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Chocolate Covered Cookies

A chocolate bar-shaped cookie, coated in a thin chocolate glaze and garnished with edible gold
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate, chocolate cookies, cookies
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 12
Author theforkedring

Ingredients

  • 1 cup AP flour
  • 1/4 cup black cocoa
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 8 tbsp butter softened
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 12 oz dark chocolate
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
  • 12-20 sheets Edible gold foil for garnish

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, combine flour, black cocoa powder, and salt.
  • Add your butter and work in with your hands or a fork until mixture has small clumps.
  • Add your egg yolk and work into a dough, just until combined. Wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Remove dough from fridge and let rest for 15 minutes.
  • Roll dough into an even rectangular sheet on a lightly floured work surface (about 10 x 18 inches) and 1/2” thick.
  • Cut even rectangles with a cookie cutter or a ruler and knife (about 2” x 4”) and transfer to a piece of parchment paper with a spatula.
  • Press dough scraps into a ball and roll out again to the same thickness, cutting more cookies until you have a total of 10-12.
  • Chill dough for 5 minutes in the fridge or freezer. Then, using a chopstick or dowel, press a vertical bisecting line into each rectangle (not pushing all the way through, just enough to indent).
  • Then, repeat pressing lines into each cookie horizontally, 3 times equally to form 8 chocolate “square” shapes on each.
  • Chill cookies for 10 minutes in the freezer before baking to keep from spreading. Then, bake for 15 minutes.
  • Remove cookies from oven and press your chopstick or dowel into the cookies once again with less pressure to reaffirm the chocolate bar lines.
  • Let cookies chill for a few minutes, then transfer carefully with a spatula to a wire cookie rack. Let rest again for at least 30 minutes.
  • Next, place your chopped chocolate bar or chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on half power for 2 minutes until starting to melt and stir.
  • Then, continue microwaving in 30 second bursts on full power, stirring each time, until completely melted.
  • Add your coconut oil and whisk to combine. Make sure the oil melts completely.
  • Pour your chocolate coating equally onto each cookie, covering the tops completely. Place a baking sheet lined with parchment paper under the wire rack to collect chocolate discard.
  • Your chocolate coating should be the consistency of crepe batter. Allow the chocolate cookies to cool and set at room temperature for 10 minutes. Garnish each cookie with a piece of edible gold foil.
  • Then, transfer cookies to fridge to set completely and serve.

Notes

  • Oven temperatures may vary, so I recommend baking one cookie first for 15 minutes and letting it set to harden at room temperature. If it's too soft, add a couple minutes of baking time. If it tastes burnt and crispy, reduce baking time by a couple minutes. 
  • You can use olive oil or vegetable oil in your melted chocolate if you are allergic to coconut oil.
  • Edible gold foil is easy to find - try Amazon or a quick google search. I used this