Beside chocolate and cheese in creamy cheesecake, chocolate and coconut is one of my top favorite combo. And I’ve heard is one of your favorite combo as well.
One of my favorite candy bars is Mounds (or Bounty as we European are used to). I love the packed coconut covered with a this layer of chocolate.
I’ve made my own mounds bars few times (they didn’t turn out pretty, but so so delicious) and now I’m working on a new coconut recipe, still needs a little tweaking.
But until then I give you chewy chocolate chip coconut cookies.
I’ve made these cookies a while back, right after I made the Fudgy Brownies with Candy Cane Frosting and hubby said these are the cookies Santa will leave all the gifts at our house if I make him few dozens to take back to North Pole.
Coming from my picky husband, that says a lot. I knew these cookies are a keeper and just perfect for the second week in our 12 weeks of Christmas treats hosted by Brenda of Meal Planning Magic
These cookies are packed with unsweetened shredded coconut and semi-sweet chocolate chip.
They don’t need lots of work to put together. Cream the butter and sugar, add the rest of the ingredients, chill while the oven is heated and bake.
Get a tall glass of cold milk and enjoy.
That’s all it takes to make these irresistible chewy chocolate chip coconut cookies.
Chewy cookies with crispy edges packed with semisweet chocolate chips and unsweetened shredded coconut.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup (170 grams) room temperature butter
- 1 cup (200 grams) light brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 2/3 (200 grams) cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coocnut
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract, scrape the sides of the bowl and mix well.
- Slowly add the flour mixed with the baking powder and salt. Mix until just combined.
- With a spatula stir in the coconut and the chocolate chips.
- Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough on two baking sheets (lined with parchment paper) and place them in the fridge to chill for few minutes.
- Meanwhile heat the oven to 375F.
- Bake the cookies for 10-13 minutes (depending on how big they are) until the edges start to brown.
- Cool them slightly on the baking sheets before removing.
- Enjoy!
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Coconut Chocolate Cookies at Two Peas and Their Pod
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Linking these cookies to my friend Joan’s Thursday Treasures blog hop
Sending love your way,
Roxana
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These look so good- I love chocolate and coconut together! Thank you for the measurement conversions!
These look yummy Roxanna. And definitely a tall glass of milk would be their perfect companion! I made some Almond Joy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars a while back and they were a huge hit here at home. I’m getting excited about holiday baking – so many great cookie recipes to decide on.
These look so good! We are huge fans of coconut in our house! I can’t wait to try these! I am looking forward to baking with you!
This is a winning flavor combination, I agree. A great treat year round! I think I saw Nigella deep frying Mounds bars…
My mom is a coconut addict. These seem like they’d make a great dessert for her. Thanks for sharing!
My Mom always puts coconut in her chocolate chip cookies. I need to try these!
I’m a big fan of Bounty too. Coconut in a chocolate chip cookie sounds like a genius idea. I know I’ll love these.
These will be happening soon! YUM!
I am a Mounds girl myself, so I can only imagine that these cookies are delicious, too!! Great choice for week 2!
I love chocolate with coconut, what perfect cookies!
I am addicted to coconut in cookies! Your cookies look so perfect and chewy…pinning this for sure!!!!
These are beautiful!
Oh, I MUST make these! I took some fantastic coconut macaroons along with some other treats to a tailgate last weekend…nobody touched the macaroons, and I was thrilled I could bring them back home to ME
Chocolate and coconut is surely one of my favorite combination. Your cookies look fantastic, Roxana! Slightly thick and chewy – just the way I like it.
These look delicious. Something about the texture of shredded coconut bugs me–do you think I could substitute flaked coconut?
Hi Laura,
I’m pretty sure you can use flaked coconut and if you want to skip it all together you could use some chopped nuts, but I prefer coconut.
Thanks for stopping by
These look delicious–would flaked coconut work as well?
Looks absolutely delicious! I would so love to try some. I am sure they taste fantastic.
Love the chunky, chewy combination of these chocolate and coconut cookies, Roxana!!!
Those cookies do look amazing!!! Santa would totally love them
I love chocolate and coconut together too…one of my all-time faves!
Anything with coconut makes me smile wide! These look so good, my friend! Thank you for sharing!
Coconut chocolate chip cookies are on my must bake list. I love the ones at Paradise Bakery.
Made these last night and they are delicious! I will definitely keep this recipe close by and make often. Too bad for my waist but really good cookies.
I’m with you – chocolate and coconut are one of my favorite combinations. These cookies look perfect and sound delicious!
I have to agree, chocolate and coconut is pretty fantastic combo!!! These look like a delicious cookie:-) Hugs, Terra
I would love this cookie! I have 2 bags of coconut waiting in my pantry now. Gorgeous photos – love your blog!
Roxana – I agree with you 100% that chocolate and coconut are a perfect combination. These cookies look simply divine! Need to make soon!! Pinning now.
Coconut and chocolate are an irresistible couple! These cookies look deliciously lovely. (I miss Bounty bars.)
Beautiful cookies for the holidays Roxana! Now I’m craving coconut with chocolate, that is one of my favorite combinations;-)
I just tried this recipe, the cookies turned out AMAZING. I only used half the amount of coconut and chocolate chips, as I realised halfway through that I only had sweetened coconut and chocolate, so I was a bit scared it would turn out too sweet. They turned out amazing nonetheless, and were amazingly soft on the inside and slightly crispy around the edges. Will definitely be making again!!!