These delicious chocolate coffee cookies are full of all the mocha flavors we know and love. They are rich, chewy, and the perfect dessert for a more grown up dessert palate. Instead of having coffee with your cookies, have it in your cookies!
Soft and not too sweet, these cookies are laced with espresso and chocolate chips. If you like ordering a mocha from your favorite coffee shop, these are the cookie for you!
They are a perfect snack to get you over the afternoon hump. These cookies are also a fabulous dessert that caters to the adults in the room.
Chocolate and coffee are a dessert match made in heaven. So I set out to create a cookie that gave a full dose of each.
I have been loving making coffee flavored recipes lately, so this certainly didn’t seem like a stretch. A little bit of coffee makes chocolate really shine, so why not add more?
I really wanted the flavors of the coffee and the chocolate to shine. Plus I wanted soft and delicious cookies, just the way my husband likes them.
These little gems have that deep dark mocha flavor we love. They aren’t too sweet, just enough to balance out the coffee and cocoa powder.
They have a nice mocha flavor with just enough melty chocolate chunks to take the decadence to the next level. There is no way you can eat just one of these babies.
To get that full coffee flavor, I knew I needed more than just coffee extract. So I stirred in some actual coffee grounds.
They were fabulous. In subsequent batches, I’ve used espresso powder with wonderful results.
It may feel a little strange putting espresso powder or coffee grounds in the cookies, but believe me it works!
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Just grind up a heaping Tablespoon of beans to get about a Tablespoon of coffee. If you buy your coffee already ground, just toss some in the dough.
I can see you looking at me with disbelief. Trust me. (Just look at my face, don’t I look trustworthy? Really, I do!)
The grounds don’t give the cookies a weird texture. They just give great flavor and a little nutrition as well!
Bake a batch and let me know what you think. I just know you are going to love them.
The rest of the recipe is much more believable on the face of it. It’s all ingredients we know and love.
Though I consider these a more adult treat due to the coffee and less sweet finish, the kids liked them too. Even self professed coffee haters like them if they give them a try without knowing what they were.
My husband and I both agree that the coffee flavor is there, in the best sort of way. Whip up a batch and let me know what you think!
More Coffee Flavored Recipes
If you like coffee in your dessert, you may also like my coffee and cream sponge cake. It is absolutely amazing.
If it is the mocha that has you excited, make a batch of peppermint mocha shortbread cookies. A few of those and a few of these would make a lovely mocha themed treat tray!
Or try making a coffee angel food cake topped with mocha ermine frosting. The fluffy cake and whipped cream like frosting are so good together.
For more tasty inspiration, check out my full collection of coffee flavored recipes.
Chocolate Coffee Cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 Tablespoon espresso powder or coffee grounds
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.¾ cup butter, 1 cup granulated sugar
- Add the egg and vanilla. Beat until well mixed.1 large egg, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- In a small bowl, mix together flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking soda, salt and espresso or coffee grounds.1¾ cups all-purpose flour, ¼ cup cocoa powder, 2 teaspoons cornstarch, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 Tablespoon espresso powder
- Carefully add dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix until just combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips, then cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for at least a half hour.½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Preheat your oven to 350° F and prepare line your cookie sheets with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Scoop small balls of dough onto lined cookie sheets, I like to use my small cookie scoop for this. Bake for 8-10 minutes. (Larger cookies may take a minute or two longer, the cookies should be set but soft and moist.)
- Cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for several days, or freeze for longer storage time.
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Choc chips or block of dark chocolate chopped?
Thanks Carlee
Chocolate chips. I used the larger chunk version, but whatever you have should work.
These look so good! I love anything that includes chocolate and coffee.
It's such a perfect combination!
Mmm those cookies sound fantastic and they look perfect!
Thank you!
Oh wow, Carlee! I have no words!
Mollie
Ha! That's a surprise 😉 Thank you so much, Mollie!
Oh, these sound/look amazing! I love chocolate and coffee together in any and all forms! Thanks for sharing with us at The Wednesday Showcase!
Me too, they are a match made in heaven! Thank you!
These look amazing! I agree it's weird to add in ground coffee, but it really does turn out well. Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday!
Adding the grounds goes against your instinct, but it is good! Thank you!
You are completely trust worthy! Since our husbands have similar tastes, what did he think of these? Approved or better for the girls only?
Thanks! He did like them. He likes his coffee with a squirt of chocolate syrup, so they were right up his alley 😉
Ok then! My husband has been working crazy amount of hours, and really needs some new treats in the truck. These will be up next on the rotation!
I think people would be surprised that you can just throw the coffee grounds in, I know I was! But I've done it with cakes and cookies, and all have turned out tasty! These cookies look darn tasty Carlee! I'm loving Chocolate Week! 😀
It just seems wrong, but it really works! Thanks, Jessica!
Oh dear! Those cookies look incredible!
Thank you! They really are!
I love mixing in the mini chocolate chips as well. You had me at mocha girl, I don't know what it is not only do I love the word mocha, but I love the flavor! These looks super yummy!!
I think we must be long lost cousins or something! Thanks!