Chocolate Crinkle Cookies Recipe: A Chocolaty Delight with a Crinkled Twist

Get ready to indulge in the ultimate chocolate lover’s delight with our irresistible recipe for Chocolate Crinkle Cookies. With their crackled exterior and fudgy interior, these cookies are a true treat for your taste buds. Made with simple yet delightful ingredients, including semi-sweet chocolate chips, unsalted butter, and a dusting of confectioner’s sugar, these cookies are guaranteed to satisfy your sweet tooth cravings.

In this article, I will guide you through the step-by-step process of creating these heavenly Chocolate Crinkle Cookies. From melting the chocolate chips and creaming the butter to rolling the dough balls in a generous coating of confectioner’s sugar, I’ll share my secrets to achieving the perfect texture and appearance.

Whether you’re an experienced baker or a beginner in the kitchen, this recipe is sure to impress both you and your loved ones. So gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and let’s embark on a chocolate-filled adventure as we uncover the magic behind these delectable Chocolate Crinkle Cookies.

Why I decided to make this Chocolate Crinkle Cookies Recipe

These chocolate crinkle cookies were on my daughter’s “new cookies to try” list. We have our holiday staples of Eggless Sugar Cookies and Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread Cookies, but we are always looking to try new eggless cookies every year.

These Chocolate crinkle cookies were an instant hit with the kids because they are an all-chocolate cookie. My daughter had to take a treat for her Sunday class at the temple and these cookies were a huge hit with her friends. A perfect eggless homemade treat for the children at the temple. 

Ingredients used to make Eggless Chocolate Crinkle cookies

The ingredients to make these cookies are simple pantry baking ingredients:

• ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 oz unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/3 cup milk, warm NOT hot
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup confectioner’s sugar

Semi-Sweet Chocolate chips

Use good quality chocolate chips. This is the brand I like. You can also use a bar of good quality chocolate bar and cut it up with a knife before measuring it. 

Unsalted Butter

If using salted butter, you can skip the salt in the recipe.

Milk

You can use either full-fat or reduced-fat milk. 

Sugar

Regular white granulated sugar is fine.

All-purpose flour

I have not tested this recipe with whole wheat or any alternative flour.   

Cocoa Powder

Try to use good quality and unsweetened cocoa powder. This is my recommended brand.

Baking powder

This is the ingredient that gives the cookies their signature crinkles

Confectioner’s sugar

Also called powdered sugar. 

Step Wise Guide to Make Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

1. Add butter and chocolate chips to a large glass bowl.
2. Heat it in the microwave for 1 minute. Remove and stir to combine the butter and chocolate.
3. If it’s not completely melted heat for 15 more seconds in the microwave. Stir again.
4. Repeat this process in 15-second increments till the butter and chocolate are fully melted and combined.
5. To the same chocolate bowl, add milk and sugar. Stir to incorporate.
6. Add flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt to the bowl. Stir to combine. Cover and chill the dough in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
7. Preheat the oven to 350°F (190°C). Add confectioner’s sugar to a bowl.
8. Use a small cookie scoop to scoop out the dough. Roll it in between your palms to make a round.
9. Drop the dough balls in the confectioner’s sugar and coat them completely. You have to be generous with this step so I would recommend coating 1 dough ball at a time. Place 12 dough balls on one cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
10. Bake for 11-12 minutes in the preheated oven.
11. Remove it from the oven and let it rest for 2-3 minutes before cooling it completely on a wire rack.
12. When completely cooled, store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week. Freshest when eaten within 2 days of baking.

Recipe Tips

Dough

The dough for these Chocolate Crinkle cookies is very similar to the Eggless Brookies (Brownie + Cookies) that I make. 

The recipe for that is not currently on the blog but will hopefully document and put it up soon. 

I wanted these cookies to spread on their own and have a crinkly top, so I added more liquid and baking powder to the recipe. It worked like a charm! The dough is a little soft for these cookies and has to be chilled for 2-3 hours in the refrigerator to make it scoopable. This is the ice cream scoop I use to measure and scoop out the dough. 

1. Chocolate and butter melted
2. Addition of milk and sugar to the batter
3. Addition of dry ingredients to the batter
4. Batter after being chilled in the refrigerator for a couple of hours

To get the perfect crinkles

There are a couple of key steps that help get these cookies the perfectly imperfect crinkles.  Make sure you follow these important steps, and you should be good. 

• The dough should be chilled for 2 hours in the refrigerator. 
• The chilled dough should be scooped using a small cookie scoop and shaped into circles using your palms.
• IMPORTANT- The dough balls should be generously coated in the confectioner’s sugar.  DO NOT skimp on this part.  If you coat it lightly, the sugar will melt into the cookies and you will not get the signature crinkled powdered sugar look on top. 

Tools I use to make Eggless Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Half Sheet Pans

Unbleached Parchment Paper

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Final Thoughts

These Eggless Chocolate Crinkle Cookies would be a wonderful addition to your holiday cookie platter or for a cookie exchange.  The cookie’s simple flavors but unique looks are sure to be a hit with your family and friends. 

If you try this recipe, leave us a comment, rate it (once you’ve tried it), and take a picture and tag it @livinginfused on Instagram! We would love to see what you come up with.

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