MOCHA MADNESS COOKIES

 I love coffee!  I love dark chocolate!  This recipe brings those two things together to make this really addicting cookie.  If you like coffee and dark chocolate then I should warn you that these are very difficult to stop eating.

Ingredients:

• 2-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter (2 sticks), room temperature
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1-1/2 tablespoons hot water
• 4 tablespoons of instant coffee
• 2 cups dark chocolate chips, divided

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.  In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy.  Beat in eggs and vanilla.  In a small cup, dissolve coffee into hot water.  Stir coffee mixture into the sugar mixture until well incorporated.  Add flour mixture stirring until incorporated.  Stir in 1-1/2 cups of the chocolate chips.

Shape into 1 inch balls or use a small cookie scoop and bake on parchment lined baking sheet for 12 - 14 minutes.  

Allow to cool on a wire rack.  When cookies have cooled completely, melt the remaining chocolate chips in microwave safe container on 50% power in 30 second intervals until melted.  Using a fork, drizzle chocolate over cooled cookies.

Click here for a printable version of this recipe from Culinary Collage.