Chipotle Chocolate Chip Cookies with Bacon
Of all baked goods, I love a good cookie! And what makes this chipotle chocolate chip cookie recipe special is that the sweetness is always balanced and the cookies always come out with just the right texture. They’re chewy on the inside and crisp on the edges. Salty bacon and smokey chipotle balance the richness of brown sugar and chocolate chunks. So good.
Try it once and this recipe from Tina Casaceli, author of Milk & Cookies, is about to become your favorite chocolate chipper. I know that’s a bold assertion. But when Tina invented these smokey, salty, spicy chocolate chip cookies for my cookbook, Romancing the Stove: the unabridged guide to aphrodisiac foods, every single one of the book’s recipe testers singled this recipe out as the one they would reach for again and again.
If you want to check out my cookbook here’s a link to Amazon, where you can view excerpts:
Why the baker calls this her aphrodisiac cookie
As I mentioned, this recipe was created for my aphrodisiac cookbook, so the recipe has to have some ties to romance. So, rising to the challenge, Tina took her classic chocolate chip cookie dough and layered it with a couple of my favorite aphrodisiac ingredients, chipotle chile and bacon.
Chile, along with chocolate, is one of the most legendary aphrodisiac foods of all time. It’s known for raising body temperature, making the tongue tingle and lips plump up with kissable softness. Although all chiles offer this sexy potential, chipotle is one of my favorite chiles for cooking.
Chipotles are jalapeno chiles that have been dried and smoked. The result is much milder than many of the red chiles and one with a uniquely deep and smoky flavor.
As for the bacon, although there’s little scientific evidence to substantiate it, bacon makes my list of aphrodisiac ingredients. That’s because bacon is linked with seduction throughout history. In Victorian times, it was known to light a woman’s inner fire. And today, its scent alone is said to drive men wild. So Tina added this potent ingredient to the mix.
In conclusion, if you like bacon, and you like cookies, and you like having fun, you need to try this recipe. It’s as simple as that.
Chipotle Chocolate Chip Cookies with Smoked Bacon
Ingredients
- 1 cup cherry wood smoked bacon*
- 1 2/3 cup old fashioned oatmeal
- 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2/3 tsp baking powder
- 2/3 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp chipotle powder
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 1 large egg
- 1 egg white
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 12 oz extra bitter chocolate chunks or dark, 1 bag
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Lay bacon on a foil or parchment-lined baking sheet and place in oven at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until bacon is fully cooked and crisp. Remove from pan cool before chopping into bacon bit-sized chunks. Set aside.
- Measure out 1 2/3 cup oats then process in food processor until finely ground.
- Combine ground oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and chipotle powder. Set aside.
- Beat butter on medium until creamy (2-3 minutes).
- Gradually add granulated and brown sugars, beat well.
- Add egg, egg white and vanilla, beating until well blended
- Gradually add dry ingredients to butter mixture.
- Fold in chocolate and bacon.
- Transfer dough to refrigerator and chill for at least 2 hours
- Scoop desired size onto baking sheet and bake for approximately 10 minutes @ 350 degrees.
Notes
A note on the provided nutrition information
The nutrition information provided has been estimated by an online nutrition calculator and is not a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.Nutrition
This recipe was updated in September 2024 with a new introduction and graphic.
Amy is considered a leading authority on aphrodisiacs. Her work in aphrodisiacs is quoted in publications including National Geographic, The New York Times, Epicurious, Wine Enthusiast, Health and Playboy magazines. She speaks internationally on aphrodisiac foods and has brought her knowledge of aphrodisiac history and science to national television shows including The Today Show and CBS Early Show. She is a frequent guest on relationship and lifestyle radio and podcast shows and has been interviewed by BBC and NPR radio, Cosmopolitan radio and popular podcasts including My Dad Wrote a Porno.
Amy is also a freelance food, wine and health researcher and writer as well as a wine competition judge. Her work has appeared in publications ranging from Variety to The Daily Meal. She is an MSN content provider. And she is also a former wine editor for Gayot.com and wine & spirits editor of Las Vegas magazine.
Fun fact: Amy was the creator of the first ever comprehensive food and wine apps, Amy Reiley's Pocket Gourmet and Amy Reiley's Pocket Vineyard for Palm.
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