Yay it’s Friday! Let’s celebrate with cookies! Not just any cookies, but cookies with a little kick, otherwise known as Mexican Chocolate Cookies.
These fudgy, cinnamony, slightly spicy cookies are perfect to make this weekend to start the Cinco de Mayo festivities. Speaking of Cinco de Mayo festivities do you have any plans to celebrate the day? My husband and I jumped the gun a little and went out for Mexican food last weekend, but that’s not to say we won’t be indulging in one of our favorite cuisines again this weekend. We eat Mexican food at least once a week in our house, so since Cinco de Mayo is coming up why not celebrate and eat it at least two times during the week! When we go out for Mexican food we don’t typically order dessert, usually because we are so stuffed from dinner (the chips and salsa are my kryptonite). The only items I ever really see on the dessert menu are sopapillas and fried ice cream, which while they are good, they aren’t something I typically crave or want after a heavy meal. However, if these Mexican Chocolate Cookies were on the menu served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, I would be in heaven.
I based the recipe for these cookies off of my Fudgy Chocolate Kahlua Cookies with Bailey’s Buttercream. While I didn’t make the Mexican Chocolate Cookies into sandwich cookies I am now sitting here imagining them smashed together with cinnamon buttercream! The changes I made to the cookies were eliminating the Kahlua and replacing that flavor with cinnamon and a pinch of cayenne pepper.
You read that right, spicy cayenne pepper! You may be thinking how odd it sounds to add pepper to a sweet cookie, but trust me, chiles and chocolate are made for each other. The cayenne doesn’t make the cookie overly spicy, but rather gives you a slight kick in the back of your throat after you have swallowed. It’s a little unexpected and will leave people wondering what is causing that slight burn and leaving them wanting a cold glass of milk or a scoop of ice cream. When I had my husband sample one he didn’t taste the heat at first, but after a few seconds it hit him, it was actually a little funny with him being the spice wimp that he is. If you are a chocolate/cookie/spice lover then you will love these cookies. They turn a traditional chocolate cookie into one with the heat turned up!
These look awesome! I have been meaning to try making mexican chocolate cookies forever! We’re having a potluck this weekend for Cinco de Mayo and I was just planning on using some cookies in my freezer …. but now you have me wanting to make these! lol
Ooh a potluck sounds awesome, I can only imagine all the amazing food! I hope you give the cookies a try, it’s fun to watch people’s faces when the heat hits them!
These cookies look SO good, Danae! Mexican chocolate is a favorite flavor in my house – that sweet chocolate with the spicy cayenne is an amazing combo! I’ve got to try it in these cookies.
Thanks Georgia! I am in love with the chocolate and spice combo!
Chiles and chocolate together always sound good to me! I’m sure I could do some serious damage with these!
Thanks Joanne! I definitely ate my fair share of them, and then some. ;-)
I love spicy cookies! These look fantastic!
Thanks Anna, I think they might be my new favorite!
These sound delicious!! I was waiting fr the recipe since the preview on IG. Pinned!
I’d be more than willing to take a couple of these cookies off your hands, if you have any left, Danae! I love sweets with a little kick! I hope you had a great weekend, and took advantage of this gorgeous weather! I hope it never goes away!
Thanks Justine! We need to meet up sometime and we can each bring a dessert to swap! I’m in love with the weather right now, hopefully no more snow until next fall!
We did have tacos last night, more of a coincidence than planned. I wish I had seen these earlier, they would have made the perfect ending. Next time for sure!
They would be a great way to finish off tacos! I always like a little something sweet after dinner. :-)