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Nutrition: per cookie

  • kcal142
  • fat8g
  • saturates5g
  • carbs17g
  • sugars11g
  • fibre1g
  • protein2g
  • salt0.2g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Beat the butter and sugars together, then gradually mix in the vanilla and eggs. In another bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, a pinch of salt, baking powder and cayenne pepper, then mix these into the butter and fold in all the chocolate.

  • step 2

    Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Place walnut-sized spoonfuls of the mixture on baking sheets lined with baking parchment, leaving enough space between so they don’t melt together. Bake in batches, for 10-12 mins, depending on how gooey you like your cookies. Allow to cool on the baking sheets for 1 min before removing to a plate to cool completely. Serve with vanilla ice cream.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2012

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A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.14 ratings

johnzigahu9dVT4xh

tip

Put in fridge for half our to make more nice

johnzigahu9dVT4xh

tip

No pepper for sensitive children like me nice recipe though

Fishcake5000

You can add 1 tsp of ground ginger in the mix, it works brilliantly with both the chilli and the chocolate

Fishcake5000

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Brilliant ! Made these a few times and will definetely make again. Since some comments said it was a bit too spicy I replaced the dark chilli chocolate with regular and put the recommended amount of cayenne pepper. On the second time I also added 1tsp of ground ginger which I think worked very well.

mariabudgen

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Made this recipe this week for a work Mexican themed party - as sort of fitted the theme with the chilli! Halved the recipe to make 20 cookies and so halved the cayenne quantity and they certainly have a kick but in just the right way. Very easy to make. Did take about 10 mins extra cooking time…

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