These delicious Chocolate Cookies feature a decadent chocolate glaze that adds amazing chocolate flavor to this quick and easy chocolate cookie recipe! Add festive sprinkles for any occasion!
Course Cookies, Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate cookies, chocolate glaze
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Servings 32cookies
Calories 188kcal
Author Trish - Mom On Timeout
Ingredients
1cupunsalted buttersoftened
1cupgranulated sugar
½cupbrown sugarpacked, light or dark
2eggsroom temperature
2teaspoonsvanilla extract
3.9ouncesinstant chocolate pudding mix
1teaspoonbaking soda
1teaspoonsalt
2cupsall purpose flour
1cupmini chocolate chips
holiday sprinklesoptional
Chocolate Glaze:
1 ½cupspowdered sugar
⅓cupcocoa powder
3 to 4tablespoonsmilkor water
2teaspoonsvanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350F degrees and line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, cream together butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar.
Add in eggs and vanilla and mix well.
Whisk together the chocolate pudding mix, all purpose flour baking soda, and salt. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix just until combined.
Fold in chocolate chips.
Scoop out cookie dough and form 1" balls. Place cooke dough balls about 2” apart on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the center is almost set and edges of cookies appear dry.
Remove cookies from the oven and let cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.
Prepare Chocolate Glaze
While the cookies cool, make the chocolate glaze by whisking together powdered sugar and cocoa powder. (You can also sift the two together to ensure there are no lumps.)
Add the milk (or water) and vanilla extract and whisk until smooth. Start with less liquid and add more if you need to.
Spoon glaze over cookies and garnish with holiday sprinkles or sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.