Recipe: Chocolate-Dipped Chocolate Chip + Kaki Mochi Cookies

I bake every week, and I gave one of my kids options as to what I could possibly bake for the week, and the decision was to make Chocolate-Dipped Chocolate Chip + Kaki Mochi Cookies.  

He gave it an unsolicited rating of 8/10.  He said he would've rated it higher if the entire cookie was dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with crushed kaki mochi.

I thought it was great as it was - I love Sweet & Salty!

Chocolate-Dipped Chocolate Chip + Kaki Mochi Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 c unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1/2 c brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 large egg
• 1 t vanilla extract
• 2 c flour
• 1/2 t baking soda
• 1/8 t salt
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips, divided
• 1 1/2 cups crushed kaki mochi, divided

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars.
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
• In a separate medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda and salt.
• Slowly stir the flour mixture into the sugar mixture.
• Mix in 1 cup of chocolate chips and 1 cup of crushed kaki mochi
• Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Bake approximately 12-14 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat remaining 1 cup of chocolate chips in microwave for 60 seconds on high, and mix until smooth.
• Dip finished cookies into the chocolate, and sprinkle with remaining crushed kaki mochi.

Enjoy!

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Chocolate Chip + Kaki Mochi Cookies

I love sweet and salty combos, so I recently decided to make these Chocolate Chip + Kaki Mochi Cookies!

No matter what you call them (kaki mochi, mochi crunch, arare, etc.) - they add a nice salty flavor to any chocolate chip cookie!

Chocolate Chip + Kaki Mochi  Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 c butter, softened
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1/2 c brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 large egg
• 1 t vanilla extract
• 2 c flour
• 1/2 t baking soda
• 1/8 t salt
• 1 c semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 c kaki mochi

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars.
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
• In a separate medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda and salt.
• Slowly stir the flour mixture into the sugar mixture.
• Mix in chocolate chips and kaki mochi.
• Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Bake approximately 10 to 13 minutes.

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Yummallo Unicorn Mix Cookies

I bought some Yummallo Unicorn Mix online, and I decided to make cookies with them!

The fun mix comes with colorful baking chips, dehydrated marshmallows, and confetti sprinkles!  (Note - I added some butterfly pea flower powder, which is why they look blue on the inside).

Yummallo Unicorn Mix Cookies

Ingredients:

• 2 ¾ c flour
• 1 t baking soda
• ½ t baking powder
• 1 c butter, softened
• 1 ½ c white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 t vanilla extract
• 1 c Yummallo Unicorn Mix

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a small bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, and baking powder. 
• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
• Mix in the egg and vanilla. 
• Mix the dry ingredients into the sugar mixture. 
• Scoop two-tablespoonfuls worth onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
• Bake 11-13 minutes.  
• Let sit on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.  

You can find the original Sugar Cookies recipe here on Allrecipes.com.

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OREO Cheesecake Cookies

I was on the search for a recipe to use up OREOs and cream cheese that I still had leftover from the holidays, and I found a super easy OREO Cheesecake Cookies recipe.

Eating one of the cookies is almost like eating OREO Cheesecake - it's just in a different form!  The cookies are light and creamy, and taste yummy chilled!

OREO Cheesecake Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened
• ½ c butter, softened
• ¾ c sugar
• ½ t vanilla
• 1 c flour
• 15 OREOs, chopped 

Instructions

• In a medium bowl, mix cream cheese and butter until smooth.  
• Mix in sugar and vanilla until combined.
• Stir in flour. 
• Mix in crushed cookies.  
• Cover dough and chill in refrigerator for at least an hour.
• Scoop dough by 2-Tablespoonfuls onto parchment-lined cookie sheet, and bake in a pre-heated 350-degree oven for approximately 10-12 minutes.  
  
• Cool on cookie sheet for 2-3 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.

You can find the original recipe here on Cookies and Cups. 

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Easy Recipe: Sweetheart Cookies

 

I could not stop thinking about these cookies after seeing it pop up on my Facebook feed - sweetheart cookies by Taste of Home.  I love butter cookies, and I love strawberry jam, and this recipe calls for only 5 ingredients (6, if you want finish it off with confection's sugar for looks).

All you need to do is mix together the butter and sugar, add an egg yolk, mix in the flour, knead until well combined (it says to knead on a flat surface but I just continued to mix it in my mixing bowl).  

Roll into one-inch balls, use your finger to make a slight indentation, and fill the hole with 1/4 teaspoon of fruit preserves.  Bake at 350 for 13-15 minutes.

After they're done, you can dust them with confectioner's sugar (I put about a teaspoon of confectioner's sugar into a hand-held strainer and gently tap the side with the other hand, over the cookies).

If you like chewy, buttery cookies, you'll love these!

Click HERE for the recipe!

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Elf-on-the-Shelf Cereal Cookies

I bought a box of Elf-on-the-Shelf Cereal a couple of months ago, and since it was still unopened, I decided to make some cookies with it. I simply used the Fruity Pebbles Cookies recipe and used the Elf-on-the-Shelf Cereal instead of Fruity Pebbles.

Elf-on-the-Shelf Cereal Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 c flour
• 1 t baking soda
• 1/2 t salt
• 3/4 c butter, softened
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1/2 c brown sugar
• 1 T vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1 c Elf-on-the-Shelf Cereal Cookies

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• In a medium bowl combine flour, baking soda, and salt.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. 
• Mix in vanilla and eggs.
• Mix in flour mixture.
• Mix in cereal.
• Roll 2 T of dough into balls and place on parchment-lined cookie sheet. Add extra cereal to the outside of the balls if you wish. 
• Bake for 10-13.

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Another Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

I tried out yet another Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe today.  This one called for less flour, butter, and sugar than I normally use in chocolate chip cookie recipes, and although the cookies still turned out good, I'm still in search for "The One."

If you have a favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, please share!

In the meantime, here is the recipe I used:

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 c flour 
• 1 t baking soda
• 1/2 c butter, softened
• 1/2 c brown sugar, firmly packed
• 6 T sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 t vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 c chocolate chips

Directions:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• In a medium bowl, combine the flour and baking soda.
• In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugars until creamy.
• Mix in the egg and vanilla.
• Stir in the flour mixture.
• Add in the chocolate chips.
• Scoop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.  
• Bake for 10-13 minutes.
• Let cookies cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. 

You can find the original recipe here on The Baking ChocolaTess. 

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ROLO-Filled Cookies

 

I bought a huge bag of assorted miniatures candy, and ROLOs were being left behind.  So, I decided to make ROLO-filled cookies!  

Preparing them was messy (the dough was sticky), but the end result was a chocolaty cookie with a creamy, caramel center.  Yum!

ROLO-Filled Cookies

Ingredients:

•  1 cup butter, softened
•  1/2 c sugar
•  1 c brown sugar, packed
•  2 large eggs
•  1 T vanilla
•  2 c flour
•  1 c cocoa, sifted
•  1 t baking soda
•  3/4 t kosher salt
•  35 ROLOs

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, beat butter and sugars until creamy.  
• Mix in eggs and vanilla.
• In a separate medium bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.  
• Stir dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.  
• Scoop approximately 2 T dough, and insert an unwrapped ROLO into the center, making sure dough completely covers the ROLO.  
• Place dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 9-10 minutes.  
• Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.  

You can find the original recipe here on The Food Charlatan.  

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Chocolate Cookie Recipes for National Cookie Month

The last in our round-up of cookie posts for National Cookie Month is this list of Chocolate Cookie recipes!  These recipes have lots of chocolate incorporated into them, so if you love chocolate, these recipes are for you!

Cookie Butter Chocolate Swirl Cookies

Mochi Stuffed Chocolate Cookies

S'Mores Cookie Cups

Peanut Butter Stuffed Chocolate Cookies

Double Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Double Chocolate Brownie Cookies

Chocolate-Dipped Crunchy Peanut Butter Cookies

Salted Caramel + Chocolate Pudding Cookies

Triple Chocolate Cookies

Reese's Minis-Topped Brownie Cookies

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No-Brown-Sugar-Needed Chocolate Chip Cookies

I was intent on baking Chocolate Chip Cookies one recent morning, only to discover that I was out of brown sugar!  I was bummed, because I know brown sugar helps to make cookies soft and chewy (just the way I like them).  I forged ahead, however, and found a No-Brown-Sugar Needed Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe, and it turned out fantastic!

Yes, it was on the crispier side, but it was still really yummy.

No-Brown-Sugar-Needed Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 c flour
• 1 t baking soda
• 1/2 t salt
• 1 c butter, softened
• 1 1/2 c sugar
• 2 t vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 c chocolate chips

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium-sized bowl and set aside.
• In a separate medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugars.   
• Mix in vanilla and eggs.
• Stir in dry ingredients.
• Mix in chocolate chips.
• Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

You can find the original recipe here on Foods Guy.

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Non-Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes for National Cookie Month

It's National Cookie Month!  If you love baking cookies just as much as you love eating them, here are 10 non-chocolate chip cookie recipes we've posted in the past to celebrate (it was a little hard to find - we've posted LOTS of chocolate chip cookie recipes!).

Fresh Ginger Cookies

Butter Cookies

Oatmeal Butterscotch

Almond Cookies

Lemon Ricotta Cookies

Fruity Pebbles Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies

Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

Nutella Cookies

JELL-O Flavored Cookies

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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

In my never ending quest to find the best chocolate chip cookie recipe, I tried a recipe for Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies.  I favor chewy over crispy (although there are some crispy types I REALLY love), so I was excited to give this recipe a try!

The recipe says if you have time, to refrigerate the dough, but I didn't have time (I just really wanted cookies ASAP), but even though I skipped that part, the cookies still turned out very yummy!  I loaded them with extra chocolate chips!

Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• 3 c all-purpose flour
• 1 t baking soda
• 1 t salt
• 1 c butter, softened 
• 1/2 csugar
• 1 1/4 c brown sugar
• 2 t vanilla
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 2 c semi sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.
• In a separate medium bowl, mix the butter and sugars until creamy. 
• Add in the vanilla and eggs. 
• Stir in the flour mixture. 
• Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Scoop dough into 2 T-sized balls and drop onto parchment-lined baking sheets.  
• Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown. 
• Cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.  

You can find the original recipe here on Handle the Heat. 

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Party Pan Cookies: Six Varieties of Cookies - 1 Sheet Pan

Whenever I'm on the treadmill, I often times end up watching a lot of those cooking and crafting videos - where people make seemingly cool and creative dishes or items quite easily.  I've seen many, many food dishes I wanted to try and make, and I finally attempted one - a "party pan" of cookies.  It's basically taking cookie dough and creating different varieties in a single pan.  

You can probably take just about any cookie dough recipe to make them, but I looked one up since I wasn't sure of quantities and baking time for a sheet pan.  

I made the base dough chocolate chip, and added 1/2 to 1 cup of each of the following within and a top each portion of dough:  KIT KAT, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Hershey's Milk Chocolate, Pretzels, Chocolate Chips, M&M's.  

Such a fun idea for a party or just for the kiddos!

Party Pan Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 c butter, softened
• 1 c sugar
• 1 c brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 t vanilla
• 3 c flour
• 1 t baking soda
• 1/2 t salt
• 1 c chocolate chips
  
  

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. 
• Combine butter and sugars until creamy. 
• Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Mix in flour, baking soda, and salt. 
• Mix in chocolate chips.  
• Place 3/4 cup cookie dough in each of six different bowls, and combine each dough with the different ingredients.  
• Spread each dough into a sixth of a 12"x17" parchment-lined pan.  Top with more ingredients if desired.  
• Bake for 20 minutes.

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Double Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are my fave to bake and eat.  I decided to try a Double Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie recipe - because the more chocolate, the better, right?

If you love chocolate, try this recipe!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 c flour
• 3 T cocoa powder
• 1 t baking powder
• ½ t baking soda
• ½ t salt
• ½ t ground cinnamon
• ½ c butter, softened
• ½ c brown sugar
• ½ c white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 t vanilla extract
• 1 ¼ c rolled oats
• 1 c semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F 
• In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars.  
• Mix in the egg and vanilla. 
• Gradually mix in the dry ingredients.
• Stir in the oats and chocolate chips.  
• Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto parchment-lined cookie sheets,.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

You can find the original recipe here on Allrecipes.

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Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies

 I love sweet and salty, and if you do too, you must try these Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies!

I would think you could take just about any chocolate chip cookie recipe and throw in pretzels for that sweet & salty mix!  Below is the recipe I used.

Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 c butter, softened
• 2/3 c brown sugar
• 2/3 c sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 ½ t vanilla extract
• 2 c flour
• 1 ¼ t baking soda
• 1 t salt
• 1 ¾ cchocolate chips
• 1 c crushed pretzels

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars.
• Mix in the egg and vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Slowly add these the flour mixture into the butter mixture until combined.
• Fold in chocolate chips and pretzels.  
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoons onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
• Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes.  
• Cool completely

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Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

I've been finding myself baking a new cookie each week lately, and this week's cookie was Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies.

These cookies have a nice touch of peanut butter, especially great for those who love that PB+Chocolate combo!

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 c flour 
• 1 t baking powder
• 1 t baking soda
• 1 t salt
• 1 c butter, softened
• 1 c sugar
• 1/2 c packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 c creamy peanut butter
• 2 t pure vanilla extract
• 2 c old-fashioned whole rolled oats
• 2 c semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

• Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl.
• In a separate large bowl. mix together the butter and sugars until creamy. 
• Add the eggs, peanut butter, and vanilla.  Mix until combined.  
• Combine the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients. 
• Stir in oats.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Chill in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.  
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Scoop 2 teaspoonfuls of dough onto parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for approximately 13 minutes.  
• Remove from oven and allow to cool on baking sheet for at least 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.

You can find the original recipe here on Sally's Baking Addiction.

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Peanut Butter-Stuffed Chocolate Cookies

I was craving peanut butter and chocolate, so I decided to make Peanut Butter-Stuffed Chocolate Cookies!

They are rich and decadent, and perfect for anyone who loves the PB + Chocolate combo!

Peanut Butter-Stuffed Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients:

PB filling:

• 1 c creamy peanut butter
• ½ c powdered sugar 
• 1 t vanilla

Cookies:

• 1 c butter, softened
• 1 1/4 c brown sugar
• 1/2 c sugar 
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 t vanilla extract
• 2 1/3 c flour 
• 1/2 cocoa powder 
• 1 T cornstarch
• 1 t baking powder
• ¾ t salt
• 1/2 t baking soda
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

• Combine all peanut butter filling ingredients, and drop by 2-teaspoonfuls onto parchment-lined cookie sheet.  Place in freezer. 
• Mix butter and sugars in large bowl until combined.
• Add in eggs and vanilla.  
• In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. 
• Gradually add dry ingredients to wet, and mix well.  
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Chill in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Roll dough into balls (about 2 teasponfuls)
• Sandwich the peanut butter filling between two balls of dough, and wrap dough around filling to form one giant cookie dough ball.
• Place balls onto parchment-lined cookie sheet and bake for 13 minutes.  

You can find the original recipe here on Sugar Spun Run.

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Unicorn Cookie Bars

Prior to the stay-at-home order, I picked up a bag of Unicorn Chips from the grocery store because I thought they'd be something fun to bake with.  I finally used them to make Unicorn Cookie Bars.

The chips were a little too sweet for my taste (vanilla-flavored), but the kids loved them, and I sure enjoyed the colors!

Unicorn Cookie Bars

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 c flour
• 1/2 t baking soda
• 1/8 t salt
• 1 c butter, softened
• 1/2 c granulated sugar
• 1/2 c firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 t vanilla extract
• 2 cups unicorn chips, divided
• 2 T sprinkles

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. 
• In a medium bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt.
• In a separate large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
• Mix in egg and vanilla. 
• Pour in flour mixture and combine well.
• Mix in 1 c unicorn chips and the sprinkles.
• Pour batter in prepared 9x13 pan and top with remaining unicorn chips, and bake for 20-25 minutes.

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Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies

I recently made these Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies, which are based on the Levain Bakery recipe. 

You bake them with no vanilla and at a high heat, and you're also supposed to make them into enormous cookies, but I ended up making little ones (because I wanted the cookies to last longer!).

They are crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside.  Maybe next time I'll make them into the gigantic cookies the recipe called for!

Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 c butter, cut into small cubes
• 1 c brown sugar 
• 1/2 c sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 c flour
• 1 t cornstarch
• 3/4 t baking soda
• 3/4 t salt
• 2 c chocolate chips
• 2 c walnuts, chopped

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and sugar.
• Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• Mix in flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. 
• Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
• Bake by heaping tablespoonfuls onto parchment-lined cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes.  

Find the original recipe here on Modern Honey.

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Reese's Minis-Topped Brownie Cookies

I have had a bag of Reese's Minis just sitting on our countertop for a while, and I finally decided to do something with it, and made Reese's Minis-Topped Brownie Cookies!

The cookies are yummy even without the Reese's!

Reese's Minis-Topped Brownie Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 c flour
• 1/4 c unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 t baking powder
• 1 c chocolate chips
• 1/2 c butter
• 2/3 c packed brown sugar
• 1/2 c granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 7.6 oz bag Reese's Minis, chopped

Directions:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder.
• In a microwave-safe bowl, heat the butter and chocolate chips on high for 60 seconds, then stir until smooth.  Let cool for 10 minutes.
• In a large bowl, combine the eggs, brown sugar and granulated sugar.
• Pour the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture, and stir to combine. 
• Add in the dry mixture, and fold until combined (do not overmix).
• Drop the batter by 2-tablespoonfuls onto a parchment-line cooked sheet.
• Top dough with Reese's Minis.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes.  

You can find the brownie cookie here on Gimme Some Oven.

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