Chocolate Drop Cookies
These cookies are super chocolatey with three different kinds of chocolate: bittersweet, semisweet, and cocoa powder. They do not contain any flour and are fantastic dipped in milk when warm.
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 164kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup dark brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup Ghirardelli or Guittard bittersweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup Ghirardelli or Guittard cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- In a large bowl, combine the softened butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Add the eggs and mix until just combined.
- Add the Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips to a bowl and microwave at 50% power until melted, starting at 1 minute and continuing for 30 seconds at a time. Allow the chocolate to cool for a couple of minutes so that it is not hot and add to the bowl.
- Add the cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt to the bowl. Stir until just combined.
- Add the semi-sweet chocolate chips and stir to combine.
- Add 1½ to 2 tablespoons of cookie dough for each cookie to a baking sheet. You can fit 12 cookies to a baking sheet.
- Bake for 9-10 minutes.
Notes
- High-Quality Chocolate: Since these cookies are all about the chocolate, it is important to use high-quality chocolate when making the batter. That means high-quality cocoa powder and high-quality bittersweet chocolate which is melted to become part of the batter. Both Ghirardelli and Guittard are really good and are widely available at places like Target, Whole Foods, and some larger grocery stores.
- Melted Chocolate:Do not add the melted chocolate to the cookie dough until the chocolate has fully cooled to room temperature. Adding hot chocolate to cookie dough with eggs may cook the eggs.
- Chocolate Chip Mix-Ins: You can use any variety of chocolate chips to mix in at the end. If you have extra bittersweet chocolate chips feel free to use those, if you have semi-sweet that will add depth with another layer of flavor, or if you have milk chocolate chips those would be great too. The quality of the semi-sweet chocolate chips added to the batter at the end is not as critical. I typically use Nestle chocolate chips.
- Mixing the Dough: Scrape down the bowl and stir the batter as little as possible, just until all the elements are combined.
Nutrition
Calories: 164kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 126mg | Potassium: 154mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 142IU | Vitamin C: 0.04mg | Calcium: 42mg | Iron: 1mg
