’re going to need for these chocolate crinkle cookies.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
Tools
- Bowl
- Spoon
- Baking sheet
- Parchment
- Smaller bowl or plate for the powdered sugar
Having slightly wet hands while rolling the cookie dough into balls will help prevent the cookie dough from sticking to your hands.
The cookies may not look fully done by 10 minutes, but they will be done.
These last in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week.
You can also freeze them in an airtight container for up to two months. When you bring them out of the freezer, let them rise to room temperature naturally as opposed to microwaving.
Get the printable recipe for these cookies below:
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 egg(s) large
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Mix the butter and sugar together with your hand mixer until creamy and combined.
- Stir in the eggs and vanilla and mix until fully incorporated.
- Stir in the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder until just combined. The dough will be sticky.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Chill the dough at least for four hours, if not overnight.
- Preheat your oven to 350℉ and line your baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Remove from the fridge, wet your hands slightly and roll enough balls of cookie dough to fit on a baking sheet, put the rest of the dough back in the fridge. Roll the balls in powdered sugar twice.
- Place rolled balls onto a baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let cool for five minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and repeat!
Nutrition
If you enjoyed this cookie recipe I’d love for you to try some of these others I think you will love:
Almond Flour Shortbread • Butter • Grinch • Linzer • Peanut Butter Blossoms • Peppermint Brownie • Peppermint Frosted • Reindeer • Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups • Snowball
