Irish Cream Chocolate Coconut Cookies
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Irish Cream Chocolate Coconut Cookies are delicious, crunchy, sweet morsels of incredible flavor. Simply marvelous. This recipe was adapted from Pillsbury.
Irish Cream Chocolate Coconut Cookies
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Author: Epicurus.com Kitchens
Recipe type: Baked Goods
Cuisine: Irish
Serves: 24 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 - 16 ounce package Pillsbury sugar cookie dough
- 3 Cups shredded sweetened coconut, divided
- 1/2 Cup dark cocoa powder
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 Cup chocolate chips
- 1/4 Cup Irish Cream liqueur
- green and white Sixlets (see Notes)
Instructions
- Crumble the sugar cookie dough into a large bowl. Add 1 cup coconut and the cocoa powder. Mix until it is completely mixed in and the dough looks like chocolate sugar cookie dough. Roll into 24 balls.
- Dip the cookie dough balls one at a time in the egg whites and roll in the remaining coconut. Place on a baking sheet. Use your thumb to create a well in the center of the cookies. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheet for 1-2 minutes. Gently press the centers down again with the end of a wooden spoon.
- Remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Bring the Irish cream liqueur to a low boil. Remove from the heat and pour in the chocolate chips. Let the mixture sit for 1-2 minutes. Stir until creamy.
- Let cool 5 minutes. Spoon into the cookie wells. Let set and top with candies. Store in a sealed container.
Notes
Sixlets are small round candy-coated, chocolate-flavored candy made by Oak Leaf Confections, a Chocolat Frey company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The chocolate centers are made from a mixture of cocoa and carob, giving them a "malted" taste.
You can use green M&M's if you cannot find the Sixlets.
You can use green M&M's if you cannot find the Sixlets.
