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Easy German Chocolate Cookies Recipe

Delicious chocolate cookies topped with German chocolate icing.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Cooling Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 24
Calories: 189 kcal
Course: Baked Goods
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

For the Cookies:
  • 1 box Pillsbury Purely Simple Chocolate Cake Mix
  • ¼ cup butter softened
  • 2 large eggs
For the Icing:
  • 1 cup evaporated milk
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 egg yolks
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 ⅓ cups sweetened shredded coconut
  • 1 ¼ cup pecans chopped
  • ¼ cup chocolate candy wafers

Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Mix cake mix, butter, and eggs well - until a thick cookie dough forms. Make sure there aren’t giant clumps, but do not overmix.
  3. Roll dough into 23 balls - about 1 1/2” or a little bit bigger than a golf ball.
  4. Place cookies on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  5. Bake 8 minutes, until sides brown.
  6. Let cool and move to cooling rack to cool completely before icing, about 15 minutes.
  7. To make caramel pecan icing, add milk, sugar, eggs, butter, and vanilla to a pan and heat over medium heat, stirring often to mix well, until thickened.
  8. Remove from heat and stir in coconut and pecans.
  9. Spread out a heaping spoonful over each cookie.
  10. After cookies are iced, melt chocolate candy in microwave, stirring every 30 seconds to melt.
  11. Using the back of a spoon or a candy squeeze bottle, drizzle melted chocolate candy over cookies.
  12. Let set additional 15 minutes.
  13. Enjoy!

Nutrition Information

Serving 1g Calories 189kcal (9%) Carbohydrates 16g (5%) Protein 3g (6%) Fat 14g (22%) Saturated Fat 6g (30%) Polyunsaturated Fat 6g Cholesterol 57mg (19%) Sodium 93mg (4%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 13g (26%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 24Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 189

% Daily Value*

Serving 1g
Calories 189kcal 9%
Carbohydrates 16g 5%
Protein 3g 6%
Fat 14g 22%
Saturated Fat 6g 30%
Polyunsaturated Fat 6g 35%
Cholesterol 57mg 19%
Sodium 93mg 4%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 13g 26%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.