meg's moment alone chocolate dreams

Philadelphia, PA
Updated on Aug 28, 2010

I am very into the semi-homemade sort of thing. Many cookie recipes have these basic ingredients, but this is my personal - and favorite - variation. What's also nice is that kids can make it. So can the big lug in the picture with me and he can barely boil water!

prep time 2 Hr 45 Min
cook time 10 Min
method ---
yield Many (about 2 dozen cookies)

Ingredients

  • 1 box betty crocker super moist cake mix in triple chocolate fudge
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 large egg; room temperature
  • 1 stick butter, room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 12 ounces chocolate chips (or use 1 package)
  • 1 cup raw, unsalted almonds; well chopped
  • - powdered sugar

How To Make meg's moment alone chocolate dreams

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 350 F
  • Step 2
    Dump mix, and all wet ingredients into large mixing bowl. Beat with electric mixer unttil well combined. Mix well be very, very thick and basically form a large ball in the middle of the bowl.
  • Step 3
    Fold in chocolate chips and almonds. Truth be told, your clean hands work best for this task!
  • Step 4
    Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 2 hours.
  • Step 5
    Roll into balls about the size of walnuts and roll in powdered sugar.
  • Step 6
    Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes depending on the nature of your oven. My oven is "slow" so they go the full 15 minutes in mine. 12 minutes will probably do it for most people.

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