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    November 29, 2020

    Chocolate Dipped Gingerbread Cookies

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    These deliciously soft, dense and chewy gingerbread molasses cookies are the perfect way to celebrate the season.

    They're chocolate dipped and perfectly spiced with chopped ginger, cinnamon and cloves.

    I guarantee you won't be able to eat just one. Be sure you save some for Santa Claus!

    Chocolate dipped gingerbread molasses cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar.
    Chocolate Dipped Gingerbread Molasses Cookies

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    Making Chocolate Dipped Gingerbread Cookies

    Keep scrolling for the full recipe card and measurements. We'll start here with a quick overview!

    • Measure sugars into a large mixing bowl. Place butter in a small bowl and microwave for 10-20 seconds to soften. Add butter to sugars and cream together with an electric mixer.
    • Add egg & egg yolk, molasses, chopped ginger paste and vanilla. Mix again.
    • In a separate bowl whisk flour, spices, baking powder, baking soda and salt together until well combined.
    • Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients a little bit at a time and mix well until all dry ingredients are incorporated. Chill dough for an hour.
    • When dough is done chilling, preheat oven to 325°F. Measure cookie dough into heaping 1 tablespoon size balls using a round measuring spoon or cookie scoop and line them on a cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
    • Allow cookies to cool and then dip in chocolate if desired. Enjoy!
    A tower of chocolate dipped gingerbread molasses cookies dusted with powdered sugar.
    Chocolate Dipped Gingerbread Cookies

    Helpful Tips

    • Spreading issues? Try chilling the dough a bit longer or try placing balls of cookie dough in the freezer for a 3-5 minutes before baking. Be sure your cookie sheets are fully cooled before loading them up with again. Placing raw cookie dough on a hot sheet before baking is very likely to cause spreading issues. Add a little bit of flour to your cookie dough if you keep having issues with spreading, around 2 tablespoons. Just a little bit of additional flour can help A LOT!
    • Bake one sheet at a time: Placing multiple sheets of cookies on different oven racks can cause issues with consistency. I know it takes a little longer, but you'll see better results if you let your oven focus on one batch at a time.
    • Chocolate dip: The dip on these cookies is really tasty, they are also super delicious without any chocolate at all. Use white chocolate if you prefer!
    • Making cookie dough.
    • A bowl of cookie dough.
    • A tablespoon full of gingerbread cookie dough.
    • Baked cookies on a cooling rack.
    • Gingerbread cookies dipped in chocolate.
    • Chocolate dipped gingerbread cookies sprinkled in powdered sugar.
    Chocolate dipped gingerbread molasses cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar.
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    5 from 5 votes

    Chocolate Dipped Gingerbread Cookies

    Yield: Approximately 25 cookies
    These deliciously soft, dense and chewy gingerbread molasses cookies are the perfect way to celebrate the season. They're chocolate dipped and perfectly spiced with chopped ginger, cinnamon and cloves. Let the Christmas baking begin!
    Prep Time30 minutes mins
    Cook Time30 minutes mins
    Chilling time1 hour hr
    Total Time2 hours hrs
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: Chocolate Dipped Gingerbread Cookies, Soft Gingerbread Cookies
    Author: Stacey Adams

    Ingredients

    Dry Ingredients

    • 2 & ½ cups all purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • 2 teaspoons baking powder
    • ¾ teaspoon baking soda

    Wet Ingredients

    • ⅔ cup packed brown sugar *dark or light
    • ⅓ cup sugar
    • 10 tablespoons unsalted butter *softened
    • 1 tablespoon chopped ginger paste *see note below
    • ¼ cup molasses
    • 1 large egg
    • 1 large egg yolk
    • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

    Toppings/Decoration *Optional

    • Chocolate wafer melts or chocolate chips *see note below
    • Powdered sugar

    Recipe notes:

    Chopped ginger paste: chopped ginger paste can usually be found in the produce section of your local grocery store. I normally find it beside the fresh herbs that need to be refrigerated, it's typically in a small tube or jar. 
    Chocolate wafer melts or chocolate chips: you can use chocolate melting wafers or chocolate chips. I prefer to use wafers because they harden a lot quicker! 

    Instructions

    • Measure flour, cinnamon, cloves, salt, baking powder and baking soda into a medium size mixing bowl and whisk ingredients until well combined.
      2 & ½ cups all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon ground cloves, ¼ teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons baking powder, ¾ teaspoon baking soda
    • Measure brown sugar and white sugar into a large mixing bowl. Microwave butter for 10-20 seconds until softened. Don't let the butter melt completely, we just want to soften it a bit.
      ⅔ cup packed brown sugar, ⅓ cup sugar, 10 tablespoons unsalted butter
    • Add butter to sugars. Using an electric or stand mixer, cream butter and sugars together on low speed for 1-2 minutes until smooth.
    • Add egg, egg yolk, vanilla, molasses and chopped ginger paste into the bowl. Mix on low for 1-2 minutes, stopping to scrape the bowl with a spatula when necessary.
      1 tablespoon chopped ginger paste, ¼ cup molasses, 1 large egg, 1 large egg yolk, 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • Add a third of your dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix on low until incorporated. Repeat until all dry ingredients have been mixed in, stopping to scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula when necessary. Do not over mix the batter.
    • Cover your mixing bowl with plastic wrap and chill dough for 1 hour.
    • When dough is done chilling, take it out of the refrigerator and preheat the oven to 325°F. While you wait for the oven to preheat, use a round measuring spoon or cookie scoop to measure dough into heaping, one tablespoon sized balls and line them on a cookie sheet.
    • Bake each sheet of cookies for 8-10 minutes on the center rack of your oven. Bake one sheet at a time and repeat until all dough has been baked. As cookies come out of the oven, place them on a cooling rack. (Tip: do not place cold dough on a hot baking sheet, this can cause spreading).
    • Allow cookies to cool fully. Place them in the refrigerator to speed the process if you like. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and melt your chocolate in the microwave or a small sauce pan. Dip each cookie in the chocolate and line them up on the parchment paper lined baking sheet. Allow the chocolate to cool a bit and sprinkle with powdered sugar (if the chocolate is too hot the sugar will melt).
    • Allow chocolate to harden and ENJOY!

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    More Holiday Dessert Ideas:

    • Almond Flour Jam Thumbprint Cookies
    • Easy No-Bake Gingerbread Cheesecake
    • Low Carb, No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake
    • Eggnog Pumpkin Pie

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    1. Trista says

      December 10, 2020 at 8:08 pm

      5 stars
      Absolutely wonderful! My kids and I love the cookies! We didn’t dip in chocolate because they are so good just by themselves. We think they taste just like Christmas.

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      • stacey_olson says

        December 11, 2020 at 1:24 pm

        I'm glad you and the kiddos like these cookies! I agree - they do taste just like Christmas. 🙂

        Reply
    2. Shannon says

      December 13, 2020 at 12:23 pm

      5 stars
      Great recipe! They are so flavorful and perfect for Christmas! The recipe was super easy to follow and they turned out perfect!

      Reply
      • stacey_olson says

        December 13, 2020 at 2:48 pm

        I'm so glad you enjoyed this recipe, Shannon!

        Reply
    3. Paula@SweetPea says

      September 29, 2021 at 2:01 pm

      I'm putting this on my baking list for Christmas. They look delicious!

      Reply
      • stacey_olson says

        September 30, 2021 at 8:11 am

        Awesome! Thank you, Paula. They are VERY good!!

        Reply
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