There's only one cure for the overtime blues...

Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies.....ZING!



So at work our entire crew for Land of the Lost has officially gone on overtime, and my buddy Tim who sits next to me has been sharing these magical beans he found at the Marina Produce Market on Centinela. [Magical beans= chocolate covered espresso beans] Trader Joe's has extra large ones and they are delicious and addictive. I've had this recipe forever now, and have always pulled it out during crunch time.

These are soooo good....Seriously I'm glad I made this recipe or else I'd be ill with a caffeine overdose....mmmmMMM

It's a great recipe: It includes whole wheat flour (usually very unusual for cookies) and instant esspresso powder.

The smell is glorious....


Now don't you forget, these ARE chocolate chip cookies too so don't skip out on the chococlate chips. Like I told my co-worker Sean, " You can never have TOO many chocolate chips!!"

oH snAp!...ghiradelli chocolate chips...can't get any more decadent

So it started out a very light brown dough (wheat flour) , and then the cocoa powder was added and become a rich chocolate color...mmmm yum!!

Boom-shaka....the magic is added in


As a safety precaution...the baking sheets were buttered and dusted with cocoa and not flour so that the cookies wouldn't stick and no flour was left on the goods.

getting close and personal with le dough



BING BANG BOOM....10 min later....

Warning: Rich cookies!!!


This is where Andy was trying to explain how these went well with beer... "COOh-KeeY...*Nom Nom Nom Nom*


ENJOY! and Beware!!!
--side effects include: screaming at your monitor, running out the building, laughing uncontrollably, answering to only yourself in the third person, discovering a new sense of smell, eating overtime catering, and oh so much more.......