Celebrating a 2 year anniversary with a double dose of chocolate

This weekend marks the 2 years that Dr. Sweetpea and I have been together. When I first met him, it was two years after I graduated from college, extremely young, and trying to figure out the path I wanted to take career wise. Then there was Dr. Sweetpea....older, sophisticated, wiser, had his life together, and more "adult" than I was at that point in time. I remember being extremely nervous on our first date, like palms sweating, brain running a million miles per minute, and heart pounding so hard that I thought it was going to burst out of my chest. Thankfully, I didn't pass out on our first date, and had a wonderful time together. Fast forward 2 amazing years, and we're still going strong :o)

A couple days ago, I asked Dr. Sweetpea if he wanted me to bake anything special for him since it's our 2 year anniversary. I was preparing myself to bake this ginormous cake, but he simply said he wanted double chocolate chip cookies! So I scoured the internet to find double chocolate chip cookie recipes, and came across this gem of a recipe from Nestle. It's absolutely divine fresh out of the oven, and perfect with your morning cup of coffee the next day.

Double-Chocolate Dream Cookies

(Source: Nestle - Verybestbaking.com)

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup baking cocoa powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened

1 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract*

2 large eggs

2 cups (12-oz pkg) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels

Preheat oven to 375° F. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. Beat butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl until creamy. Beat in eggs for about 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies are puffed. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

*I think the next time I bake these cookies, I'll replace the vanilla extract with peppermint extract to make mint chocolate cookies or raspberry extract for chocolate raspberry cookies.