The Story:
Okay, you caught me. I LOVE chocolate and coconut. I will find any excuse to make the combo happen in any dessert. Plus, it doesn’t take anything special to make these cute treats. Yes, I used a cookie scoop and a piping bag. But you can roll the cookie dough balls with your hands and just frost the cookies with a knife. But once you roll them in coconut, they were incredibly decadent and they taste amazing. Like a soft chocolate Oreo.
Ingredients
Chocolate Cookies:
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips, optional
Coconut Filling:
1/4 cup butter, softened
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1 1/2- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Shredded coconut for decoration
Directions
1. Beat butter and sugar.
2. Add egg and vanilla extract. Scrape down bowl to full incorporate.
3. In a separate bowl, sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt together.
4. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture and mix until combined.
5. Add mini chocolate chips (optional).
6. Make dough balls roughly the size of a table spoon each and place in the freezer for 30 minutes.
7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake cookies for 8-10 minutes.
8. Remove from pans and let cool on cooling racks.
9 Coconut Filling: Beat butter and cream cheese until smooth, Add coconut extract and slowly add powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency.
10. Frost the bottom of half the cookies, place another cookie on top to create your "sandwich."
11. Place shredded coconut in a bowl and roll the edges of the cookie sandwich into the coconut.
12. Devour.
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If you want to use a cake mix to make your chocolate cookies, try my Homemade Oreo recipe, it will work wonderfully!
these look amazing. it’s only 9.45am and i am now hungry for chocolate!!! i will have to try these out!
xoamy
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I love this combo…mounds and almond joy are my favorite candy bars!
Oh, stay tuned then! I have a dream cupcakes in the way for you
Ummmmm mine, too!! Can’t wait.
These cookies look so amazing. Chocolate and coconut are such a great combo. I can’t wait to make these.
Have a nice weekend.
Yummy!! Chocolate + Coconut = Heaven. I really liked your chocolate and coconut cupcake. Do you still cater? Can I able to buy some your chocolate coconut cupcakes while you are in Portland?
I am very busy right now with my cookbook, sorry!
I’m allergic to chocolate
, but I’d love to try this in a white chocolate version! 