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Chocolate Cookie Buttercream Frosting

Name: Chocolate Cookie Buttercream Frosting
Yield: 3 cups
Ingredients: ¼ cup Butter, with salt; 2 cups Sugars, powdered; 3 tablespoons Cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened, processed with alkali; 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract; 2 tablespoons Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A

Rating: 4.58 stars

351 Ratings
291 Reviews
61 Photos

Creamy frosting that tastes great on cookies or bars...especially Chocolate Cookies.

By Nancy Dorman

Recipe Summary

Servings:

Yield:

3 cups

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 24 servings

The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

¼ cup Butter, with salt
2 cups Sugars, powdered
3 tablespoons Cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened, processed with alkali
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 tablespoons Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A

Directions

Step 1

Mix together all ingredients. May need to add more milk (slowly) until frosting reaches a spreadable consistency. Spread on Chocolate Cookies or other cookies or bars of your choice. Enjoy!

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

58.5 calories; 0.2 g protein; 10.4 g carbohydrates; 5.2 mg cholesterol; 14.4 mg sodium. Full Nutrition

Reviews (291)

Most helpful positive review

M. Stoffel

10/10/2006

I loved how the icing required no cooking, and it had a wondeful fluffy texture. I didn't feel it had the strongest chocolate flavor, however, and tasted too "sugary". I melted two squares of unsweetened chocolate and whipped it in - the flavor improved greatly and the texture was not compromised. I think next time I'll leave the cocoa powder completely out and just use unsweetened squares. Thanks for sharing. Read More

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Most helpful critical review

BROOKSANDBRIANA

05/27/2006

I picked this recipe because I tried to make some chocolate chip cookies from a box which was a big mistake because they came out very bland and because they were so bad I decided to make bars out of them instead of cookies. So I was looking for a very chocolatey frosting specifically for cookie-bars. When I followed the recipe exactly as written I loved the texture but barely tasted any chocolate at all. It didn't even look chocolatey-- just very light brown. After adding several squares of baking chocolate it's just okay. It's better than no frosting at all but not really what I had in mind. Read More

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351 Ratings

5 star values: 252
4 star values: 70
3 star values: 15
2 star values: 7
1 star values: 7

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M. Stoffel

10/10/2006

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Doris K.

10/05/2006

I used this frosting for cupcakes. I added 2 additional tbl of milk to get the right consistency. Frosting is not too sweet and just right. I will never purchase store bought too (like a previous rater said). Thanks for the receipt. Read More

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Jessica

02/18/2007

This icing went great with sugar cookies, I left out the cocoa powder and added an extra tsp. of vanilla. Also about 2 tablespoons more milk to get the right consistency. Read More

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NORWAYMOM

12/02/2003

This is just fantastic! I am here in Norway and often get a craving for good old buttercream frosting. I used it for a devils food cake and I thought it not only tasted delicious but looked really nice too. Thanks for sharing! Read More

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Kristen

12/01/2007

This is the best icing I have ever tried! It taste just like the Betty Crocker's Chocolate Icing! =D I will definetely recommend to anyone who needs an icing recipe! Everyone out there quit searching for chocolate icing this is the one! Read More

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GINAXS

02/07/2006

Perfect! I needed a basic vanilla frosting recipe and couldn't find one with good reviews. So I took this one and ommitted the cocoa then added one extra teaspoon of vanilla as suggested by another reviewer. It was excellent! Read More

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Sonrisa

04/16/2007

Delicious frosting. Read More

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BROOKSANDBRIANA

05/27/2006

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Sioux

03/09/2008

really easy to make and quite tasty. i also used melted chocolate instead of powder and had no problems with the results..thanks will definitely be using this in the future! Read More

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This icing went great with sugar cookies, I left out the cocoa powder and added an extra tsp. of vanilla. Also about 2 tablespoons more milk to get the right consistency.

Delicious frosting.

really easy to make and quite tasty. i also used melted chocolate instead of powder and had no problems with the results..thanks will definitely be using this in the future!