So Margaret and I are at the gym at 6:00 this morning, walking on our treadmills, watching re-runs of Angel on TNT, and I tell her that I’m starving. How does she respond? By telling me all about the AMAZING chocolate chocolate chocolate chocolate (yep, that’s 4 chocolates) cookies she made this weekend. What’s a girl to do? I had no choice; I came straight home and made them. And they are amazing and rave-worthy (that’s “rave” as in reviews, not “rave” as in glow sticks and techno). I didn’t have the required 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips, so I used up what I had, then used up the white chocolate chips I had left from a secret project (check back on the 20th), then made up the rest with milk chocolate chips. Gooooooood! And I guess that makes mine 5 chocolates!
Quadruple Chocolate Chip Cookies
from Tania at Mommy Recipes
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 small (3.9 oz) pkg. chocolate pudding mix
2 large eggs
1-2 teaspoons vanilla extract (I used 2 teaspoons)
2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2-1 teaspoon salt (I used 1/2 teaspoon because I used salted butter)
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup milk chocolate chips (or any combination you like)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter, sugars, and pudding mix. Add eggs and vanilla, blending well. Add dry ingredients and mix. Fold in chocolate chips. Scoop by heaping teaspoons (I used a level ice cream scoop!) 2″ apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake 8-11 minutes.
YUM! I am happy you tried them too. They are amazing. I have to eat more of mine this weekend. Resolutions aren’t super fun a day after making a batch of cookies but they are waiting in my freezer for me.
I called Connie and got her muffin recipe and whipped up a batch. Veyr good. Sadly I couldn’t find cranberries anywhere (know of any secret stores that would have them) but used blueberries instead and they were very good. I will have to blog about them soon.
These are my gotta-have-some-chocolate-NOW cookies! I love this recipe and it can be tweaked any way you like. I did a vanilla (pudding mix)version with chopped, toasted almonds and dried, sweetened cranberries with white chocolate chips and they were just as delicious even if they didn’t have any “real” chocolate in them. I LOVE COOKIES!