Chocolate Snowflake Cookies (Chocolate Crinkles / Crackles)

“I halved this recipe and made it today. It was well enjoyed by all of us at home and I plan on making it again on 24th October this year, it being my mom and dad’s 25th Wedding Anniversary! Today being the most ‘SPECIAL’ day of my life(as I met my BF on this day on ICQ on the internet for the very first time at 8pm on today’s day, exactly 4 years back), I’d saved this recipe right from the moment you posted it just for TODAY! Thank You, Mirj! This is indeed what I’ll give him to eat when he returns home back to tie the knot! This will be the ‘perfect’ shot at his stomach! This recipe indeed, IMHO, justifies the saying, “The way to every man’s heart is through his stomach!”.”

“This recipe is pretty easy to make and the cookies look very nice.They taste even better.Everyone I’ve shared them with has loved them.”

“I thought that they were great and so did my family and my kids hardly ever eat sweets and well they ate these cookies right up”

“Really great cookie and fairly easy to make.Great Chocolate Flavor. Looks great on a cookie platter for the Holidays!Thanks!”

“Super chocolatey.Very sticky dough, but once you roll it in powdered sugared, it was easy to handle.I scooped the dough in balls into the powdered sugar.Came out great!”

“Delicious!A co-worker said they tasted like brownies.Slightly crunchy on the outside, moist and delicious on the inside.However, they didn’t seem to keep very well – after a few days in a covered cookie tin they started to taste stale.I refrigerated the dough overnight, and still mine was very sticky.Also, the recipe only yielded roughly 3-4 dozen cookies for me, but perhaps I made the cookies too large.”

“I was just going to add this 5-star recipe to Recipezaardom, but here it is! My recipe is exactly the same EXCEPT it uses 12 tablespoons of cocoa powder PLUS an extra 4 tablespoons of oil, instead of actual chocolate. Good to know it works either way! I’ll add a photo of mine made with the cocoa. Delicious! (These also freeze exceptionally well.)”

“Well…made them AGAIN this year…brought them to work twice!!! they are a definite hit no matter where I take them…I really enjoy people’s first reaction when they see them.I didn’t have any chocolate squares..so …I used 12 tablespoons of cocoa and 3 tablespoons of oil which is the equivilant…(for those who don’t know)…I think that is going to be my preferred way…the cocoa will not sit on my shelf forever and it is less expensive than the squares!I don’t know about any one else…but I needed way more powdered sugar than 3/4 cup…this is now one of MY “keeper” recipes!!!”

“Thank you for posting this classic recipe! We used sunflower oil, the cocoa substitution and ended up chilling them for 3 days.They were wonderful.”

“I wanted to try for a chocolate-cinnamon flavor. I added 1 tsp. cinnamon to the batter with dry ingredients. Then instead of rolling in powdered sugar, I rolled each ball in a mixture of 3 tsp. cinnamon and 3 Tbsp. granulated sugar. They are delicious- like a brownie in a cookie!!!
Update, 2nd time around: I made recipe exactly as written. Refrigerate overnight- dough is very soft and sticky. I used my small (1 1/4 inch) cookie scoop and got 6 dozen very small cookies.”

“A big hit with either the baking chocolate or the cocoa substitution.And the variation of adding PEPPERMINT EXTRACT was even more popular.Again, chilling overnight was crucial!”

“The BEST cookie on the planet in my recipe book. A yearly Christmas cookie tradition. :o)”

“My family has also been making these cookies for a couple years, although they are affectionately dubbed “Reindeer Poop” because of the sugar coating. 🙂 My son absolutely looooooves these, and they go excellent with a last cup of coffee after dinner (or for a sweet morning treat!) I have always used the cocoa powder/oil combo due to price difference and have never had a problem. I will however try chilling it overnight to see if that helps with some of the mess. Usually not a problem, but I have told I will have helpers this year so they can secretely steal my holiday cookie recipes!”

“These were delicious, and easy to make.I made a half batch, and got about 2 1/2 dozen, so I guess ours were on the large side.They did taste a lot like a brownie – very good.We’ll definitely make these again – Thanks for posting!”

“These looked really pretty and tasted just like a brownie! However, I wish they had been more chocolaty – a little mild tasting for me. Thanks for sharing!”

“We made these for our 2010 holiday tray for family and friends.These were a great addition, everyone loved them.DD took a tray to her french class and the kids thought they tasted like brownies, they were the first to go.I thought they looked wonderful on our trays, thank you so much for sharing this recipe with us.”

“Great flavor.Slightly crisp on the outside and moist on the inside.A little chewy %u2026 just a little. It was sticky to work with but the end result was worth it%u2026kept sticking it back in the frig to keep it cold.I got about 4 dozen cookies.I think next time I%u2019ll cut the sugar %u2026 personal taste. Everyone else loved it as is 🙂 Thank you Mirj”

“Super Good! They were gone the night I made them. Not one person said they were any less than totally delicious.”

“LOOOOOVED these cookies! Made them several times and they always come out great.Love the tip of making them ahead of time and keep them fridge.Gonna make a bunch and freeze for unexpected chocolate cravings!!!”

“I just made these this morning. What a great cookie! I’ve never had these before, but came across the recipe when I was searching for holiday cookie recipes, and thought I’d give them a try. I refrigerated my dough overnight–only because when I was reading the recipe originally, I missed the part where it said to refrigerate for 2 hours. It was 9:30 pm at the time, and I wasn’t about to start baking cookies 2 hours later, so it got left in overnight. From reading the other reviews, it sounds like that was a good thing. I also had to put the dough back in the fridge to stay chilled between batches. If the dough got the slightest bit warm, it was a little hard to work with. I will say, they are extremely messy to make, but no worries. That’s half the fun at the holidays. I don’t know if I made the cookies too large, but I got exactly 5 dozen cookies. not 8. Still plenty. My kids loved them and my daughter said they were “light as a feather”. Mmmmm..so chewy and chocolately. Love them. I’ll be putting these in my Christmas goody tins to distribute to neighbors and friends. :)”