These Chocolate Sour Cream Sugar Cookies are super soft and smothered in chocolate cream cheese frosting — it’s everything a chocolate cookie should be! Includes a step by step recipe video.
Remember these Sour Cream Sugar Cookies and these Lemon Sour Cream Sugar Cookies? You’re not sick of cookies yet, are you?
Because we’re back with one of my favorite variations yet: CHOCOLATE.
The all caps are totally necessary, friends.
Over the last year or two I have become a total cookie fanatic. I think the right cookie could nearly “take the cake” as my favorite dessert pick. The only problem is I can’t seem to stop at one… or two…. or….
But, hey — it’s November which means we’re in full on Christmas baking season and I won’t apologize.
For this twist on my Grandma’s cookie recipe, I’m smothering these beauties in chocolate cream cheese frosting. It’s rich and tangy and it just goes so perfectly with these soft cookies.
Tips and Tricks for Making these Chocolate Sour Cream Sugar Cookies:
- These sugar cookies are tender and cakey and they melt in your mouth — you won’t want to roll these out, because the dough is quite sticky. Resist the urge to add flour or you will probably end up with hockey pucks!
- I haven’t tried refrigerating the dough overnight, so I can’t say how they will turn out. I tried refrigerating for 1 hour, and I still liked them better baked right away.
- The cookies themselves are not overly sweet. I do this because they are a frosted cookie. If you are planning to skip the frosting, understand that your end result won’t be super sweet.
- You can use a regular chocolate buttercream frosting (or vanilla, or mint, or peanut butter — the options are endless!) if you don’t want to do cream cheese.
Chocolate Sour Cream Sugar Cookies Recipe + VIDEO
written by Ashley Fehr
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 2 cups sugar, 400g
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 1/2 cups flour, 435g
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1/2 cup milk chocolate, chopped
- 2 tablespoons cream
- 4 oz cream cheese, room temperature, 125g
- 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups powdered icing sugar
Instructions
- In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar on high until combined.
- Add sour cream, eggs and vanilla, and beat until smooth.
- Add flour, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder and beat on low until combined — dough will be soft, almost like thick cake batter. Do NOT add flour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line baking sheets with parchment paper. Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls (or a 2 TBSP cookie scoop) onto baking sheets 2-3 inches apart and bake for 9-11 minutes, until edges are golden and centers are set.
- Make the frosting:In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine chocolate and cream. Microwave on high in 10-20 second intervals, stirring well each time, until chocolate is melted. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add the melted chocolate and powdered sugar and beat until smooth and creamy, 2-3 minutes. Spread over cooled cookies and serve or refrigerate to set the frosting. Store in the refrigerator for up to 4 days or in the freezer (I recommend freezing in a single layer before stacking) for up to 3 months.
Video
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Shelli Scott says
Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate…need we say more ??
Lillian Christie says
I love to bake and every Christmas season I bake lots of cookies which I package up and give to our wonderful neighbours, friends and relatives. I like to add new recipes to the mix and spend November looking for appealing new cookie recipes. Your Chocolate Sugar Cookies sound delicious and will be added this year. Have a happy Christmas with your new addition to your family.
Stefanie says
I love baking white chocolate birthday cookies and ginger snap cookies. I was talking to a coworker the other day and we both got excited for Christmas baking.
Cindy Merrill says
Our favorite item to bake for the holidays are my great-grandmother’s molasses cookie recipe- it’s very scrumptious. A MUST for all family reunions.
Donna Crum says
Love to bake just about everything!! Love holiday breads like Cranberry Orange Bread and Pecan Pie Bread.
Elizabeth Vlug says
I have been trying to streamline my Christmas baking and making a list of my absolute must haves. But it just keeps growing. lol. That being said, I love to bake shortbread around the holidays. Plain, chocolate, with nuts, lemon. I haven’t met a shortbread I didn’t like. I also love those pecan puffs dusted with icing sugar. Just printed this recipe, these cookies sound amazing. And that icing….yum!!! Thanks again for sharing and of course the giveaway.
lori cheffar says
Hey Ashley, what a fun way to start off the holidays. I like to make a bread baskets and give them as gifts. I add something new each year. It usually has French bread, raisin bread,some apple butter& garlic spread.This year I’m adding homemade English muffins. I think of who I’m making the basket for and how much they mean to me. It helps keep me busy & grounded in the season. Everyone seems to enjoy the homemade gifts made with love! Have a great holiday season, Lori
Stephanie J. Schiltz says
Pannetone! I make them every year as gifts, per request!
Eugenie Sawyer says
I love to cook. Cannot wait for the holidays each year when the kids, grandkids and great grandkids get together. I like trying new things and get a lot of ideas from newsletters.
Tami PFEIFFER says
My family loves the chocolate mint layered cake we always have for the holidays.
Dorothy Buse says
Love to bake all kinds of cookies
Kim K says
I love making all kinds of cookies and snack size treats for the holidays. Thanks for the chance!
Bruce Ensinger says
I enjoy making truffles for holiday gifts. I look for new recipes each year and make an assortment and
Caitlin says
I love baking cookies!
Jennifer Price says
Spritz cookies are my favorite!! My mom use to make them for me and my siblings when we were little so now every christmas i make them for my family❤️ Everyone loves them!! Thank you for letting me share my memory ?
ColleenB.~ Tx. says
Favorite; Christmas cut out cookies along with my million dollar fudge
Thank You for this giveaway opportunity
Candice says
I live to make and decorate Christmas themed sugar cookies with frosting.
jan says
Love to make caramels!
Angela Hendricks says
I love making pumpkin cheesecake!
Karen says
I make lots of cookies.
Wehaf says
I love to make pumpkin pie and classic Eastern European nut rolls.