Easy chocolate chocolate chip cookie recipe! These soft double chocolate chip cookies are made in one bowl and can be made in about 20 minutes!
My easy chocolate chip cookies are one of the most popular recipes on my site. I’ve had several people ask for a chocolate version, and so I came up with these easy chocolate chocolate chip cookies that are just as fast and delicious as the originals.
These chocolate chocolate chip cookies really are quick and easy. They are made with melted butter, so there’s no need to use a hand mixer.
They don’t require any chilling, so they’re also really quick to stir up, and it only takes about 20 minutes from start to baked cookie with this recipe.
So, these cookies are a great choice when you want homemade chocolate chocolate chip cookies but don’t want to spend a lot of time making them.
Ingredient notes
Butter: This recipe uses melted butter. I prefer to use salted butter, but you can use unsalted butter if you prefer.
Sugars: This recipe uses both brown sugar and granulated (white sugar). You can use either dark or light brown sugar. Dark brown sugar will give you a slightly richer flavor.
Measuring Flour: If you aren’t weighing your ingredients, I can’t recommend that enough. If you are using measuring cups, be sure to sift or stir the flour before measuring. Flour packs easily and using too much flour in cookies will give you dry, crumbly dough and cookies that don’t spread.
Salt: Kosher salt is a larger-grain salt that isn’t as “salty” as table salt. If you’re using table salt, be sure to use 1/4 teaspoon.
Chocolate Chips: I use semisweet chocolate chips. You can use another type of chocolate chip, like milk or semisweet, if you prefer. You could even use white chocolate chips if you like.
How to make chocolate chocolate chip cookies
Here you’ll find step-by-step photos showing how to make the cookies. The full recipe with ingredient amounts and full directions is below.
Step 1: Microwave the butter in a large, microwave-safe bowl for about 40 seconds. Butter should mostly melted.
Step 2: Whisk the butter until it is completely melted. If it doesn’t melt completely or is pretty solid (like the picture above right), microwave it for a few more seconds until it melts and is liquid (like the melted butter around the butter in the picture on the left).
Step 3: Add the sugars. It will be a little thick and sandy at this point but mix until well-combined.
Step 4: Stir in vanilla and egg until incorporated.
Step 5: Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Please read the recipe note about properly measuring flour.
Step 6: Mix dough until just combined. Dough should be soft and a little sticky but not overly sticky.
Step 7: Stir in chocolate chips.
Step 8: Scoop out 1.5 tablespoons of dough (medium cookie scoop) and place 2 inches apart on baking sheet.
Step 9: Bake for 7-10 minutes, or until cookies are set. They will be puffy and still look a little underbaked in the middle.
Recipe Tips!
>> I highly recommend mixing the cookies by hand. You can use an electric mixer, but hand mixing helps to avoid overworking the dough.
>> One of the keys to make soft cookies is slightly underbaking the cookies. This means that the edges should look set but the middles should still look puffy and soft.
>> For the photos on the page, I made slightly larger cookies. I used 2 tablespoons of dough, rolled it into a ball, and then flattened slightly. I baked the cookies for about 10 minutes.
Storage
Store any leftover cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. The cookies will keep for 2-3 days when properly stored.
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Easy Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- ¾ cup brown sugar packed
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour¹
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt2
- ¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- Microwave the butter in a large, microwave-safe bowl for about 40 seconds. Butter should be about 90% melted.½ cup butter
- Whisk the butter until it is completely melted.
- Add the sugars; mix until well-combined.¾ cup brown sugar, ¼ cup granulated sugar
- Stir in vanilla and egg until incorporated.1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 large egg
- Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Please read the recipe note about properly measuring flour.1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour¹, ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon kosher salt2
- Mix dough until just combined. Dough should be soft and a little sticky but not overly sticky.
- Stir in chocolate chips.¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- Scoop out 1.5 tablespoons of dough (medium cookie scoop) and place 2 inches apart on baking sheet.
- Bake for 7-10 minutes, or until cookies are set. They will be puffy and still look a little underbaked in the middle.3
Video
Notes
- Be sure to properly measure the flour. To measure the flour, stir or sift the flour to break it up. Then lightly spoon into the measuring cup and level. I don’t recommend scooping as it can pack in the flour.
- Or 1/4 teaspoon table salt.
- Slightly underbaking the cookies helps to keep them soft.
- You can also make larger cookies by scooping up 2-3 tablespoons of dough and flattening it slightly. Bake for about 9-10 minutes.
- Nutrition values are estimates.
Nutrition
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Comments & Reviews
Brandy says
Our new favorite cookies to make! Thank you!! We enjoy reading the comments as well to make different variations!!
Kate Dean says
Thank you!
Deb Kirchner says
These are very good and very easy to make! I used half chocolate chips and half peanut butter chips. Will definitely make these again.
Kate Dean says
Thank you!
Carmen says
Thank you! This recupe deserves a 5 star!
Kate Dean says
Thank you!
Carmen says
Thank you for sharing this recipe…my kids loved it!
Kate Dean says
Thank you! I’m so glad!
Hilary says
Cookies came out with a bit of a bready consistency, not fudge-y, though not dry, nor overly sweet. My family really liked them, they asked me to bake more. The cookies were gentle on a family member who experiences stomach upsets with cookies. The recipe was straightforward, quick and easy. My cookies took 9 minutes to bake.
Kate Dean says
Hi! Did you mix the cookies by hand or with a mixer? Sometimes using a mixer with this recipe can do that. The other thing you could try is using just a little less flour. Hope that helps for next time!
Lynn says
Wonderful recipe, my husband loves these and asks me to make them often………soft and chewy
I do put a tsp. of cinnamon in the flour, it elevates the chocolate taste…..yummmmmm
Kate Dean says
Thank you!
Ryann says
Turned out excellent. Very quick and easy. It took mine about 12 minutes to cook. This is my go-to for cookies.
Kate Dean says
Thank you!
Maggie says
Absolutely delicious! One question: the dough was very dry. I followed the recipe exactly (I think) until I was measuring the dough onto the cookie sheets. I drizzled some golden syrup over the dough to help the cookies stay together, which helped. Has anyone else encountered this issue?
Kate Dean says
Thank you! If the dough was dry, I would try using a little less flour next time. I recommend sifting or stirring the flour to break it up (it compacts easily), then lightly spooning into a measuring cup, and leveling. You can also go by weight (click “metric” just above the ingredients for the weights).
little rhody girl says
Mine was super dry! I think I could have used an extra large egg and a bit less flour. (I used the King Arthur gluten free, which is supposed to be an exact exchange, but sometimes I’m not so sure!) They still tasted good though :) (I’m tempted to try vegetable oil in place of butter next time.)
Brenda says
Delicious and easy.
Kate Dean says
Thank you!
James says
Easy delicious I rolled the dough into balls also but forgot to flatten them best mistake ever they were +1/2” thick crunchy outside chewy on the inside. Definitely weigh flour not scoop measure I just tare weight a ziploc container to my scale then sift into it till 166.5g
Kate Dean says
Thank you!
Cameron says
Time in the oven is drastically different.
Tried 7,8 and 9 minutes in small 4 cookie batches. All of which were extremely undercooked after resting for over 30 minutes.
But them back into the over for over 6 extra minutes and they are still flimsy and not firm.
Kate Dean says
I’m not sure what size your “small” cookies were as the timing was based off of the size given in the recipe. Unfortunately, oven times and temperature can vary greatly, and that isn’t something that I can account for completely, which is why the recipe says “or until set”. However, it is a simple fix. If the cookies aren’t done, just continue to bake them until they are set at the edges and slightly underbaked in the center.
Francine says
Can’t stop making these!
I use the mini chocolate chips.
AND I ramped up the flavor by adding tsp. Of Peppermint flavoring. For making it my Christmas cookie, I crushed peppermint candy canes and put a little on each before baking.
Kate Dean says
Thank you! I’m so glad to hear that!
Maria miller says
Perfect every time.
Kate Dean says
Thank you!
john says
tasted good…took longer to cook by about 5 minutes. concern is made about how to measure flour but no note is made about the difference between imperial and US measures.
Kate Dean says
Hi! Oven temperatures and timing vary, and, unfortunately, that’s not something that I can account for. If you click “metric” immediately above the ingredients, it will give you the weights for the recipe.
Jeanette Ashby says
Soooo Gooood!
Kate Dean says
Thank you!
Jamie says
Also this should read a 5 star but it will not let me
Jamie says
I made this recipe for a cook out and my husband loved them. Everyone enjoyed these so much they were taking baggies full home. Easy to make and absolutely delicious
Kate Dean says
Thank you! I’m so glad that the cookies were a hit!