Comments on: Coal Cookies

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:00:57 +0000

In reply to Julia LaBorde. Hi Julia! Yay! I'm so happy to hear that they were such a hit! Thank you so much for trying my recipe, and for letting me know how it turned out for you, I really appreciate it!!

By: Julia LaBorde

Julia LaBorde — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:18:44 +0000

Thank you for the link on how to freeze cookies, but these didn’t make it to the freezer. OH my Stars! They are incredible! My husband and I think they taste just like oreos but so much better! I did make them about half the size so they would go further (1tsp filling to 30g of dough). These went in a variety cookie box along with your Oatmeal Chocolate chip and a few others. I will be making these again before the season is over!

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:55:25 +0000

In reply to Julia LaBorde. Hi Julia! I have an article on how to freeze cookie dough that you can reference. Baking from frozen will typically take an extra minute or so. :)

By: Hope

Hope — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:21:46 +0000

In reply to Dad Baker. You can buy it at Walmart, target and Amazon.

By: Julia LaBorde

Julia LaBorde — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:00:17 +0000

In reply to Emily @ Sugar Spun Run. What are the instructions for making them ahead of time and freezing before baking? I am wondering after they're frozen solid, how long to leave them at room temperature before baking.

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:34:48 +0000

In reply to Deb Chaffin. 17 :)

By: Deb Chaffin

Deb Chaffin — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:06:01 +0000

How many cookies will this recipe yield?

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 19:16:57 +0000

In reply to Alex. I'm so glad they still turned out and everyone enjoyed them, Alex! :)

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 03:27:38 +0000

Sent my husband to buy the cocoa for these. He couldn’t find black cocoa powder so I made them with regular cocoa powder. They are now called reindeer poops in my house 😂 they were amazing though. Everyone keeps saying they’re like a whoopie pie, especially since I tell them to warm them up before eating

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 02:52:39 +0000

In reply to Katie C. I'm so glad you enjoyed them, Katie! :)

By: Katie C

Katie C — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 16:17:29 +0000

I’ve been wanting to make these so I finally had the mental energy to whip them up. I had left over buttercream that I had in the freezer so I used that and put it back in the freezer to harden up again. I put the assembled cookies in the freezer last night for about 5 hours and made 2 “test” cookies. One of them exploded as I was taking them out of the oven but that’s on me as I assume I missed a tiny spot when I was sealing the cookie dough around the frosting.
My taste tester aka my husband said they were absolutely delicious and reminded him of a lava cake. I’m going to be making these for ‘Breakfast with Santa’ at our kids school.

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:25:38 +0000

In reply to Katie. Hi Katie! That should work just fine. :)

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:55:50 +0000

Can these cookies be frozen?

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:52:17 +0000

In reply to Dad Baker. I'm so glad they were such a hit! :)

By: Dad Baker

Dad Baker — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:28:05 +0000

Love this recipe! I never knew “Black Cocoa” was a thing. We bought a bag for this recipe and have since incorporated it into cakes and frostings. Our cookies were a bit flatter than your pic, but not terribly so. We intentionally go easy on our flour to avoid stiff cookies so we weren’t surprised. They were a huge hit, and we’ll make these again and again.

Thank you so much for this site, and the work you’ve done creating it.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 21:29:52 +0000

In reply to Eddie Hawkins. Hmm did you make any substitutions? Did you weigh your flour?

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 01:50:55 +0000

In reply to LISA. I'm so glad everyone enjoyed them so much, Lisa! :)

By: LISA

LISA — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 21:28:13 +0000

My son asked for coal for Christmas. This was perfect. They are delicious. They remind me of Oreos, but better!

By: Emily @ Sugar Spun Run

Emily @ Sugar Spun Run — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:04:58 +0000

In reply to Stella. We're so happy they tasted good regardless

By: Stella

Stella — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 01:41:55 +0000

Mine didn’t turn out like coal, but they sure did taste good! I made about forty and my family had three left 😂

By: Eddie Hawkins

Eddie Hawkins — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 00:29:19 +0000

I spent over an hour reading up on your cooking of these cookies to give to my nieces and nephews. Before they went into the oven they looked just like yours. I followed the instructions as you wrote them but when I got them out of oven they were big flat round cookies. Their beautiful coal shape was gone. Everyone at the party ate them not knowing they were to look like coal. I am very sad that their features fell thru. Where did I go wrong and why b4 the oven trip they looked like a lump of coal but after baking they lost their beauty?

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 18:06:26 +0000

In reply to Brittany. I'm so glad you enjoyed them so much, Brittany! :)

By: Brittany

Brittany — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:54:32 +0000

These cookies are amazing! My husband’s exact words were “I’ve never been impressed by a cookie, I’m impressed by these!” Absolute killer of a recipe.

By: Emily @ Sugar Spun Run

Emily @ Sugar Spun Run — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:12:14 +0000

In reply to Kara Soto. Oh no! This usually happens when the filling isn't quite centered. We're so happy they still tasted good though!

By: Kara Soto

Kara Soto — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 20:29:21 +0000

Some of mine broke open and the icing came out not sure what I did wrong but they taste delicious