Mexican Chocolate Chip Cookies (2024)

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Best Mexican chocolate chip cookie recipe! These soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies have extra oomph from cinnamon and cayenne pepper.

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I love the combination of flavors in Mexican hot chocolate!

The chocolate, cinnamon, and cayenne pepper just go so well together.

That combination of flavors was the inspiration for these Mexican chocolate chip cookies.

I used one of my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes as the base for these cookies, and then added chocolate chunks, cinnamon, and cayenne.

The cookies are soft and chewy and full of flavor!

How to make Mexican chocolate chip cookies

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Melt butter in a heavy saucepan. You want the butter to just melt – not hot and sizzling, not browned.

Whisk brown sugar together with butter. Let it sit for 5 minutes.

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Whisk in egg and egg yolk. Add vanilla and whisk in.

Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and cayenne pepper until combined. Stir in chopped chocolate. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.

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Scoop 1.5 tablespoon scoops of dough (medium cookie scoop), and place scoops of dough 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet.

Bake until the edges are light golden brown. The centers will still look soft and slightly underdone. This is the key to getting a soft and chewy cookie.

How long will the cookies keep?

The cookies will keep for 3-4 days at room temperature.

Mexican Chocolate Chip Cookies (5)Tips to make perfect cookies

  1. First, the butter should just barely be melted. You won’t want to cook the butter or brown the butter. Overcooking the butter or browning the butter will result in a dry dough.
  2. Be sure to properly measure the flour. Either weigh the flour or sift the flour, lightly spoon into the measuring cup, and then level. Packing in the flour will result into a dry dough or cookies that don’t spread.
  3. A pinch or two of cayenne pepper (1/8 teaspoon) will give you just a hint of heat. If you want more heat in the cookies, add more cayenne pepper to taste.

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5 from 38 votes

Mexican Chocolate Chip Cookies


Author Kate @ I Heart Eating

Course Dessert

Cuisine American, Mexican

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes minutes

Chilling 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 27 minutes minutes

Soft chocolate chip cookies that have cinnamon and cayenne pepper in them

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar packed
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour¹
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt²
  • 1/8-1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 4 ounces semisweet baking chocolate chopped

Instructions

  • Melt butter in a heavy saucepan. The butter should be just barely melted - not hot and sizzling, not browned.

  • Add brown sugar to a large bowl.

  • Pour melted butter over sugar.

  • Stir to combine butter and sugar. Let stand 5 minutes.

  • Add egg and egg yolk; stir to combine.

  • Stir in vanilla extract.

  • Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and cayenne pepper. Stir until just combined. Please see the comments about flour in the recipe notes.

  • Stir in chopped chocolate.

  • Cover, and chill dough for 30 minutes.

  • Toward the end of the chilling time, preheat oven to 375 F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.

  • Using a medium cookie scoop (1.5 tablespoon), drop scoops of dough 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet.

  • Bake for about 7-10 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are golden brown. The centers should look soft and slightly underdone.

  • Let cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes. Remove to wire rack to finish cooling.

Video

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Notes

  1. Correctly measuring the ingredients is key. I suggest either weighing the ingredients or aerating the flour (sifting or fluffing) and then scooping and leveling. Packing in too much flour will cause the cookies not to spread or cause the dough to be dry and crumbly.
  2. Or scant 1/2 tsp. table salt
  3. I suggest stirring this recipe together by hand rather than using a hand or stand mixer.
  4. Nutrition values are estimates.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 140kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 128mg | Potassium: 44mg | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 175IU | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 0.8mg

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    Comments & Reviews

  1. Merlinda says

    HI. Trying your recipe now, you suggest to weigh, but do not give the grams/ounces that should be weighed. Please include if possible, I agree weighing is much better. Thanks

    Reply

    • Kate says

      Hi! If you click on “metric” immediately above the ingredients and below the “ingredients” heading, it will give you the weights.

      Reply

  2. Nikki says

    Mexican Chocolate Chip Cookies (9)
    I wanted to make some suggestions for people having difficulty. First, always stir your flour in the bag then spoon the flour into measuring cups and level off. Second, I typically bake most cookies at 350 not 375 I’m a professional cook/baker and this works best. Cuts outs are the only cookie I bake at 400. This avoids over done cookies with raw centers, not even spread of the batter, and brown bottoms. Third, if you choose to freeze the balls of dough prior to baking or to refrigerate them, you may need to drop the temperature and cook longer. I have even done cc cookies that were frozen dough balls at 300 for 22 minutes. Otherwise, the flavors in these are great. For my kids I did a mixture of milk chocolate and semi sweet just because I know their preferences. Thanks for the recipe for them nights we do.

    Reply

    • Kate says

      Thanks for the tips!

      Reply

    • Kris Medina says

      What brown sugar did you use? Dark or light?

      Reply

      • Kate says

        Hi! You can use either. Dark brown sugar will give you richer flavor, but either type of brown sugar will work.

        Reply

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FAQs

What makes Mexican hot chocolate different? ›

Mexican hot chocolate contains spices like cinnamon and chili and chopped bittersweet chocolate to create a very rich but less sweet flavor. Whereas traditional American hot chocolate is usually made with a combination of cocoa powder and/or chocolate and tends to be more on the sweet side.

What is Snoop Dogg cookies? ›

Snoop Dogg's peanut butter chocolate chip cookie recipe - His original cookie features creamy peanut butter and semisweet chocolate morsels, making it the perfect indulgence this holiday season. #

Why are tollhouse cookies called that? ›

The Toll House Inn was an inn located in Whitman, Massachusetts, established in 1930 by Kenneth and Ruth Graves Wakefield. The Toll House chocolate chip cookies are named after the inn.

What flavors are in Mexican chocolate? ›

At its most basic, Mexican chocolate is made from coarsely ground cacao, granulated sugar, and cinnamon. Chiles, nuts, and spices can also be worked into the mix, resulting in a complex, intense flavor. Besides its added ingredients, Mexican chocolate also has a more rustic texture than many other styles of chocolate.

Why does Mexican chocolate taste better? ›

In the tradition of Mexican chocolate, there is no conching (long, thorough mixing), no intensive refining, no addition of cocoa butter. What you end up with is a chocolate that feels and tastes truer to the bean than its velvety counterparts on the other side of the pond. So why doesn't Mexican chocolate get its due?

What is Abuelita chocolate made of? ›

Sugar, cocoa mass, soy lecithin, vegetable fat, artificial flavors, cocoa powder.

What are Elvis cookies? ›

The Elvis: Peanut Butter, Banana and Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies.

What is a blondie vs cookie? ›

You can think of them as the cocoa-less cousin of brownies (which, I also have a best brownie bake off). Blondies characteristically include melted butter for chewiness (vs. creamed butter used in most traditional American cookies), which is the principal feature that sets them apart from say, a cookie cake.

What are disco cookies? ›

Disco biscuits, slang for several recreational drugs: Methaqualone or Quaalude, popularised in the 1960s. MDMA or ecstasy, popularised in the 1980s.

What was Ruth Wakefield's chocolate chip cookie recipe? ›

Ruth Graves Wakefield's Original Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
  1. 1 cup butter, softened.
  2. ¾ cup brown sugar.
  3. ¾ cup granulated sugar.
  4. 2 large eggs.
  5. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
  6. 1 teaspoon baking soda.
  7. 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour.
  8. 1 teaspoon salt.
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Is it OK to eat Nestle Toll House cookie dough? ›

We recommend enjoying our Edible Cookie Dough as is! However, other fun ideas could be to add it to your ice cream or spread it on your freshly baked brownies! Why can't I eat your regular Toll House Cookie Dough raw? Our refrigerated cookie dough is not formulated to be consumed raw and must be baked before eating.

Why are they called wedding cookies? ›

Mexican wedding cookies were introduced by the Spanish, as they originated in Europe and still exist in many other countries today. The cookies were prepared at many California rancho weddings in the 1800s.

What is Aztec chocolate called? ›

The Mayans called the drink “chocolhaa” (“bitter water”) and Aztecs called it “Xocolatl.” From those words eventually evolved the word “chocolate.” Cacao was used in special celebrations such as those for funeral rituals, war, or harvests.

What is a good Mexican chocolate? ›

Ibarra – One of the most traditional Mexican chocolate brands, Ibarra is famous for so-called “table chocolate”, which is used to make the iconic hot chocolate that is very popular in Mexico. Abuelita– Another popular brand of chocolate bars in Mexico.

What's the difference between Mexican chocolate and regular chocolate? ›

Mexican chocolate is made with cacao, sugar, and cinnamon. It boasts a grainier texture than other types of chocolate thanks to all of the extra added sugar. While cacao nibs, sugar, and cinnamon form the base of traditional Mexican chocolate, you may also see it made with almonds, vanilla, or even chiles.

How and why is the mesoamerican drinking chocolate different from the hot chocolate americans drink today? ›

The ancient chocolate drink tasted much different than what most of us know as chocolate today. It was a bitter drink, served hot and frothy made from ground caco (the dried beans of caco pods from the Theobroma caco tree), cinnamon, vanilla, dried roasted chili peppers, and sometimes with honey as a sweetener.

Why is Mexican hot chocolate grainy? ›

It has a noticeably grainy texture because it's processed only to the “liquor” stage, before it's poured into the disk-shaped molds to cool and harden. Classically, it's flavored with cinnamon and vanilla. To make the drink, this solid chocolate is broken into pieces, then just melted into a pot of hot milk.

How is abuelita hot chocolate different? ›

For generations, Nestlé Abuelita Authentic Mexican Style Hot Chocolate Mix has been an essential part of the Hispanic kitchen. Its perfect balance of cocoa, sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon gives it a distinctively delicious “calor de hogar” taste.

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