These Chocolate Coconut Cookies are easy to make, but they look fancy. The soft chocolate cookies are rolled in coconut and filled with a rich chocolate center, making them a delicious treat to share with family and friends.
Every week I try to make some cookies to fill our cookie jar with. These cookies are perfect for filling lunch boxes, for snacking on after school, or for grabbing as a late-night snack.
My family loves chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter cookies, but I have been looking for a soft chocolate cookie that would be a great base for fun fillings.
When Better Homes & Garden asked me to give a few chocolate recipes a fun BruCrew twist, I couldn't wait to look for a new chocolate cookie to try out. When I saw the recipe for Chocolate Blooms, I knew this could be a new family favorite. Chocolate cookie, chocolate chips, and chocolate center...yup, this was the cookie for our chocolate loving family!
Let's just say eating them warm while the mini chocolate chips are still melty in the cookies is definitely the way to go. I ate way more than I probably want to admit.
The original recipe calls for the cookies to be rolled in nuts, but this time of year has me wanting coconut in everything, so I rolled the dough into bigger cookie balls and then into some shredded coconut before baking them. It added a great flavor to the chocolate overloaded cookies!
Recipe
Mocha Coconut Chocolate Blooms
These soft Mocha Coconut Chocolate Blooms are rolled in coconut and filled with a rich chocolate center. They make a delicious sweet treat to share with friends and family.
Ingredients
For the Cookies
- ½ cup shortening
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon coffee extract
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ¾ cup dark cocoa powder
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
For the Coating
- 2 egg whites
- 2 cups shredded sweetened coconut
For the Chocolate Ganache
- 6 ounces dark chocolate
- ⅓ cup whipping cream
- 2 Tablespoons coffee liqueur
- chocolate covered coffee beans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Beat the butter, shortening, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg and coffee extract and beat again.
- Stir together the baking powder, salt, flour, and cocoa powder. Slowly beat it into the butter mixture.Stir in the chocolate chips by hand.
- Roll the mixture into 40 even balls. Dip each dough ball in the egg whites and then roll in the coconut.
- Place the dough ball on a cookie sheet and use your thumb to make an indent in the center.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Remove and immediately press the centers of each cookie in again.
- Let the cookies cool for 1-2 minutes on the pan, then gently transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Place the chocolate, whipping cream, and liqueur in a microwave safe bowl. Heat for 30 seconds.
- Stir until melted and creamy. Heat for 15 seconds more if needed. Let stand until slightly thickened.
- Spoon into the centers of each cookie and top with the coffee beans. Let set.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 40 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 155Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 49mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 1gSugar: 11gProtein: 2g
doris stuart
can you replace coffee extract for something else cuz i dont buy anything to deal with coffee
Jocelyn
You can use vanilla extract in place of it. I hope you like the cookies!
Carol
Trifecta of perfection! Pinned and can't wait to try these.
Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats
Oh WOW! These are perfect for filling that cookie jar!
Des+@+Life's+Ambrosia
That chocolate looks A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.
Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel
Yep, I'm in love! The only way these cookies could be improved is if they were in my mouth right now!! Love me some coconut 🙂
heather+@french+press
LOVE love love chocolate and coconut - heading over for the recipe now
Christie
Coconut was definitely the right choice. These sound so outrageously good.
Alida
What tasty little bites! I can't get enough chocolate and coconut...very excited to try your recipe!
Amy @ Amy's Healthy Baking
These look SO decadent Jocelyn!! All of that chocolate is seriously calling my name. You wouldn't happen to have any left, would you? 😉 Pinned!
Julianne @ Beyond Frosting
These are so much fun! Heading over to check them out!
June Burns
How cute! The cookies alone look amazing, but with coconut and candies...awesome! 🙂
Erin @ Miss Scrambled Egg
I love coconut and so does my mom. We put it in everything from cookies to oatmeal. She also does a coconut oil mouth cleanse. It's supposed to be a natural teeth whitener. I'm going to have to make some of these very soon 😀