Snow-Capped Mocha Fudge Drops
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Source: Taste of Home magazine
Prep time: 40 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Categories: cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup (6 oz.) semisweet chocolate chips, divided
- 1/2 cup butter, cubed
- 1 Tbsp. instant coffee granules or espresso powder
- 3/4 cup each sugar and packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup baking cocoa
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- 10 oz. white candy coating, melted
- Edible glitter
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. in a large microwave-safe bowl, microwave 1/2 cup chocolate chips and butter until butter is melted; stir until chocolate is melted. Stir in coffee granules, cool slightly.
- Whisk in sugars. Whisk in eggs, one at a time, and vanilla until blended. In a small bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; stir into chocolate mixture. Stir in pecans and remaining chocolate chips.
- Drop dough by tablespoonsful 1 inch apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes or until set. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
- Dip tops of cookies onto melted candy coating. Sprinkle with glitter. let stand until set.
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about 3 1/2 dozen