Dark Chocolate Tiger Cookies (also known as Crinkle Cookies)-using Special Dark Hershey’s Cocoa makes all the difference in these cookies!
I love chocolate, you all know this about me.
This is a tale of 2 cocoas. I usually don’t worry about fancy ingredients when I’m baking. I can’t get them unless I want to go online and order them anyway. Hershey’s cocoa has always been a staple in my house, even as a kid.
When Hershey’s came out with their Special Dark Cocoa, I was in love. A much deeper flavor. But it didn’t work for everything. A few things I baked looked almost black.
Yes the taste was there, wonderful but if it doesn’t look appealing to eat then, well, who wants to eat it. So I always have both regular and the special dark cocoas in my cabinet.
This is one recipe that calls for the Special Dark. I tested, a few times, just to be sure. Just look at the dough. If this was frosting, we’d all be dipping our spoons into the fudgy one on the right. Once baked up, you can still see a difference.
The true difference is in the taste of these cookies. The regular cocoa produces a chocolate cookie but nothing special. The Special Dark cookies make you close your eyes and savor the deep, dark chocolate, almost like a rich brownie.
And my daughter sold these cookies as part of her bake sale so it’s not just my opinion, everyone agreed, The Dark Chocolate cookies were better. And if a whole town of people don’t convince you that these cookies aren’t the BOMB then I don’t know what will.
Dark Chocolate Tiger Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 to 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Blend together sugar and oil in a large mixing bowl, add in cocoa and mix again. Mix in eggs and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, blend flour, baking powder and salt then add to chocolate mixture. Make sure to mix well and scrap down sides of your bowl. Your dough will be a consistency between a cake batter and a brownie batter. Refrigerate dough for at least 6 hours, preferably overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place powdered sugar in small bowl. Spoon dough into a ball about 1 inch in size (about the size of a small walnut.) Place dough into powdered sugar and roll around to coat (dough will be sticky.) Place balls on greased cookies sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Bake 11-13 minutes until tops are cracked and cookies are firm. Let rest on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before removing to racks to cool completely.
Notes
recipe source ChocolateChocolateandmore.com
Anonymous says
Made these this weekend and they are delicious! But I wonder, do you think they would come out okay if you subbed butter for the oil?
Joan Hayes says
I think they would, butter should enhance the cocoa for a deeper flavor!
Christy @ My Invisible Crown says
These sound great! Chocolate cookies of any kind are my favorite! I think I’ll have to make these.
Robynne says
I just had to make some when I saw this! They are DELICIOUS!!!
Joan Hayes says
So glad you liked them Robynne, these are in my top 5 for favorite cookie of all time!
Anonymous says
Can this recipe be doubled???
Joan Hayes says
Yes, I’ve doubled and tripled this recipe, just make sure all your ingredients are well incorporated before refrigerating, and I’d refrigerate overnight to make sure dough is firm all the way through.
Kelly @ Here Comes the Sun says
These look amazing! I can’t wait to make them.
www.you-made-that.com says
I wish I was your taste tester of the two cocoas! These do look so rich and remind me of a favorite cookie from childhood 🙂
Hayley says
Hey there, how long do these last? I’m wanting to bake in advance for a busy time but not sure if they will keep.
Joan Hayes says
These cookies will stay fresh for 4-5 days, after that they will begin to stale. Hope this helps.
Mallory @ Because I Like Chocolate says
Definitely adding these to my Christmas baking list!
Frances says
I loved this recipe. I made it for Christmas and was impressed by how chocolately they were. Usually cookies with cocoa powder just taste chaulky and dirty to me, rather than luciously chocolately. The Hershey’s Speak Dark really makes them splendid. They’ll be part of my Christmas cookie baking repertoire from now on. Thanks for sharing!
Joan Hayes says
So glad you enjoyed them!