Crispy Chocolate Pizzelle Recipe (Pizzelle Al Cioccolato)
This easy chocolate pizzelle recipe produces light and crispy chocolate Italian waffle cookies using a pizzelle iron! Making these chocolate pizzelle cookies is a Christmas Eve tradition in our home...
Servings: 12 makes 24 pizzelles
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup European butter melted and cooled
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour sifted
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder sifted
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
Instructions
- Beat eggs and sugar in a mixing bowl approximately 2 to 3 minutes, until they're fluffy and a light yellow color.
- While still beating, slowly drizzle in the melted and cooled butter.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the cocoa powder and baking powder into the flour. Using a spatula, fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just incorporated.
- Bake one medium cookie scoop of batter (about 1 ½ tablespoons) per mold in a pizzelle maker until golden brown, about 30 seconds. Remove with a wooden spatula to a cooling rack.
Recipe Notes
VARIATIONS:
- vanilla pizzelles recipe — omit cocoa powder, reduce granulated sugar to ¾ cup, and add 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract.
- almond pizzelle recipe — omit cocoa powder, reduce granulated sugar to ¾ cup, and add 1 tablespoon pure almond extract.
- lemon pizzelle recipe — reduce the pure vanilla extract to 1 teaspoon, and add 2 teaspoons of finely grated lemon zest.
- traditional anise pizzelle recipe — add ½ teaspoon anise seed to recipe above
Nutrition
Serving: 2chocolate pizzelle | Calories: 219kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 67mg | Sodium: 150mg | Potassium: 58mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 304IU | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 1mg
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