Death by Chocolate Cookies

The world’s largest chocolate fountain is at the The Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. The floor-to-ceiling sculpture circulates more than 2,100 pounds of melted milk, white and dark chocolate through 500 feet of pipes 24 hours a day. If you’re a chocolate lover—and even if you’re not—you cannot help but stare, spellbound by the silky pools of heavenly bliss as they float past. Combined with the intoxicating aroma, for a few fleeting moments, you find yourself lost in a chocolate decadent dream…I’ll leave the rest to your imagination.

See what chocolate does to me?!

If ever there was a recipe for a chocolate souffle cookie, this is it! This little nugget is sinfully delightful, intensely rich, and will melt in your mouth.

Anything this terrific should take hours to make. There are a few steps, I won’t mislead you. Yet every move you make will be worth it! I promise.

After I made these cookies, shared them with some friends and neighbors, and realized how good they were, I sent the recipe to a friend of mine. It just so happened to be the same day I published the “Do Something Good for Your Neighbor” post. She and her teenage daughters baked them straight away, and bestowed them upon a neighbor for a birthday gift. Two days later came the most delightful text message: “I have been eating one cookie a day, and they are the best chocolate cookies I have ever tried.” What more testimonial does one need?

Life happens. Chocolate helps. These cookies will definitely help! I hope you’ll try them and send me your reviews.

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE COOKIES
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Yield: Approximately 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients
10 ounces semisweet baking chocolate
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1-1/2 cups brown sugar
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a microwave safe bowl, melt baking chocolate in 30 second intervals. Stir after each interval. When full melted, let cool.
3. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
4. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter, brown sugar and sugar until creamy.
5. Add eggs and vanilla and beat again until smooth.
6. Add cooled melted chocolate and stir until mixed completely.
7. Sift flower, cocoa, salt and baking powder together. Add to butter and sugar mixture.
8. Mix until blended. Do not overmix.
9. Stir in chocolate chips.
10. Let dough rest for 10 minutes.
11. Using a 1-inch scoop, place balls of cookie dough on baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
12. Bake for 10 minutes. (I put in for 6 minutes, then turned them for another 4 minutes.)
13. Cool cookies on baking sheet for 2 minutes.
14. Prepare to be wowed.