Guinness Chocolate Cookies are a perfect combination, these cookies are the perfect treat for your St. Patricks Party! Guinness is cooked down to create a concentrated flavor helping make a delicious Guinness Chocolate cookie!
DAMMMMMMMN these cookies are for chocolate lovaaahhs! So if you don't love chocolate get the HELLLL OUT! I'm only joking 😉 but go check out these cookies or something. But at least make these for St. Patricks Day!
Anyways back to these Guinness Chocolate Cookies. Well, first of all, they have Guinness in them. So, of course, they win right off the bat, cookies, and booze! And for those of you who have never baked with Guinness before it doesn't make the baked good taste like Guinness it just really intensifies the chocolate flavor. It's like the real deal for chocolate lovers. AKA me!
But because I am not a dark chocolate lover, I stick to milk most of the time, I had to through some milk chocolate chunks in there too. I mean come on look at that chocolate meltiness going up in that cookie. It's outrageously finger lickin good.
So there is cocoa powder, dark chocolate chips, and milk chocolate chunks AND reduced Guinness so the chocolateness is redic. You chill this dough but hey I almost like dough that you chill better because who doesn't just love taking dough straight out of the fridge to bake? That's why the store bought dough is the best! But this is better none of that junk you cannot pronounce.
I have a feeling these cookies would be fantastic with a scoop of ice cream, not speaking from experience or anything. On that note I might need to make these again for Paddy's...
Fancy some more boozy recipes?
- Guinness Gingerbread Cake Recipe
- Guinness Chocolate Brownies Baileys Cream Cheese Frosting
- Baileys Mint Truffles
- Baileys Tres Leches Cake
- Boozy Chocolate Tart
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Guinness Chocolate Cookies
- Prep Time: 30 Minutes
- Cook Time: 9 Minutes
- Total Time: 2 Hours 39 Minutes
- Yield: 36 Cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Irish
Description
Guinness & Chocolate are a perfect combination, these cookies are the perfect treat for your St. Patricks Party!
Ingredients
Guinness Mixture
- 1-11.2oz bottle of Guinness
- 66 grams (⅓ Cup) Brown Sugar
Cookie Dough
- 8oz (1 cup) Unsalted Butter, softened to room temperature
- 200 grams (1 cup) Light Brown Sugar
- 100 grams (½ cup) Granulated Sugar
- 2 Large Eggs, at room temperature
- 1 Tablespoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 250 grams (2 cups) All-Purpose Flour
- 100 grams (1 Cup) Cup Cocoa Powder, sifted
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- 200 grams (1 ¼ Cup) Dark Chocolate Chips or Chocolate Chunks
- 200 grams (1 ¼ Cup) Milk Chocolate Chips or Chocolate Chunks
Instructions
Guinness Mixture
- In a large saucepan over medium heat cook the Guinness and brown sugar together for 15-20 minutes (please note depending on the size of your saucepan the cooking time may reduce or increase). The mixture will reduce to ⅓ cup. Set aside to cool for a few minutes.
Cookie Dough
- In the bowl of an electric mixer with the paddle attachment or a large bowl with a handheld electric mixer beat the butter for 2 minutes, add sugars, and beat for another 4 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla mix for 2-3 minutes until fully incorporated. Mix in Guinness mixture.
- In a medium bowl mix together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Slowly add dry ingredients into wet ingredients, until just combined. Fold in chocolate and let chill for at least 2 hours or up to 2 days.
- Preheat to 350F/180C and line a baking sheet with Silpat liner, if using. Using a medium cookie scoop pace a heaping scoop (2 tablespoon) of dough on the sheet and place more chocolate on top of each dough for looks if you want. Bake for 9 minutes, the dough will be just set but take out of the oven and let cool for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
Notes
*Total Time includes Chill Time
Keywords: stout chocolate cookies, guinness stout cookies, boozy cookies
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
I'M A CHOCOLATE LOVAH!! ME ME MEEEE! These cookies are enough to make me give up my St. Patrick's grinche-it-tude!
Elizabeth says
Haha how can you not love Paddy's?!?!!
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
*sigh* It's just not for me. For one...I don't drink. so there's that. Then there's the fact that I hated the color green as a kid and got a looot of grief for not wearing it on st. patrick's daaay lol
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
I so need to try Guiness + chocolate. These cookies look seriously amazing!
Elizabeth says
Yes Dorothy you need to!
miss messy says
what a great st patricks day treat! 🙂 These look delicious
Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel says
I absolutely positively must smash my face into the Guinness cookie dough. I mean, seriously. You're a temptress. Top this shizzz with some ice cream, foo!
Shikha @ Shikha la mode says
Mmmm Guinness. I've used it for baking quick breads but never cookies. Chocolate and Guinness is such a good flavor combo!
dina says
they look delicious!
Elizabeth says
Thanks Dina!!
Gloria // Simply Gloria says
Elizabeth, I love the way you like to chill the dough before baking. Loving this whole creation with the Guinness... and you did it with cookies! You're just awesome!
Jennifer says
Is this cookie batter suppose to be so wet? Will chilling the batter over night help the batter solidify?
Elizabeth says
The cookie batter is not super wet when I make it. But it is some what wet so yes, chill it. Definitely helps for thick, chewy cookies! Lmk if I can help with anything else 🙂
Jennifer says
The batter is almost like a very thick mousse, it holds together ok, but perhaps this batter will just make for some very moist and soft cookies. I'm going to let it chill overnight and then bake some of the batter tomorrow. Either way the results will be yummi and my friends will eat them all! 🙂
aarushi says
Does the guinness mixture reduce by 1/3 cup or to 1/3 cup?
Elizabeth says
To 1/3 🙂
Rachel says
So I’m literally in the middle of making this I used the right size Guinness and cooked it for 20 minutes and it reduced to 1 cup. Not 1/3 cup. Should I use the entire cup or only 1/3 of it? Did I do something wrong? Help!
Elizabeth says
Hi Rachel I would use 1/3 of the liquid- any more will ruin the dough making it too liquid and you won’t end up with cookies. Any more questions let me know- you can Dm me on Instagram too!
Gayle S. says
Followed recipe; after cooking Guiness and sugar mixture 15-20 minutes (even added a couple more minutes) I still had more than 1/3 cup. Should mixture be cooked at a slightly higher heat (I followed a different recipe prior to this and my 'syrupy' mixture turned into hard candy). Was the reduction supposed to thicken some?
Elizabeth says
The mixture does not turn syrupy its just less volume, it's reduced but not all the way to a syrup or a thicker texture. Hope this helps. Let me know how they turn out! XO
Ralph says
So tasty. merry o‘Christmas
★★★★★
Diane Schmidt says
Awesome flavor. Dough freezes great those "need a chocolate cookie fix"
★★★★★
Elizabeth Waterson says
I am so happy you enjoyed them, Diane!! I always need a chocolate fix lol!! XX Liz
koopa100 says
First time baking and I picked this recipe as a gift for a friend. Went down an absolute treat; so chocolatey and sweet. Loved by everyone who tried it!
★★★★★
Elizabeth Waterson says
Thank you so much for the lovely review! I am so pleased everyone enjoyed the cookies!! XX Liz
Chris M says
Was looking for a stout cookie recipe and came across this one. Substituted a different brew and the result was amazing! Got some excellent feedback on the cookies and will definitely be making these again!
★★★★★
Elizabeth Waterson says
Thank you so much for the lovely review Chris! So pleased you enjoyed the recipe. Take care XX Liz
Jen says
So your medium heat must be very high...there is no way this can reduce that much over 20 minutes.
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Elizabeth Waterson says
Hi Jen, I am sorry it took longer for you. It would also be affected by the size of the saucepan you are using, a very small saucepan would take much longer than a larger saucepan, thank you for pointing that out I am going to update the recipe card now. I hope you were still able to make and enjoy the cookies. Take care. XX Liz
Katie says
These cookies are amazing! I made a slight modification to turn them into pudding cookies - I added a 3.9 oz package of Hershey’s dark chocolate pudding mix, omitted the white sugar, and cut the cocoa powder to 1/2 cup (since the pudding mix has sugar and cocoa), and they turned out so chocolatey and soft.
★★★★★
Elizabeth Waterson says
Hi Katie, thanks so much for coming back to star rate and review the recipe, I truly appreciate it! The pudding mix sounds like a great addition, I will have to try that soon! Hope you have a great week! XX Liz