Thick and chewy double chocolate cookies are the perfect homemade gift for Valentines day. The first bite of this incredibly decadent cookie will have you reaching for more. These cookies are what we crave-warm from the oven, soft, chewy and rich! Pair these ooey-gooey cookies with a glass of milk and they will soon become one of your favorites.
Since Valentines day falls on a Monday this year, my husband Andrew and I are celebrating tonight. Every year Andrew surprises me on where we go to dinner. He just tells me what time the reservations are for. Last year we went to one of my favorite restaurants in Indianapolis, Meridian Restaurant and Bar. The food there is incredible and the desserts-don’t get me started! 
I am excited to see what plans Andrew has for us tonight. What are your plans this Valentines Day?
Thick and Chewy Double Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients:
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 16 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee or espresso powder
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 1/4 sticks), softened but still firm
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
Directions:
- In a medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a medium heatproof bowl set over pan of almost-simmering water, melt chocolate, stirring once or twice, until smooth; remove from heat. In a small bowl, beat eggs and vanilla lightly with fork, sprinkle espresso powder over to dissolve, and set aside.
- In bowl of standing mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat butter at medium speed until smooth and creamy, about 5 seconds. Beat in sugars until combined, about 45 seconds; mixture will look granular. Reduce speed to low and gradually beat in egg mixture until incorporated, about 45 seconds. Add chocolate in steady stream and beat until combined, about 40 seconds. Scrape bottom and sides of bowl with rubber spatula. With mixer at low speed, add flour mixture and mix until combined, about 40 seconds. Do not overbeat. Cover with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature until consistency is scoopable and fudgelike, about 30 minutes.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Using a 1 ¾ inch diameter ice cream scoop, drop dough onto parchment-lined baking sheets spacing 1 1/2-inches between each.
- Bake cookies until edges have just begun to set but centers are still very soft, about 10 minutes, turning cookie sheets from front to back and switching from top to bottom racks halfway through baking.
- Cool cookies on sheets about 10 minutes, slide parchment with cookies onto wire rack and cool to room temperature; remove with wide metal spatula.
Source: The New Best Recipe
Those look absolutely great! I love the first photo. Thanks for sharing!
Yum! Great cookies! The pictures look amazing! Delicious
Ohhh Christina! Those look so delicious!!! Another perfect treat for VD. I have always found that espresso with chocolate really takes the flavor to a whole new level and produces a much better result. I bet these are great cookies–Yum! xo
Thanks Christina! Now I know what I’m making for hubby for Valentine’s Day!
oh deary, i’m so making this for my friends and family!!!
These look amazing, and I am only missing one ingredient to make them! You have now given me great debate if I should give up my pj bum day and go out for the missing chocolate. I will for sure be making these for our up coming bake sale at work. Thank you so much for sharing!
These cookies look delicious! I love the presentation too!
These really look exceptionally good. The Cook’s Illustrated recipes are terrific and your presentation of the cookies is perfect. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary
Perfect! Your photo is really beautiful and sure seems to do these cookies justice!
Mmm….double chocolate…so good! Wonderful gift idea.
These look truly delicious!
Oh man these look and sound delish. You can never have too much chocolate!
Oh yes please to those cookies! Hope y’all’s early Valentine’s goes great. I’m baking for hubs on Sunday and he’s taking me out for my favorite big salad. At one of those swank places that uses cloth napkins.
The cookies look perfect Christina, the only problem is once I make it I don’t know how to stop me from eating it all. Maybe I should share some with someone
I had to include one of your awesome recipes on my Valentine’s Day blogroll today:)
this cookie article is great.
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These cookies look luscious! My husband and I always celebrate VDay a couple days before also because on the actual day we are so exhausted after all the kids parties at school etc.!
I love chocolate cookies!! Hope you had a fabulous night out and got all the desserts you wanted!
I hope you had a fun evening celebrating! These cookies look absolutely wonderful – rich and fudgy, the best combination.