Chocolate chip cookie cravings? 🍪
I’ve got you sorted with these giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups! Super chunky and brimming with chocolate chips, they’re every cookie lovers dream. Especially if you like your cookies thick and chewy.
The best part is just how easy these cookie cups are to make. There’s no need to chill the dough and I have a neat trick that makes it even easier to get these golden beauties out of the pan.
These Chocolate Chip Cookies Cups are made using a muffin pan. All you have to do is roll the cookie dough and then plonk it in each hole. That’s it! They will then magically spread out in the oven to form these gorgeous cookie cups!
This is not the first time I’ve made cookie cups (see HERE and HERE). But in the past I have had trouble making Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups. Why? Because the chocolate chips melt and stick to the pan, making it virtually impossible to remove each cookie in one piece.
So what’s a girl to do when she wants a Chocolate Chip Cookie Cup? I thought there HAS to be a way to make this work and the good news is, there is. My new secret? Don’t put the chocolate chips IN the cookie dough, but rather on top!
This will ensure the chocolate chips don’t stick to the bottom or sides of the pan. Meaning every single cookie cup will come out of your muffin pan in one piece – insert cheering here!
While it means there isn’t chocolate throughout the cookie, you just need to be generous with the chocolate chips on top, and you won’t miss them at all. Plus it’s worth it to get whole cookie cups, instead of leaving half of them behind in the muffin pan. So if you love your cookies, try these Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups!
Let's Bake
Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups
Super easy, thick and chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups brimming with chocolate chips.
Ingredients
- 115 grams (1/2 cup or 1 stick) unsalted butter
- 90 grams (1/2 cup) brown sugar
- 50 grams (1/4 cup) caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 210 grams (1 and 1/2 cups) plain flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 40 grams (1/4 cup) chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced. Grease a 12 hole muffin tin well with butter.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugars using an electric beater for a minute or two until pale and creamy. Add the egg and the vanilla and beat until combined. Add the sifted flour, baking soda and gently fold using a spatula or wooden spoon.
- Divide the cookie dough into 10 even sized balls. Roll into a ball and pop in your prepared muffin pan. Repeat with remaining cookie dough. Press chocolate chips onto the top of each ball of cookie dough.
- Place in the oven for 12 minutes or until the tops are golden brown. Let the cookies cool for about 15 minutes or so and then very gently run a butter knife around the edges of each one and lift the cookies out. Leave on a wire rack to cool.
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Lourdes says
Hello! These are wonderful but mine sinked in the middle! Why do you think this happened? A little help and some tips for making them next time! Thanks! 🙂
Jessica Holmes says
Hi Lourdes, thank you for your comment. I’m glad you enjoyed these cookies! I wouldn’t worry too much if they sunk a little bit but next time you could try making the ball of dough higher or even chilling them for 10 minutes before baking.
Vinothinini says
Super I like n the chocolate chips wonderful
Jessica Holmes says
Glad you like them Vinothinini!
Sarah says
I was in need for a quick, fool-proof cookies recipe to make with the kids and I am so happy to have stumbled across this heavenly recipe. I have used butter that was at room temperature (left out on counter for couple of hours) which made it extra soft resulting in a dough that was too soft to handle. I plucked it in the fridge for 10 minutes and that worked magic. The dough gives the impression of being extra sticky but rolls very smoothly in your palms. I loved the little trick shared to add the chocolate chips on top instead of chucking it in the dough! I used mini choc morsels and 1/4cup was too much. next time, i might hide some chocolate inside the rolled balls and see the effect that will have.
this recipe is going to my permanent collection with no doubts.
★★★★★
Jessica Holmes says
Hi Sarah! Thanks so much for your lovely comment. I’m so glad you enjoyed this recipe! Great idea to use mini chocolate chips too (we don’t have those in Australia). You can definitely put some chocolate chips in the dough next time – sometimes the chocolate chips stick to the pan while baking, especially at the bottom, making it hard to remove the cookies without breaking them. But if it works for you, let me know! 🙂
Karly says
So soft and fluffy I’m gonna die!!!! These are so darn cute and look SO darn delicious. I cannot wait to try them!