Chocolate Crinkle Cookies Recipe | In the Kitchen with Matt (2024)

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Do you have a craving for chocolate? Maybe you are a bit of a cookie addict? Need some treats to bring to your next holiday party? Make chocolate crinkle cookies, they are super easy to make and packed with chocolate flavor.

And they are covered in yummy powdered sugar. What else do you need in an amazing cookie? I love these and they definitely don’t last long in my house.

These are one type of cookie you can’t generally find in grocery stores year-round either and you may not even find them during the holidays. So make them yourself. If I can do it, you can do it. Let’s get baking!

Step 1: Gather the ingredients and tools

In order to make these wonderful chocolate crinkle cookies, we need to gather up some ingredients and tools. These ingredients are readily available chances are you already have them in your house. You will need the following:

• Unsalted butter – Although you could use vegetable oil instead. Many recipes for these use oil, but I love using butter.
• White granulated sugar – a staple in many cookies
• Brown sugar – unpacked light brown or dark brown sugar. I always like the combination of white and brown sugar in cookies. The added brown sugar helps to make the cookies moister and chewier.
• Eggs – the eggs help to build the overall cookie structure as well as give them the needed moisture. They also act as a leavening agent. The end result will be a softer and chewier cookie.
• Vanilla extract – one of my all-time favorite ingredients for baking. It enhances flavor and makes things taste richer. I am all about richness.
• Flour – All-Purpose flour (plain flour). The flour makes up the main body of the cookie and depending on the ratio can affect the chewiness how thick or fat they are and how crisp or crumbly they are.
• Unsweetened cocoa powder – make sure you don’t use the chocolate cocoa powder that is used for making chocolate milk and hot chocolate. Unsweetened cocoa powder is definitely different.
• Baking powder – the main leaving source.
• Salt – acts as a flavor enhancer.
• Powdered sugar – also referred to as icing sugar or confectioner’s sugar. You can’t have chocolate crinkles cookies without it!

Tools

• Bowls
• Hand mixeror stand mixer
• Spatula
• Spoon
• Sifter
• Baking sheets/cookie pans
• Parchment paper orsilicone baking mat
• A round tablespoon or small cookie/ice cream scoop
• Cookie rack

Step 2: How to Make Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

After we have all of our ingredients and tools it is time to make the cookies. Melt the butter in a small bowl either in the microwave or on the stovetop.

Then pour the butter into a large bowl. Next, add in the white granulated sugar and brown sugar. If you run out of brown sugar you can use all white sugar if you like.

Use a hand mixer or stand mixer and cream those ingredients together.

Step 3: Eggsellent

Next, add in both eggs as well as the vanilla extract and mix with the other ingredients.

Don’t want to use eggs? There are a few alternatives you can try if you like. Try 1/4 cup of unsweetened applesauce for each egg. You can also try 1 Tablespoon of flaxseed mixed with 3 Tablespoons of water for each egg.

Step 4: The Dry Ingredients

Time to work with the dry ingredients. Now use a sifter and sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt into the batter.

Or you can mix the dry ingredients together in a separate bowl with a whisk and then pour those into the batter.

It is a good idea to only put half of the dry ingredients in first while using the mixer and then switch over to a wooden spoon. This will help make sure you don’t over mix the cookie dough. Make sure to use a spatula and scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary.

Once the cookie dough has formed cover it with plastic wrap and allow it to chill for a few hours even overnight. Chilling the dough will help give the baked cookies their crinkled texture. The finished dough will resemble a very thick brownie batter.

Step 5: Scooping, Rolling, and Baking the Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Once the chocolate crinkle cookie dough has chilled sufficiently it is time to bake them. Preheat the oven to 350 F (176 C).

Take a round tablespoon or a mini ice cream scoop and scoop some dough into your clean hands. Roll the dough into a ball and then roll the ball into a small bowl of powdered sugar.

Place the ball onto a parchment paper or silicone mat lined sheet pan. I love using my silicone mats, they are reusable, lasts a super long time, and are easy to clean.

Also, they help keep cookies and other baked goods from browning too much on the bottom. Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes.

Step 6: Cool and serve the finished chocolate crinkle cookies

Once you take the cookies out of the oven allow them to cool on the pan for a few minutes. Then remove them from the pan and place on a cookie rack to cool completely.

The tops will have awesome cracks on them and they will be soft. They will harden up a little bit while cooling. After they have cooled time to eat one, maybe two, five, or twenty of them, haha. Enjoy!

How long do these chocolate crinkle cookies last?

If you store them in an airtight container or ziplock bag these cookies will last 4 to 5 days at room temperature or about 7 to 8 days in the fridge. Most likely they will be eaten by then!

Do you like the recipe? Please give it a rating and comment down below, I really appreciate it. If you make it tag me on Instagram @inthekitchenwithmatt. Also, sign up for the newsletter so you won’t miss out on any of my new posts and recipes.

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52 Comments

1. Darren

   November 29, 2023 at 3:58 pm·Reply

   
   Let me start by saying how wonderful this recipe is. I’ve used it for a couple of years now with great success. Lately though the dough seems more like stiff cake batter and doesn’t crinkle when cooked. Any ideas on this? Diff in eggs maybe?

   • Matt Taylor

     November 30, 2023 at 11:44 am·Reply

     Hi Darren! Glad you like it and keep making it. Did you change the flour at all? Are you baking more than one sheet of cookies at a time?

     • . Darren

       December 13, 2023 at 4:50 pm·Reply

       
       Hi. I did change flour. I switched to white lily ap. They really came out like small cakes

       • Matt Taylor

         December 14, 2023 at 9:02 am·Reply

         
         Hi Darren! It may be the flour you used. Maybe try again with normal store-brand all-purpose flour. And see if that makes a difference. And double-check that all the other ingredients are the same as the recipe, amounts, etc.

2. Monique Jones

   October 29, 2022 at 7:40 am·Reply

   
   I made these yesterday just to see how they would come out! Everyone loved them! I will definitely be making these for the holidays! Thanks for another great recipe!

   • Matt Taylor

     October 30, 2022 at 8:10 am·Reply

     So glad you made the chocolate crinkle cookies and that everyone loved them!! 🙂 🙂 You are very welcome!

3. Lizzie

   November 30, 2020 at 10:39 am·Reply

   
   Yummmyyy! I tried it..
   During this pandemic i miss going to coffeeshops or bakeshops for take-home for my cravings for cakes pastries etc esp breads in the morning!

   Thank goodness i can make my yummy crinkles now.. thanks to you matt!????

   • Matt Taylor

     November 30, 2020 at 1:13 pm·Reply

     So glad you tried it and liked it, Lizzie! 🙂 You are very welcome. 🙂

4. Joe

   May 4, 2020 at 3:50 pm·Reply

   
   The cookies turned out soo delicious. They were fudgy and looked amazing. It was so easy so we will definitely be making it again

   • Matt Taylor

     May 4, 2020 at 5:08 pm·Reply

     Awesome! So glad you tried them out and liked them. 🙂 🙂

5. Subhashish Roy

   November 13, 2019 at 9:20 am·Reply

   Cookies are my anytime go to munching options and I just love to try out new stuff. I just love this chocolate crinkles cookies

   • Matt Taylor

     November 13, 2019 at 12:13 pm·Reply

     Thank you!! Yeah I love cookies anytime as well!

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