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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Dip tops of cookies onto melted candy coating. Sprinkle with glitter. let stand until set.
  5. about 3 1/2 dozen

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