Chocolate Filled Cookies Recipes

CREAM-FILLED CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. , Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until edges are set. Remove to wire racks to cool. , In a small bowl, combine filling ingredients ; beat until smooth. Spread on the bottoms of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies. Store in the refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE CREAM FILLED COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
• Using an electric mixer, beat 6 tablespoons butter and 1/4 cup sugar in a large bowl until creamy. Add the egg; beat until smooth. Beat in corn syrup. Whisk together the flour and cocoa in a small bowl. Beat half of the flour mixture into the butter mixture until well incorporated. Beat in the remaining flour. Divide dough in half.
• On a lightly floured board, roll each half of the dough into a rectangle. Cut each large rectangle into 1x3 inch rectangles. Place cookies on prepared baking sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake until firm, 10 to 15 minutes. Let cookies stand on baking sheets for 5 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• While the cookies are baking, make the filling. Heat chocolate chips in a small saucepan on lowest heat. Stir until chocolate is almost completely melted. Remove from heat; stir until smooth. Allow to cool to room temperature. Beat 1 cup confectioners' sugar and 1/2 cup butter in a large bowl until smooth. Scrape the melted chocolate into the bowl; beat well.
• Spread 1/2 teaspoon filling on the bottom of 30 cooled cookies; top with remaining cookies. Sprinkle filled cookies with confectioners' sugar.

CHOCOLATE-FILLED HAZELNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Grind the nuts with confectioners' sugar until powdery (do not make into a paste).
• Blend together the butter, lemon zest, salt, and nut mixture in a large bowl with a spatula or spoon until creamy. Add the flour and cocoa powder, stirring until incorporated. Do not overwork the dough.
• Roll level 1/2 teaspoons of dough into tiny balls and arrange 1-inch apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake 1 sheet at a time until lightly crisped, about 12 minutes. Slide the parchment paper with the baked cookies onto a rack to cool.
• In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the chocolate in the microwave.
• Spoon a mound, about 1/8 teaspoon, of melted chocolate onto the flat side of a cookie then top with the flat side of another cookie to make a "sandwich." Repeat.
• Plain cookies can be baked and cooled 1 week ahead and kept at room temperature in an airtight container. Fill when ready to serve.

CHOCOLATE SANDWICH COOKIES WITH VANILLA-CREAM FILLING

Steps:

• Set 2 racks in the middle and upper third of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees. In a food processor or the bowl of an electric mixer, thoroughly mix together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and sugar. While pulsing or on low speed, add the butter, then the egg. Process or beat until the dough is thoroughly blended and massed together. Drop rounded teaspoons of batter onto nonstick or parchment-lined cookie sheets at 2-inch intervals. With moistened fingers, round out the cookies and flatten them a little. Bake for 9 minutes, turning the pans once for even baking, until the cookies are set. Set the cookie sheets on a rack to cool.
• Vanilla-Cream Filling: Put the butter and shortening in a mixing bowl and, at low speed, gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar and vanilla, until blended. Turn the mixer up to high and beat for 2 or 3 minutes more, until fluffy.
• With a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch tip, pipe teaspoon size blobs of filling onto the tops of half the cookies. Keeping the smooth bottoms of the cookies facing up, flip the remaining cookies on top of the filling and lightly press to form sandwiches.

CHOCOLATE THUMBPRINTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together 1 stick butter, sugar, salt, and vanilla on medium-high speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. Beat in flour, beginning on low speed and increasing to medium high.
• Roll dough by teaspoonfuls into balls, and place 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes, remove from oven, and press thumb into tops of cookies to make indentations. Return to oven, and bake until light brown on the edges, 7 to 9 minutes more. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
• Combine chocolate, 4 tablespoons butter, and corn syrup in a small heat-proof bowl. Set over a pot of simmering water; stir occasionally until melted and smooth. Allow to cool slightly. When cookies are cool, fill the thumbprints with the chocolate mixture.

CHOCOLATE FUDGE FILLING

Steps:

• Place chocolate chips, sugar, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside. Heat evaporated milk in a small saucepan over medium-high heat until it just comes to a simmer. Remove from heat and pour over chocolate mixture; let stand until chocolate melts, about 5 minutes. Add vanilla, whisk until filling is smooth and well combined.
• Transfer chocolate filling to refrigerator; let chill until slightly firm, but still spreadable, about 2 hours.

CHOCOLATE COFFEE CREAM-FILLED COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and grease 3 or 4 baking sheets.
• In a bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• In separate bowl, beat egg with coffee granules until dissolved. Gradually add to creamed mixture, beating well.
• Sift the flour, cornstarch and baking powder over mixture.
• Stir in to make a soft dough and knead lightly.
• On a floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-inch thickness.
• With a 2-inch fluted cutter, cut out cookies and place on prepared baking sheets.
• Bake 10-15 minutes, until firm and lightly browned.
• Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool.
• Put the cooled, melted chocolate into a pastry bag and snip off end.
• Pipe parallel zigzag lines on half the cookies.
• For cookie filling: In bowl, beat butter and powdered sugar until smooth and creamy.
• In another bowl, mix egg yolk with coffee granules; add to creamed mixture and beat until smooth.
• Spread the filling on plain cookies and then sandwich together.
• Let cool in cool place until filling is firm.

CHOCOLATE-FILLED COOKIES

Steps:

• In the bowl of electric mixer,beat together the butter, sugar and salt, then add the rum, beat until you obtain a fluffy mixture.
• Stir in the sifted flour and mix to obtain a smooth texture.
• Cover and chill for 1-2 hours.
• Preheat the over to 350°F.
• Roll the dough into 1-inch balls, which you place 1-inch apart on ungreased baking sheets, and bake 10-12 minutes(firm but not brown), then transfer to a wire rack and cool.
• Prepare the filling:.
• Melt the chocolate and butter together and stir until smooth. Cool slightly.
• Spread a small amount of the chocolate on the bottom of a cookie,and cover with another cookie like a sandwich and press gently. Repeat with remaining cookies. Cool until filling is set.
• Store for up to 1 week.

CHOCOLATE-CARAMEL FILLED COOKIES

Steps:

• Make cookie dough as directed on package, stirring in flour with cookie mix. Shape about 1 tablespoon dough around 1 chocolate caramel candy, covering completely. Place 2 inches apart on Reynolds Parchment Paper lined cookie sheets. Bake at 375°F 10 to 12 minutes. Cool; place cookies on cooling racks.
• Microwave chocolate chips and milk uncovered on High 1 to 2 minutes or until melted, stirring until blended. Spoon glaze onto each cookie. Top with sprinkles. Let stand until glaze is set.

CHOCOLATE-STUFFED OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Prepare the cookie dough: In the bowl of a food processor, combine the butter and both sugars and process until combined. Add the egg and vanilla and pulse to combine, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed.
• Add the oats, flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt, and process until combined and the oats have broken down a bit, scraping down the sides of the bowl occasionally.
• Transfer the dough to a large piece of plastic wrap and use the sides of the plastic to shape it into a flat, 8-inch square that is about 1/2-inch thick. Chill until firm, at least 2 hours.
• Prepare the filling: Heat the cream in a small saucepan or in a bowl in the microwave until hot. (Be careful: Cream loves to boil over.) Add the chocolate, vanilla and salt to the hot cream and let stand 2 minutes, then stir until smooth and uniform. (If not fully smooth, carefully heat a bit longer on the stovetop, stirring until smooth, or heat in the microwave in 5-second spurts, stirring after each blast, until smooth.) Transfer the filling to a large piece of plastic wrap and use the sides of the plastic to shape it into a 4- to 6-inch square. Chill until firm, at least 2 hours.
• Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Line two rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Cut the cookie dough into 24 equal pieces. Cut the chocolate filling into 12 equal pieces. (It's OK if the chocolate breaks a bit; just make sure you have 12 equal piles.) Flatten one piece of cookie dough slightly. Set a piece of chocolate filling into the center. Flatten another piece of cookie dough and set it on top of the chocolate filling. Use your hands to shape the cookie dough around the filling and then roll it into a neat ball. Repeat with the rest of the dough and filling.
• Set 6 dough balls onto one of the prepared sheets. Bake until set and relatively flat, with just-golden edges, 14 to 16 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer to a rack to cool completely. Repeat with the remaining cookies on the other baking sheet. Serve cookies warm or at room temperature.