Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
These chocolate crinkle cookies are so soft and melt in your mouth. Made with cream cheese and cocoa powder and lightly dusted with icing sugar, they make a perfect snack.
These soft chocolate crinkle cookies are a must-have at Christmas in our house. Their soft cake-like texture leaves everyone wanting more. They are so simple to make and are kid-friendly. Make them for your friends and family this Christmas because I know they will surely be a hit with your family and friends. They are perfect as edible gifts, too!
The Ingredients for Crinkle Cookies
The usual cookie ingredients with the addition of cocoa powder and cream cheese, makes these a perfect treat.
Ingredients List for Chocolate Crinkle Cookies:
- 1 cup cream cheese (softened to room temperature)
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened to room temperature)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup icing sugar
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The Wet Ingredients
Let’s start by getting the wet ingredients going.
- Put 1 cup of softened cream cheese, 1 cup of softened unsalted butter, and 1 cup of sugar into a large mixing bowl. I use a stand mixer to make my dough.
- Whip the three ingredients together till you have a smooth consistency. It takes about 5 minutes to whip the butter so it’s soft and fluffy.
- Add 2 whole eggs and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract into the bowl and mix for another 2 minutes. This allows the eggs to get whipped properly, and it ensures a soft crinkle cookie in the end.
The Dry Ingredients
Now we can get the dry ingredients together.
- Sift together 2 cups of all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt in a small bowl.
- Also, sift 1/3 cup of cocoa powder in a separate bowl. It’s important to sift the cocoa powder so there are no lumps. You can always sift the flour and cocoa powder together.
- Add everything to the bowl with the butter mix.
- Mix the wet and dry ingredients to form a cookie dough. The cookie dough will be rather cake-like instead of cookie dough-like.
Coating the Cookies
How is the crinkle on the cookies formed? Let’s get the cookies ready to get crinkly.
- Sift 1/4 cup of icing sugar onto a plate. Sifting the icing sugar is also crucial to get rid of the lumps.
- Form 30 cookies and place them onto the dish containing the icing sugar – one at a time. Roll each of the cookies into the icing sugar so they get coated. This is what will give the crinkle cookies the crinkle on them.
Baking the Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Let’s get baking.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place the cookies on a parchment-lined baking tray.
- Bake them for about 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and allow them to cool down on the baking tray for about 2 minutes.
- Then cool them on a cookie rack.
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Soft Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Course: SnacksCuisine: CanadianDifficulty: Easy30
cookies15
minutes15
minutes119
kcal30
minutesMy chocolate crinkle cookies are perfect for Christmas baking! These kid-friendly, cookies are soft, chocolatey, and absolutely delicious.
Ingredients
1 cup cream cheese (softened to room temperature)
1 cup unsalted butter (softened to room temperature)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup icing sugar
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Whip the butter, sugar, and cream cheese in a large mixing bowl, until the sugar is well incorporated with the rest – for about 5 minutes.
- Add the eggs and vanilla extract to the bowl and whip for a further one minute.
- Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl.
- In a separate bowl, sift the cocoa powder.
- Add the flour to the wet and mix well to form a cookie dough.
- Add the cocoa powder and mix it so it’s evenly distributed.
- Sift the icing sugar onto a plate.
- Form 30 cookies and place them one at a time onto the icing sugar. Coat them with the icing sugar and place them on a parchment-lined cookie tray.
- Bake them for 15 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking tray for 2 minutes then transfer them to a cookie rack to cool completely.
- Save in an air-tight container for up to 1 week.
My chocolate crinkle cookies are soft and delicious. In order to get the crinkle on the cookies, make the cookie dough, roll each cookie, and them drop them into icing sugar before placing them on a baking rack and baking them. As they rise, the icing sugar on them will crinkle.
My chocolate crinkle cookies are made with butter and cream cheese. This gives the cookies a soft and cake-like consistency. They are tender and delicious.
My chocolate crinkle cookies are made with butter, cream cheese, eggs, sugar, flour, cocoa powder, and vanilla. Once the cookie dough is ready, the cookies are rolled in icing sugar before baking.
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