Comments on: Better-than-Brownies Chocolate Cookies

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:34 +0000

I’ve been saving this recipe for months and finally tried it last night. I used the Ghirardelli bittersweet 60% cacao and Nestle semi-sweet mini chips. The cookies are very delicious, but the batter was very thin and the cookies turned out wafer thin for me also. Although I did get the beautiful crackle like your photos. I may try adding more flour next time (or weighing ingredients – never tried that before!) With the remainder of the current batch, I’m thinking they will make perfect ice cream sandwiches – I think they will turn out terrific! Love your blog!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:26:31 +0000

I tried these… and they came out a bit sticky. I thought they just weren’t done, so I put them back in the oven for about 4 minutes, and they were stick super sticky when I took them out. What could I do to prevent this next time? Besides being sticky (they wouldn’t even remain their cookie shape!) they were delicious. I needed a lot of milk – yummm!

I’m trying the homemade oreos next, woo hoo!

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By: laughinglunchlady

laughinglunchlady — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:01:17 +0000

I had to repost about these cookies. Hubby and I tried these cookies BEFORE breakfast this morning and WOW! they taste AWESOME! They definately need to rest a bit after comming out of the oven. Not sure if I would change the type of chocolate now cause I really liked them this morning!

By: laughinglunchlady

laughinglunchlady — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:07:41 +0000

I totally stressed about making these cookies as I never melted that much chocolate in a double boiler! I am glad I did because there is nothing to stress about! very easy. These cookies are good but you have to be careful about what chocolate you buy. I bought Ghirardelli bittersweet 60% cacao 4 0z. and 4 0z. of 70% cacao. The rest I used nestle semisweet chocolate morsals. . I think because the cacao ratio was high, I should have upped the sugar?? not sure. appearance is impressive, texture was also great. Very rich tasting. Will make again but change the chocolate that I use.

By: Hot Polka Dot

Hot Polka Dot — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:23:45 +0000

I made these yesterday and they turned out amazing! Thanks so much! See them here.

http://hotpolkadot.com/2010/02/25/the-debate-brownie-or-cookie/

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:26:36 +0000

Hi Simmone,

Yes, this is a chewy cookie. I hope you try them and enjoy!

By: Simonne

Simonne — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:06:42 +0000

My my my .. all ur pictures is really tempting me to make them all at once! Wanna ask is this cookie chewy inside?

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By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:19:45 +0000

Wow, these are brownies conveniently packaged as cookies! The only way I can describe them is “chocolatier than chocolate”, and I mean it in the best way possible. Seriously decadent cookies. Great recipe!

By: meg

meg — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:20:28 +0000

the picture with the cookie after being dunked into the glass of milk loooooooooooooooooks absolutely divine, its crazy I WILL MAKE THESE SOON!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:05:25 +0000

msdarkling – I appreciate your comment but I certainly had success with these cookies using the recipe as written, and others here have made them successfully as well. This same recipe was featured on at least 2 other blogs prior to my making it with the same ingredient quantities.

In addition, a very popular decadent dessert is “flourless chocolate cake” that typically is comprised of only chocolate, butter, sugar and eggs – no flour at all. The texture is dense, rich and fudgy, which is very similar to these cookies.

By: msdarkling

msdarkling — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:06:12 +0000

This recipe doesn’t make sense to me as written. Just reading it, half a cup of flour seems wholly inadequate for the amount of liquid ingredients. I went ahead and made it as written, and as I suspected the batter was very runny and there was no hope that it would hold a cookie shape. I added more flour a quarter-cup at a time until the dough could be scooped, in total I put in 1 3/4 cups flour. With the increased flour, the baked cookies look like your pictures. I also added salt to the dry ingredients, as the omission of salt from such a rich sweet recipe is inappropriate. Cook’s Illustrated published a very similar recipe that I’ve made many times, which calls for 2 cups flour and a full teaspoon of salt. More power to anyone who had good results from this recipe as written, I’ve no idea how you did it.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:39:26 +0000

Hi Cari,

So glad you enjoyed these! And I totally agree about weighing ingredients – I do it faithfully and I think it’s really the only way to get truly consistent results!

By: Cari Snell

Cari Snell — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:57:20 +0000

PS For thise that had problems, try measuring with a scale. Does the trick for me every time!

By: Cari Snell

Cari Snell — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:55:49 +0000

Well Michelle, you’ve done it again! First it was your Chocolate Chip and Pretzel cookie bars and now these! I am forever a fan of yours and will come to you when I need a killer craving fixed or an impressive goody day treat to give to my hubby to take to work! These were definitely better than brownies. Super yummy! I’ve posted them on my site (and added you as a favourite, thank you!) and will now go devour another one with a tall glass of moo! I think they’ll be gone in no time and then I’ll have to make them again (maybe this time with some grated orange zest? Mmmm…)

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:23:06 +0000

Hi Olivia,

These cookies are on the soft and chewy side of the spectrum.

By: Domme

Domme — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:10:19 +0000

I just made these and I have to say they’re delicious. One problem though, when I baked them, they turned out to be pretty thin, almost waferlike, but you could still tell it was (supposed to be?) a cookie. I wonder what I did wrong, I’m looking over the recipe and I still don’t see a problem. Oh well, they’re still delicious, and that’s the part that matters, hm?

By: Olivia

Olivia — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:15:18 +0000

Hi I just love your Wonderful Cookies. May I ask how is the texture like.. is it more chewy, hard or soft? Cheers Olivia

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By: pigpigscorner

pigpigscorner — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:49:59 +0000

This looks awesome! Definitely a must-try!

By: The Cookbook Apprentice

The Cookbook Apprentice — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:24:04 +0000

I made these last night and really, I want to love them – I’m chocolate obsessed. They sent me a bit over the top. I’ll try one again this afternoon. Might just be a bit too intense for my usual nighttime pigout. Thanks : ) for the recipe.