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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are a Holiday Classic

These irresistibly fudgy chocolate crinkle cookies with their signature crackly tops are just what you need to sweeten your holidays!

chocolate crinkle cookies

With baking season in full swing, I’ve been making a lot of unique cookie recipes lately – lots of thumbprints with fun flavors and different kinds of sandwich cookies (like the chocolate mint).

But sometimes you have to go back to the basics. To the Christmas traditions. To the classics you’ve never tried.

Which brings me to the baking world’s best-kept secret: the chocolate crinkle cookie. This isn’t just a cookie; it’s a culinary wonder that deserves its own fan club.

Chocolate crinkle cookies are like the James Bond of the cookie jar – smooth, suave, and dressed to impress with their signature powdered sugar ‘tuxedo.’

chocolate crinkle biscuits

One bite, and you’ll understand why these cookies are legends in the Christmas cookie universe, and the reason why ‘just one more’ becomes a test of willpower.

But wait, it gets better. What if I told you that making these cookies is as easy as pie, or, well, cookies? That’s right, no culinary degree needed.

Just some basic ingredients, and a love for all things chocolate.

The reason they are called crinkle cookies likes in their “crinkly” tops. After the sugar goes on top, it makes this recipe look like you put in way more effort than you truly did.

Are you ready to embark on a baking adventure that ends with you being the hero of every cookie exchange? These crinkles are more than just treats; they’re a chocolate love affair in cookie form.

Scroll down for a recipe that’s going to catapult you into the cookie hall of fame!

chocolate crinkles

Here’s what you’re going to need for these chocolate crinkle cookies.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar

Tools

  • Bowl
  • Spoon
  • Baking sheet
  • Parchment
  • Smaller bowl or plate for the powdered sugar

This and Thoughts for This Recipe:

Having slightly wet hands while rolling the cookie dough into balls will help prevent the cookie dough from sticking to your hands.

The cookies may not look fully done by 10 minutes, but they will be done.

chocolate cookie crinkle recipe

These last in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week.

You can also freeze them in an airtight container for up to two months. When you bring them out of the freezer, let them rise to room temperature naturally as opposed to microwaving.

crinkle cookies

Get the printable recipe for these cookies below:

Yield: 30 cookies

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

chocolate crinkles

Whip up a batch of the most delectable chocolate crinkles ever! Crunchy on the outside, gooey on the inside - our easy-to-follow recipe will have you baking like a pro.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Chill Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Mix the butter and sugar together with your hand mixer until creamy and combined.Butter and sugar together in a large glass mixing bowl
  2. Stir in the eggs and vanilla and mix until fully incorporated.stirring the eggs into the creamed butter and sugar in a clear glass mixing bowl
  3. Stir in the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder until just combined. The dough will be sticky.Cocoa, flour, and baking soda being added to the dough mixture
  4. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Chill the dough at least for four hours, if not overnight.mixed chocolate crinkle dough ina clear glass mixing bowl
  5. Preheat your oven to 350℉ and line your baking sheet with parchment paper.Preheating the oven
  6. Remove from the fridge, wet your hands slightly and roll enough balls of cookie dough to fit on a baking sheet, put the rest of the dough back in the fridge. Roll the balls in powdered sugar twice.rolling chocolate dough balls in powdered sugar
  7. Place rolled balls onto a baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.rolled chocolate dough balls placed on a baking sheet covered in parchment paper
  8. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let cool for five minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and repeat!Crinkle cookies on a baking sheet removed from the oven

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

30

Serving Size:

1 cookie

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 87Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 54mgCarbohydrates: 13gFiber: 0gSugar: 8gProtein: 1g

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If you enjoyed this cookie recipe I’d love for you to try some of these others I think you will love:

Bacon Chocolate ChipBrownie Chocolate ChipBuckeyeButterscotch PopcornChocolate Chip PuddingChocolate Chip SandwichChocolate MarshmallowChocolate ThumbprintChristmas ButterChristmas LinzerGinger MolassesGrinchHeath BarNutella StuffedOatmeal Cream PiesPeanut Butter BlossomsPeanut Butter Cookie CupsPeppermint FrostedRed Velvet ThumbprintReese’s PiecesReese’s Peanut Butter CupsReindeerRitz S’moresRoloSanta CookiesSnickersVanillaWhite Chocolate Cranberry

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