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Taste & Create Plus One: Chocolate Chip Coffee Scones & Brownie Scones

June 22, 2009 By Laura 9 Comments

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Here’s the deal: when I make anything coffee flavored for dessert, I usually need to make 2 things, because how cruel is it to make something my toddlers cannot eat? But I love coffee flavored desserts (although I cannot abide straight coffee), so 2 different scone flavors it was.


I got these coffee flavored scones from my Taste and Create partner, Love Big, Bake Often, although I did tweak them to make them, well, coffee flavored (the original recipe is from Cindy Mushet’s The Art & Soul of Baking). They were supposed to be toffee, but hey coffee-toffee, who’s worrying about the difference. Those flavors even rhyme! And while I cannot speak for the toffee version, the coffee version ROCKED–even John liked them (which probably means you could increase the espresso powder for an even stronger coffee flavor). The basic recipe for the scones can be found here at Love Big, Bake Often. To make a coffee flavored version, warm up the milk in the microwave, add espresso powder (I used 2 teaspoons) and stir to dissolve. Use cappuccino flavored chips in place of toffee chips, except use some semi sweet chocolate chips on top of the scones. Also, I used regular chocolate chips, not mini. Last, I made 12 scones to make them a bit smaller, so I baked them for about 10 minutes.


The Brownie Scone recipe I got from the Cooking Light Bulletin Board, although it originally comes from Nicole Rees’ Baking Unplugged. This recipe is a tad sweeter and richer than the previous chocolate scones I have made. Both are excellent, although in both cases I did prefer the non-chocolate scone that I made with chocolate chips (last time it was butterscotch). I did not change the Brownie Scone recipe at all, other than to use mini chocolate chips instead of finely chopped chocolate. I used Scharffenberger natural cocoa powder.

Filed Under: chocolate, coffee desserts, scones

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Comments

  1. lk- Healthy Delicious says

    June 22, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    yum! I love anything coffee and these look delicious!

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  2. Grace says

    June 23, 2009 at 9:06 am

    scones have never looked so appealing. 🙂

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  3. noble pig says

    June 23, 2009 at 10:06 am

    Those chips on top have me drooling.

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  4. That Girl says

    June 23, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    The way you work with coffee desserts I work with drinks – I always make sure to have something fun and nonalcoholic for the kids.

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  5. Ingrid says

    June 24, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    My children don't understand why I my baking choices sometimes. (mine are older) Duh, 'cause I thought it sounded/looked good?! Speaking of good those coffee/toffee scones sound really good!
    ~ingrid

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  6. emiglia says

    June 24, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    Ooh… I love scones! I'm excited for the coffee one.

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  7. Simran says

    June 25, 2009 at 1:33 pm

    Lovely scones. I too like coffee in anything.

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  8. HoneyB says

    June 27, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    This is the first I have ever seen a brownie scone! Sounds yummy!

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  9. Sweet and Savory says

    September 23, 2009 at 7:04 pm

    Scones don't usually appeal to me but these certainly do. I love the coffee flavoring and the chocolate chips. I would not know how to choose. Wait! Why choose when we can have both?

    Thanks for going a step further.

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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