The BEST thick and chewy Chocolate Cookies. These Double Chocolate Cookies are soft and fudgy and filled to the brim with chocolate. There’s no need to chill the dough so they’re ready in minutes!
BEST EVER Chocolate Cookies! 💜
If you love thick and chunky cookies that are soft and pillowy and packed with loads of chocolate, you’re going to fall madly in love with these Chocolate Cookies!
They’re so easy to make and are sure to satisfy every chocolate craving!
Ever since I made my Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Cookies, I’ve been obsessed with making super thick and chunky cookies at home.
And so many of you have shown me your beautiful BIG chocolate chip cookies on Instagram so I just knew if you love those, you will adore an oh-so-chocolatey version.
SO HERE IT IS.
These Chocolate Cookies are somewhere between a cookie and a brownie. They’re soft and chewy in the middle and there’s gooey chocolate in every single bite.
I use big chunks of hand cut chocolate AND chocolate chips AND plenty of cocoa for that irresistible chocolatey-goodness.
A big part of what makes these cookies thicker than regular cookies has to do with the temperature of the butter. While most cookie recipes rely on softened butter or melted butter, but this recipe calls for cold butter. It helps the cookies not to spread too much in the oven.
We also add extra flour – but make sure you measure it using a kitchen scale so you use the exact right amount. And we use LOTS of chocolate.
The big chunks of chocolate also help the cookies not spread too much – so don’t skimp!
HOW TO MAKE THICK CHOCOLATE COOKIES
- This recipe calls for COLD butter – straight from the fridge. Not softened or melted.
- Use brown sugar for this recipe for maximum flavour. Brown sugar will also help the cookies spread less in the oven than white sugar.
- These cookie use a little more flour than regular cookies for extra body. And regular cocoa powder too.
- These cookies call for lots of chocolate. I recommend chopping a block of chocolate by hand AND using chocolate chips. You can use milk chocolate or dark chocolate or a mix of both.
- I recommend using 2 tablespoons of cookie dough per cookie. Because these cookies are very thick, they need a few more minutes in the oven.
- Test one cookie to see if the cookies are thick enough. If it spreads too much, you might want to chill the dough for an extra 30 minutes and then try baking them again.
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Chocolate Cookies
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Total Time: 42 minutes
- Yield: Makes 10-12 large cookies
- Category: Cookies
- Cuisine: Australian
Description
Big, soft and chewy Chocolate Cookies made from scratch.
Ingredients
- 115 grams (1/2 cup or 1 stick) unsalted butter, COLD (straight from the fridge), roughly chopped
- 190 grams (1 cup) brown sugar
- 1 large egg, cold
- 210 grams (1 and 1/2 cups) plain flour
- 40 grams (1/2 cup) cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- 150 grams (1 cup) dark or milk chocolate chunks, chopped by hand
- 150 grams (1 cup) dark or milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced. Line two baking trays with baking or parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, add cold butter and sugar. Beat with an electric mixer until combined. Add egg. Beat again until combined – but try not to over mix.
- Add flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt and beat on a low speed until soft cookie dough forms.
- Add all the chocolate and beat briefly. Scoop out cookie dough, roughly 2 tablespoons per cookie, and place on prepared oven trays, leaving room for the cookie to spread.
- Bake cookies for 12-14 minutes. Leave cookies to cool completely. They will firm up as they cool.Â
Notes
Try baking one cookie initially. If it’s not thick enough, place the cookie dough in the fridge for at least 30 minutes and try again.
Keywords: Double chocolate cookies, Chocolate cookies, Thick chocolate cookies
Wow just wow such a good recipe and had the whole family mmming (mouth too full of yummyness to talk) so 5 stars across the board
We chilled the dough for about half an hour to keep them from spreading and it worked so well
And The gooey chocolate in the middle was great
The only thing I might change is to add the chocolate chunks just before baking as it was a bit difficult to make sure the chocolate is evenly distributed
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So glad you enjoyed them!
Thank you so much Jess!! These cookies are amazing, so easy to make and extremely delicious. It’s great that you need cold butter and eggs because I always forgot to take those ingredients out of the fridge when I want to bake something haha. They ended up being a little too sweet for me, though, so I’ll be cutting some sugar next time. Thank you for sharing such an amazing recipe, I can’t wait to try more, specially the chocolate banana muffins ^_^. Have a great day! =)
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Awesome! So glad you enjoyed them Edgar. Thanks for the kind review!
Fantastic recipe, easy to follow .
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Awesome! Glad you enjoyed them Avanti!
Can’t say enough good things about this recipe. I’ve been in a huge baking slump. Nothing has come out right until these amazing cookies! Only variations I made was to swap out the chocolate chips for butterscotch chips, and to chill the scooped dough in the freezer before baking. Amazing recipe.
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Aw so happy to hear that Natalie! Thank you for your kind review – glad you like these cookies as much as I do!
Will this work for cake & bread flour combined?
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Hi Leanne, I’m not sure as I haven’t tried myself.
Love your recipes- so fun and creative. xx
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Thank you so much!!
Is there an an alternative to Baking Soda? xx
Hi Yasmin, I haven’t tried with an alternative – sorry.
You can use 2 tsp of baking powder to replace the baking soda.
Loved these cookies!
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Yay! Thanks Sarah!
These were perfect!
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So glad you enjoyed them Janet!
Hi Jess
Love this about to try out. Re. Step 4, after scooping out 2 Table Spoons onto the tray, do I need to flatten into the shape of a cookie? Roughly what would the flattened cookie diameter. be? Many thanks Sam
Hi Sam, no need to flatten out the cookies – just leave them in the round ball shape. They’ll spread out when baked!
These were amazing – Mr said they were the beat thing I’ve ever baked! Thank you so much for the recipe 🥰 just what’s needed when we are missing New York
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Aww LOVE that! So glad you enjoyed them Helen!
These were amazing!
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So glad you enjoyed them Josh!
If I wanted to just make a small batch (cut this in half), would you suggest just using the egg yolk?
Hi Ashley, I haven’t tried myself so I can’t say – sorry!