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Pretzel Coated Chocolate Cookies

September 9, 2011 by overtimecook 24 Comments

It was a situation I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. A couple of week’s after starting a new food blog, most of which I intended to be baking recipes, my trusty mixer died.

Horrifying, I know. That wasn’t the worst part though. The truly devastating aspect of this tragedy was that due to circumstances beyond my control, I was unable to get a new mixer for a week. Yep, an entire week without baking…for a gal who absolutely loves to bake.

Needless to say, it was a tough week. All week I was dying to pull out some sugar and flour and get baking, but instead I was stuck thinking about the lovely things I would bake when I finally got my hands on a mixer.

One idea really stood out. I couldn’t get it out of my head, no matter how hard I tried. Imagine how awesome it would be if you’d make chocolate cookie dough and roll the unbaked cookies in crushed pretzels? I know, brilliant, right?

Needless to say, the first thing I did when I bought my amazing new Kitchen-Aid Pro 600 series is find out just how awesome these cookies would be. As it turns out…they were pretty awesome.


If you are a fan of salty and sweet mixed together in the same delicious bite, do yourself a favor and try some of these. Today. If you are lucky enough to have a working mixer, that is.

Pretzel Coated Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients:

Pretzel Coating:

1/2 coarse pretzel crumbs (pretzels ground in food processor- do not grind into fine crumbs- you want some texture)

2 Tbsp butter or margarine, melted

1 Tbsp dark brown sugar

Dough:

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margerine

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 eggs

2 cups all-purpose flour

2/3 cup cocoa powder

pinch of salt

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips, optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a small bowl, combine all coating ingredients and stir to form a coarse, crumbly mixture. Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the butter and sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs, one at a time. Beat well to combine, scraping down the sides as needed to incorporate all ingredients.

In a small bowl, combine flour and cocoa powder. In a teaspoon measuring spoon, add the pinch of salt, then fill to the top with baking soda. Add to flour/cocoa mixture and stir to combine. Slowly add dry ingredients to the mixing bowl, stirring gently until all ingredients are incorporated. Stir in chocolate chips.

Using a small cookies scoop, scoop about 1 and 1/4 Tbsp of dough into your hand. Roll into ball, then drop into pretzel coating mixture and turn on all sides to coat evenly. Repeat with all remaining dough.

Bake at 350 for 13-14 minutes (for this size cookie, for a smaller cookie bake 10-11 minutes.) Allow to cool on tray for a couple of minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.

Enjoy!

Yields 3 dozen large cookies. Dough recipe adapted from Allrecipes.com

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Filed Under: Chocolate, Cookies, Dessert Tagged With: Chocolate, Cookies, dessert, pretzels, sweet and salty


Comments

  1. Leah says

    September 9, 2011 at 9:49 am

    I am very impressed with this blog. Keep up the good work!

    Reply
  2. LeahS says

    September 9, 2011 at 10:15 am

    Yum. Looks delicious!

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      September 15, 2011 at 9:33 am

      Thanks Leah!

      Reply
  3. Cookie Sleuth says

    September 9, 2011 at 12:54 pm

    Looks tasty! I love these salty/sweet combinations!

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      September 15, 2011 at 9:35 am

      Hi Cookie Sleuth!

      If you love that combination- you’ll love these cookies!

      🙂 Miriam

      Reply
  4. Rochel @ barefootandcooking says

    September 9, 2011 at 1:12 pm

    You might just be my hero for this one. Will be trying soon.

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      September 15, 2011 at 9:44 am

      Aw thanks, I love being a hero! Please let me know how this comes out!

      Reply
  5. Vanilla Bean Baker says

    September 9, 2011 at 6:29 pm

    Brilliant! Glad that you were able to get yourself a new mixer. Your blog is wonderful.

    Reply
  6. G6 says

    September 10, 2011 at 9:36 pm

    OK. This one tempts me. I just wish I didn’t have my Rosh Hashana prep taking priority….
    Keeping it as “unread” in Google Reader though, until I have some free time.
    Great photos on this blog, btw…
    You should do a post on how you take/edit the pix 😉

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      September 15, 2011 at 9:45 am

      Hi G6,

      So glad you like this recipe! Thanks for the compliment on my pictures- I’m trying to learn about food photography- it’s not so easy on my iPhone!

      Reply
  7. Kristy says

    September 11, 2011 at 2:34 pm

    Great idea! Looks delicious! So glad you got your new mixer 🙂

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      September 15, 2011 at 9:47 am

      Thanks Kristy! I’m absolutely loving the new mixer! Glad you like this recipe- it’s amazing!

      Reply
  8. Maris (In Good Taste) says

    September 11, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    These look so good! Love the combo of sweet + salty!

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      September 15, 2011 at 9:47 am

      Thanks Maris!

      Reply
  9. Jesica @ pencilkitchen says

    September 13, 2011 at 1:52 am

    Love both pretzel and chocolate cookies >.<

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      September 15, 2011 at 9:50 am

      Hi Jesica,
      Thanks for stopping by! This is seriously the beat of both worlds- enjoy!

      -Miriam

      Reply
  10. Estee Lavitt says

    September 13, 2011 at 9:31 am

    I tasted these from the source and they were awesome! I love the sweet and salty mix! Keep it up!

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      September 15, 2011 at 9:32 am

      So glad you liked them Estee! I’ll have to send you some more cookies to sample. 🙂

      Reply
  11. Sarah Perl says

    September 14, 2011 at 12:04 am

    These cookies are heaven!! They taste even better than they look! Thanks Miriam.

    Reply
  12. Becki's Whole Life says

    September 15, 2011 at 9:14 pm

    Wow, these sound amazing. I am a huge fan of salty/sweet and I love pretzels and chocolate.Love this recipe – thanks for sharing it!!

    Reply
  13. Maya says

    September 27, 2015 at 1:07 pm

    these are so delicious and so easy to make! thank you for making my sukkot dessert more exciting!

    Reply
  14. Saph says

    February 17, 2018 at 3:00 pm

    What’s the quantity of pretzels in this recipe please? Have u ever tried making this recipe with oil instead of margerine in the dough?

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      April 9, 2018 at 6:22 pm

      I haven’t, but it should work.

      Reply
  15. Yehoudit says

    October 5, 2020 at 11:45 am

    Wow! I don’t know about other recipes because I’ve never tried them but you’re my go-to blog for cookies. Yum!

    Reply

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