Chocolate Coconut Bliss Cookies are like a Mounds candy bar in cookie form. One bite and you are in an ultra-chocolaty, chewy coconut state of happiness.
Why you'll love this recipe
Chocolate and coconut are a delicious combination! Adding chewy, sweet coconut to soft brownie cookies creates a heavenly little cookie.
The fudgy cookie batter is made with melted chocolate and chocolate chips for deep flavor and chewy texture. There is coconut inside the batter and toasted on top of the cookies too!
This quick and easy recipe can be ready to enjoy in less than 30 minutes.
Ingredients
Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the recipe card below.
- Melt chopped chocolate and butter in the microwave.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine all ingredients.
- Scoop cookies onto a parchment lined cookie sheet 2 inches apart. Gently press a pinch of coconut onto the top of each cookie.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until cookies will have a shiny crackled surface.
Storage
Store Chocolate Coconut Cookies at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Tips
- Unsweetened or sweetened coconut flakes can be used in this recipe, however, the cookies with sweetened coconut stayed chewy just a wee bit longer than the cookies with unsweetened coconut due to the moisture in the sweetener.
- Vary the chocolate used to suit your tastes, using dark, semisweet, milk, or white chocolate chips.
- For any shipping time longer than a few days, these cookies should be vacuum sealed for freshness.
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Chocolate Coconut Cookies
Ingredients
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate chopped into chunks
- ¼ cup butter unsalted
- ⅔ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- ¾ cup brown sugar packed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup shredded coconut sweetened or unsweetened, packed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350˚F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Heat chopped chocolate and butter in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until just melted.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat eggs, brown sugar, and vanilla until fluffy.
- Mix in melted chocolate.
- Add in flour mixture until just combined.
- Stir in chocolate chips and ½ cup shredded coconut.
- Using a medium cookie scoop (1 ½ tablespoons), place cookie dough balls onto prepared baking sheet 2 inches apart. Gently press a pinch of coconut onto the top of each cookie.
- Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes. Cookies will have a shiny crackled surface.
- Cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Notes
- Unsweetened or sweetened coconut flakes can be used in this recipe, however, the cookies with sweetened coconut stayed chewy just a wee bit longer than the cookies with unsweetened coconut due to the moisture in the sweetener.
- Vary the chocolate used to suit your tastes, using dark, semisweet, milk, or white chocolate chips.
- For any shipping time longer than a few days, these cookies should be vacuum sealed for freshness.
Nutrition
First Published: July 30, 2014. Last Updated: October 27, 2022. Updated for additional information, improved photos, and better reader experience.
BruCrew Life
I definitely think his idea for coconut was brilliant!! 🙂 These cookies sound awesome!
themondaybox
Thanks, Jocelyn! The coconut makes all the difference in these cookies. College (and the Monday Box) has given my son vast cookie knowledge! 🙂
shannon
Wendy, I would bet that your son is the most popular college student in Chicago right now, because THESE! Also because i'm sure he's a pretty great kid. 🙂 I absolutely love chocolate and coconut together; while we were in florida, there was this ice cream place we frequented (*ahem* regularly) which had the dreamiest toasted coconut and chocolate chip ice cream...it was the most perfect thing ever, and i can imagine these cookies are no different.
themondaybox
Thanks, Shannon. 🙂 During the school year, I think there were people who would randomly "be in the neighborhood" of my son's room on Tuesdays, the day the Monday Box arrived. 🙂 This summer, he is more or less on his own immersed (or sometimes submerged) in a chemistry course. I send less and he freezes more. I need the name and address of your Florida ice cream place! Toasted coconut and chocolate chip DOES sound like the most perfect thing ever!
Tricia @ Saving room for dessert
These look blissfully delicious! Love that your son helped you tweak and improve the recipe - he is paying attention and appreciates your care packages. I adore chocolate and these would make me very happy!
themondaybox
Thanks, Tricia! My son has always been my Monday Box recipient and main taste test critic. He doesn't eat a lot of sweets though, so after a few cookies, I think his buddies have enthusiastically shared the Monday Box contents. 🙂 With these cookies, I wasn't even thinking about coconut until my son made the right call!
saltandserenity
Of course coconut was the missing ingredient. Everything is better with coconut. Your son is wise young man! I love how you guys collaborated on these cookies. And I would be remiss if I did not mention how great your photos are in this post. Beautiful!
themondaybox
Thanks, Cindy! I have a lot of learning to do. I knew that everything is better with sprinkles. A short glance at my abundantly sprinkled cookies and bars confirms that. But, I had no idea about the transformational power of coconut! I will be applying that new found knowledge liberally in the future. 🙂 Thanks you so much for your kind words about the photos. Lighting and composition are an ongoing struggle for me, so its reassuring to know that I may be getting closer!
Jess @ On Sugar Mountain
Wendy, these are like my favorite Mocha Coconut Frappuccinos at Starbucks! But in cookie form! THEY ARE AWESOME!
themondaybox
Thanks, Jess! Oooo, how about a Starbucks Mocha Coconut Frappuccino with a plate of Chocolate Coconut Bliss Cookies on the side?! A wee taste of chocolaty coconut heaven. 🙂
Maureen
These cookies look so fun! I often send cookies into work for the Mr. to give one of his young employees who is living here several hours from home! I think he might like these one 🙂
themondaybox
Thanks, Maureen! I think your husband's young employee would be delighted with these cookies. They are definitely a comforting sweet indulgence!
chrisscheuer
My husband adores Mounds bars and would totally approve of your adaptation of these cookies. They sound wonderful! I love that your son help you as a taste tester, so sweet! 🙂
themondaybox
Thanks, Chris! My son is the whole reason that The Monday Box started. My search for care package recipes to send him at college led me to the idea for the blog. Only fitting then, that he is my official taste tester and flavor collaborator! 🙂 These cookies really are like Mounds bars in cookie form. Your husband would love them!
Lynn Fern (@fernavenueblog)
I love anything with coconut!!! I will for sure be making these.
themondaybox
Thanks, Lynn Fern! These cookies are similar in taste and texture to a chocolate coconut macaroon. They would delight any coconut lover! 🙂
Sarah
These look delicious! I'll have to try them out.
themondaybox
Thanks, Sarah! These cookies are so chewy. I hope you do try them! 🙂
Faith
These look fantastic! I'm gonna have to give these a whirl soon!!
themondaybox
Thanks, Faith! We loved them. I hope you do too!
Mae
Wow, these look awesome. Toasted coconut and tons of chocolate, what could be better.
themondaybox
Thanks, Mae! I agree with you, not much could be better than one of these cookies except maybe two of these cookies! 🙂
gottagetbaked
Wendy, what a lucky son you have and such an incredible relationship between you two. Can I call you so that we can talk about cookies, too? It's one of my favourite subjects! These chocolate coconut bliss cookies wouldn't last one day in my house. I'd devour them all in no time. They're gorgeous! The photo with the cookie split in half, showing the melted bits of chocolate inside, is calling my name.
themondaybox
Thank you, Nancy! It means more than anything to me that my daughter and son talk to me. Its hard to shut up and just listen sometimes, but there are times when we all need someone to just listen. 🙂 It would be so wonderful to be able to talk about cookies with you!! Phone, email, or blog conference I would SO love to make that happen. 🙂 If we ever make it to the same convention/conference/forum I would even bring cookies for you with gooey melty chocolate inside! 🙂
gottagetbaked
I'm going to hold you to that, Wendy! With the promise of gooey melty chocolate cookies, I'm going to do whatever I can to meet you someday!
themondaybox
Its a deal!
Ashley
haha I love that you talk to your son about cookies! And the coconut addition idea? Awesome! I love that it gets all toasted on top and with the chocolate base ... I bet these are delicious!
themondaybox
Thanks, Ashley! I also talk to my dog about cookies but those conversations are rather one sided. 🙂 Its good to have a human to give feedback. The chocolate and coconut make these cookies chewy little cookie-candy bars.
Monica
Wendy, I love hearing about your children and this collaboration between you and your son really has me smiling! : ) My little one doesn't super love to cook (though I've been 'dragging' him in the kitchen this summer and it's growing more and more on him) but he does *love* to critique (figures!) and talk about food so I hope to have a future where I'll be chatting with him about cookies while he's walking to class at college. : )
These cookies look so wonderfully moist and fudgy. The coconut addition does sound genius! Kudos to you and your son.
themondaybox
Thanks, Monica! I cherish the fact that my son and I talk. Having a shared interest is fun and as you know doesn't happen by accident. We cultivate shared interests every time we share our passions (whatever they may be) with our kids. Being able to critique what he is eating means your son is thinking about his personal tastes and why something does or doesn't appeal. I think thats wonderful! Opinions were never in short supply at my house! 🙂 I love your posts with photos of your son cooking. They make me nostalgic AND make me smile!
Winnie
Wendy - these look fantastic!!
With all the tension here (with rockets being fired towards us all day), we all have a craving for sweets.like these cookies 🙂
themondaybox
Oh, Winnie! I think about you and all of Israel constantly and pray for peace before more lives are lost! Baking seems so frivolous in light of the dangerous reality of rockets, but it can be a mental and emotional escape during this time of high tension and stress! Wishing you sweetness and shalom, conflicts resolved!