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To say I love coffee is an understatement. Every morning, I wake up and the first thing on my mind is, “ugh, gotta go to work, but I get COFFEE.” So sad, isn’t it? Coffee makes it so much easier to get through a workday. Some days, I wish I could have an IV hooked up to me that gave me shots of coffee every 3 hours. I used to not be so bad with coffee – like those caffeine headaches, I thought those were for people who were highly caffeinated  every day, like 4-5 cups of coffee a day kind of people, but no, they’re for anyone drinking coffee regularly and I slowly started to realize that I do get those headaches too! I have a threshold of 2-3 hours. If I don’t have coffee within the first 2-3 hours of waking up, I’m so done for for the rest of the day. I’m like useless. I just lay lifelessly in bed and pray my pounding headache goes away. I love coffee so much though that there is no way I could give it up!

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I’ve always been OBSESSED with the smell of coffee. When I was in high school, I wanted to work at a bookstore because there was a coffee shop in there. I really wanted to work at Starbucks but I knew I couldn’t handle all those strange coffee orders that some people had. Alas, none of those happened and I ended up working at a BBQ restaurant, haha.

Not only do I love the smell, I obviously LOVE the FLAVOR. If there was anything mocha or coffee flavored, I’d immediately order it. Coffee ice cream is SO good.

The first time I ever had coffee in a cookie was when I made my Anderson Cooper Compost Cookies. I believe that is the cookie that changed my life. The coffee grounds MAKE the cookie. Which is why I came up with this cookie – the cafe mocha. If you love remotely anything about coffee, you will simply adore these cookies. They’re the perfect amount of coffee flavor and they smell so good. I think I ate more batter than I care to admit. It was really hard to resist. I’m a die-hard coffee lover and these cookies hit the spot.

Grab a glass of milk and you could potentially make these a cafe mocha latte cookies? :)

5 from 5 votes

Cafe Mocha Cookies

The best of both worlds: coffee AND cookies together!
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 13 minutes
Total Time: 23 minutes
Servings: 3 dozen

Ingredients 

  • 1 ½ cups (341 g) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 ½ cup (330 g) dark brown sugar, packed
  • ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups (250 g) bread flour, you may use AP flour instead if you don’t have it on hand
  • 4 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ heaping tbsp coffee grounds, fine or coarse
  • 1 cup (180 g) mini chocolate chips
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Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350 °F (177 °C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
  • In a large bowl, add flours, cornstarch, baking soda, salt, and coffee grounds. Whisk to combine. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars for 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Then add in the eggs and vanilla extract and beat for 2 more minutes.
  • Slowly add in the flour mixture and mix until all combined and well-incorporated.
  • Using a spatula, fold in the mini chocolate chips.
  • Bake for 11-13 minutes. They will look super soft but they continue cooking after you remove them from the oven.
  • Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before you move them to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Store in an airtight container.

Nutrition

Serving: 2cookies, Calories: 399kcal, Carbohydrates: 51g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 20g, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 29g

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  1. I absolutely love the smell of coffee too. It has to be one of the best smells in the world!! And I love coffee infused desserts so these cookies would be right up my alley, although I would enjoy they with a cup of tea! LOL

  2. I think we’re coffee twins! I wake up every morning and cannot wait for my coffee–I don’t just need it, I enjoy it. I try not to think about the fact that my caffeine headaches are probably minor withdrawal symptoms. YIKES!

    These cookies look fantastic. I can’t wait to try them out!

  3. omg can we still be friends if I tell you that I hate drinking coffee? I love it in sweets – but I can’t seem to drink it! Unless it’s laced with a ton of flavors like vanilla, milk, etc! I’m weird. Clearly I’m an alien.

    BUT I would LOVE these cookies!! Chocolate and coffee is a match made in heaven. Especially in a cookie!

  4. Someone mentioned instant coffee and it got me to wondering – are the coffee grounds used in this recipe instant, or regular? Since it didn’t specify, I assumed regular old ground coffee, but am afraid if I try it now, I’ll end up with weird grainy cookies, so wanted to confirm.

    I’ve also never used bread flour in cookies, but am willing to try it for these – those pictures look delicious! Can you explain what difference that makes in the cookies, if I am not able to get my hands on some before I start baking?

    Thank you!

    1. They’re regular coffee grounds. Bread flour in cookies make it softer and chewier. This particular cookie is just soft and fluffy, it’s not chewy; but when recipes for chewy cookies contain bread flour, bread flour can help with it.

  5. These look like the perfect cookie to try coffee in for the first time. ;)

    Man, I’m glad I never got addicted to coffee/caffeine! My hubs gets no coffee headaches as well. I’m trying to ween him off with caffeinated green tea and then eventually he’ll (hopefully) wind up drinking nothing but my decaf green tea. It might be easier said than done though. Ha!

  6. These sound SO GOOD, Julie! I love coffee and cookies equally so this is the most magical thing ever. YUM.