Deep Chocolate Kahlua Bites

If you prefer vanilla, see the original MELTING MOMENTS, they’re fabulous too.

This is a good recipe if you’re busy because you can easily mix up the dough in the morning before work, and bake off the cookies in the evening.  The cookies are small and they don’t spread, so you can fit the whole batch on two trays.  The frosting comes together with a few swipes of a spoon in a measuring cup.  You can also freeze the unbaked balls of dough; freeze them first on a tray, then transfer them to a zip lock bag.

Get ready to transform a little bit of butter, sugar, flour, cornstarch, cocoa powder and Kahlua into something you, your family, and friends will never forget.  Don’t like Kahlua?  Substitute vanilla, or any other liquor or liqueur you like.  Set these out on a little tray after dinner, sit back, and watch what happens. But be sure to grab a couple for yourself, first.

Here are the other Melting Moment cookie variations  ~

• PEPPERMINT MELTING MOMENTS
• COCONUT SNOWBALL MELTING MOMENTS
• CAPPUCCINO MELTING MOMENTS
• CLEMENTINE MELTING MOMENTS

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2.88 from 8 votes

Deep Chocolate Kahlua Bites

Course Chocolate, cookies, Dessert, Holiday Cookies, Holidays, Shortbread, Winter

Yield 40

Author Sue Moran

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
• 1/3 cup confectioner's sugar
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1 cup flour
• 3 Tbsp soft unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup sifted confectioner's sugar
• 1/4 cup sifted unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 Tbsp Kahlua
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• milk or cream to thin
• more confectioner's sugar for dusting

Instructions

• Cream the butter, sugar, and cocoa powder together until well blended. Add the cornstarch and flour and mix the dough together until thoroughly combined. Cover tightly and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or longer if desired.
• Preheat oven to 350F
• Form small heaps with the dough on a parchment lined baking sheet. I used a 1" scoop. Bake for about 13 minutes. Cool slightly on the pan, and then on a rack. Be careful, these cookies are delicate.
• Mix the soft butter with the cocoa powder and sugar, then add the rest of the ingredients and mix well, until smooth and creamy. Top each cooled cookie with a generous blob of frosting, and dust with powdered sugar.

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