Chocolate Crinkles

"Please welcome guest author Garrett McCord as he shares some of his best-loved holiday chocolate crinkle cookies. ~Elise One of the best parts about any holidayâ??be it Christmas, Thanksgiving, a birthday, Diwali, Columbus Day, whateverâ??is that you get an excuse to eat some of your favorite foods. For me, that means chocolate. Now, I’m generally not a big chocolate eater during the year, but when December rolls around it’s totally game on. The chilly weather and holiday spirit just make me crave it for some reason. That craving means I’m whipping up old favorites like chocolate peppermint bark cookies, truffles, and homemade hot chocolate. It also means it’s time to make those adorable looking cookie fiend favorites, chocolate crinkles. These chocolate crinkles are a holiday staple in winter, but are great any time of the year. Soft, devil’s food-like cakey cookies are rolled around in confectioner’s sugar. When they bake the dough rises and the chocolate dough peeks out in little crinkled fissures beneath the white sugar. Crinkles are easy-peasy to throw together and make for a flashy addition to any cookie platter. A warning though: these cookies are so good and chocolaty they may not make the cocoa cravings go away. In fact, they might just make them worse. ;)..."