Chilli chocolate cookies

Chilli chocolate cookies

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Prep: 20 mins Cook: 12 mins

Easy

Makes 40 cookies
A big pile of spiced double chocolate chip biscuits next to a tub of ice cream is an easy way to feed a crowd

Nutrition and extra info

Nutrition: per cookie

  • kcal142
  • fat8g
  • saturates5g
  • carbs17g
  • sugars11g
  • fibre1g
  • protein2g
  • salt0.2g
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Ingredients

  • 225g unsalted butter, softened
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 175g dark muscovado sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs, beaten
    Eggs

    Egg

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  • 300g plain flour
  • 50g cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking powder
    Baking powder

    Baking powder

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  • 1½ tsp cayenne pepper (less or more to taste)
  • 100g bar dark chilli chocolate, roughly chopped

    Chocolate ganache

    gan-ash

    Chocolate ganache is a combination of chocolate and double cream. It's simple to…

  • 100g bar white chocolate, roughly chopped
    White chocolate squares, stacked

    White chocolate

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  • 100g bar dark chocolate, roughly chopped
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    Dark chocolate

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    Dark chocolate means the shiny, dark-reddish brown treat produced from the cacao bean, theobroma…

  • vanilla ice cream

Method

  1. Beat the butter and sugars together, then gradually mix in the vanilla and eggs. In another bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, a pinch of salt, baking powder and cayenne pepper, then mix these into the butter and fold in all the chocolate.

  2. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Place walnut-sized spoonfuls of the mixture on baking sheets lined with baking parchment, leaving enough space between so they don’t melt together. Bake in batches, for 10-12 mins, depending on how gooey you like your cookies. Allow to cool on the baking sheets for 1 min before removing to a plate to cool completely. Serve with vanilla ice cream.

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Fishcake5000
5th May, 2019
5.05
Brilliant ! Made these a few times and will definetely make again. Since some comments said it was a bit too spicy I replaced the dark chilli chocolate with regular and put the recommended amount of cayenne pepper. On the second time I also added 1tsp of ground ginger which I think worked very well.
mariabudgen
24th Aug, 2016
5.05
Made this recipe this week for a work Mexican themed party - as sort of fitted the theme with the chilli! Halved the recipe to make 20 cookies and so halved the cayenne quantity and they certainly have a kick but in just the right way. Very easy to make. Did take about 10 mins extra cooking time but perhaps that's my oven. Hard to tell when they're cooked as with them being dark from the choc the colour doesn't really change. I just waited for them to feel firm enough. Easy to take off the trays and didn't crumble or break. Getting nice comments from colleagues.
helenbond@live.co.uk
11th Jan, 2015
5.05
I loved these with the full amount of cayenne. They were delicious and warming and satisfying and just what I needed on a miserable winter's day. I also added more chocolate and in bigger chunks than the recipe suggested.
pinkhevs
9th May, 2013
4.05
Also forgot to mention that I made these with Doves Farm gluten free flour and 1/2 tsp Xanthan Gum and the consistency was perfect!
pinkhevs
9th May, 2013
4.05
I LOVE spicy food but these were too much! I put less cayenne pepper than the recipe suggested and this was still too much. I am going to make them again today as the cookies were yummy, but without any chilli! If I make chilli ones again i will use chilli chocolate but not add spice to the cookie dough as it made them taste like curry cookies! But still giving a good star rating as delicious otherwise!
georginasmileyface
13th Jan, 2013
Really nice, family likes them nut can be quite hot!!! serve with ice cream or cream
katekennedy1980
10th Jan, 2013
5.05
Absolutely delicious! Have made this with and without the chilli and it's always so yummy
lislol12
11th Nov, 2012
if you dont like spice adding some fruit is great[dried]
lislol12
11th Nov, 2012
OMG they are one of the best things that have come out of my oven as someone else said go easy on the canyenne pepper....other than that there fabtastical
amyhillier93
22nd May, 2012
4.05
So gooey and yummy. Can be a little too hot so go easy on the cayenne pepper.. if not have ice cream at hand!

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Fishcake5000
5th May, 2019
5.05
You can add 1 tsp of ground ginger in the mix, it works brilliantly with both the chilli and the chocolate
helenbond@live.co.uk
11th Jan, 2015
5.05
I would recommend making your first batch with just under a teaspoon of cayenne. Though personally, I loved them with a 1 1/2 teaspoons. I was unable to find chilli chocolate, so I used a bar of dark chocolate, a bar of milk, and a bar of white, chopped them all up, and had big, satisfying chocolate chunks wrapped in warming cayenne. Soooo tasty!!!
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