This week Nestle sent us samples of their new Toll House Mini Toppers – tiny chocolate and white chocolate morsels made especially for sprinkling. They would have been perfect on my Grasshopper Cupcakes, but they were long gone so I tried them out as a topping on Double Chocolate Dream Cookies.
Toll House has quite a few double chocolate cookie recipes on their website. All have varying proportions of cocoa/sugar/ butter etc., but the Double Chocolate Dream recipe was particularly good and very easy to fix. I did jazz mine up by throwing about 20 mini sandwich cookies into the dough, but they’d be great with just the chocolate chips or maybe even some other flavored chips. They baked up nice and thick and the texture of the cookie was a good contrast to the rich smooth chips.
What’s next for the Mini Toppers? I don’t know, but I’m having fun looking for ways to “Shake on the Summer Fun!” (that tagline cracks me up) and am really tempted by those little ice cream cups.
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, stir and aerate before measuring or weigh out 280 grams
- 1/2 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (double if using unsalted butter)
- 1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter or margarine, softened
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups (12-oz pkg) semisweet or dark chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 375° F.
- Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
- With an electric mixer, beat butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and vanilla until creamy. Add eggs and beat for about 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Stir in the flour mixture until well blended, then stir in morsels. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies are puffed. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Clara Curtis says
August 29, 2010 at 10:22 pmHow cute are those?? I haven’t seen those at Homeland or Walmart, are they only online?
Jess @ Bakericious says
August 28, 2010 at 9:18 amlooks so chocolately, yummy
joan says
August 28, 2010 at 5:39 amHi Anna, I was just wondering what the difference was (if any) between these mini-toppers and regular mini chocolate chips. Are they even smaller? Is the price comparable?
Betty @ scrambled hen fruit says
August 27, 2010 at 11:44 pmThose little toppers are cute, but what I really love are those cookies you threw in the batter! (and the choc. chip cookie cups are adorable!)
Cookie Sleuth says
August 27, 2010 at 11:24 pmI’m looking forward to trying this product! Thanks for sharing…
Esther says
August 27, 2010 at 6:03 pmI feel like getting some of those minis now. The cookies look sooo good! The minis are soo cute. Thanks for sharing.
Katrina says
August 27, 2010 at 5:00 pmThose minis look fun!
[email protected] Caramel Cookie says
August 27, 2010 at 2:01 pmThose cookies look great! I love how white chocolate tastes with chocolate cookies.
Erin @ CelticHeart Designs says
August 27, 2010 at 12:19 pmThose look awesome. I can’t wait to try those little morsels!
Lisa Ernst says
August 27, 2010 at 10:53 amI’m always drawn to double chocolate cookies, and these are no exception! I clicked the link for the chocolate chip cookie cups — what a creative idea. I’d love to try those and fill them with a dark chocolate ganache.