Chef John’s “black magic” chocolate chip cookies use activated charcoal powder to create a devilishly dark dough. The cookies, however dark and mysterious, taste just like our award-winning chocolate chip cookies. They’ll cast a delicious spell over anyone at your Halloween party.
Preparation Details
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 32
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, soft
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon activated charcoal powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
Steps
- Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together with an electric mixer until creamy. and sugars together. Add egg, charcoal, vanilla, milk, salt, and baking soda, and beat until thoroughly combined.
- Add flour; mix in with a spatula just until flour nearly disappears. Add chocolate chips and mix evenly into the dough. Wrap and chill dough for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment.
- Scoop or spoon just over 1 tablespoon dough per cookie, and transfer to the prepared baking sheet. These cookies will spread; portioning 8 cookies per pan is recommended.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 12 to 13 minutes (see Chef’s Note). Cool completely before serving.
