Last Updated on January 10, 2022 by Babita
Cocoa Crinkle Sandwich are festive, soft brownies like chocolate cookies filled with buttercream frosting and finished with holidays sprinkles. These cocoa cookies are perfect for the holidays.
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About the Recipe
I found this recipe in one of the cookbooks (Bake Sale Cookbook) I bought from our local library book sale. The recipe looked interesting. However, as I did not have all the ingredients at home, I kept putting off making it. One day, just like that the stars aligned. I found all the necessary ingredients for this recipe in my kitchen pantry. I made these cookies and my youngest daughter and husband just loved them.
The original recipe included candy cane pieces for decoration. I did not have any candy canes with me, so I used holiday sprinkles. Another change I made to this recipe is I used vanilla buttercream frosting instead of chocolate frosting. I am extremely proud of myself for this change because taste wise it made a huge difference. It added sweetness and balanced the bitterness of the cocoa powder.
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Ingredients for the Cocoa Crinkle Sandwich Cookie
All-purpose Flour: I always use unbleached all-purpose flour for baking.
Unsweetened cocoa powder: for this recipe I have used Hershey’s cocoa powder. You can use any brand of cocoa powder you want
Butter: room temperature butter is not required for this recipe. If you read the steps below, you will see how to use butter straight from the refrigerator.
Sugar: a cup is used in the cookie dough. The rest of the sugar is used to roll the cookie dough balls before baking.
Eggs: I used eggs straight out of the refrigerator. It does not have to be at room temperature.
Vanilla essence, Baking soda & Salt: these are the basic required ingredients.
Butter Cream Frosting: I made my own butter cream frosting for this recipe. You can use store-bought frosting to save time.
Sprinkles or Crushed Candy Canes: Original recipe required crushed candy canes. However, I substituted it with holiday sprinkles in red and green color.
How to Make the Crinkle Cookies
- In a mixing bowl combine, all purpose flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Next, melt butter in the microwave. Add 1 1/4 cup of sugar and whisk it until smooth.
- Whisk in eggs, one at a time until blended.
- Add vanilla and mix it in some more.
- Stir in the flour mixture until well combined. Wrap the dough in a plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line the cookie pan with parchment paper.
- Shape the cookie dough into 1″ balls.
- Roll the balls in the remaining sugar and place them on the cookie pan 2″ apart.
- Bake for 12 minutes. Remove from oven and allow let them sit in the pan for 5 minutes.
- Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
Time to put together the Cocoa Crinkle Sandwiches
- Spread 2 tsp of frosting over the flat side of the cookie.
- Place the second cookie over the frosting.
- Press down slightly to allow the frosting to squeeze out between the cookies.
- Roll the exposed frosting over the holiday sprinkles.
- Store it in an airtight container.
Yes, you can use an electric mixer to mix the wet ingredients for this cookie dough. You can either use a whisk or an electric hand-held mixer, too. For this recipe I used my kitchenaid mixer because my hand hurts after a while.
Yes, you can make this cookie dough ahead of time and keep it in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days.
Cocoa Crinkle Sandwich - Festive Cookies with Frosting
Cocoa Crinkle Sandwich are festive soft brownies like chocolate cookies filled with butter cream frosting and finished with holidays sprinkles.
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar (for rolling cookies)
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
Ingredients for Decoration
- 1 can buttercream frosting
- 1/2 cup sprinkles
Instructions
To Make Crinkle Cookies
- In a mixing bowl combine, all-purpose flour, baking soda and salt.
- Next, melt butter in the microwave. Add 1 1/4 cup of sugar and whisk it until smooth.
- Whisk in eggs, one at a time until blended.
- Add vanilla and mix it some more.
- Stir in the flour mixture until well combined. Wrap the dough in a plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line the cookie pan with parchment paper.
- Shape the cookie dough into 1″ balls.
- Roll the balls in remaining sugar and place them on the cookie pan 2″ apart.
- Bake for 12 minutes. Remove from oven and allow let them sit on the pan for 5 minutes.
- Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
Cocoa Crinkle Sandwiches
- Spread 2 tsp of frosting over the flat side of the cookie.
- Place the second cookie over the frosting.
- Press down slightly to allow the frosting to squeeze out between the cookies.
- Roll the exposed frosting over the holiday sprinkles.
- Store it in airtight container.
Nutrition Information
Yield 21 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 203Total Fat 5gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 25mgSodium 99mgCarbohydrates 38gFiber 1gSugar 27gProtein 2g
BabsProjects.com provides nutritional information as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although BabsProjects.com attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, please remember these are estimates only.
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