Chocolaty Double Crunchers
Teresa Ambra
These sandwich cookies are made with coconut, oatmeal, & crushed Corn Flakes. They're filled with a chocolate chip and cream cheese filling to die for! Chocolaty Double Crunchers are fantastic for tailgating or office parties, potlucks or backyard barbecues. If you're a chocolate lover, these cookies will rock your world!
Prep Time 35 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 55 minutes mins
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 18
Calories 308 kcal
2 18x26" cookie sheet pans
2 large mixing bowls
1 electric mixer
2 wooden spoons
measuring cups
measuring spoons
1 small saucepan or melt chocolate chips in microwave
1 spatula
2 wire cooling racks
1 Rolling Pin to crush Corn Flakes
1 zip lock bag WITHOUT the "stand and fill" bottom (to crush Corn Flakes)
1 regular drinking glass
COOKIES: 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup light brown sugar packed 1 large egg 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 cup UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour bleached flour toughens baked goods 3/4 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 1 cup oatmeal I use old-fashioned rather than quick oats 1 cup Corn Flakes crushed 1 cup coconut 1/4 cup granulated sugar when flattening the cookies with a glass before baking CHOCOLATE FILLING: 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese softened 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 12 oz. bag chocolate chips melted
COOKIES: In a mixing bowl, cream butter, sugars, egg, vanilla, baking soda, and salt with an electric mixer.
Add flour, oatmeal, Corn Flakes, and coconut and stir with a wooden spoon until very well combined.
Roll into 1-inch balls and place on cookie sheets that have been sprayed with cooking spray.
Flatten with a glass dipped lightly in sugar.
Bake at 350° for about 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
Remove to wire rack to cool.
Spread a couple of tablespoons of chocolate filling on the bottom of a cookie, and top with another cookie of similar shape and size.
Store in refrigerator.
CHOCOLATE FILLING: Melt chocolate chips in microwave or over low heat in saucepan stirring until chips have smoothed out.
Meanwhile, soften cream cheese and place in medium-sized mixing bowl.
Add powdered sugar and whip with an electric mixer.
Then add melted chocolate chips and whip again.
Frost bottom of cookie with chocolaty filling and top with another cookie to make sandwich cookies.
Recipe adapted from Taste of Home .
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Calories: 308 kcal Carbohydrates: 46 g Protein: 4 g Fat: 13 g Saturated Fat: 8 g Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4 g Monounsaturated Fat: 2 g Trans Fat: 0.2 g Cholesterol: 25 mg Sodium: 217 mg Potassium: 138 mg Fiber: 1 g Sugar: 36 g Vitamin A: 207 IU Vitamin C: 0.5 mg Calcium: 69 mg Iron: 1 mg
Keyword chocolate, chocolate chips, chocolate dessert, coconut, cookie, cream cheese, dessert, oatmeal