Last Updated on November 27, 2020 by Chef Mireille
Spiced Chocolate Butterscotch Cookies – These eggless spiced up cookies are wonderful for the holiday season and go wonderfully well with a glass of eggnog or hot apple cider.
For these cookies, I used a dark chocolate chili flavored bar. The quantity of flavored chocolates in the markets have been growing so much in recent years and many brands have chili flavored chocolate bars. If you cannot locate a chili flavored bar, just add 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper to the recipe below.
However, there are a lot of abuses in the chocolate industry – both environmental and labor abuses. There are many companies that use child labor and/or slave labor. Additionally, the palm oil harvest that is used in chocolate production is pushing the orangutan’s towards extinction in Southeast Asia. To purchase chocolate from ethical suppliers, you should always purchase fair trade chocolate brands.
As it’s holiday season, there is always the need to have sweet stuff around, when unexpected guests stop by. Here are some more cookies and holiday desserts you might like to try.
Holiday Dessert Recipes
- Fiorentini – Gluten Free Chocolate Cookies
- Paperenjaci – Croatian Spice Cookies
- Sandbakkels – Norwegian Cookie Cups
- Almond Spritz
- Uppakra – Swedish Potato Cookies
- Italian Orange Cake
- Caribbean Sweet Bread
- Coconut Bread Pudding
- Cornmeal Pudding
- Pistacchio Crusted Rose Mango Cake
- Lemon Lavender Tea Cake
IN THE MAKING – HOW TO MAKE SPICED CHOCOLATE BUTTERSCOTCH COOKIES
These cookies are perfect for snack time…
tea time…
milk and cookie time…
really any time!!!
…a wonderful way to treat yourself when coming in from the cold temperatures outside…
Spiced Chocolate Butterscotch Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup vanilla yogurt
- 2 oz. melted chocolate
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 2 tablespoons dessicated coconut/ coconut powder
Instructions
- Preheaat oven to 375 F. Place parchment paper on cookie sheets. Spray with non stick spray.
- Combine flour, espresso powder, baking powder, salt and ginger. Stir to combine.
- In a large bowl, mix the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the yogurt and chocolate and mix until thoroughly combined.
- Add the flour and mix until well combined.
- Add the chips and mix until thoroughly incorporated.
- Using a tablespooon for each cookie, form into round balls. Place on prepared cookie sheet. With your finger, press down in the center of each ball to make an indentation. Sprinkle a little of the coconut in each indent.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes on middle rack of oven, until cookies are set. After 2 minutes, remove to a cooling rack and leave cookies to cool.
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so many goodies in a cookie… chocolate, spice, butterscotch, coconut, coffee… Yummy !
I began to appreciate the flavor of chili pepper with chocolate after I made Mexican fudge. Adds a whole other dimension.
Ginger and chocolate I love this combination , perfect cookies my taste.
Wow ginger in a cookie along with chocolate sounds so adventurous!…very nicely baked Mir..
A nice twist from regular cookies…
nice cookies, love the combination, BTW , did you have MLLA's round up yet? just wanted to check the recipes?
All my favourite ingredients in a cookies, just cant take my eyes from…
Wow, what a flavor combination Mir. Cookies lok yumm, yumm!!
I always wondered how spicy chocolate tasted. Cookies looks yummy and must have tasted great.
Wow that is one different cookies, though have tried mint & Sea salt with Chocolate, but chili and chocolate never experimented, must have a blast of flavors
I love how chunky they look, and really homely too! Like the addition of dry ginger…
yes these spiced cookies are great to enjoy at home with a cup of something hot when it is cold outside!
Wow! Chilly chocolate sounds amazing. And the cookies with the chilly and butter scotch must be so unique. These are wonderful treats for kids..
yes it is definitely a kid friendly treat!
I am big fan of butterscotch flavors and love the butterscotch chips available in the stores. This is a lovely recipe with all the flavors I like, coffee, chocolate and ginger!
awesome, these spiced chocolate butterscotch cookies looks so delicious and the bite you showed tempted me enough. Have been thinking to bake it is been ages since I baked something. Bookmarking this recipe.
I am sure you will love it when you try it!