Sweeten up your day with these classic snickerdoodle cookies that have a delicious expresso chip twist.

Expresso Chip Snickerdoodle Cookies

As if snickerdoodle cookies weren’t good enough on their own, they’re even better when expresso chips are added to the mix.

Expresso chips (morsels) aren’t particularly sweet but each morsel packs quite a bit of expresso flavor that tastes wonderful in combination with the cinnamon in these snickerdoodles.

Expresso Chip Snickerdoodle Cookies

Snickerdoodle cookies are great when making spur of the moment cookies because the ingredients are basic pantry items…except for maybe the cream of tartar.

So, what better reason to add cream of tartar as a regular pantry item for those times when out of nowhere, homemade cookie cravings take over.

Snickerdoodle cookies are especially scrumptious when dipped in milk too.

Not that I’ve ever done that before or anything.

Let’s check out the ingredients.

Snickerdoodle Cookies Ingredients

Butter, granulated sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, salt, cinnamon and…

Add Nestle Expresso Morsels in bowl

…expresso morsels.

HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE

A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.

For the Cookie Dough:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Adding flour to bowl

In a medium size bowl, add flour…

Add baking soda to bowl

Add baking soda to flour

…baking soda…

Add salt to bowl

…and salt.

Whisk dry ingredients in bowl

Whisk together and set aside.

Add butter in bowl

In a large mixing bowl…

Add butter in bowl

Butter in mixing bowl

…add softened butter…

Add sugar to mixing bowl

…sugar,

Add eggs to mixing bowl

Add eggs to mixing bowl

Butter, sugar and eggs in bowl

and eggs.

Cream butter sugar and eggs in bowl

Beat until light and creamy.

Add flour to cookie dough

Set the mixer on low speed and slowly spoon in the dry ingredients.

Cookie dough in bowl

Mix until dough forms.

Add expresso morsels to cookie dough

To the mixing bowl…

Expresso chips in cookie dough

…add expresso chips.

Expresso chip snickerdoodle dough

Using a large sturdy spoon, stir the expresso chips into the cookie dough.

Cookie dough balls on plate

Roll 3 teaspoons of dough into a ball for each cookie. Set aside for a moment.

For Coating the Cookie Dough Balls:

Cinnamon and sugar in bowl

In a small bowl…

Cinnamon and sugar in bowl

…add sugar and ground cinnamon.

Stir cinnamon and sugar in bowl

Next, stir together…

Stir cinnamon and sugar in bowl

…until combined.

Cookie dough ball in sugar cinnamon

Then…

Coat cookie dough ball in bowl

…coat a dough ball with the cinnamon and sugar mixture on all sides.

Cookie dough balls on pan

Set the sugar and cinnamon-coated cookie dough ball on a large ungreased cookie sheet…

Cookie dough balls on pan

…and repeat the process with the remaining cookie dough.

Expresso Chip Snickerdoodle Cookies

Bake in a preheated oven until the bottom of the cookies are a golden color (about 11 minutes).

Expresso Chip Snickerdoodle Cookies

Bake the remaining cookies in batches.

Expresso Chip Snickerdoodle Cookies

Remove the cookies from the oven and…

Expresso Chip Snickerdoodle Cookies

 …transfer them onto a cooling rack.

Expresso Chip Snickerdoodle Cookies

Let cool before serving.

Bite of Expresso Chip Cookies

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Expresso Chip Snickerdoodles

Snickerdoodle Cookies with Expresso Chips

It's hard to stop at just one of these scrumptious snickerdoodle cookies that come with an expresso twist.
5 from 4 votes

Ingredients

For the Cookie Dough:

  • 2-3/4 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter (salted) softened
  • 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 package (9 ounces) expresso morsels (the total amount of morsels is just under 1-1/2 cups)

For the Coating:

  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

For the Cookie Dough:

  • In a medium size bowl, add the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. Whisk together and set aside. 
  • In a large mixing bowl, add the butter, sugar, and eggs. Beat until light and creamy. Set the mixer on low speed and slowly spoon in the dry ingredients.  Mix until dough forms.  
  • Using a large sturdy spoon, stir the expresso chips into the cookie dough.
  • Roll 3 teaspoons of dough into a ball for each cookie. 

Coating the Cookie Dough Balls:

  • In a small bowl, add sugar and cinnamon.  Stir until combined.
  • Coat a dough ball with the cinnamon and sugar mixture on all sides.
  • Set the sugar and cinnamon-coated cookie dough ball on a large ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat the process with the remaining cookie dough.
  • Bake in a preheated oven until the bottom of the cookies are a golden color (about 11 minutes). Bake the remaining cookies in batches.
  • Remove the cookies from the oven and transfer them onto a cooling rack.

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