Chocolate Wafer Cookie

A chocolate wafer cookie that will surprise friends and family! It's a cookie within a cookie. Not as complicated as it sounds - purchased thin mints are enclosed in an all purpose cookie dough.

The surprise is the liquid chocolate mint inside every bite.

Give yourself some extra time for these cookies - the dough needs to rest in the refrigerator for 2 hours for the dough to set and the ingredients to incorporate all the flavors.

Chocolate Wafer Cookie Recipe

3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup golden brown sugar, packed
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons cold water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
45 chocolate covered thin mints

Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and kosher salt. Set this mixture aside.

With an electric mixer, cream together the butter with the granulated sugar and the brown sugar. Add the eggs, one at a time, and then beat in the water and vanilla extract.

Stir in the flour mixture and mix until thoroughly blended. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate the dough for 2 hours.

Preheat the oven to 375F. Lightly coat 2 cookie sheets with shortening or cooking spray.

Take 1 tablespoon of refrigerated dough and wrap it around 1 chocolate thin mint. Place it seam side down on the prepared cookie sheets, spaced at least 2 inches apart.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, and then let them set on the baking sheets for a few minutes to firm up. Remove the cookies to wire racks to cool completely.

They can be stored layered between sheets of waxed paper and frozen if tightly wrapped in plastic wrap.

Food For Thought - For variety, try using a few candy coated chocolates, such as M&M's in place of the chocolate wafers. I like the peanut ones for a little extra crunch.

More Chocolate Cookie Recipes

Chocolate Thumbprint Cookie Recipe
Chocolate Cookie Bar Recipe
German Chocolate Cookie Recipe
Chocolate Crinkle Cookie
Gourmet Chocolate Cookie

You Might Need:

• Kitchen Supply Aluminum Half Size Sheet Pan 18-inch by 13-inch

• Calphalon 12-by-17-Inch Rectangular Nonstick Cooling Rack

• Silpat 11-5/8-by-16-1/2-Inch Nonstick Silicone Baking Mat

• Oxo Good Grips Cookie Scoop