The ugly sweater party is about to get hit by a windstorm of chocolate flavor, thanks to these chocolate crinkle cookies. No, they are not the blinged-out ones singing karaoke, shouting nonsense about Uncle Ned as “the real Santa,” and falling into the punch bowl. These chocolate crinkle cookies are cool, subdued. They’re the silent-night-confections, standing in the back with a camera, secretly filming the blinged-out cookies with ripped leggings, daring everyone to “bring it,” but everyone knows they’ve got no game.
To make these cookies, just follow the recipe for Chocolate Crinkles II by “Dawn” at Allrecipes. The instructions are simple, and you can add your own “spice,” like I did, by dumping the remaining bottle of Kahlúa in the pantry into the bowl at the point where the recipe called for “2 tsps. of vanilla.” Or, you could add peppermint liquor—or a sprinkling of candy canes on top—or all of the above. It doesn’t matter.
The cookies come out somewhat plain, but very cake-like in the middle—and oh-so-tasty! It’s almost a brownie-cookie that’s dating, and everyone’s calling them brookies or cownies or something extra-special cute like that.
DO make sure to store them in an air-tight container, since you want them to remain cake-like in the middle—or just gobble them up in one sitting, who cares? Who’s watching? The Elf-on-the-Shelf? We all saw what the Elf-on-the-Shelf did at last year’s “virtual” ugly sweater party. They’re lucky they still have a job.
Your Turn: What’s your favorite food that might not look “glamorous,” but tastes really, really good?
Fixin' Leaks and Leeks 
All Recipes is a great site. These cookies look yummy! 🍪
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Thanks! I do love Allrecipes–lots of good stuff there.
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Those biscuits look amazing
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They are so good. The whole house smells like chocolate!
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It’s been so long since I’ve made anything really, really good that I don’t remember!!
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Oh, no! Make these cookies:)
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Literally everything I make has zero glamour factor. I can’t think of one thing I make that’s pretty
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Oh, but I think your blog and your pictures are pretty snazzy:) Also, you can’t go wrong with these cookies. Cheers!
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😉
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Anything that tastes like a brownie is a hit with me!
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True. Very true!
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Hmm. Grilled pimiento cheese sandwiches with bread-and-butter pickles?
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Yum!!
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And, ha, with the Kahlua…that’s baking I could get onboard with!
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We needed to use it up somehow:)
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I love the no-back oatmeal peanut butter cookies. They ugly, but super tasty. 😛
Very entertaining post as always, CK!
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Oh, those sound delicious! Thanks for stopping by:)
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My pleasure!
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Guacamole looks like a laboratory experiment run amuck but I love it. Likewise shiitake mushrooms. And bouillabaisse with claws and shells and tentacles and bits of snorkel gear poking out, scary-looking but delicious.
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Yes–guacamole is the best “ugly” culinary creation ever. And any snorkel-gear-based soup is a hit in my book. Cheers!
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Those cookies look super yum, and would likely pair well with Uncle Ned’s ugly Christmas sweater. 🙂
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Thanks! And Uncle Ned is not the real Santa:) Hahaha.
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I follow Allrecipies as well. About the plate “glamorous”, well, I never cook anythin glamorous 😉
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I don’t make anything “glamorous,” either. Often, the more unassuming dishes taste so much better than the ones that are all decked out and “glamorous.” Cheers!
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so true
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The cookies look great! I have a sweater that I think is ugly but whenever I wear it to ugly sweater parties, everyone says it’s nice!
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Thanks! And, ooh! I’d love to see that non-ugly, ugly sweater. Sounds cool.
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I’ll post a pic on Facebook!
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