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written by Ashley Fehr
4.50 from 2 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Total Time 25 minutes mins
Servings 24 cookies
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Last updated on June 3, 2020
These Chocolate Sour Cream Sugar Cookies are super soft and smothered in chocolate cream cheese frosting — it’s everything a chocolate cookie should be! Includes a step by step recipe video.
Remember these Sour Cream Sugar Cookies and these Lemon Sour Cream Sugar Cookies? You’re not sick of cookies yet, are you?
Because we’re back with one of my favorite variations yet: CHOCOLATE.
The all caps are totally necessary, friends.
Over the last year or two I have become a total cookie fanatic. I think the right cookie could nearly “take the cake” as my favorite dessert pick. The only problem is I can’t seem to stop at one… or two…. or….
But, hey — it’s November which means we’re in full on Christmas baking season and I won’t apologize.
For this twist on my Grandma’s cookie recipe, I’m smothering these beauties in chocolate cream cheese frosting. It’s rich and tangy and it just goes so perfectly with these soft cookies.
Tips and Tricks for Making these Chocolate Sour Cream Sugar Cookies:
- These sugar cookies are tender and cakey and they melt in your mouth — you won’t want to roll these out, because the dough is quite sticky. Resist the urge to add flour or you will probably end up with hockey pucks!
- I haven’t tried refrigerating the dough overnight, so I can’t say how they will turn out. I tried refrigerating for 1 hour, and I still liked them better baked right away.
- The cookies themselves are not overly sweet. I do this because they are a frosted cookie. If you are planning to skip the frosting, understand that your end result won’t be super sweet.
- You can use a regular chocolate buttercream frosting (or vanilla, or mint, or peanut butter — the options are endless!) if you don’t want to do cream cheese.
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written by Ashley Fehr
4.50 from 2 votes
These Chocolate Sour Cream Sugar Cookies are super soft and smothered in chocolate cream cheese frosting — it’s everything a chocolate cookie should be! Includes a step by step recipe video.
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ReviewPrep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 25 minutes mins
Cuisine American
Course Dessert
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 438cal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 2 cups sugar 400g
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 1/2 cups flour 435g
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1/2 cup milk chocolate chopped
- 2 tablespoons cream
- 4 oz cream cheese, room temperature 125g
- 1/4 cup butter room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups powdered icing sugar
Instructions
In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar on high until combined.
Add sour cream, eggs and vanilla, and beat until smooth.
Add flour, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder and beat on low until combined — dough will be soft, almost like thick cake batter. Do NOT add flour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line baking sheets with parchment paper. Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls (or a 2 TBSP cookie scoop) onto baking sheets 2-3 inches apart and bake for 9-11 minutes, until edges are golden and centers are set.
Make the frosting:In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine chocolate and cream. Microwave on high in 10-20 second intervals, stirring well each time, until chocolate is melted. Set aside.
In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add the melted chocolate and powdered sugar and beat until smooth and creamy, 2-3 minutes. Spread over cooled cookies and serve or refrigerate to set the frosting. Store in the refrigerator for up to 4 days or in the freezer (I recommend freezing in a single layer before stacking) for up to 3 months.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 438cal | Carbohydrates: 76g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 91mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 26g
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Meet Ashley
My name is Ashley Fehr and I love creating easy meals my family loves. I also like to do things my way, which means improvising and breaking the rules when necessary. Here you will find creative twists on old favorites and some of my favorite family recipes, passed down from generations!
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Paul says
I made the Chocolate Suger Cookies. Twice. However, I had to change a few things in the recipe. Instead of a 1/2 cup Sour Cream I had to increase the sour cream to 3/4 cup. I also sifted the cocoa then measured out the 1/2 cup the recipe called for. I wrapped my dough in plastic wrap and shaped into a log and chilled 1 hour. Then cut the cookies into rounds and baked. Delicious cookies. I will be using this recipe frequently. I made a coffee butter cream, with, butter, sour cream and powered sugar. Then and sprinkled the top of the frosting with decorating Suger for glimmer. Delicious.
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The Recipe Rebel says
Glad it worked out for you Paul!
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