If you can’t resist the call of chocolate in its most intense form, I have the treats for you. These are dark chocolate cookies. No chips, no compromises: here the absolute protagonist is the melted chocolate, which gives the cookies a unique texture, soft in the center and slightly crunchy outside. They are simple to make, require few ingredients, and disappear quickly. If you think you can say ‘I’ll just taste one,’ you are seriously mistaken. Perfect with a cup of milk, coffee, or to munch in front of a TV series, these cookies have everything it takes to become your new favorite recipe. And if I haven’t convinced you yet, there’s another point in their favor: they are incredibly easy to prepare. No rolling pin, no cookie cutters, just dough balls that turn into irresistible cookies in the oven. Now it’s your turn! Try them and let me know if they made it “alive” to the next day. And remember, crumbs don’t count as calories!

Other cookie recipes you might be interested in:

Difficulty: Easy
Cost: Cheap
Preparation time: 15 Minutes
Portions: 23 Pieces
Cooking methods: Microwave, Double boiler, Oven
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: All seasons

Ingredients for dark chocolate cookies

With these quantities, I made 23 cookies.

7 oz dark chocolate
9 tbsp butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg (medium)
1 tbsp marsala
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 pinch baking soda
1 pinch salt

Tools

Bowls
1 Spatula
1 Sieve fine mesh
1 Baking tray
Parchment paper

Preparation of dark chocolate cookies

Chop the chocolate into coarse pieces and put them in a large bowl along with the butter, also cut into chunks. Then melt everything in a double boiler or microwave. It should become a glossy and perfectly smooth mixture. Let it cool.
Once cooled, add the sugar and mix until completely absorbed by the chocolate.
Also add the egg and the liquor. You can replace the marsala with rum. If you prefer, you can also skip it, but I assure you it gives a very pleasant aroma. Know that I am a teetotaler so you can trust me when I say it doesn’t bother at all.
Mix the flour with the unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
Then gradually add this mixture by sifting it through a fine-mesh sieve. Mix everything with a spatula until the dry ingredients are perfectly incorporated into the dough. You will obtain a fairly soft but easily workable mixture.
Finally, shape the dough into balls weighing about 1 oz, place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, and flatten them slightly on top. Keep them spaced apart because they will spread during baking.
Bake the dark chocolate cookies in a preheated static oven at 340°F for 15/17 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool before touching them because they are extremely soft and delicate right out of the oven.
Once cool, you can sprinkle them with a little powdered sugar or leave them as is, as I did. Enjoy! Paola.
I take this opportunity to remind you that you can follow me on various social networks to stay updated on the new recipes I publish. You can find me on Facebook (HERE), Twitter (HERE), Pinterest (HERE), Instagram (HERE), and also on Tik Tok (@zenzero_limone). Thank you ♥!