I named these cookies ‘Thick ‘n Fudgy’ Chocolate Explosion Cookies for very good reason(s).
As I may have mentions just a couple hundred thousand times in my life…
Chocolate is my obsession!
I love to bake, I love chocolate, thus ‘The Baking ChocolaTess‘ was founded, when I actually decided to start blogging about what I love! Desserts, Baking & Chocolate!!!
‘ChocolaTess’ is basically just a cute little title bestowing my loyalty and passion to ta-daaaa… ‘Chocolate’!
Chocolate is my all time favorite crush in the whole universe. I don’t care if it’s served alone or with a partner in crime like caramel, mint or peanut butter.
My long-time bff, Chocolate…We’ve been through a lot together. We depend on each other, you could say! xo In fact, Chocolate has been by my side ever since I can remember. 🙂
Chocolate is a sweet explosion of a rich, creamy, decadent, sweet seductive feast of absolute heaven that kicks it out of this world.
NO wonder it’s called the love drug, a.k.a aphrodisiac. It always makes me feel better…whether I’m sad, sick, depressed, stressed or just need a pick-me-up.
These sinful, loaded chocolate cookies are best warm, with a huge glass of milk. Not for the faint of heart if you love chocolate like me. 🙂
Here are some other Chocolate Explosions of Love you will probably need in your life! 🙂
Dark Chocolate Silk Pie! It’s Delectable!
Perfect Brownies {For that Chocolate ‘Fix’}
Sinful Triple Chocolate Fudge Poke Cake
- 1 cup butter. softened
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup Hershey's Spreadable Chocolate
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups Dark chocolate chips reserve 1/2 cup for tops of cookies
- 1 1/2 cups Milk Chocolate Chips reserve 1/2 cup for tops of cookies
- Optional: Hershey's Spreadable Chocolate for drizzling
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a baking pan with non-stick spray, parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
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Using a mixer, cream the butter, sugar, and vanilla until creamy and fluffy.
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Add in the eggs and Hershey's Spreadable Chocolate and mix until just combined.
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In another bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
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Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix until incorporated. The dough will be thick.
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Stir in 1 cup of dark and 1 cup of milk chocolate chips.
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Cover dough and place in fridge for 30 minutes or so.
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Using a large scoop, scoop the dough balls out and then roll the dough into even balls. Flatten just a tad and with the 1/2 cups of each of the reserved dark and milk chocolate chips left, gently press several chips into the tops of the cookies.
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Place on baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes and transfer to a cooling rack.
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When you take the cookies out of the oven, they will look underdone, thick and puffy-looking, which will make them soft and fudgy!
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If you want to add some extra chocolate 'oomph', melt some Hershey's Spreadable Chocolate in the microwave for 60 - 90 seconds and spoon into a plastic ziploc bag.
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Snip small hole in tip, squeeze and drizzle back and forth on cookies.
I made very large cookies, so if you make smaller cookies, adjust time accordingly.
Warm up cookies in microwave for a warm sweet treat! 🙂 Don't forget the milk!
I’ll take two-dozen and a tall glass of milk, please and thank you! 😉 These look divine, and warm and gooey, and yum, and … and … and only my list of things to try this weekend! THANK YOU FOR SHARING! Can’t wait to try these. Pinned and shared on FB so I don’t lose the recipe! 🙂
Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty! I hope to see you there next Friday with another awesome post! 🙂
Awesome! I hope you enjoy them! Thanks so much for stopping by, pinning and sharing! I’ll cya Friday!
Mmm, these look fabulous! Once I get off my diet, I plan to bake a batch of these little beauties! Oh, my Cathy!!! I love chocolate, especially chocolate baked goods. Thanks for sharing your recipe! Hopping over from #FriendshipFriday!
LOL Cathy, I’m about ready to go on that 21 day diet, so I will have my work cut out for me since I like the rich and delicious chocolatey things. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did! Have a great weekend!
These look so good! Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This weekend? I hope you will join us again this Monday morning 🙂
Oooh, I do hope you’ll swing by to Food on Friday to bring this to the Chocolate party! Cheers from Carole from Carole’s Chatter
Thank you Carole for the invite, I definitely will give it a whirl! 🙂
Made these today absolutely amazing thanks for the recipe
You are very welcome Devin! I’m so glad you enjoyed them!
What is spreadable chocolate? Is it in the baking aisle?
Hey Granny! It’s in the peanut butter and Nutella Aisle. Its a chocolate spread by Hershey’s. 🙂
Thanks, it’s on the market list. Headed out for ‘girl’ craft time this weekend, niece and sister in law. These will be a wonderful treat!
Awesome! Sounds fun and enjoy it all!!
Finished backing and tasting the cookies, can I say Oh My These Are the Best! Now that I have chocolate spread my Granny game is really on. I ran out of regular baking cocoa but had the special dark, wow, really deepens the flavor, love these cookies. I’m going to save a few for once I get back home, I don’t have to share all of them, seriously now. There is a baking tax for the baker.
Hi Granny, so glad you enjoyed them! 🙂 Special dark baking powder is a great way to deepen the flavor. Yum!!!
Is there anything you can substitute for the Hershey’s spreadable chocolate? I cannot use it because it either contains nuts, or is processed in a facility that uses nuts. Thank you for your help!
Hi Nic,
I found this The Sneaky Chef No-Nut Butter, Chocolate, 16.7 Ounce on Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/Sneaky-Chef-No-Nut-Butter-Chocolate/dp/B00SX5ZVB2?th=1
or you could try to make your own – http://www.sugarhero.com/lick-the-knife-clean-chocolate-spread/
But I haven’t tried them, so if you want to experiment, let us know how it works out because I know there are a lot of others in the same boat. Hope it works for you!
I bought everything for the choclate explosion cookies. You state make large scoops. How big is large. Can you elaborate on that please so I can make them. Is it a size of a tennis ball, or golf ball etc…
A little over a 1/4 cup Michelle. I usually use an ice cream scoop and it’s heaping a little over the top. Hope that helps and hope you enjoy!!! 🙂