Double-Chocolate Espresso Cookies

Total Time

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 10 min./batch

Makes

3 dozen

Updated: Sep. 22, 2022
Anyone who is a chocolate and espresso fan is sure to love these. Coffee enhances the flavor of chocolate in the tender chewy cookies. They’re guaranteed to wake up your taste buds. —Cindi Paulson, Anchorage, Alaska
Double-Chocolate Espresso Cookies Recipe photo by Taste of Home
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Ingredients

  • 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
  • 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips, divided
  • 1/2 cup butter, cubed
  • 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
  • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

  1. In a small heavy saucepan, melt unsweetened chocolate, 1 cup chocolate chips and butter with coffee granules; stir until smooth. Remove from heat; set aside to cool.
  2. Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, beat sugar and eggs 3 minutes or until thick and lemon-colored. Beat in chocolate mixture. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to chocolate mixture. Stir in remaining chips.
  3. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until puffed and tops are cracked. Cool 5 minutes before removing to wire racks.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 112 calories, 6g fat (4g saturated fat), 25mg cholesterol, 54mg sodium, 15g carbohydrate (12g sugars, 1g fiber), 1g protein.

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