This is the best double chocolate chocolate chip cookie recipe that makes simple chewy cookies! The dough makes thick, bakery style cookies with candy corn inside, but they can be adjusted to any candy!
Since my sister's birthday in August, Grace and I have been meaning to make her a batch of cookies.
Something has gotten in our way time after time after time. Most recently, it was a hospitalization and a broken bone.
But today!
Today, we were determined to bake cookies, and bake cookies we did.
Inspired by Eat N Park's Smiley cookies, I decided to make candy corn cookies. After searching the internet for a recipe to which I could add candy corn, I found this chocolate chocolate chip cookie recipe.
I adjusted the recipe to suit myself, and I love the results. The cookies are delicious!
How to Make Double Chocolate Candy Corn Cookies
- In a stand mixer, cream the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and orange extracts.
- Add eggs one at a time, and beat until well incorporated.
- Whisk together the cocoa, flour, baking soda, and salt. Sift.
Try to keep your helper from throwing the sweet smelling flour mixture around the kitchen. That can get messy.
- Add sifted ingredients to the mixing bowl.
- Use a wooden spoon to fold the dry ingredients in until they're just combined. For the longest time, it will feel like you're just moving around the sifted ingredients. Suddenly, it will feel like you're trying to stir cement.
- Stir in the chocolate chips and the candy. Mix just enough to distribute. Don't overwork the dough!
(Sorry, Dear Reader. That's a gratuitous photo of my cute but messy helper in her Learning Tower.) - Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour or so.
- Preheat the oven to 350 and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Dip a small scoop into water (to prevent sticking) and drop dough onto a cookie sheet about 1 ½ inches apart. Flatten the balls slightly, and try to make sure that none of the candy corn pieces are precarious. If they are sticking out too far, they'll melt and slide off the cookie. It doesn't hurt anything, but they won't be in your cookies, either.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the edges begin to brown.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet. I don't know why, but that helps them to be moist and gooey.
- Clean up the huge mess your helper made when she was sifting flour.
This looks like a lot of steps, but it really isn't. The cookies go together very quickly.
You'll want to check out these other delicious recipes while you're here:
- Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownies (AKA PB Cream Cheese Brownie Bars)
- Peanut Butter Marshmallow Fudge
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
- Coconut Macaroons – Quick & Easy Gluten-Free Cookies
- The Very Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Pecan Pie Squares – Pecan Pie Bar Cookies
Recipe
Double Chocolate Candy Corn Cookies
This is the best double chocolate chocolate chip cookie recipe that makes simple chewy cookies! The dough makes thick, bakery style cookies with candy corn inside, but they can be adjusted to any candy!
Ingredients
- ½ pounds unsalted butter melted
- ¾ cups brown sugar packed
- ¾ cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 1 teaspoon orange extract (substitute vanilla extract for orange if you think the orange will clash with flavors in your candy below)
- 3 large eggs
- ¾ cups unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ⅔ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cups candy corn (or any seasonal goody - mint chips, peanut butter chips, white chocolate chips, dried cranberries, mini marshmallows, M&Ms, chopped nuts, red hots... you're only limited by your imagination)
Instructions
- In a stand mixer, cream the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and orange extracts.
- Add eggs one at a time, and beat until well incorporated.
- Add sifted ingredients to the mixing bowl. Use a wooden spoon to fold the dry ingredients in until they're just combined. For the longest time, it will feel like you're just moving around the sifted ingredients. Suddenly, it will feel like you're trying to stir cement. This is what you want.
- Stir in the chocolate chips and the candy. Mix just enough to distribute. Don't overwork the dough!
- Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour or so.
- Preheat the oven to 350 and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Dip a small scoop into water (to prevent sticking) and drop dough onto a cookie sheet about 1 ½ inches apart. Flatten the balls slightly, and try to make sure that none of the candy corn pieces are precarious. If they are sticking out too far, they'll melt and slide off the cookie. It doesn't hurt anything, but they won't be in your cookies, either.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the edges begin to brown (less if using a thinner metal cookie sheet, so watch them carefully starting around 10 minutes). Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet. I don't know why, but that helps them to be moist and gooey.
Nutrition
Calories: 309kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 234mg | Potassium: 134mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 29g | Vitamin A: 363IU | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 2mg
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Heidi says
Wow those do look yummy! I even have some candy corn in my pantry right now. We might have to try these today! Thanks for sharing.
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Heidi says
Wow those do look yummy! I even have some candy corn in my pantry right now. We might have to try these today! Thanks for sharing.
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Martha says
These look great but you know what, it doesn't even matter. The memories made are better than the end result of the recipe. Thanks for sharing both the recipe and memories with us 🙂
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Martha says
These look great but you know what, it doesn't even matter. The memories made are better than the end result of the recipe. Thanks for sharing both the recipe and memories with us 🙂
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Jen@Balancing Beauty and Bedla says
How fun for the holidays! YUM! Looks amazing.:)
Jen@Balancing Beauty and Bedlam says
How fun for the holidays! YUM! Looks amazing.:)
Jerri says
What a perfect Halloween treat!
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Jerri says
What a perfect Halloween treat!
My Sweet Thursday Dessert Carnival is this Thursday. You can submit your Halloween/Fall dessert to [email protected]
Amy says
Oh I love candy corn. I love your little helper the best though...
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Sherry says
Did you say double chocolate?! Oh, yeah!
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pk says
I would have never thought to put candy corn in cookies (and CHOCOLATE ones at that - yum!). Thanks for the recipe. Your little helper is adorable too. 🙂
pk @ Room Remix
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Susie's Homemade says
What a yummy tackle:-)
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Susie's Homemade says
What a yummy tackle:-)
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Erica@5MinutesforMom says
This is Erica from 5 Minutes for Mom. Thank you for this yummy recipe. I will definitely have to make these this week with my kiddos!
Erica@5MinutesforMom says
This is Erica from 5 Minutes for Mom. Thank you for this yummy recipe. I will definitely have to make these this week with my kiddos!
Geri@heartnsoulcooking says
What a FUN!!! recipe using a favorite halloween candy.
Geri
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Geri@heartnsoulcooking says
What a FUN!!! recipe using a favorite halloween candy.
Geri
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Amy says
Oh I love candy corn. I love your little helper the best though...
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SweetsLady says
Did you say double chocolate?! Oh, yeah!
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angie says
delicious
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angie says
delicious
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pk says
I would have never thought to put candy corn in cookies (and CHOCOLATE ones at that - yum!). Thanks for the recipe. Your little helper is adorable too. 🙂
pk @ Room Remix
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Brenda says
Those look fun!
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Cole says
There's nothing like a good homemade cookie! It looks like Grace had a blast helping you. 🙂
Thanks for sharing with TATT!
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Cole says
There's nothing like a good homemade cookie! It looks like Grace had a blast helping you. 🙂
Thanks for sharing with TATT!
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Brenda says
Those look fun!
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