These chewy double chocolate chip cookies are a chocolate lover's dream come true! Rich, chocolatey, moist, and chewy. These cookies are basically brownie cookies. Oh, and they only take 20 minutes to make!
Double chocolate cookies are nice and chewy and go perfectly with a tall glass of cold milk. Make a big batch ahead of time for a special gathering or freeze them and have a cookie to cure those chocolate cravings any time.
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Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Ingredients
I like the ease of using chocolate chips, but you can make these the best cookies ever by adding chopped chocolate instead. You can use anything really, peanut butter chips, white chocolate chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips, or dark chocolate chips. The flavor combos are endless.
This recipe uses all-purpose flour, which results in a perfectly chewy cookie.
I used natural cocoa powder in this recipe (Hershey's is a common brand) because the alkaline nature of the cocoa powder reacts with the baking soda to give that perfect rise and texture, resulting in a thicker cookie. You can absolutely use Dutch process cocoa powder but for best results, replace the baking soda with baking powder instead.
Light brown sugar adds a little moisture and flavor to these cookies but you can use white sugar or dark brown sugar.
I like to use a kitchen scale to measure my ingredients because it makes it so much easier to get accurate measurements, especially when measuring flour.
Why These Are The Best
If you are a chocolate lover like my daughter, then you will LOVE these cookies. They have everything a chocolate lover is looking for.
- A little crispy on the outside, soft and chewy in the center.
- Big chocolate chunks.
- Lots of chocolate flavor without being overly sweet.
- 10 minutes to make and 10 minutes to bake!
- Freeze these cookies and take one out whenever you have a chocolate craving.
Instructions
- Bring your cold ingredients to room temperature. Room temperature ingredients mix together properly and create an emulsion; cold ingredients will split, and the dough will spread during baking.
- Preheat your oven to 350ºF (176ºC). Preheating is important for baking cookies so they puff up and don't spread.
- Prepare your cookie sheet pan with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Melt the unsalted butter in a medium bowl.
- Once the butter is melted, add in the cocoa powder and stir it until it's smooth and combined. Adding cocoa powder to the butter hydrates the cocoa and helps make a ooey-gooey chocolate cookie!
- While mixing on low, add in the room temperature eggs, letting each egg mix in fully before adding in the next. If you add all the eggs in at once, they may not fully mix in.
- Add in the vanilla extract and mix everything on medium speed for two minutes until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl to make sure everything is combined.
- Add in your dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, and salt) and the chocolate chips.
- Mix everything until JUST combined. Do not over-mix.
- Use a small cookie scoop to make small dough balls (about two Tablespoons).
- Dip each ball into some of the chocolate chips and then place them onto the prepared cookie sheet about 3" apart with the chocolate chip cookies facing up.
- Place the cookies into the fridge for 30 minutes. This allows time for the flour to absorb the moisture and for the butter to firm up, resulting in a thicker cookie that spreads less.
- Bake the cookies for 10 minutes or until the center of the cookie just starts to lose it's shine, and the edges are set. Resist the urge to over-bake the cookies, or they will be hard and dry.
- Place your sheet of cookies on a cooling rack for 5 minutes, then transfer them off the cookie sheet to cool on the wire rack to cool fully.
FAQ
No, you do not need a stand mixer, but it can save you a lot of work if you do have one. If you do not have a stand mixer, you can absolutely mix this cookie dough by hand. Just be sure to mix by consistency, and not by time. You will get a nice arm workout from doing it!
This recipe is based on my chocolate chip cookie recipe, so they do taste similar. The only difference between these cookies and my chewy chocolate chip cookies is a little more butter and some delicious cocoa powder. I'm using HERSHEY'S cocoa powder, but you can use any kind of cocoa powder that you want.
Overworked dough is usually the culprit for hard cookies. When you mix the dough longer than you need to after adding flour, it will form more gluten and result in tougher or harder cookies. Your cookies can also get tough from over-baking.
If you store your cookies in an airtight container at room temperature, they will last for up to 5 days.
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Recipe
Equipment
- #20 cookie scoop
Ingredients
- 1 ⅛ cups unsalted butter melted (2 sticks + 2 tablespoon butter)
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 cup granulated sugar packed
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup cocoa powder natural
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups chocolate chips semi-sweet
Instructions
Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350ºF (177ºC) and prepare a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- First, melt the unsalted butter in a medium-sized mixing bowl.
- Once the butter is melted, add in the cocoa powder and vanilla extract and stir it until it’s smooth and combined.
- Combine the butter mixture with the brown sugar and white sugar in the bowl of your stand mixer with the paddle attachment attached and mix on medium speed until light and fluffy. About 2 minutes.
- Next, add in the room temperature eggs while mixing on low, letting each mix in fully before adding the next.
- Mix again on medium speed for 1-2 minutes until it’s light and airy.
- Scrape the bowl.
- While mixing on low, add in the flour, salt, baking soda, and chocolate chips.
- Next, mix the dough just enough so that it’s combined.
- With a #20 cookie scoop, divide the dough into 2 Tablespoon-sized cookie dough balls. I like to dip the top of the ball into a bowl of chocolate chips to get even more chocolate into the cookies!
- Next, place the cookie dough balls onto a sheet pan about 3″ apart.
- Chill your cookies in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Bake the cookies for about 10 minutes, or until they are no longer shiny in the center and the edges are set.
- Allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet.
- Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to allow them to cool all the way.
Notes
- Bring your eggs to room temperature. I like to put my eggs (still in the shell) in a bowl of hot water for 5 minutes. Room temperature eggs ensures that everything creams up nice and fluffy and you get that craggly top to your cookies.
- Let your cookie dough rest for 30 minutes for less cookie spread.
- If you have leftover dough, bake up all of the cookies and then you can freeze them. That way, you can have thaw and have baked cookies whenever you want!
- It is important to not crowd the pan, these are large cookies and will bake into each other. When too many cookies are on the pan they don’t bake as evenly and can spread more than they do with more space. More space around the cookie allows more even air flow and makes a prettier cookie.
Audelis Verhoff says
I just made these cookies and they are the best chocolate cookies I have ever eaten. I am so excited to make these again for my daughter’s birthday. She doesn’t like cake and these are perfectly fudge like and gooey. Perfect with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Thank you Liz. I enjoy all of your recipes. Bravo
Lynda Greening says
Please can I ask if you flatten the dough balls before baking??
Elizabeth Marek says
Yes thats ok
Aubrey says
Added espresso powder to this and they were amazing!
Elizabeth Marek says
That sounds super tasty!
Arvah says
They are SO good!!! The whole family puts these as number 1 cookie now!
Mikayla says
These are delicious!!!
Sandrabee says
Does the butter have to be room temperature melted? I made some right now and it’s kinda oily underneath. it’s not a problem to me but I just want to make sure when I make these delicious cookies again I’ll use room temperature melted cookies
Elizabeth Marek says
Room temperature, once they totally cool they will be perfect
Rue Carter says
SO GOOD!! Out of all the other recipes I've tried this is by far the best. So crunchy and chewy!
Meryam says
Question: do you use natural or dutch-processed cocoa powder?
Thanks a lot!
Sugar Geek Show says
For this recipe I used natural
Sarah says
Do you use sweetened or unsweetened cocoa powder?
Elizabeth Marek says
unsweetened
Louise says
I only have Dutch processed, will that still work?
Elizabeth Marek says
Yes definitely!
Crystal A says
These were delicious! Nice and chewy and a wonderful flavor! Plus I learned about hydrating the cocoa first and letting the cookie dough rest. Thank you!!!
Priscela Perez says
Hi Liz,
When I weigh 2 butter sticks it gives me the 8 ounces. Adding the extra 2 Tbls makes it 9 ounces. Which one is it?
Elizabeth Marek says
It's 8 ounces. When I weigh my butter sticks unwrapped, its a little over 6 ounces.
Priscela Perez says
Wow!! 🤩 these are really delicious!!! Honestly I’ve never had such a yummy cookie. It’s chewy inside full of melted chips yet with little crispy edges. So perfect! Thank you Liz for sharing this recipe with my family.
ray says
best cookies ever!!!
Ushine says
Hello 👋🏾. Thanks for the recipe. I want to try this but my chocolate chips are a bit short, can I use chocolate chunks or m&ms for this recipe?
Elizabeth Marek says
Yes you defniitely can
Patti says
2nd year I've made these and they are so good! I have been asked to make them again by my son for his job. Thank you for this recipe!!
Jennifer J says
I made these for the holidays and they were a huge hit! Do you use light brown sugar or dark brown sugar? Your recipe just says brown sugar and its hard to tell from the picture and video which one. Also when preparing your cookies for the baking sheet, do you scoop out some dough with your #20 scoop and then divide that scoop in half?
Elizabeth Marek says
I use light brown sugar mostly. I don't divide my scoops
Laura says
Hello from Belgium !
They’re perfect ! We like it ♥️♥️♥️
Shay says
AMAZING!!! Just what I was looking for. These came out so delicious, thank you!!
Elle says
Just made these, they are amazing! Yet to not like one of your recipes or have it not work!
I was wondering if you know if this dough freezes well?
Sugar Geek Show says
Thank you! I haven't tried it, but I don't see why not 😀
Richard says
Yes you can freeze this cookie dough
It will not hurt the dough
If you freeze it in a tight sealed container
Chocolate Baby says
Absolutely delightful!!! I froze the dough, still spread like the ones left out.... but baked for 2 extra minutes! So I'll plan to always have a frozen batch on hand for cookie emergencies. Tip: will add about 1-2 tbsp corn starch to see if it spreads a little less (love me a tall chewy cookie)
Kelly says
So good! We did the dip before baking with espresso chocolate chips on some and it was really good!
Fred says
Made these for the first time today and they are AMAZING! I followed the recipe exactly but I made the dough the night before and left the mixing bowl in the fridge with plastic wrap pressed onto the top of the dough. I also baked them at 350 for 11 minutes. They have a slightly crispy edge with a very moist interior. This cookie is a cold glass of milk's best friend! 🙂
Noorzehra Khimji says
These turned out amazing!
Can I use the same recipe except the cocoa to make regular chewy chocolate chip cookies?
Elizabeth Marek says
In that case, I would use this chocolate chip cookie recipe. https://sugargeekshow.com/recipe/master-chocolate-chip-cookie-recipe/
Louann R. says
Absolutely THE BEST double chocolate chip cookie recipe EVER!! My husband begs for Subway double chocolate chip cookies, and I have tried so many recipes claiming to replicate them. These come closest (IMO they are better!). This will be my go to recipe going forward!
Stella Mattingly says
My family is raving about this recipe! I would have used a large bowl over the suggested medium, but the taste is amazing!
Emily says
I love love this recipe! I used rye flour and they were so good and chewy.
Venus says
Amazing recipe. My kids loves it. So easy to make. 100/10. 🥰
Ethan says
Everyone loved these coockies will definitely be using this recipe again👍👍
random user says
i havent eaten this but it seems good yay
Denise Cohen says
These are delicious. Allow your cookies to cool, and leave them uncovered for 1/2 day. This allows a crust to form. Then cover, and eat the NEXT day. Somehow, the flavors meld and explode overnight. They will be chewy and moist.
Wendy says
These were so quick to m>x up.. my family loved them. I added some white choclate chips and macadamia nuts.. will be making more for my Christmas cookie gift boxes.