A perfect, chewy chocolate cookie with dark chocolate chips, cinnamon chips & a kick!
Sometimes I like to go out on a limb when baking. You know, try something new! And I can’t help but think of the movie Despicable Me 2 when I type that. We love that movie. First of all, I love Steve Carell and that movie is just hilarious. One of the animated movies I don’t mine listening to over and over. I love that part where the neighbor says “I’m gonna go out on a limb” and then Gru says, “no, no, no! get off the limb!” haha! Anyways, I love movies and I love to quote movies. Now, back to the cookies. I wanted to try a cookie different recipe. I don’t even remember how I came across this cookie recipe but I was totally intrigued because I had Mexican hot chocolate last year at Christmas time when we were up in Utah with my husband’s family. I loved the unique flavor and couldn’t wait to try it in a cookie. Well, they turned out awesome! I took a bunch to my Young Women I get to work with at my church and they gave them 2 thumbs up! The little bit of cayenne pepper doesn’t really present itself until you are almost done with the cookie. Then it’s like, oh hi, these have a little spice to them. Super fun and would be great for a cookie exchange.
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 Tablespoon Mexican vanilla
- 3/4 cup flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup cinnamon chips
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips bittersweet
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Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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In a large bowl, add sugar and canola oil, stir until combined. Whisk in eggs and vanilla extract until thoroughly combined
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In a another bowl, stir the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, cayenne pepper & cinnamon together.
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Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix with a spatula just until combined. Add the cinnamon chips & dark chocolate chips. (Do not over mix your cookie dough, or it will be tough. The dough will be looser than your average cookie dough.)
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Scoop out cookies onto parchment lined cookie sheet, about 1.5″ apart from one another.
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Set in fridge for 10 to 15 minutes or until cookies harden a little.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Push cookies down a little with the palm of your hand so that they are more flat than dome shaped.
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Bake for 8 minutes or until the edges are set and the center doesn’t look raw. Cookies will continue to bake once they are out of the oven.
I linked to the vanilla I use and love. It is a vanilla blend but I love the flavor more than any other vanilla extract I have used.
This is the Mexican vanilla blend that I use in all my baking. I love it! The flavor is my favorite. I also like using real vanilla beans but they are pricey so I don’t use them all the time.
Recipe Source: adapted from Lauren Conrad (used less cayenne pepper & cinnamon. Added cinnamon chips and used bittersweet chocolate chips)
How much does this recipie make??
Depending on the exact size of balls you make, you should get around 4 dozen (about 1 1/2 T. of dough per cookie)
I’m excited to try this recipe but swap the oil for some cannabutter I made. The cinnamon and cayenne are going to add amazing flavor. Thanks for sharing. I’ll be back with another review soon.
yum! I hope you love them 🙂