Triple Chocolate Fudge Cookies

Triple Chocolate Fudge Cookies are rich and intensely chocolatey with chewy, gooey centers and two types of chocolate chips. Chocoholics rejoice!

Triple Chocolate Fudge Cookies ~ intense chocolate flavor with chewy, gooey centers and two types of chocolate chips | FiveHeartHome.com


 

If you like chocolate, then boy do I have a treat for you today! These cookies feature just about every form of chocolate conceivable. Cocoa powder? Check. Melted chocolate? Check. Chocolate chips? Check, check (two kinds!).

Hmmm...perhaps in that case, these should have been called Quadruple Chocolate Fudge Cookies? No matter. They are deep, rich, moist, fudgey bites of chocolate heaven. And I think we can leave it at that.

Triple Chocolate Fudge Cookies piled on a white plate

Who am I kidding? Of course we can't leave it at that. Because y'all know that I am wordy and I use way too many descriptive, flowery words in my writing, particularly when I am waxing poetic about my favorite things. And chocolate is most certainly on my list of favorite things.

So. These cookies. Quite simply, they are not your ordinary chocolate cookies.

They have a texture that's simultaneously soft and chewy and gooey.

The outside of the cookie bakes up like a delicate veneer while the inside becomes an explosion of intense chocolate...almost like the cookie version of a molten chocolate cake, but without oozing all over your plate. And then, as if all of that chocolate goodness wasn't enough, there are semi-sweet and white chocolate chips peppered throughout, lending an additional layer of flavor and texture.

Allow me to sum it up for you in basic terms: these cookies will make the chocoholic in your life very, very happy. And if you happen to be that chocoholic, well then, you will ricochet off the wall after taking your first bite...not because of any sugar high, but out of pure, blissful, chocolate-loving delirium.

Missing bite

Ingredients

  • All-purpose flour.
  • Dutch-processed cocoa powder + melted chocolate + semisweet and white chocolate chips. Triple -- er, quadruple -- chocolate.
  • Baking powder + salt.
  • Eggs.
  • Pure vanilla extract.
  • Espresso powder (or instant coffee). You don't taste the espresso in these cookies...rather, an undertone of coffee serves to intensify the chocolate flavor.
  • Unsalted butter. At room temperature.
  • Light brown sugar + granulated sugar. Because nobody said these were diet cookies. 😉

How to Make Them

You're just a few simple steps away from gooey, amazing, from-scratch chocolate cookies:

  1. Whisk together the dry ingredients.
  2. Combine the eggs, vanilla, and espresso powder.
  3. Use an electric mixer to beat both sugars into the butter until well-incorporated.
  4. Blend in the cooled melted chocolate.
  5. Slowly stir in the dry ingredients and fold in the chocolate chips.

Easy enough, right? But you don't want to miss the next (very important) step: cover the bowl of cookie dough with plastic wrap and set aside at room temperature for 30 minutes. This will allow the consistency of the cookie dough to become magically fudge-like! Then simply scoop and bake!

Close-up of Fudge Cookie with a plate of cookies in the background

Find an excuse to bake these soon, whether it's for your Super Bowl party, or to ring in the Olympics, or to profess your love to your Valentine, or simply because it's the last Tuesday in January (Hey, that's today! Bake them today!).

One bite of this warm-from-the-oven confection, and your search for the best chocolate cookie ever will be over. Case closed.

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Triple Chocolate Fudge Cookies ~ intense chocolate flavor with chewy, gooey centers and two types of chocolate chips | FiveHeartHome.com

Triple Chocolate Fudge Cookies

Chocoholics rejoice! These rich, intensely chocolatey cookies boast gooey, fudge-like interiors studded with two types of chocolate chips.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
RESTING TIME: 30 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Servings: 36 cookies (approximately)
Calories: 238kcal
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 16 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped (or chocolate chips)
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons instant coffee or espresso powder
  • 10 tablespoons (1 ¼ sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 ½ cups packed light brown sugar
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips

Instructions

  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.
  • Melt chocolate chips in a glass bowl in the microwave, stirring after the first minute and then every 30 seconds after that until smooth and melted. (Alternatively, you may melt chocolate in a double boiler/heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water.) Set aside to cool.
  • In a small bowl, beat eggs with vanilla. Sprinkle coffee or espresso powder over the top and let sit until dissolved/absorbed by eggs. Mix in.
  • In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat butter until smooth and blend in both sugars until well mixed. With mixer on low, stir in egg mixture. Blend in melted chocolate until well incorporated, scraping bowl and mixing again before proceeding. Slowly stir in dry ingredients, mixing until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and set aside at room temperature for 30 minutes to allow consistency of the cookie dough to become fudge-like.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. For each cookie, scoop approximately 3 tablespoons of dough into a mound (I use a size 20 cookie scoop and level off the dough). Space mounds of dough 1 ½ inches apart. Bake for 10 minutes, or until edges of cookies are just set and centers are still soft. Allow cookies to cool on pans for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.

Notes

  • Dutch-processed cocoa powder gives these cookies a darker color and a deeper chocolate flavor than regular cocoa powder would.
  • The instant coffee or espresso powder in these cookies don't make them taste like coffee. They just enhance the flavor of the chocolate even more.

Nutrition

Calories: 238kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 76mg | Potassium: 183mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 135IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 1.8mg
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Slightly adapted from Baking Illustrated

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47 Comments

  1. OMG Samantha, I might need to make these tonight....YUM!! Thank you so much for sharing them with us at Best of the Weekend. Pinned to our party board...and my cookie board. 😉

    1. Thanks so much for the pins, Lisa! I hope you love these. See you for BotW tomorrow! 🙂

  2. I'm drooling just looking at the pictures! Featured you in my round up from last week and can't wait to see what you share this week!

    ~Ariean

    1. I really appreciate the feature, Ariean, and thanks for stopping by to let me know! Hope you have a great weekend!

    1. Hope you enjoy these if you try them, Sara! And I appreciate the invite to your party. 🙂

  3. Oh Samantha, these cookies sound absolutely fabulous. Thank you so much for sharing these at Tasty Tuesday. I am featuring them this week. Hope you'll drop by and share some more gorgeous recipes with us.

    Have a good day. See you at the party !

    1. Thanks so much for the feature, Tanusree! I enjoy joining y'all each week and appreciate you hosting! 🙂

  4. Yum, I need to make these!! Thanks for sharing at The Weekend Retreat, hope to see you back on Thursday!

  5. Wow! Triple chocolate grabbed me then fudge wow. These look so soft and gooey I gotta try them. Only thing I'd change it the white chocolate...I'm a firm believer that white chocolate isn't chocolate (just my personal oppinion) but I'd sub dark chocolate instead.

    1. Hi Joybee! I totally agree with you. White chocolate is not technically chocolate...but I still think it all tastes good together. Ha! 🙂 But yes, certainly feel free to substitute your favorite type of chocolate in this recipe. I think these cookies are yummy using everything from milk chocolate chips to M&Ms! Thanks so much for stopping by...hope you enjoy these when you try them!

  6. Oh my goodness! I cannot wait to make these this weekend! Hubby is also excited to try these! Thank you 😀

    1. You are so welcome, Heather...I hope that your family loves them! They didn't last long around here... 😉 Have a great weekend!

  7. Haha I just reread your post and the notes at the end about the coffee. You have already answered my question. Thanks again LOVE your site!

    1. Glad you figured it out, Kirston! I don't notice the flavor of coffee in these cookies...it just serves to deepen the flavor of the chocolate. I suppose if someone was really sensitive to coffee/hated it, they might be able to pick up on the flavor, but it's not overt and I think most people don't even know that it's there. Hope you enjoy these! Happy Friday!

  8. These look amazing! Question for you though. We are not coffee drinkers. How important is the instant coffee or espresso powder in this recipe? Thanks again for your amazing posts!!

    1. Ha ha, Amy...no worries! I answer to any long name that starts with an 'S.' 😉 I'm so glad you stopped by...hope your inner chocoholic enjoys these cookies!

  9. Um, Shannon, I cannot even begin to wrap my mind around this gorgeous cookie--I think it would satisfy even the most hardcore chocoholic like myself 🙂 Can't wait to try them out!

  10. These look sinfully delicious! I am going to keep this recipe handy for one of those days when I am craving some chocolate:) These would make a great gift too:)

    1. Thanks, Shannon! You are so right about them making a great gift. I would just have to give them away very quickly before I had a chance to eat them all myself! 😉 Thanks for stopping by!

    1. Thanks so much, Camila! I hope you love them! I appreciate the comment and the pin. 🙂 Have a great day!

  11. Holy Chocolately goodness! All I can say is, these cookie are going to make me very very happy when I make them. Love the addition of espresso! 🙂

    P.S. What i love about you are those poetic descriptors. Trying to learn from that, you do a great job of it! 🙂

    1. You are too sweet, Krista. I often feel like I ramble on a bit too much in my posts...but it's the way I've always written, so I have to be true to me. 😉 And YES! If you are a fan of chocolate (and who isn't?), you will love these babies!

  12. These look heavenly! I have almost all the ingredients if it weren't for the cold (15 degrees) I would be tempted to go to the store lol.

    1. Ha, Kristin...I think I'd attempt making cookies out of a can of beans before I'd brave 15° in order to buy missing ingredients! 😉 Hope it warms up soon so you can head to the store!

  13. Goodness gracious, those look absolutely dangerous! Fantastic recipe 🙂

    Happy Blogging!
    Happy Valley Chow

    1. Yes, they are just slightly dangerous. It helps if you can hide them from yourself! 😉 Thanks for the comment...hope you enjoy these if you try them!

    1. You are so welcome, Deb...I hope you get to try these! You stay warm as well...I think it's a tad bit colder where you are! 😉