Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies have a unique taste that once you try one you will be hooked on the rich flavor and cinnamon goodness. They are a short cut recipe, meaning you use a sugar cookie mix and add a few ingredients to it and voila some of my favorite cookies.
By the way, I got this recipe from my good friend Betty Crocker but changed it up a bit to fit our taste.
A Mexican Hot Chocolate tablet is sold at large grocery stores in the international food aisle. The ones I use are made by Nestle. The chocolate tablets are infused with cinnamon giving it a rich flavor. Go ahead and melt the butter and hot chocolate tablet in the microwave. I set our microwave for 1 minute and it melted splendidly. Once you remove the mixture from the microwave give it a little stir to mix the chocolate completely with the butter.
Empty your sugar cookie mix into a bowl. You can use your mixer but I use a bowl since these mix together so easily. Add our melted chocolate and butter mixture to the mix in the bowl.
Stir to combine. You will pick up the smell of the cinnamon and chocolate right away. Once have mixed the sugar cookie mix and and melted mixture together, and it has cooled slightly, add your egg. I like to beat the egg slightly using a fork just to make sure it doesn't have to work so hard to mix in...
Lastly, add in the chocolate chips. I also used a few white chocolate chips. Your cookie dough is ready to roll.
Mix the granulated sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl. I love using my Pampered Chef bowl. The perfect size, not too small and not too big.
Start forming the dough into small balls about 3/4 inch in size. You can certainly make them larger but I like the smaller sized cookie. Roll each ball into the cinnamon mixture and place on a baking sheet that has been lined with parchment paper.
I can fit at least 12 cookies on a sheet. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool and then transfer to a cooling rack.
Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies
Prep time: 10 minutes
Bake at 350 ° for 10 minutes
Makes 48 cookies
Ingredients
· Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix
· ½ cup butter
· 1 Mexican Hot Chocolate Tablet
· 1 egg
· 1 cup of chocolate chips
· ½ cup of granulated sugar
· 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
Directions
1. Melt butter and hot chocolate tablet in the microwave for 1 minute. Stir to combine. 2. Empty the sugar cookie mix into a bowl and add the butter and hot chocolate mixture and combine. 3. Beat the egg slightly and add to the cooled cookie mixture. 4. Stir in the chocolate chips. 5. Combine the granulated sugar and cinnamon in small bowl 6. Form the dough into small balls of ¾ inch in size. 7. Roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture. 8. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. 9. Bake at 350 ° for 10 minutes. 10. When cool remove to a cooling rack.
Missy Tips:
I use milk chocolate chips but you could use semi sweet chocolate chips
These cookies freeze well. Put in an airtight container and freeze for up to 3 months.
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