While I personally don’t drink coffee (except in certain social contexts), I do love coffee-flavored desserts, and these chocolate espresso crinkle cookies are one of my favorite cookie recipes! The amount of espresso powder (only two tablespoons) is small, but as a flavor, coffee is one of the main players in this cookie. It’s a bit difficult to make chocolate cookies look like anything other than charcoal briquettes in photos, so you’ll have to trust me that these soft, chewy, chocolate-ly cookies are sure to become a favorite in your household as well!
The original recipe from which I adapted my version called for a mixture of chocolate chips and chocolate-covered coffee beans – I did like the chocolate-covered coffee beans, but decided to omit them for a couple of reasons. For one thing, you often have to reassure people that what they’re biting down on is a coffee bean and not their own cracked teeth, and for another, chocolate-covered coffee beans aren’t exactly a staple in most people’s pantries – and it’s always nice when you can pull out a recipe at the last minute and already have everything on hand (which is precisely what I did with these cookies, for an impromptu get-together earlier this year). Moreover, if you don’t have espresso powder, pretty much any powdered coffee product will suffice.
Now, my boyfriend is dubious, but I believe these cookies do still have some caffeinating properties. I ate a couple of these cookies (okay, maybe like five) one evening after taking two final exams earlier that day (read: major sleep deprivation), and I was still wide awake until about 4:00 am, despite my best efforts to relax and catch some winks. This might have been due to my high sensitivity to caffeine—after all, I average about 0.75 cups of coffee per year, so I am anything but accustomed to the power of caffeine—but ANYWAY, this is all just to say, I’d think twice before giving too many of these cookies to already-overactive children.
Warning about caffeine aside, these chocolate espresso crinkle cookies are awesome! You should definitely go make some 
These sound so good, especially with a big mug of additional coffee. Actual caffeine in cookies = breakfast cookies for real!
I hadn’t considered them as a breakfast option, but that’s a good point!
Yummy, these sound delicious! I was never a big coffee drinker until about a year ago and now I absolutely LOVE it! I feel like these cookies would be the perfect start to my day… chocolate and coffee– swoon
Haha yes, maybe I should re-name these “breakfast cookies”!
These look so good! I love coffee flavored anything! And coffee and chocolate is especially a terrific combo!
Thank you! It’s a great combo, but I can’t indulge in it too much or it’ll keep me awake at night
yeah I have the same problem!
omg espresso brownies are one of my favorite splurges, so I can’t even fathom how much I would totally die for these!!! great recipe
Oh wow, why have I never tried espresso brownies?? I need to get on that ASAP!
I’ve tried espresso in my brownies, but never in a cookie recipe. And I can’t wait to try it out since I LOVE a good chocolate recipe. Thanks for sharing this
I’m the opposite (I’ve made espresso cookies but never espresso brownies), but I definitely want to try them soon! Thanks for stopping by
Probably I repeat as many above said.. I love coffee and and coffee-flavoured cookies! they look so yummy!
Thanks so much! I’m glad these cookies caught your eye
Homemade crinkle cookies are my favourite! These look so tempting and amazing!
Thanks! And yes, the homemade varieties are so much tastier than ones from the store
Love crinkle cookies, but I love that you added espresso even more
Thanks! It was definitely a good call
Oh my, they look amazing!!
Thank you! You won’t be disappointed if you make them
Im sure I wont
thank you!