Hot Chocolate Brownie Bites (Gluten Free)

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These little Hot Chocolate Brownie Bites are the BEST Gluten Free cookies that I have ever tasted!!! I thought I would never say this, but I actually prefer these without icing! They are, of course, delicious and quite sinful with or without the icing 🙂
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 28 minutes
Course Desserts, Gifts, Snacks
Servings 48 Cookies

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for the Cookie

  • ½ Cup Butter, Unsalted 1 Stick
  • 1 ½ Cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips I used "Enjoy Life" Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (allergy friendly), but Nestle is just fine!
  • 1 ½ Cups Gluten Free All-Purpose Flour I used "King Arthur" Cup-for-Cup GF All-Purpose Flour
  • ¼ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder I used Hershey's Cocoa (100% Cacao)
  • 1 ½ tsp Baking Powder
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • 1 ¼ Cup Light Brown Sugar
  • 3 Large Eggs
  • 1 ½ tsp Vanilla Extract

Ingredients for the Icing

  • 4 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, Melted
  • 2 Cups Confectioner's Sugar
  • ¼ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder Hershey's Cocoa
  • ¼ Cup Hot Water Hot Water from the tap...not boiling
  • ½ tsp Vanila Extract
  • Decorative Sprinkles

Instructions
 

Making the Cookies

  • Gather the ingredients.
  • In a small heavy pot, melt the 1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter on Low. Once the butter is melted, add the 1 1/2 Cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels and continue heating over low until the chocolate is melted. Mixture should be smooth and creamy. Remove from heat.
  • Meanwhile, in a medium-sized bowl, combine the dry ingredients (Flour, Cocoa Powder, Baking Powder and Salt). Mix well and set aside.
  • Either using a Standing or Handheld Mixer, beat the Eggs, Brown Sugar and Vanilla Extract on low until blended.
  • Add the cooled Chocolate mixture to the Egg mixture and mix on Low until blended.
  • Next, add the Flour mixture 1/2 Cup at a time to the Wet Mixture and beat on Low until well blended. The dough will be thick, like Brownies. Cover the bowl with foil or plastic wrap and refrigerate for 3-4 hours.
  • Once the dough has "hardened" to the consistency of modeling clay, remove the dough from the refrigerator.
  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • Line 1-2 cookie sheets with Parchment Paper or Silicone Baking Mats and set aside.
  • Using a Small Cookie Scoop, scoop out dough and roll into balls. Place them 2" apart on the prepared cookie sheets.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes or until they start to form cracks on their tops.
  • Let cookies sit on cookie sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Making the Icing

  • While the cookies are cooling, combine the 4 Tablespoons melted Butter, 1/4 Cup Cocoa Powder, 1/4 Cup Hot Water, Vanilla Extract and 2 Cups Confectioner's Sugar. Mix on Low until well blended. If mixture is too thick, add a little bit of water (1 Tablespoon at a time) until icing is a little runny.
  • Next, keeping the cooled cookies on the cooling rack, place rack on a cookie sheet or paper towels to catch the run-off icing.
  • Spoon desired amount of icing onto 2-3 cookies at a time and then add sprinkles....icing sets up quickly, so only apply icing to a few cookies at a time.
  • Continue applying the icing and decorative sprinkles to the rest of the cookies until done. Enjoy!

Notes

Note: Instead of adding Icing to these cookies, try rolling them in Confectioner's Sugar before baking or leave plain 🙂
Keyword Brownies, Chocolate, cookies, gluten-free, Holiday Gifts, Holidays, Hot Chocolate