Double Chocolate Biscotti
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These crisp double chocolate biscotti are tailor-made for dunking into coffee, warm milk, or hot chocolate.
When my son, Zach, was little, he used to call these chocolate biscotti “crunchy brownies.” It’s an apt description: biscotti are twice-baked, oblong-shaped cookies made intentionally dry and crunchy for dunking into coffee or tea—and these are made with a double dose of chocolate. I’m happy to say that they have nothing in common with the packaged biscotti sold in most coffee shops, which often taste like bricks. When you dunk these biscotti into a warm beverage, they soften, becoming rich, chocolaty and decadent. Biscotti might seem like grown-up cookies, but if you set them out with glass of warm milk or hot chocolate for dunking, you will have very happy young gourmands.
If you’re looking for more desserts for the chocolate lovers in your life (or for yourself), don’t miss my double chocolate skillet cookie, chocolate lover’s chocolate cake, chocolate cream pie, or homemade chocolate ice cream.
“I love biscotti and have tried many different recipes for chocolate biscotti. This is by far the BEST recipe.”
What You’ll Need To Make Double Chocolate Biscotti
Step-By-Step Instructions
Begin by combining the dry ingredients: flour, natural unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
Whisk well.
Set aside, then cream the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer.
Beat in the eggs one at a time.
Then beat in the vanilla extract.
Add the dry ingredients and chocolate chips.
Mix to combine. The dough will be sticky.
Scrape the dough out onto a floured work surface, and dust the dough with flour as well.
Gently shape into a ball.
Cut the dough in half.
Roll each piece of dough into a short log.
Transfer the logs to a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Then shape into longer logs about 3/4-inch high and 2 inches wide.
Bake the logs for about 35 minutes.
Let cool slightly, then slice on the diagonal about 3/4-inches wide and turn the biscotti on their sides.
Place back in the oven for 10 minutes to crisp up. Let cool a bit, then serve with coffee, tea or milk.
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Double Chocolate Biscotti
These crisp double chocolate biscotti are tailor-made for dunking into coffee, warm milk, or hot chocolate.
Ingredients
- 1¾ cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons natural unsweetened cocoa powder, such as Hershey's
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 1-2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Add the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl and mixing well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Add the dry ingredients and chocolate chips and stir on low speed until just combined.
- Dust a work surface with flour. Using a rubber spatula, scrape the sticky dough out onto the work surface and dust the top of the dough lightly with flour. Using your hands, shape the dough into a rough ball (if it's still too sticky, dust with a bit more flour) and cut in half. Form the dough pieces into two short logs by rolling back and forth. Place the logs onto the prepared baking sheet and shape into longer logs about ¾-inch high and 2 inches wide. Allow enough space for the logs to spread a few inches while they bake. Bake for about 35 minutes, until firm to the touch. Let the biscotti logs cool on the pan for about 5 minutes, or until just cool enough to touch (if you wait any longer, the biscotti will be difficult to cut); then, using a sharp knife, slice the logs on the diagonal into ¾-inch slices (I do this right on the baking sheet). They will crumble just a bit; don't worry about it. Turn the biscotti on their sides (so that the cut sides are down) and place back in the oven for 10 minutes to dry and crisp up. Let cool on the pan for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Serve with coffee, tea or warm milk.
- Freezer-Friendly Instructions: The dough can be frozen for up to 3 months: Shape the dough into logs, wrap each securely in plastic wrap, and place them in a sealable bag. When ready to bake, remove the logs from the freezer, thaw the dough until pliable, and then proceed with recipe. To freeze after baking: After the cookies are completely cooled, double-wrap them securely with aluminum foil or plastic freezer wrap. Thaw overnight on the countertop before serving.
Nutrition Information
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- Per serving (30 servings)
- Serving size: 1 biscotti
- Calories: 110
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated fat: 3g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Sugar: 11g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Sodium: 111mg
- Cholesterol: 22mg
This website is written and produced for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and the nutritional data on this site has not been evaluated or approved by a nutritionist or the Food and Drug Administration. Nutritional information is offered as a courtesy and should not be construed as a guarantee. The data is calculated through an online nutritional calculator, Edamam.com. Although I do my best to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures should be considered estimates only. Varying factors such as product types or brands purchased, natural fluctuations in fresh produce, and the way ingredients are processed change the effective nutritional information in any given recipe. Furthermore, different online calculators provide different results depending on their own nutrition fact sources and algorithms. To obtain the most accurate nutritional information in a given recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe, using your preferred nutrition calculator.
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Multiple people have said that this is the best biscotti they’ve had. I bake a batch every two weeks because my son is obsessed with them! They taste like a brownie in biscotti form.
I hate to be that person leaving bad reviews but I was honestly surprised by how poorly these turned out? They didn’t spread whatsoever and were so bland and crumbly I’d have guessed the sugar was left out if I hadn’t made them myself.
Biscotti don’t spread 🤦♀️
Biscotti is supposed to be dry and crumbly. You dip them in coffee.
It’s perfection! I’m an amateur baker and even I was able to achieve the beautiful texture by strictly following your recipe. No adjustments needed! I didn’t add chocolate chips so it tasted less sweet (but worked for me) and added chopped walnuts. It’s soo good! It yielded 30 biscotti as you stated. I haven’t gone for packaged biscuits since 😂
I’ve made these many many times with success, but my kids are getting used to less sugary snacks (and the orig recipe isn’t even all that sugary) so I tried using only 1/2 cup of sugar while keeping everything else the same and the kids loved it.
These are absolutely delicious! Just a question: it says to cool slightly–how long would that be? I’m wondering because when I cut them, the ends will fall off and they look broken. Any advice would be appreciated! My husband and son don’t care what they look like, but I’d like to give as gifts at Easter and I’d like them to be whole.
Thank you!!! Love ALL. your recipes!
Hi Barbara, you just want to let them cool for about 5 minutes (so they’re not too hot to touch). It’s normal for them to crumble a little, but if they’re hard to cut and breaking, it sounds like you may be waiting too long to slice them. Also make sure you use a really sharp knife to cut them. Hope that helps (and glad you like the recipes)!
Use a serrated knife and gently start on one edge at an angle first before moving on to the rest of the cut and end gently on the other edge, all while using a soft sawing motion.
Dangerous to have around, they keep calling to me. Use an electric knife to slice and you will have no problems with crumbs.
Hi Jenn, I started making these right after Thanksgiving and ended up making about 12 dozen….gave them as Christmas gifts and passed them around my neighborhood. Now I’m famous haha. I’ve also made them with cinnamon and slivered almonds, my husband’s favorite, as well as leaving out the cocoa powder and using brown sugar- sort of a chocolate chip cookie. So easy to make! Thanks so much for a fantastic recipe!!
These turned out so good! But I cut the salt to 1/4 teaspoon because what you said to use seemed like way too much for me, otherwise it came out super yummy!
I didn’t have electric mixer so I actually mixed Everything together by hand!
I follow this recipe to a T, and they come out perfect every time. What I love about this recipe is I don’t have to refrigerate the dough for 2 hours! The only problem is that these biscotti are hard to stop eating Thanks so much for this site. I’m never disappointed with the recipes I’ve chosen.
I make these all of the time and they always come out perfectly !! I even used the dough (omitting the chocolate chips) to make tarts which came out awesome!