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If you’re a chocolate lover like I am you’re going to love these Double Chocolate Chip Cookies! I turned my most popular recipe for chocolate chip cookies into a chocolate cookie with chocolate chips! Every time I make these for a party they disappear fast; you’ll be a cookie hero with your family whenever you make them.
BEST Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
These cookies are just so easy to make, store, gift and eat. I love all sorts of cookie flavors, but chocolate chip is one of my favorites. Really, these Double Chocolate Cookies are my most favorite – they’re better than Subway – because they have all the chocolate in them! They’re chewy on the outside, soft on the inside and taste better than any other chocolate cookie you’ve ever had.
Because I use melted butter you can stir these in a large bowl by hand (but you can use a stand mixer if you want)! They’re easy with simple ingredients and DOUBLE the chocolate. Rest assured, everyone will love these – and they even freeze well too!
Ingredients Needed
- Butter: Start with melted butter – this makes it mix up easier! I know most cookies start with room temperature butter but my best recipes use melted.
- Sugar: Both granulated sugar and light brown sugar are used – be sure to pack your brown sugar.
- Cocoa Powder: You can use regular unsweetened natural cocoa powder, special dark, or Dutch process cocoa powder.
- Egg: The yolk adds chew and moisture from the fat, the white adds structure.
- Flour, Salt, Baking Soda: Typical dry ingredients for cookies. Be sure to measure your flour correctly.
- Chocolate Chips: Use your favorite brand! Trader Joe’s are my favorite brand of chocolate chip. You cause semi-sweet chocolate chips, chocolate chunks or even butterscotch chips.
How to make Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Stir melted butter with granulated sugar and brown sugar.
- Mix in egg, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
- Slowly mix in flour and mix just until the batter is smooth and comes together. Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl during mixing. Slowly mix in chocolate chips.
- Line a cookie sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Using a cookie scoop, scoop 2 tablespoon balls of dough onto the baking sheet. Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes.
- Bake chilled cookies 2-inches apart on baking sheets until they just lose their glossy sheen. Cool on cookie sheet at least 10 minutes before moving to a rack.
Expert Tips
- Chilling the dough for this recipe is super important. Without chilling the dough, they will flatten too much in the oven.
- As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, add a few chocolate chips on top. They’ll melt and make them extra chocolatey, gooey and look perfect.
- You’ll know they’re done as soon as they aren’t glossy.
- Use any kind of add-ins you like – dark chocolate chips, white chocolate, or even M&Ms!
FAQs
Store cookies in an airtight bag for up to 3 days.
You can also freeze them for up to a month or freeze the dough balls (before baking) for easy cookies anytime.
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter, melted
- ⅓ cup (67g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (100g) packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup (20g) unsweetened cocoa powder not dutch process
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ⅓ cups (165g) all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups (255g) chocolate chips (semi-sweet or milk)
Instructions
- Note: This dough requires chilling.
- Place melted butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or a large bowl if using a hand mixer). You can also just use a wooden spoon to mix these! Add granulated and brown sugars and mix on low speed until the mixture is smooth. Mix in egg and vanilla extract and mix on medium speed until combined.
- Mix in cocoa, baking soda, and salt, then slowly mix in flour and mix just until the batter is smooth and comes together. Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl during mixing. Slowly mix in chocolate chips.
- Line a cookie sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Scoop 2 tablespoon balls of dough onto the cookie sheet. Spacing doesn’t matter because you will be chilling the dough. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 1-2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a second cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Remove the chilled cookie dough balls from the refrigerator and space them 2-inches apart on the cookie sheets. Bake (2 tablespoon sized cookies) for 11-15 minutes, or until the edges are a light golden and the tops are no longer glossy. Let cool on the cookie sheets at least 10 minutes before removing.
- For the gooey chocolate chip look, top the just baked cookies with a few chocolate chips!
- Baking tip: be sure to rotate your pans partway through baking for best results. If you have two pans in the oven switch them, and rotate them 180°.
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Last Updated on February 16, 2024
These have turned out awesome each time I’ve made them! I’ve made them about 4 or 5 times. A couple of times they were dryer/crunchier and they were delicious. Another time they turned out nice and fluffy and were delicious. Another time I added walnuts and they were delicious. Tonight they turned out super gooey and they were delicious. I’ve never had a bad batch. Thanks for the awesome recipe!
I’ve made these cookies a few times and they are really delicious. I have definitely found that they turn out much better if I use about 1/4 cup less flour and 1/4 teaspoon more baking soda. They turn out way less cakey this way and with less thickness. I also have to make sure to really push down the balls before baking for them to spread. Either way they taste amazing and would recommend trying these!
Cookie tasted like cakey. I followed the instructions and the chilled then for 45mins to an hour. The color was off too, it wasn’t near the picture. I don’t know what I did wrong. Probably too much flour? I baked one batch for 15mins and another for 10mins. But both batches weren’t chewy, it was cakey. Please help.
How did you measure your flour? Also – are you in the US or outside? Flour is different in different countries.
They were hard to chill as balls so I just chilled them in the mixing bowl. They were too melty to get into balls.
That can sometimes happen – it usually is fine but if it does happen for some reason, just chill the whole thing until it’s able to be scooped.
Can I chill the dough overnight? Time wise Im hoping to prep the dough this eve and then bake them late tonight or tomorrow morning
Yes you can. I recommend pressing them lightly with the palm of your hand to help them spread before going in the oven since they’ll be extra cold.
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