Triple Chocolate Snowquakes

Submitted by Sharon123

"Yum, these are all chocolatey, and cracked, and covered with powdered sugar, as if hit by a snow quake! Triple chocolates make for a chocolate lovers treat! Adapted from Country Living magazine."

 

• Ready In: 27mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 48 cookies

ingredients

• 354.88 ml white flour (not self rising)
• 177.44 ml good quaity unsweetened cocoa powder
• 9.85 ml baking powder
• 3.69 ml sea salt
• 118.29 ml unsalted butter, room temperature
• 177.44 ml dark brown sugar, firmly packed
• 59.14 ml white sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 4.92 ml pure vanilla extract
• 177.44 ml dark chocolate chips
• 177.44 ml bittersweet chocolate (chips or block, broken in pieces-or use semi sweet chocolate chips)
• 236.59 ml confectioners' sugar

directions

1. Mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and set aside.
2. Cream the butter until it's smooth in a large bowl with an electric mixer, on medium speed(sometimes I'm just too lazy to get out my mixer and do this by hand).
3. Add the brown and white sugars and beat until well mixed. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well . Reduce speed to medium low, add the flour mixture to the egg mixture, and mix until a soft dough forms(again, I usually do this by hand).
4. Add chocolates and mix well. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and chill for about 1 hour.
5. Preheat oven to 350* F.
6. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside(Sometimes I just spray generously with cooking spray when I don't have parchment paper).
7. Place the confectioners' sugar in a bowl. Keeping dough well chilled, form 1 tablespoon of dough into a ball. Roll the ball in the confectioners' sugar to coat generously(don't shake off excess sugar).
8. Place balls 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake cookies 10-12 minutes or until they have puffed up and cracked and are slightly firm to the touch.
9. Move the cookies to a wire rack and let cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week. Enjoy!

Reviews

[loof751]

WOW! These are fantastic!!! Perfect for the chocolate lover, not too sweet, just rich and chocolatey. Very easy to make and pretty to look at too. Love these - thanks for sharing your recipe!

 

[Sydney Mike]

Made these to gift to a neighbor friend who was having a handful of her grandchildren for the weekend & she was sure they'd love these neat little chocolate fixes! I know they're great, 'cause I kept a few (6, in fact) for the 2 of us & these really are outstanding in taste & satisfaction! Definitely a keeper of a recipe! Thanks for sharing it! [Tagged & made in Please Review My Recipe]

 

[HokiesMom]

These are definitely 5 stars and more! A nice grown up taste in a chocolate cookie with the 3 types of chocolate. These are not overly sweet at all and have a nice full chocolate flavor. Made exactly as directed and received 48 cookies! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe. I'm glad I tagged you in Photo Tag in the Cooking Games with Friends forum.