I love coconut macaroons (not to be confused with the macaron cookies). Nothing beats those bite-sized chewy coconut treats…or that’s what I thought until I stuffed that chewy coconut filling into a double chocolate cookie. Yes – Double Chocolate Coconut Cookies! An oversized chewy double chocolate chip cookie with a delicious coconut filling. I could seriously eat a dozen of these in a single day. It’s a good thing I enjoy exercise & healthy meals because I really enjoy desserts! It’s all about balance, right?
Double Chocolate Coconut Cookies Recipe:
This cookie dough needs to chill in the fridge for at least two hours (or overnight) before shaping them into cookies. Giving the dough time to chill gives you thicker cookies. You’ll want to wait until the dough has chilled before you prepare the coconut filling.
- Double Chocolate Cookies:
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder, unsweetened
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Coconut Filling:
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1½ cups shredded sweetened coconut
- ½ cup sweetened condensed milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- Double Chocolate Cookies:
- In a large bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar together until creamy.
- Beat in egg and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Slowly mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients until blended. Do not over mix.
- Beat in the milk.
- Stir in 1 cup of the chocolate chips. The remaining ¼ cup of chocolate chips will be used right before you bake the cookies.
- Cover dough and chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
- Coconut Filling:
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- In a small bowl, stir together flour, coconut, condensed milk and vanilla.
- Scoop chilled cookie dough into balls that are about 2 tablespoons in size each.
- Use your hands to flatten out each cookie a bit so you can scoop about 1 teaspoon of the coconut filling in the middle of each. Roll chocolate cookie dough around the coconut filling so it's completely covered. Your cookies should now look like round donut holes.
- Place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet (space them apart by at least two inches because they will spread out quite a bit when baking).
- Take the remaining ¼ cup of chocolate chips and press a few chocolate chips into the top of each cookie before baking.
- Bake cookies for 12-14 minutes. Let the cookies cool completely before removing them from cookie sheet.
If you’re a huge fan of the chocolate & coconut combo like I am, here are a few other recipes you’ll want to check out.
Chocolate Macaroon Cheesecake – my favorite cheesecake recipe.
Chocolate Coconut Cookies – with just 4 ingredients!
Chocolate Macaroon Cheesecake Parfaits – a delicious no-bake recipe.
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