Copycat Archway Dutch Cocoa Cookies – Recipes for homemade chocolate cookies that taste just like Archway. Chewy, soft, rolled in sugar. Perfection!
These cookies are perfection! Anyone else familiar with Archway Dutch Cocoa Cookies? For some reason or another my dad loved them so they made their way into our kitchen quite often growing up. So of course now that I have my own blog I want to recreate all those wonderful childhood memories but without the additives and preservatives.
You know those awesome little peanut butter Tandy cakes by Tastykake? Yes, I was addicted to them too. You may or may not find them on the blog here soon. I refuse to buy them now. So how else is a girl going to get her peanut butter chocolate Tastykake fix? That’s right. I’ve gotta make them myself or do without. And why should I do without? I’m entitled to a treat every now and then!
Especially after these things. I mean I had to take all these photos without eating all the cookies. That’s self control. Oh and it’s also a giving spirit. The kids would not be too happy if they found out mom ate all the cookies that they definitely smelled baking. Oh, they’ve got noses all right. And they sure do smell the goods.
As soon as they walk the through the door I hear. “That smells so good.” There’s no way I could even begin to hide the truth about the cookies I’ve just baked. They’re way too smart for that anymore.
Well, I’m glad too. Because a food blogger definitely needs someone to share the ‘goods’ with. Well, I’ve got plenty of ‘someones’ and that makes me just downright blessed. 🙂
Have a great week! Hope it’s filled with good food and your favorite people around the table.
Til we meet and eat again,
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{Copycat} Archway Dutch Cocoa Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups of all purpose flour
- ¾ cup Dutch-process cocoa or Hershey's Special Dark cocoa *See Note*
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup of unsalted butter softened
- 2 cups of sugar plus a little for sugar coating
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Stir and set aside.
- Using a mixer combine the butter and sugar until creamed. Add eggs. Mix together. Stir in vanilla. Add flour mixture a little at a time until completely incorporated.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill until firm, 1-2 hours.
- Roll the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls. Pour 1/3 cup sugar into a small bowl or rimmed dish.
- Roll each ball in sugar to completely coat.
- Bake for 11-12 minutes until set in the middle. Move to a cooling rack after 1-2 minutes.
Notes
Recipe adapted slightly from here: Food Network
I totally know what cookies you’re talking about!! I haven’t bought them in ages because PROCESSED FOOD but I will happily make and devour them! Thanks for the recipe!
I love how thin and crispy these are Melanie! I bet these would be awesome to use for ice-cream sandwiches!
Great idea Natalie!
Those are PERFECT. I can almost taste the crispiness and chocolatyness. 🙂 Pinned to my cookies board! 😀
they look great!
Wow Melanie these look just like the original!! You have some super awesome copycat skills!
Thanks Chris! 🙂
Delicious looking chocolate sugar cookies! They look just like the Archway cookies! My dad was more of a vanilla guy. Pepperidge Farm sugar cookies were what I grew up with. 🙂 I think the Hersheys Special Dark cocoa is the best for this recipe. You get the extra color and flavor of Dutched cocoa with the acid in the regular cocoa to make the baking soda work. Can’t wait to try. Thanks!
We also grew up with Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies. I love Hershey’s Special Dark cocoa. As I said I buy it by the 6 pack because I use it a lot.
So glad you stopped by and I hope you enjoy the cookies!
These are delicious! I baked them up so they are a bit crispy, and my family loves them. Thanks for a terrific recipe.
That’s awesome Jocelyn! Glad you enjoyed them. And thanks so much for the feedback!
I am blessed you shared this copycat recipe here! These look amazing Melanie – thank you!
Oh my. These cookies look irresistible! I need a batch of these in my life, pronto! Thanks for linking up at SNF – pinned to our group board!
These sounds amazing! Any suggestions if I want them to be chewier rather than crispy?
Can’t wait to try!
Yes, Jessica. Be sure to slightly under bake rather than over bake. Let sit on pan to cool for 2-3 minutes before removing to rack. Store in a tightly sealed container. Good luck. Let me know how they turn out for you! So glad you stopped by!
These are delicious. I adore that special dark cocoa, who knew? I hope I have some left to take to my friend’s tomorrow night. I better quick bake something else just in case.
I do too Jen! I use it in so many recipes. So glad you enjoyed the cookies.
These are literally the best cookies I’ve ever made. SO chocolate-y, rich, and just the right texture. Will be a favorite recipe for years to come. I used Hershey’s Special Dark cocoa.
Thanks Tiffany! They are definitely some of my favorite cookies of all time too. I almost exclusively used Hershey’s Special Dark cocoa now for all baking. I just love it!
Thanks for letting me know. I appreciate my readers feedback!
I just made these, and they came out perfect! They really do taste 95% identical to the archway ones, which are my faves. I even got lazy and didn’t chill the dough, and they still came out soft and chewy. Great recipe, thanks!
Sarah, I love it. So glad they turned out good for you! If you’re on Instagram be sure to tag @gatherforbread.
Love hearing feedback from my readers. Thanks!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Wow these came out incredible! I can’t get over how good they are- everyone loves them and thinks they taste just like archway. I will definitely add these to my baking rotation! Yum! Thank you for sharing!!
Yay Sara! Thanks for the great feedback and taking the time to comment. It means so much to me! So glad you’ve enjoyed them. Hope you’ll be back soon. 🙂
I just made these and they are AMAZING. I rolled them a little bigger and baked them for no more than 9 minutes and they’re soooooooo chewy inside. I just used regular cocoa because that’s what I had but they’re still amazing. I wish I could get a picture in the comments of how pretty they look in the tin we’ll give away.
Thank you for this recipe, I used to eat BOXES of Archway Dutch Cocoa cookies as a kid!
Awesome! So glad they turned out well for you. They’re definitely one of my fav childhood cookies (so, of course, I still love them!)
Feel free to tag on Instagram ( @gatherforbread) or Facebook with a photo. I’d love to see!
Today is the second time that I have made this recipe. My husband and I both really enjoy these simple chocolate cookies. Also, I don’t have to plan ahead; I have all of the ingredients in my pantry.
Thanks for the feedback Cheryl. So glad you’ve enjoyed them. We really like these chocolate cookies too.
Have a great day and thanks for being here!
OMG! I was so happy to find your recipe online. These are my daughter’s favorite cookies. They taste like the ones from Archway – only much, much, much better. I used the Hershey’s Special Cocoa. They are so easy to make. My whole family absolutely fell in love with them Tried ad tried to rate the recipe but for some reason it wasn’t letting me ,so here is my personal rating –
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Thank you so much for sharing!
Yay! So glad to hear that Joy. Our family loves these as well. Thanks for your feedback. Hope to see you around soon. ????
I do not have Hershey Special Dark or Dutch Cocoa. Can I use regular Hershey Cocoa??
Sure. The cookies probably won’t look as dark. You may not notice any difference in taste. Enjoy!
i used rapunzel orgnanic cocoa and einkorn organic flour they were perfect! just like the archway cookies i loved . so glad found your recipe thank you!i miss all those pepperidge farm and stella doro cookies ! now i wont touch them[ GMOS !]hint hint in c ase you have any of those copycat recipes , and tastyeclairs and entemmann s donut s too
I made these cookies hoping they’d be like the Archway ones. I haven’t had an Archway dutch cocoa cookie in years, so I cannot attest to whether they are copy-cat or not, but regardless, they are delicious and are now a permanent fixture of my cookie repertoire. I followed the recipe and they came out nice and dark and soft and fantastic! Thank you for sharing your recipe with my family. They can’t believe a guy like me could make such wonderful cookies. Thanks.
OMG I just made these and they are soooooo good!
Do you think it would be ok to freeze some of the dough after rolling it into balls to bake later?
Mine didn’t come out flat. Is there something I did wrong?
Mine always turned out pretty flat. Not sure what could have gone wrong!
This were better than archway! We made these for Christmas and everyone loved them. Thanks for the great recipe!
I made these cookies today, and they are amazing! Thank you for sharing the recipe!
Fabulous cookies! Archway Dutch Chocolate cookies were one of my favorites growing up. Since I’ve cleaned up my food habits I’ve refused to buy them. Thank you for a wonderfully perfect copycat recipe!
Mine did not come out thin/flat but perhaps I let them chill too long.
I used this recipe and made a few changes. Since I always try to reduce fat in a recipe, I used only half the butter, (vegan butter), changed two eggs to two eggs and one egg yolk and added about a 1/4 applesauce. They came out spectacular. They were still chewy and tasty. I really like this recipe and will use it over and over I’m sure. Thanks!
Great to know Diane. THanks for the substitutes that worked well for you. Have a blessed day!
These were delicious, thanks for the awesome recipe.
THank you Stephen! Glad you enjoyed them.
These cookies are delicious! My family is both gluten and dairy free so I used Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 gluten free flour and Earth Balance dairy free baking sticks. They were completely wonderful! Big hit! Thank you so much!
Wow Andrea. Thanks for the positive review and extra feedback for gluten free restrictions. My family loves these cookies too!