These chocolate crinkle cookies are to die for! They are almost like a brownie disguised as a fun crackly cookie! They are incredibly easy to make and the perfect chocolate cookies for any event or holiday. If you love chocolate, fudgy textures, and easy cookie recipes, this is for you.
They also make the most incredible ice cream sandwiches. Trust me. Actually, don’t trust me. Make them and you will see how amazing these fun little cookies are.
Click HERE to watch the recipe video! Disclaimer: I made double the written recipe in the video.
Yield: 10 Cookies
INGREDIENTS:
- 60g Cocoa Powder
- 200g Caster Sugar
- 60ml Vegetable Oil
- 2 Large Eggs, room temp
- 1tsp Vanilla Extract
- Coffee Concentrate (combine 1/2tsp hot water and 1/2tsp instant coffee)
- 150g Plain/AP Flour
- 1tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2tsp Salt
- A large bowl of Powdered Sugar
STEPS:
- Sift the cocoa powder into a large bowl
- Add sugar then whisk them together
- Add oil, eggs, vanilla, and the coffee. Whisk until it’s a smooth and glossy mixture
- Add flour, baking powder, and salt. Using a spatula, fold everything together until a homogenous dough forms. It should be glossy and slightly sticky
- Cover the bowl with some clingfilm and leave it in the fridge to chill overnight (minimum of 2hr so the dough is fully cold and easier to shape)
- Line a baking tray with parchment and pre-heat the oven to 180°C while we prep the cookie dough
- Scoop the cookie dough into 60g balls (this gets you 10 cookies but you can make them bigger or smaller)
- Shape it into a ball between the palms of your hands then drop it into the bowl of powdered sugar. Toss it around so the entire cookie dough is covered in an even layer of powdered sugar
- Transfer them onto the lined baking tray with some space between each dough ball
- Pop them into the oven to bake at 180°C for 10-13min
- Let it cool on a cooling rack then enjoy!
UPGRADE: The Ice Cream Sandwich
In my opinion, these cookies make the best ice cream sandwiches. They are the perfect softness and chewiness for the most satisfying ice cream sandwich.
To make them, grab 1 cookie and cut it in half. These crinkle cookies are thick enough so use them like a brioche bun. Then add as much vanilla ice cream in between the cookie layers as you please. And bite into the most glorious dessert ever created.
Ok. I may be a tad dramatic. But also, I may be totally right about these.
I followed the recipe but my dough was too sticky to form into balls, what can cause this?
Hi Valeria! In my experience the dough can get too sticky if it hasn’t been chilled for long enough and rested for long enough. I recommend leaving it overnight in the fridge so that it’s definitely cold in the morning and that the flour has had enough time to absorb the moisture in the dough. Another thing is that, as the dough comes back to room temp, it can get sticky again. So keep the dough in the fridge if you are not working on it, especially during summer (I live in Glasgow so it’s usually cold enough that it doesn’t get sticky). Anyways, just try and keep it cold, i hope this helps.
I think instead of rolling the cookies in the icing sugar, just dip half into it. The sugar kind of caramelized at the bottom and I didn’t really like that lol. But personal preference you know😂
Most Delicious and easy chocolate biscuit.
Yay! I’m so glad you liked them Leianne!!!
Girl you ate down with this recipe!!!! 10/10 highly recommend. Saw your post on tik tok and NEEDED to make these 😩 So glad that I did, this is defs gonna hit for the chocolate lovers. It reminds me of a lava cake. This recipe is quite easy to make considering I’ve never made these before. This will be a dessert staple for sure in my house. Thanks queen x
AHHH Thank you so much Mareta!!! This makes me so so so happy <3
hii i mafe these like 10 minutes ago and they didnt rise they spread a little and went flat do u lnow what fouldve happened?
Hi Poppy! So sorry to hear that, I think it could be that your baking powder is expired or past its shelf life!
I am planning to make them tomorrow, so I just wanted to ask can I use brown sugar as well for the chewy texture?
Hey Manahil! I would recommend following the recipe to get the best result. The brown sugar may change the texture and hold of the cookie so I cannot guarantee they will turn out the same as mine <3
Hi, Can I switch vegetable oil for butter? I’m only have olive oil 🙁
Hi Valentina! I wouldn’t recommend butter because it’ll change the texture of the cookies. If you don’t mind the taste of olive oil, you could use that but the best is vegetable oil or any neutral oil (sunflower, rapeseed, anything without a distinct flavor).
hi chloe im kinda curious, does butter makes the cookies dryer? because i saw some tiktok videos that use butter instead of oil
Hi Kala! That’s a great question. Yes, you can also make crinkle cookies with butter too! I prefer the oil because I have found that it gives me the most consistent result. I wouldn’t say butter makes it “drier” but because butter isn’t pure fat, it will have an impact on the texture so the other ingredients would need to be adjusted to get that same chewy texture! No wrong or right just what your personal preferences are!
Hi I was wondering how long they will last after being baked and how to store them ?
I currently have the do chilling in the fridge 😊
Hi Aliyah! When they are fully cooled, I like to keep them in an airtight container just at room temp. They usually last me a good few days after it’s baked but I always eat it so quickly that I wouldn’t be able to tell you exactly how long they will keep heehee.
Hi! Can I use white sugar instead of Caster sugar? I would like to mass produce this recipe and might as well sell it 😊
Hey! Granulated and caster are best. I don’t recommend powdered sugar for the dough. So it does depend on the type of white sugar you are going for!
Hi! I want to try this recipe so bad but I don’t drink coffee. Is it okay if I don’t put the coffee concentration in to the dough?
Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe 🫶🏻
Hi Elaine! The recipe will work without the coffee concentrate! But the coffee really helps with the richness of the chocolate flavour, so when it’s omitted, the cookie flavor will be a little less intense <3
Giiiiiiiiirl! These cookies are just amazing! I never leave comments especially on recipes BUT THIS 🤌🏻 Pure pleasure for chocolate lovers🍫
Such an easy recipe, all steps are clear as day!
I made them for the first time and they turned out so good!
Thank you for your work🙌🏻
Thank you so much!!! I’m so glad they turned out well!!!!
Hi! I tried this recipe tonight and they turned out really yummy – but once cooked the cookies didn’t flat down much from the rolled balls of dough. I found I had to cook them a bit longer with the second batch as the middle stayed a bit too undercooked and ball shaped!
Do you think leaving them to chill a bit longer would help? (This time around they chilled in the fridge for about 2 hr 30)
Hi Lucy! This sounds like the 2hr 30min of chilling was enough. I’ve listed a few things that I could think of that might be causing this problem. 1. I would double check that you are using Large eggs and that the wet ingredients were measured properly. 2. I would check if the baking powder is still fresh or if it has already expired. If you are still having trouble, feel free to send me a picture and I can try to pin point the problem better that way!
Is it really 2 large eggs and 60ml oil? My mixture seems too dry …
Yes that is correct!
Hey! so I wanna know is it possible to use coconut oil as an alternative to vegetable oil or will it leave any strong flavour.
Hi! I have never tried it with coconut oil, so I am not too sure about that. But in terms of flavour, it will definitely leave a coconut flavour so I recommend a neutral oil if that’s not something you want!
Hi from Chile!! this recipe is so good, i found it on tiktok and made them like a birthday gift and everyone loved it! so i’m make them like for every birthday now jajaja. Now i put in the center a little piece of chocolate before bake them and they’re so delicious as well, thank u for sharing ✨
Hi Nataly! Thank you so much! I am so happy you enjoyed this recipe!!!! lots of love from the UK
Hi Cloeh! I’m trying to do this recipe. But I don’t have a scale. Would I completely messed it up if I use an aprox on cups of those measurements? Or do you have any references I could use?
Thank you so much for your work 💞🙌🏻
Hi Sofia! An approx for cups should be fine, but I wouldn’t be able to guarantee anything because it depends on how accurate the conversion is. I hope they work for you!!