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    Home » Recipes » Cookie Recipes

    Chocolate Decadence Cookies Recipe

    Published: Aug 6, 2010 · Modified: Jun 19, 2022 by Chef Dennis Littley

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    Well the first cookie I am going to share with you is so simple that even I couldn’t screw it up, and this cookie is so sinfully delicious, that at one of the accounts I worked at as a Director (I only baked to have something to do), this cookie became known as my “Oh My God Cookie” because those were the words uttered whenever anyone ate one. This cookie is of course from the Queen of Chocolate Alice Medrich.
     
    Alice calls it her Bittersweet Chocolate Decadence Cookie, and let me tell you Decadent is truth in advertising! My second cookie came from having too much white chocolate on hand (my wife loves white chocolate), and feeling the need to make a white chocolate version of the same cookie. Well, friends let me tell you, it’s not quite that easy. The cookie was delicious but didn’t hold up quite the same as the Original. Let’s start with the Bittersweet Version!
     
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     Now there are two things you will want to do that will change this cookie and not for the better. First of all, no matter how much you want to, do not add any more flour to this mixture, you do not need it…….trust me!

    Secondly, do not leave these cookies to bake too long, you want the inside to still be a little gooey, as long as the outside has set the inside should be fine, so do not go past the recommended time! After the cookie sits a while it sill set up. I also found that using all bittersweet chocolate doesn’t do the cookie justice, I use the absolutely best chocolate I can find, and its always Semi-sweet or Bittersweet, but I use plain old toll house chips for the second addition, feel free to adjust this as you like. But all bittersweet won’t give it that OMG taste! Now for my second cookie……sigh……I keep telling you I’m not a trained baker, but I do love to bake! Well, I knew just changing over white chocolate for dark chocolate wouldn’t be an equal trade-off…..I knew that….but I figured well, maybe it would (this is typical guy behavior, we know something isn’t really right, but we do it anyway…sigh). Now what I did do, was to cut the sugar in half, White chocolate is sweeter, and I upped the flour by ⅓ cup……well that wasn’t quite enough. I should have used at least a half a cup, maybe even a little bit more. I also should have thrown it in the freezer for about 15 minutes to let it set up better, it started to spread before it went in the oven. But even with all that the cookie was almost, and I do say almost an OMG cookie. I used salted pistachios instead of walnuts, and the salt was perfect with the sweetness of the cookie, that was a good decision! 

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    5 from 7 votes

    Chocolate Decadence Cookies

    Bittersweet Chocolate, walnuts and chocolate chips make this the best chocolate cookie you'll ever have! I call it my OMG Cookie.
    Prep Time15 mins
    Cook Time12 mins
    Total Time27 mins
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Servings: 24
    Calories: 229kcal
    Author: Chef Dennis Littley

    Ingredients

    • ¼ Cup All Purpose Flour
    • ¼ tsp Baking Powder
    • ⅛ tsp salt
    • 8 oz bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate chopped
    • 2 Tbsp Unsalted Butter
    • 2 Large Eggs
    • ½ cup Sugar
    • 1 tsp Vanilla
    • 2 cups walnuts or pecans chopped
    • 12 oz premium chocolate chips semi sweet or milk chocolate
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    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
    • Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together.
    • Place 8 ounces of chocolate with the butter in double boiler to melt until smooth, then set aside.
    • Whisk eggs, sugar and vanilla till thoroughly blended. Set on double boiler and whisk, until lukewarm.
    • Stir eggs into warm (not hot) chocolate mixture.
    • Add flour mixture to chocolate, then add nuts and chocolate chips.
    • Scoop rounded tablespoon of cookie mixture onto cookie sheet 1 ½ inches apart.
    • Bake until cookie looks dry on outside but is still gooey on inside, about 12-14 minutes

    Nutrition

    Calories: 229kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 20mg | Potassium: 178mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 66IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 2mg
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    1. @bakingdancer

      January 29, 2023 at 10:53 am

      5 stars
      I cannot believe your chocolate decadence cookie recipe only had 6 votes. The cookies were so good. Also, this recipe would be easy to convert to gluten free without sacrificing the flavour, since there’s only a quarter a cup of flour.

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      • Chef Dennis Littley

        January 29, 2023 at 1:25 pm

        thank you! this is one of my oldest posts and one I’ve been meaning to redo. Thanks for giving me the motivation

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    2. Lala

      August 24, 2010 at 9:13 pm

      'if no one saw it, it never happened.' best. line. ever.

      Reply
    3. Marisa

      August 23, 2010 at 2:14 pm

      I usually much prefer dark chocolate over white chocolate, but those white chocolate ones look super!

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    4. Allie

      August 17, 2010 at 6:34 pm

      5 stars
      OMG. Gorgeous cookies!! Wowza, that chocolate decadence cookie looks just that. I want to eat, and thanks for sharing.

      Reply
    5. denise @ quickies on the dinner table

      August 13, 2010 at 11:19 am

      Dennis – your posts are massive and brimming with great recipes and wonderful photos. Coming here is beginning to feel like going to some sort of culinary Disneyland!!

      I love the napoleons and BOTH those cookies! I would be saying "Oh my God" after every bite too, I think. Fantastic!!

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