Does anyone have a recipe for chocolate-cayenne cookies?

[Willy Lee]

I tried them years ago at a cookie exchange- damn! hot and sweet all at once. I'd love to make them again.
Thanks!

[Eurobabe]

1. I've had chocolate pepper ice cream, it was yummy

I bet the cookies were good too...

[SerutNorellet]

2. Epicurious Recipe

I found this at epicurious.com: Mexican Chocolate-Cherry Rounds -- it does have cayenne as one of its ingredients. Does it sound similar to what you had before?

<http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/3052>

[kayell]

3. I found one, but I haven't tried it

http://www.hungrybrowser.com/phaedrus/m123001.htm There are some other chocolate and cayenne recipes here too. Yummy. (by the way, you must try cranberry juice/cayenne popsickles)

Chocolate Pepper Cookies

6 oz unsweetened chocolate
2 cups + 2 Tbsp all purpose flour
1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1 3/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine or butter at room temperature
3 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup powered sugar
50-60 cherry halves or almond slivers

Chop chocolate and melt in top of double boiler until smooth. Cool.
Combine flour and next five ingredients in medium bowl. Using
electric mixer, beat 1 3/4 cups sugar and margarine in large bowl
until light. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then vanilla and chocolate.
Gradually add dry ingredients, mixing until combined. Chill dough
until firm, about 2 hrs in refrigerator, 1 hr in freezer. Preheat
oven to 350. But parchment paper on twp cookie sheets. Placed
powered sugar in shallow pan. Form dough into less than 1 inch
balls, and roll each in sugar to lightly coat. Arrange cookies on
baking sheets, spacing 1 1/2 inches apart. Press one cherry half
into center of each cookie. Bake until cookies puff and crack,
12-18 minutes. Cool. Cookies will be crisp first day, brownie-like
second day.

[Willy Lee]

4. Awesome. I'll bake 'em up and let you know how they are!