Up to my eyes in it! – Managing a gaggle of boys is tricky at the best of times and right now Dylan has broken his foot. It turns out there’s interesting times to be had when one boy is attached to a pair of crutches. And then, just to add insult to injury, he’s now covered in a super itchy annoying rash which is keeping him home from school.
In itch distraction techniques I’m finding these triple chocolate cookies are on a par with Piriton! So, time to share…cookies of course, not the itchy rash or busted foot!
Triple Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients:
125g butter, softened
115g soft light brown sugar
120g caster sugar
2 eggs, large
60g cocoa powder
165g self-raising flour
100g dark chocolate, melted
100g white chocolate chunks
Makes 24 regular cookies or 12 large.
Preheat the oven to 170c (fan)/190c/GM5 and line 2 trays with non-stick baking paper.
Butter and sugars go together in the bowl and beat them up to an even paste.
Well done Mum that butter is spot on 125g. Thank you Dylan…. You’re good at this measuring aren’t you? Hmmmm……..
In go the eggs and beat it up well again.
Can I crack an egg. No.
In goes the cocoa powder and self-raising flour.
I’ll tip it in Mum, see I can balance on one leg…..
How fast shall I turn it on?
Just ½ please Dylan.
Can’t I do it to 4?
Yes, if you want to be covered in flour and cocoa powder…
Melt the chocolate.
*Panicked look at the thought of manoeuvring to the microwave* Yes Dylan I’ll do it….
Beat it in to the cookie dough and then add the chunks of white chocolate and mix again.
Mum these crutches are great the way they stay hooked around your arms…. Yes Dylan they are.
The mixture is too sticky to roll with hands so you’ll need to dollop spoonfuls (approx. 1” in diameter for regular, 2″ for large), well spaced on the trays. I used a small and medium cookie scoops for ease to make regular and large cookies. The cookies flatten and spread out on baking so you don’t need to press them down.
Can I have the bowl?
Into the oven – 10-12 minutes for the regular cookies, 16-18 minutes for the large. Timings depend on how you like cookies, boys here are partial to them rather underdone Millie’s Cookies stylee!
Someone’s run hobbled off with the bowl.
See how he conveniently hides is face when I have a camera?!
Gotcha! (on a less spotty day)
Leave them to cool for at least 10 minutes on the tray before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
That’s as long as they’re not pinched straight of the tray 
Not a bad job Dylan!
Triple Chocolate Cookies – our feel better treats!
Ruth Clemens, Baker Extraordinaire
Meet me down the aisles of The Pink Whisk Shop – for all sorts of cake decorating and baking delights!
I love these cookies, the more chocolate the better!
They look lovely! Hope Dylan feels better soon.
Thank you Elle x
Looks like a great recipe – can’t wait to try it!
Loved the extra bits – conversation between mum and son – made me smile
Hi there
Lovely cookies. Feeling bit dim tho… cookie scoops? What are they?
Simone
Hi Simone, they’re spring action icecream scoops and you can get them in all sorts of sizes – here is a link to Amazon for the ones I use http://tiny.cc/olz4tw You can use them for cupcake mixture, cookie dough all sorts – useful when you want to portion something evenly x
Yummmmy!! Love all your cakes and cookies and well; everything really! Can I ask a cheeky question….? Where did you get your cookie scoops from? Thank you.
Course, no secrets here! From Amazon – the Kuhn Rikon ones are the best I’ve tried http://tiny.cc/olz4tw xx
THANKYOU RUTH. Definitely have to try this! Our house is home to 2 chocolate fanatic girls so they will be well received!!
Btw, i love how you baked them with your son and added his little comments!
If you don’t mind me asking, how did he break his foot?
Thank you! He was playing football with friends at lunchtime and got taken out by a sliding tackle….! Boys will be boys! x
They look delicious
Have made these this afternoon. Highly recommended. Very easy and taste fabby.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have always been rubbish at making cookies as they always turn into a giant mess in the oven BUT these cookies are AMAZING!!!
I made an egg-free version of these cookies tonight and they were rich and very delicious!
Hi Ruth, I just made these today, very nice indeed. However it made a massive batch of cookies, I was wondering if they would freeze ok?
Hi Kathy, yes they will freeze for you just fine x
can these cookies be frozen after they have been baked?
They can be frozen once baked but you can also freeze the uncooked cookie dough and then just bake them as you need them x
Hi Ruth, I live in a small town in South Africa. My family loves these cookies, there are a batch in the oven right now, YUM!