Cream Cheese and Chocolate Cookies
Cream Cheese and Chocolate Cookies made with a buttery dough & 2 types of chocolate then stuffed with a sweetened cream cheese filling for a dozen decadent, bakery style cookies!
Servings: 12
Calories: 400kcal
Ingredients
Cream cheese filling:
- ½ cup butter softened
- 4 oz cream cheese
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Chocolate cookie dough:
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cup flour
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ cup semi sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Make the Cream Cheese Filling: In a medium bowl, add butter and cream cheese and mix together until smooth and creamy. Add powdered sugar and mix until all the sugar is combined. Line a small baking pan with parchment, then scoop the cream cheese filling into 12 small balls and place each on the prepared pan. Press each down slightly. If you have extra filling just set aside to place on top of the cookies after baking if you’d like. Place the pan in the freezer for about an hour.
- Make the chocolate cookie dough: In a large bowl, add softened butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar and mix together until smooth, about 1-2 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla and mix together for about another minute.
- In a separate medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Add your flour mixture to your wet ingredients and mix everything together until the flour is almost incorporated. Add the chocolate chips and mix in until no flour is visible.
- With a large cookie scoop or spoon, scoop out about 2 tablespoons of cookie dough and form into a flat disc. Remove the cream cheese balls from the freezer and press one into the middle of each cookie. Work the cookie dough around the cream cheese so it’s completely covered. Press down slightly & chill cookie dough balls until ready to bake.
- Place 6 cookie balls on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for about 10-12 minutes. Repeat with remaining dough. Enjoy!!
Notes
Store cookies in an airtight container on the counter for up to 4-5 days.
Cookies can be frozen similarly for up to 2 months.
Nutrition
Calories: 400kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 65mg | Sodium: 304mg | Potassium: 183mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 625IU | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 2mg