Sometimes, you just need chocolate. It can be for celebratory reasons, or it can be because you had a bad day. Chocolate is for the good times and also for the low times. In the midst of summer, when we’re drowning in watermelon and peaches, I made a decadent chocolate cookie for no good reason, really, except to show my love. The Mr. loves chocolate desserts more than anything, and I loved to surprise him with a batch of rich double-chocolate cookies. I crammed equal parts cocoa powder and flour into this cookie for maximum chocolate punch. And then, because that wasn’t enough, I poured in chocolate chips.
I left them to cool on a plate in the kitchen while I headed out to get my hair cut. I sat smugly in the barber's chair for the next hour, thinking of how happy he would be when he came home from work and found them—chocolate nuggets with a fudgey center would surely make his day.
I got home and immediately peeked at the plate of cookies: UNTOUCHED. What the heck? Would it be too dramatic if I said I was heartbroken? Would I be too needy if I admitted I was full of fear that he preferred another woman’s cookies to my own? I ran to find him to demand an answer. Why didn’t he touch the cookies?!: Because he didn’t know if I took a photograph for the blog yet.
And that, my friends, is why I’m marrying him.
Everyone loves these chocolate fudge cookies!
*You can substitute an extra tablespoon of butter for the sour cream.
Chocolate Fudge Cookies
Ingredients
Instructions
Notes
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 145Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 52mgCarbohydrates: 17gFiber: 1gSugar: 11gProtein: 2g
Lauren at Keep It Sweet says
You really did find the perfect guy... and sounds like he is lucky, too! These look so up my alley.
TABITHA says
YUM these look amazing. I'll be making them. What can, if anything, I use to substitute the shortening?
Christina says
Hi Tabitha: You may use all butter in place of the shortening, but your cookies will spread and be thin instead of thick & fudgey. Still delicious, though. Be sure to watch them in the oven: they should cook 2-3 minutes faster, too. Happy baking!
Erin says
How sweet! :)
Also-these just look like pure rich deliciousness.
Maria says
I think I will need more than a dozen of these! YUM!
Averie @ Averie Cooks says
that's a man who is a KEEPER! My hubs does the same - will not touch things unless I tell him expressly, he can have it. Sometimes I'm like, well why didn't you try the xyz and he'll say, because I wasn't sure if it was done with its photos yet. My 5 yr old is the same! They learn young :)
Becca - Cookie Jar Treats says
Awww, he's a keeper ;) Haha, these look awesome!
Tara @ Chip Chip Hooray says
Aaah, mark of a good one! The other night my boyfriend and I were out to dinner for our anniversary, and as our appetizers came, he went to dig in, stopped, and said, "Wait. Are we blogging this?" I almost got up and hugged him right there, haha. :)
Christina says
Best story ever, Tara! :)
Laurie says
I think I have just enough chocolate chips leftover from my last recipe to try these.
Heather (Heather's Dish) says
aw, what a sweetheart!!!!
see also, you're my hero. chocolate cookies scaled down to where i can't eat a whole pound of them by myself? this, my sweet Texan friend, is why i love you. the end.
Christina says
Aww, Heather! I love ya too! Thanks for the sweet words :)
TBB says
YES PLEASE! Yummers! xo