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Chocolate cookie topped with coconut and chocolate German topping
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4.73 from 11 votes

Easy German Chocolate Cookies Recipe

Delicious chocolate cookies topped with German chocolate icing.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Cooling Time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour 5 minutes
Course: Cookies
Cuisine: American
Keyword: baking, chocolate, christmas, cookies, desserts, German chocolate
Servings: 24
Calories: 189kcal
Author: Courtney O'Dell

Ingredients

For the Cookies:

  • 1 box Pillsbury Purely Simple Chocolate Cake Mix
  • ¼ cup butter softened
  • 2 large eggs

For the Icing:

  • 1 cup evaporated milk
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 egg yolks
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 ⅓ cups sweetened shredded coconut
  • 1 ¼ cup pecans chopped
  • ¼ cup chocolate candy wafers

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Mix cake mix, butter, and eggs well - until a thick cookie dough forms. Make sure there aren’t giant clumps, but do not overmix.
  • Roll dough into 23 balls - about 1 1/2” or a little bit bigger than a golf ball.
  • Place cookies on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  • Bake 8 minutes, until sides brown.
  • Let cool and move to cooling rack to cool completely before icing, about 15 minutes.
  • To make caramel pecan icing, add milk, sugar, eggs, butter, and vanilla to a pan and heat over medium heat, stirring often to mix well, until thickened.
  • Remove from heat and stir in coconut and pecans.
  • Spread out a heaping spoonful over each cookie.
  • After cookies are iced, melt chocolate candy in microwave, stirring every 30 seconds to melt.
  • Using the back of a spoon or a candy squeeze bottle, drizzle melted chocolate candy over cookies.
  • Let set additional 15 minutes.
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 189kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 57mg | Sodium: 93mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g