These Quadruple Chocolate Pudding Cookies have bittersweet chocolate chips, melted chocolate, chocolate pudding mix and cocoa powder! Soft, thick and chewy – chocolate cookies don’t get much better than this!!
It's my favorite day of the year: the day when I get to stand in line for hours, and hours, and hours just to mail away my hard-earned money!
{That would all be in a sarcasm font, if my Mac were so advanced.}
There is only one thing that can make Tax Day more bearable and that is chocolate. Copious amounts of soft, fudgy chocolate. Enter Quadruple Chocolate Pudding Cookies! These are officially my new favorite chocolate cookies.
They are the richest, chocolatiest, thickest, best chocolate cookies I have ever had! Once you bite into one, your life will never be the same. Never.
Mmm hmm. After a few of these bad boys writing that check to Uncle Sam won’t seem as devastating. Miracle cookies these are.
Pudding cookies seem to be the new “It Food of 2014”. Never one to miss a cookie party, I figured I’d see what all the buzz was about by whipping up some of my own.
All I have to say is these Quadruple Chocolate Pudding Cookies are buzzworthy!
I used bittersweet chocolate chips {Ghirardelli, you know me by now!}, Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate Pudding mix, cocoa powder AND melted chocolate! The pudding mix, melted chocolate, and brown sugar make these cookies extra moist and pushes them over the edge into Chocoholic’s Heaven!
So pudding mix in cookies?! My new favorite thing! I bought every flavor that Kroger had yesterday, so prepare yourselves to be inundated with soft, chewy cookies, bars and cakes!!!
If you want more pudding cookie inspiration, you should check out Dorothy's Triple Chocolate Pudding Cookies and Averie's Quadruple Chocolate Soft Fudgy Pudding Cookies! They both look amazing! Plus they are amazing, so there's always that...
Quadruple Chocolate Pudding Cookies
Ingredients
- 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate (melted and cooled)
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 cup light brown sugar (lightly packed)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3.5 oz box instant chocolate pudding mix ({I used Hershey’s Special Dark})
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon coarse sea salt
- ⅔ cup bittersweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, pudding mix, cocoa powder, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add butter and sugar. Beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs and vanilla, beat to combine. {The mixture may look curdled at this point, which is fine.}
- Reduce the mixer speed to low and slowly add the flour mixture in several additions, mixing just until combined after each addition. Stop several times to scrape down the sides of the bowl. I did 7 total additions.
- With the mixer running, slowly pour in the melted chocolate; mix until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight for the thickest, chewiest cookies. I baked several without chilling, because I am impatient, and they were still thick with a fabulous texture, but they improved greatly after some refrigeration.
- Preheat oven to 350° and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll into balls approximately the size of ping-pong balls, place 2 inches apart on parchment lined cookie sheets, press down slightly to flatten top.
- Bake 12 minutes in pre-heated oven. The tops should still be glossy in the middle. They won’t look “done”. Allow to cool 10 minutes on cookie sheet and then move to a wire rack to cool completely. The cookies will firm up as they cool. If you break one open while it is warm, it will be a mess. A delicious mess.
Notes
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Lisa Meyer says
Hi, for the Quadruple Chocolate Pudding cookies, could you do a vanilla version of this.
Lindsey says
I don't see why not, Lisa! I made lemon ones too. That might be more easily adaptable to vanilla. Happy baking!
Joanna says
Hi! Does it matter if the pudding is instant or cook and serve?
Many thanks!
Lindsey says
Hi Joanna! It's instant! Sorry about the confusion. I've updated the recipe! Thank you! Happy Baking!
Joanna says
Thanks for updating, Lindsey! I ended up going with my gut and used the instant. They were delish!
Roshani Khanna says
Insanely adorable and delicious! Love the flavors in these! My boys would devour them quickly.
Phillip says
Or if you are lucky enough to live in a city that has a store, visit. Like I said, you won't be able to control yourself if you love spices.
Lindsey says
I'll consider myself forewarned!!! lol!
Trouble is coming! I just googled it and there is one in Atlanta!!! So excited!
Phillip says
Penzey's is wonderful but be warned - if you are like me, you end up buying more than you should. Their website is rather plain and unexciting but they have a wonderful catalog/magazine that comes out every month or so. Go to their site and request a copy!
Phillip says
I know what you mean - I have never seen it in grocery stores around here. I buy mine from Penzey's. You can get various sizes - I get a large bag and it lasts for a long time.
Lindsey says
You are the second person the mention Penzey's. I'll have to check them out. I always worry about buying food online because you never know if it's legitimate, but I've read a lot about Penzey's and they seem reputable. Thanks for the help!
Phillip says
Do you use Dutch-process cocoa? I didn't start using it until I got into serious baking. It really makes a difference.
Lindsey says
I LOVE Dutch processed cocoa but I didn't use it in this recipe. None of the local stores around me sell it and Whole Foods stopped selling the imported brand I like and started selling this new one which is AWFUL! I refuse to use it. I think I'm going to break down and buy it online.
Kristi @ Inspiration Kitchen says
These are like CRAZZZZZY good! How many times can you put chocolate in a cookie? 4 times baby! 4 times!!! Lovin' these extra, extra, extra, extra chocolate-y goodness! I'm in a chocolate-y heaven right now. 🙂 And it's all good here. Hahaha! Pinned! It's the extra chocolate swoosh in that cookie that had me at hello.
Lindsey says
ALOL! If I could have figured out a way to do 5 that wasn't "cheating", I totally would have! The more the merrier is how I feel about chocolate! Thanks for the pin!
Liz says
Oh, wow, another one of your recipes I must try! I think I'll send a batch of these home with my college student son when he goes back after Easter. He and his roomies will be thrilled!
Lindsey says
Lol! Thanks, Liz! Your chocoholic son will love them!
Tina Hosier says
I don't have a standmixer,just a hand held one. Will this do?
Lindsey says
Yes it will work, but it is a very thick batter so prepare for your arm to get tired!!! It will all be worth it in the end! 🙂 Enjoy!
Miss Kim @ behgopa says
Yum they look so chocolateicious and rich. I got cookies in front of me everyday (from our bakery side and leftovers are always "take all" for staff), so there's many cookies that I am sick of...but this is something different! Haha I'd imagine a Reese's version of this would be heavenly too!
Lindsey says
Poor you! On second thought, maybe I would have to work out less if I were sick of more desserts! This would be heavenly with some Reese's mixed in! Then again, there are few desserts that wouldn't be!!
Tina @ Tina's Chic Corner says
I'd eat these cookies like chocolate was going out of business! So decadent and perfect. 🙂
Lindsey says
lol! god I hope chocolate doesn't go out of business! I'd cry. For days. 🙂
Ella-HomeCookingAdventure says
Now this are some awesome chocolate cookies. Ahh.. wish I'd be there.
Lindsey says
Thanks, Ella! They definitely are! I wish I could share them with you ! All about sharing the love (and the calories)!
Natasha of Natashaskitchen.com says
These look so dreamy! All I need is a glass of milk (make it a tall one!) and about a dozen of these and I'll be in chocolate coma in no time! 😉
Lindsey says
Haha! I think even a half-dozen would do the job!
Kristine @ Kristine's Kitchen says
Those cookies look so rich and chocolatey! I'm sure a cold glass of milk is practically required. I love pudding cookies and these look amazing!
Lindsey says
Thanks, Kristine! Milk is definitely required!
sue/the view from great island says
Yikes --- these definitely take the sting out of tax day 🙂
Lindsey says
Definitely! Magical
Stacy | Wicked Good Kitchen says
INSANE! Quadruple chocolate? I'm in! Lindsey, your cookies look so fudgy...like, off...the...chain! Pure deliciousness. I'll take two dozen, please! Thank you for sharing, my friend!
Lindsey says
LOL! Thanks, Stacy! They are kinda crazy fudgy but still with an appropriate amount of "cakey"!
Christin@SpicySouthernKitchen says
Oh my gosh! These cookies look like a chocolate lovers dream. Oh how I wish I had 1 or 2, make that 6 or 7 right now 🙂
Lindsey says
They are dangerous! Seriously, dangerous! 7 may turn in to 12. Here ends my Public Service Announcement.
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
dude....this is crazy but...I haven't tried pudding cookies yet! I know!
these look SO delectable! Soft and decadent and sooooo chocolatey! miracle cookies, indeed!
Lindsey says
These were my first ones - hooked! I searched your site for them bc I was thinking about doing them as the guest post! 🙂
You NEED to try them! NEED!
Josephine says
Hi Lindsey,
Julie ended up having too much homework to help me with it, so we have shelved it until after the AP exams. Junior year is the worst! But these cookies look VERY easy - I won't need her help. Many thanks! Your photos are lovely as well.
Lindsey says
Junior year is the hardest! These cookies are super easy! No extra hands required 🙂
And thank you! Dark cookies are so hard to take photos of...because they just look so...dark!
Jackie Ahn says
I have been trying out a healthier diet lately, but holy chocolate goodness batman. These look divine! Pudding on the inside?! My family will flip over these. I think I need to make these asap and designate that day as an official cheat day! (:
Lindsey says
These are totally worth making on a cheat day!! Too bad I made mine a cheat week 😉
Josephine says
I am so going to make these!! What a fabulous Easter treat!
Lindsey says
I hope you do! Pudding is magic in cookies! I hope you and your daughter enjoyed the caramel!
Chichi says
Mmmmmm.....yum. This looks totally amazing. I'm just starring at the screen looking at how soft they look.
Lindsey says
Lol! Thanks, Chichi! They are pillowy soft yet not cake!
Phillip says
These look amazing! I want to try them. I can't resist chocolate.
Lindsey says
You should! They are surprisingly easy to pull together! Just plan on eating the whole batch!