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Craving cookies but don’t want to make a big batch? These Small Batch Chocolate Cookies are for you! This recipe makes six perfect chocolate cookies with chocolate chips. It’s a double-dose of chocolate to cure your craving!
Easy Half Batch Chocolate Cookies
Small batch double chocolate cookies are the best when you want fresh-baked cookies but don’t want to spend time making a huge batch. They’re so easy and ready in less than 30 minutes!
They’re rich and chocolatey with mini chocolate chips – perfect when you need a chocolate fix!
This small batch cookie recipe is so easy, and you get six chocolate cookies, making them great when you want cookies for 2 or a quick homemade treat for yourself!
This is a tried-and-true recipe – I’ve tested it so many times to get it just right! The cookies have the best soft and chewy texture.
You can swap the chocolate chips with other mix-ins and customize them however you like! Be sure to check the variations – there are a lot of ideas so that you can put your spin on them.
These small batch cookies are my go-to when I want chocolatey rich cookies, but I don’t want any extras hanging around to tempt me more! They really hit the spot when you’re craving something sweet.
Ingredients in Small Batch Cookies
- Butter: As many of my recipes do, these cookies start with melted unsalted butter
- Sugar: I love a combination of packed brown sugar and granulated sugar
- Egg: To half the egg, we just use one large egg yolk
- Vanilla Extract: For flavor
- Cocoa Powder: Be sure to use natural unsweetened from the baking aisle. Read more about cocoa here.
- Baking Soda: Helps them spread
- Salt: needed since we started with unsalted butter. Omit if using salted butter.
- All-purpose flour: Be sure to measure it correctly.
- Mini chocolate chips: I find that mini chips are great in small batch recipes – more chocolate in every bite.
How to Make Small Batch Chocolate Cookies
- Combine the melted butter with both types of sugar in a large mixing bowl.
- Stir in the egg yolk, vanilla, baking soda, and salt.
- Slowly stir in the cocoa powder.
- Mix in flour.
- Mix in the chocolate chips.
- Scoop two tablespoons of dough to make each cookie dough ball. Place them two inches on the prepared baking sheet. Chill them for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and then bake the cookies for 10 to 13 minutes or until they just lose their glossy sheen on top and are lightly golden around the edges. Cool them before serving.
Small Batch Cookie Swaps
I love these easy half batch chocolate chip cookies because you can use all kinds of different mix-ins to change them up. You can add up to 1/3 cup of add-ins. Choose one or do a mix of some of them.
- Chopped chocolate candy bars (like Snickers or Heath Bars) or peanut butter cups.
- M&Ms or Reese’s Pieces
- Other kinds of baking chips like peanut butter chips, white chocolate chips, or butterscotch chips. Mint baking chips would be great, too!
- Chopped nuts like almonds, walnuts, or pecans.
FAQ
You don’t have to halve an egg for this small chocolate cookie recipe – I just use the yolk! So separate the white from the yolk before adding it to the dough.
Regular unsweetened cocoa powder works great or, for a deeper chocolate flavor, try Hershey’s Special Dark.
Store the cooled cookies in an airtight container for up to three days.
Yes, these double chocolate cookies freeze great! Once they are cooled, store them in a freezer bag in the freezer.
It depends on how warm it is in the room, but, in general, raw cookie dough can be left at room temperature for two to four hours.
Small Batch Double Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons (57g) unsalted butter, melted
- ¼ cup (50g) packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons (35g) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons (10g) cocoa powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup + 1 tablespoon (70g) all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup (64g) mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Line a cookie sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
- Stir together melted butter with both sugars in a large bowl. Stir in egg yolk, vanilla, cocoa baking soda and salt. Slowly stir in flour. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Drop 2 tablespoon size cookie balls on prepared cookie sheet, 2-inches apart. Chill 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake for 10-13 minutes or until just no longer glossy and lightly golden around the bottom edges. Cool before eating.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
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Small Batch Double Chocolate Chip Cookies are the best when you want fresh-baked cookies but don’t want to spend time making a huge batch. They’re so easy and ready in less than 30 minutes!
Last Updated on January 25, 2023
I never knew how much I’d like small batch recipes! The weighted measurements make this a super simple bake when you have a good scale right there. I couldn’t help but to sprinkle mine with a little sea salt at the end. Delish!
This was the perfect recipe for a chocolately dessert for a family of six. I was able to mix them up quickly after preparing dinner and they were good to go for dessert. The only thing that would have made them better is a scoop of vanilla ice cream with it!
Delicious and so easy to make. My 5 year old grand and I made them spur of the moment while she was visiting. Will definitely make these again. I used the Hershey Special Dark Cocoa so they were really tasty. Loved having the small batch.
So easy! Perfect for after dinner treat! These were so soft and yummy! A keeper!
I’m not usually a big fan of chocolate cookies, but this recipe changed my mind! And they were so easy to make. I definitely recommend them 😁
These are so delicious! Very chewy with a nice rich almost brownie-like flavour. My dough was a bit dry so I added a splash of milk. Yum!
Delicious and so chocolatey!!
Very easy to make. They tasted great but didn’t spread too much. I made 12 cookies. Can’t wait to try the chocolate chip ones.
Very good recipe to follow. 👌
Great small-batch recipe for when you don’t feel like making a whole batch … love double-chocolate! I made 2 … one as directed with milk chocolate chips instead of mini (because I didn’t have any) and then a 2nd batch with banana in place of egg!
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