Chocolate Ecstasies

suzanne-mcminn

These are the most chocolaty cookies in the world. There’s not a lot of flour in them–they are mostly chocolate!

Difficulty: Easy

Servings: 4 dozen

Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 8 minutes

Ingredients

24-ounce package semi-sweet chocolate chips (divided)

4 ounces (4 squares) semi-sweet baking chocolate

1/4 cup butter or margarine

1 1/3 cups sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla

4 eggs

2/3 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Directions

Melt HALF of the chocolate chips and all the chocolate squares in a pot. In a medium-size bowl, cream butter and sugar. Stir in melted chocolate. Add vanilla and eggs; mix well. Stir in flour and baking powder. Last, stir in the other half of the chocolate chips. Drop by spoonfuls onto a very lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350-degrees for about 8 minutes or until cookie tops start to crack a little bit.

Categories: Cookies & Bars, Desserts, Entertaining, Holiday

Submitted by: suzanne-mcminn on December 12, 2010