Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
These Texas Sheet Cake Cookies will make any chocolate lover happy. These delicious, fudgy chocolate cookies feature rich, chocolatey cookies coated in a fudgy chocolate frosting.
We love chocolate. Chocolate cheesecake, chocolate cake, chocolate pie – chocolate anything. And one of our favorite new chocolate treats is these cookies that are just about the fudgiest, most chocolaty things we have ever baked. Get ready to fall in love!
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- It’s the most chocolaty cookie in all of Chocolate Town.
- It’s an easy recipe that even beginners can make.
- What could be better than chocolate cookies topped with chocolate frosting?
🛒Ingredients
This recipe uses simple, basic baking ingredients that almost everyone will have in their kitchens already. If you don’t have something on the list, you’ll find it easily at your local grocery store. See the recipe card at the end of the post for exact amounts.
Cookies
- Butter – melted
- Unsweetened cocoa powder
- Brown sugar – packed
- Granulated sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour
- Baking soda
- Salt
Frosting
- Butter
- Milk
- Unsweetened cocoa powder – sifted
- Powdered sugar
🔪 How to Make Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
Making these delicious, fudgy chocolate cookies is really pretty simple. It only takes a little mixing and baking. That’s all there is to it!
Step 1: Combine the Wet Cookie Ingredients
Whisk the melted butter and cocoa powder together in a large bowl. Then, add the sugars and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until combined. Finally, add the eggs and vanilla and beat until incorporated.
Step 2: Add the Dry Ingredients
Whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt together in a medium mixing bowl. Then, add it to the wet ingredients and mix until combined.
Step 3: Chill
Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate it for 45 minutes.
Step 4: Bake
Roll the chilled dough into 1.5-inch balls and place them at least 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes at 350 degrees until set.
Step 5: Make the Frosting
While the cookies are baking, melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Then, add the milk and unsweetened cocoa powder and whisk until smooth. Add the powdered sugar and whisk until fully incorporated.
Step 6: Frost the Cookies
Remove the frosting from the heat and spoon it over the cookies as soon as you remove them from the oven. Cool for 10 minutes and enjoy!
📝Variations
- Coffee – Add some instant coffee or a splash of espresso to the cookie dough and frosting for an even deeper chocolate flavor.
- Cayenne – JUST A TOUCH. A teeny tiny pinch of cayenne will accentuate the chocolate flavor and make the cookies feel warm – not hot.
- Mini Chocolate Chips – Try adding mini chocolate chips to the cookies for a triple chocolate cookie explosion!
For another super chocolaty cookie recipe, check out our triple chocolate cookies.
🥄 Equipment
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Mixing bowls
- Hand mixer
- Cookie sheet
- Saucepan
- Whisk
🥫 Storage
Store these cookies in a covered container at room temperature for up to a week. For longer storage, you can freeze them for up to a month in an air-tight, freezer-safe container in single layers separated by parchment paper.
💭 Tips
- Whole milk works best for the frosting.
- Whisk as vigorously as possible while cooking the frosting so the powdered sugar incorporates fully and the frosting gets smooth.
- Cook your frosting for no more than a minute or the texture won’t be right.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
It’s actually more like a fudge than a frosting or icing, and it’s delicious.
You cannot use granulated sugar for chocolate fudge frosting. It won’t incorporate correctly, and your frosting will become grainy.
If you don’t whisk the frosting vigorously – or worse, try to use regular sugar, instead – the frosting will be grainy.
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🧾Recipe Card
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Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
Equipment
- mixing bowls
- plastic wrap
- Baking sheet or cookie sheet
- Saucepan
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter melted
- ½ unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Frosting
- ½ cup butter
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder sifted
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the melted butter and cocoa powder.
- Add the brown sugar and granulated sugar and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until well combined.
- Add the eggs and vanilla extract and beat on medium speed until incorporated.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir the mixture into the wet ingredients.
- Cover the bowl with a lid or plastic wrap and refrigerate for 45 minutes.
- While the dough is chilling, preheat the oven to 350F.
- Roll the dough into 1.5-inch cookie dough balls and place on a ungreased baking sheets at least 2 inches apart.
- Bake the cookies at 350F for 8-10 minutes until set.
- While the cookies are baking, make the frosting by melting the ½ cup butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.
- Add the 3 tablespoons milk and 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder and whisk until smooth.
- Add in the powdered sugar and whisk until fully incorporated.
- Remove the frosting from the heat and spoon over the cookies as soon as they come out of the oven.
- Cool the cookies for at least 10 minutes before serving.
