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.
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
Danni Baird @ Silo Hill Farm says
August 20, 2012 at 11:13 amThanks for sharing this! Looks delicious! That dark cocoa makes the best hot chocolate too,just so you know!
Amanda says
August 20, 2012 at 2:03 pmThese look so good! I love that you compared the two as well, very helpful!
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The Cooking Actress says
August 20, 2012 at 2:52 pmChocooooolate
Robyn says
August 20, 2012 at 6:08 pmI like the Special Dark Chocolate cocoa too!
Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel says
August 20, 2012 at 4:35 pmUm, delish! Gimme a pan and I’ll take care of the rest 🙂
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
August 21, 2012 at 1:23 amI swear I can almost taste it. I want one!!
Foodie Stuntman says
August 21, 2012 at 3:15 amThese look decadent. I found you through Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic. Nice to make your acquaintance.
Jen @ Savory Simple says
August 21, 2012 at 12:35 pmThese are some gorgeous cookies!
kellisretrokitchenarts says
August 21, 2012 at 11:57 pmThese look so great! My husband just loves dark chocolate and I have a special Darth Vader chocolate cake to bake for my son-in-law and this cocoa will make the perfect addition!! I think I’m going to make the cookies too!
Jessica@AKitchenAddiction says
August 22, 2012 at 6:21 pmYum, dark chocolate! I’ll take a couple dozen!
Jocelyn says
August 22, 2012 at 11:11 pmI always have a box of the dark cocoa in my cupboard…I love the deep rich flavor it gives baked goods!!! I’ll take that stack of cookies off your hands:-) They look amazing!!!
Shirley says
August 23, 2012 at 2:28 amI will certainly try these! (being a chocoholic!!)
K Coake says
August 24, 2012 at 12:51 amOh my….you are making my mouth water for some of my favorite cookies and/or chocolate! Yum!
Leslie says
August 24, 2012 at 12:54 amThese look so good! My daughter is the cookie baker in the house. I will sharing this recipe with her. Definitely going to make em! Pinning this! 🙂
The Mandatory Mooch says
August 24, 2012 at 8:42 pmThese look amazing!! I would love for you to link up to Tasty Thursdays at The Mandatory Mooch. The party is still live for a few more days. http://mandatorymooch.blogspot.com/2012/08/tasty-thursdays-5.html
Thanks,
Nichi
Meredith @ Wait Til Your Father Gets Home says
August 25, 2012 at 2:55 amYum Yum Yum!! These look fantastic! I might just have to make some next week on a rainy day :o)
Thanks for linking up @ Keep Calm & Link Up! Can’t wait to see what you come up with next week!
Sweet Bella Roos says
August 26, 2012 at 3:36 amYum!! Thanks for sharing at Pin It Thursday, I featured you! http://www.sweetbellaroos.com/2012/08/25/pin-worthy-featured/
Trish says
August 29, 2012 at 10:47 pmSo decadent! I so need to whip up a batch of these 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!
Lindsay says
August 30, 2012 at 12:14 amThese look heavenly! I would love it if you would link it at my link party at http://mommyssweetconfessions.blogspot.com/2012/08/sweet-confessions-sunday-link-party-4.html
Ann says
August 30, 2012 at 12:19 pmLove these, Joan, and as a fan of dark chocolate and Hershey’s cocoa, I like them even more!!
Anonymous says
September 3, 2012 at 10:46 pmMade 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
September 6, 2012 at 12:24 amI think they would, butter should enhance the cocoa for a deeper flavor!
Christy @ My Invisible Crown says
October 30, 2012 at 2:28 pmThese sound great! Chocolate cookies of any kind are my favorite! I think I’ll have to make these.
Robynne says
November 6, 2012 at 10:28 pmI just had to make some when I saw this! They are DELICIOUS!!!
Joan Hayes says
November 6, 2012 at 11:25 pmSo glad you liked them Robynne, these are in my top 5 for favorite cookie of all time!
Anonymous says
December 13, 2012 at 6:29 pmCan this recipe be doubled???
Joan Hayes says
December 14, 2012 at 12:52 amYes, 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
January 20, 2013 at 4:14 amThese look amazing! I can’t wait to make them.
www.you-made-that.com says
February 19, 2013 at 4:05 amI 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
November 27, 2013 at 1:32 amHey 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
November 28, 2013 at 11:04 pmThese cookies will stay fresh for 4-5 days, after that they will begin to stale. Hope this helps.
Mallory @ Because I Like Chocolate says
December 13, 2013 at 3:15 pmDefinitely adding these to my Christmas baking list!
Frances says
January 26, 2015 at 7:12 pmI 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
January 28, 2015 at 8:17 pmSo glad you enjoyed them!