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Chocolate Drop Cookies

Old-fashioned Chocolate Drop Cookies are a soft cake-like cookie with a swirl of chocolate

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Icing 20 minutes
Servings 38 Cookies
Calories 203 kcal
Author Janet Barton

Ingredients

Chocolate Drop Cookies

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cups sour cream
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 2/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing

  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 4 oz. cream cheese softened
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk

Instructions

Chocolate Drop Cookies

  1. Preheat oven to 400℉. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternately with the sour cream and milk. Mix until creamy scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl periodically.
  3. Drop cookie dough onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet with an ice cream scoop (approximately 2 tablespoons of dough). Bake in a preheated 400℉ degree oven for 10-12 minutes or until the dough springs back after lightly touching. Let cool completely before icing.

Recipe Notes

Recipe Notes

  • Read through the directions before beginning to mix.  Follow the step-by-step instructions.
  • Use real butter that has been softened to where a fingerprint leaves an indentation.  Butter should not be room temp that's too soft.
  • Drop by heaping tablespoons or use an ice cream scoop for perfectly shaped cookies
  • Don't over-mix.
  • Do not overbake.  Check the cookies after 10 minutes of baking.  Press your fingertip into the top of the cookie, if it springs back, remove the cookies from the oven.
  • Cool cookies completely before icing them.  
  • Soften butter and cream cheese for the icing.  
  • If freezing the cookies, place them on a baking sheet in a single layer.  Place in freezer.  When completely frozen transfer to a freezer container.  Freeze for up to 2 weeks.  
Nutrition Facts
Chocolate Drop Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 203 Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Fat 10g15%
Saturated Fat 6g30%
Trans Fat 0.3g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.5g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 36mg12%
Sodium 134mg6%
Potassium 67mg2%
Carbohydrates 26g9%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 16g18%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 328IU7%
Vitamin C 0.1mg0%
Calcium 22mg2%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.