Chewy Chocolate Cookie Bites
We’re not really sure if this is really a cookie or some type of nougat. It’s full of dark chocolate notes and seems to be a cross between a brownie and a cookie with a chewy, candy like quality. Who really knows but one thing is for sure they’re hard to resist!
Equipment
- Baking sheets lined with Silpat liners or parchment paper
- wire rack for cooling
Ingredients
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk, 14-ounces
- 1-½ cups finely crushed vanilla wafers, about 3 cups wafers
- 1-½ cups chopped toasted pecans
- 2 tablespoons flour
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1-½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven(s) to 350-degrees.
- Melt the chocolate in a microwave safe dish, using medium power and stirring after 30-second intervals. This will take about 2 to 3 minutes. Don’t let the chocolate melt completely or it will scorch. Stir any pieces that are not completely melted into the warm melted chocolate until the chocolate is smooth.
- Mix the melted chocolate with the sweetened condensed milk and the crushed vanilla wafers.
- Toss the chopped pecans with the flour and add to the chocolate and wafer mixture.
- Stir in the kosher salt and the vanilla extract. Let the dough rest for about 10 minutes.
- Drop 1” rounds of cookie dough onto a Silpat or parchment lined baking sheet, leaving about 2” between cookies.
- Bake in a 350-degree oven for 10 minutes, or until the cookies are just set.
- Let the cookies cool for about 5 minutes on the pan then transfer them to a wire rack to finish cooling.