Chocolate Football Cookies frosted with rich and creamy chocolate ganache frosting make great desserts for tailgating or homegating parties or any football-themed event.
If you are looking for a football cookie recipe that looks and tastes amazing, you've come to the right place.
These football-shaped cookies are made with my favorite chocolate cut-out cookie dough and are frosted with decadently creamy chocolate ganache frosting.
They are easy to decorate with white frosting laces.
They look great on the table with other game-day snacks.
So, let's make some cookies.
Ingredients
Chocolate Cookies
- unsalted butter
- granulated sugar
- egg
- cocoa powder
- baking powder
- salt
- all-purpose flour
Chocolate Ganache Frosting
- heavy whipping cream
- corn syrup - Add a little corn syrup to the ganache to make it shiny.
- semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped
Decoration
- white frosting
Supplies
mixing bowl and mixer to make the chocolate cookie dough
bowl and silicone spatula to make the chocolate ganache
rolling pin
3 to 4-inch football cookie cutter
parchment paper-lined baking sheets
pastry bag fitted with a small round tip
Instructions
Make chocolate cookie dough.
- Cream the butter and sugar until smooth.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat until combined.
- Sift the cocoa powder over the flour, salt, and baking soda then stir to combine.
- Combine the cocoa powder mixture with the butter mixture just until the dough comes together. Do not overmix or you will develop too much gluten and your cookies will be tough.
- The cookie dough is now ready to be rolled out and cut but you can make the chocolate ganache now or after you cut out the cookies. The ganache will need time to cool and thicken.
- You can chill your cookie dough in the refrigerator for a while until you are ready for it.
Make chocolate ganache frosting.
- Heat heavy whipping cream and corn syrup on the stove over medium-high heat until it starts to bubble. Do not let it come to a rolling boil.
- Pour the hot cream over the chopped chocolate in a bowl.
- Let it rest for 3-4 minutes and then begin to stir the chocolate in the middle of the bowl. Continue to stir, moving outward toward the edge of the bowl until the chocolate and cream come together into a shiny, creamy, ganache.
Cut out, bake, and decorate your cookies.
- Roll out the cookie dough on a cutting board that has been dusted with cocoa powder.
- Use a football cookie cutter to cut out 32 football cookies. Re-roll the dough as needed.
- Set the cut-out football cookies on parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
- Bake in a 350-degree F oven for 10-12 minutes.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely.
- Frost with the chocolate ganache.
- Pipe white frosting laces onto the cookies.
Storage
Store these chocolate glazed football cookies in a single layer in airtight containers for up to 5 days. They'll be fine a in cardboard cake box for up to 3 days.
Related Recipes
You might also like these other chocolate football-themed recipes.
If you want more tailgating or homegating party ideas for the college football season, be sure to check out my Football Party Food ideas.
Recipe
Chocolate football cookies are topped with chocolate ganache and are decorated with white frosting laces. They are deliciously easy to make for a football-themed party.
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened slightly
- ¾ cups granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour, plus 1-3 tablespoons more
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon corn syrup
- 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped
- ¼ cup white frosting
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In a large mixing bowl, combine butter and sugar.
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Cream until light and fluffy.
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Mix in egg and vanilla extract until well combined.
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Combine the cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, and flour in a small bowl.
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Stir in to wet ingredients and mix just until incorporated.
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Flatten dough into a disc and wrap in plastic wrap or place in a zip top bag.
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Refrigerate for 1 hour.
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Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Dust cutting board with flour.
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Remove dough and knead in additional flour, if needed, until no longer sticky.
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Roll dough out to ⅛th inch thickness on a flour dusted cutting board.
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Cut out 28-32 football-shaped cookies using a 3 or 4-inch football cookie cutter.
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Set cut-out cookies on parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
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Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes until firm around the edges.
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Remove and allow to cool completely.
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Pour the chopped chocolate into a heat-proof bowl.
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Pour the heavy whipping cream and corn syrup into a small saucepan.
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Heat over medium heat just until bubbles form around the edge of the pan.
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Remove the pan from heat and pour the hot cream over the chocolate.
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Let sit for 3 minutes, then stir the chocolate until melted.
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Set aside, stirrng occasionally, and allow it to cool until it thickens enough to spread onto cookies. This could take an hour or so.
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Once the ganache is ready, spread it over the football cookies. Allow the frosting on the cookies to dry for about an hour.
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Spoon the white frosting into a pastry bag fitted with a small round pastry tip (#4).
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Pipe white frosting laces and stripes onto each football shaped cookie.
Store the football cookies in a single layer in airtight containers at room temperature for up to 5 days.
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Janene Jasinski says
Can you use semi sweet chocolate chips?
Beth Klosterboer says
Yes, you can use semi-sweet chocolate chips to make chocolate ganache. Just know that chips don't melt quite as easily as chocolate bars. Chips are made to stay in shape at high temperatures. They may not melt completely once you pour the hot whipping cream over top. You can do a few things to get them to melt. You can microwave the chips for 30 seconds, then remove and stir, then microwave for another 30 seconds, remove and stir, before pouring the hot whipping cream over top. This will start the melting process. If after stirring in the hot whipping cream, the chips still have not fully melted, you can heat it in the microwave for 15 seconds, then remove and let it sit for a minute before stirring. Repeat, only if needed. Do not overheat the ganache, or it can get greasy.
You can also finely chop the chocolate chips. If you have a food processor, this is the easiest way to chop the chips. If you have a food processor, making chocolate ganache is super easy (it's my favorite method!). You can see those instructions in my Chocolate Ganache recipe post - https://hungryhappenings.com/chocolate-ganache-recipe/
A final method, is to combine the chocolate chips and heavy whipping cream in a saucepan. Heat over LOW heat, just until the chips begin to melt. Then remove them, let the pan sit for a few minutes, then stir until completely melted. This ganache will be too thin to spread onto the cookies right away. Pour it into a bowl, and allow it to cool and thicken.
Have fun making your football cookies.
Adrianna Hadloc says
Making these for the second time today for the Super Bowl, these are awesome! Love the chocolate ganache on top it pairs really well with the cookie.
Beth Klosterboer says
That is great! I'm so glad you love this cookie recipe.