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
- Cookie sheets
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar packed
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour¹
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt2
- 3/4 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.
- Whisk the butter until it is completely melted.
- Add the sugars; mix until well-combined.
- Stir in vanilla and egg until incorporated.
- Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Please read the recipe note about properly measuring flour.
- Mix dough until just combined. Dough should be soft and a little sticky but not overly sticky.
- Stir in 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
Shayne Manahan says
It’s my first time to bake cookies when I followed your recipe and it was a success. Thank you for sharing your recipe.. Baking these heaven sent goodies always bring happiness in our home. Thank you so much! ❤️
Kate says
You are very welcome! I’m glad that it worked well for you!
Dora says
BEST COOKIE RECIPE!
Kate says
Thank you so much!!
Lore says
BE SURE TO MEASURE FLOUR PROPERLY!! If you don’t have a sitter just take a spoon and throw it in a one cup measuring cup lightly so it doesn’t pack. My fav recipe for cookies!! My boyfriend eats these faster than i can make them.
Kate says
Thank you! It took me a long time to figure out the difference properly measuring flour makes in baked goods. I’m glad you like the cookies!
Cathy Miles says
I don’t if it was my phone but how much flour please was it 1cup and 1/3 cups mine don’t look right please help
Kate says
Hi! There should be 1 and 1/3 cups of flour in the recipe. If you have any questions or need any help troubleshooting, please let me know!
Jen says
I made these today with 1 and 3/4 cups flour and they’re horribly dry. I added oil to the dough and still too dry. Is it 1 and 1/3 or 1 and 3/4?
Kate says
Hi! It’s 1 and 1/3 cups of flour. The recipe is correct as-written. I adjusted the size of the text on the “1/3” to make it clearer.
Brandi Payne says
I have had to make five batches of these cookies in the last five days thank you but they’re way too good so no thank you. Lol. Awesome with white chocolate chips too.
Kate says
I’m glad that you like the cookies! =)
Fran says
Awesome recipe
Kate says
Thank you so much!
Christina says
This recipe came out perfectly! I baked for 15 mins for a perfect crust and soft center!
Kate says
Yay!! So glad they worked out well for you!
Christie says
We’re making this for a second time this week! My daughter has the recipe down already lol. Honestly this is one of the best cookies I’ve ever had it’s like a cross between a brownie and a chocolate chip cookie. So delicious. Definitely our new favorite.
Kate says
Thank you so much!! I love that!! =D
Carmen says
Could I refrigerate the dough overnight and bake the next day?
Kate says
You can! You may find that you need to adjust the baking time depending on how cold the dough is, but, otherwise, you can chill the dough.
Koreena says
I forgot to melt the butter and I used dark chocolate chips. I didn’t notice any texture issues. OMG, these tasted very decadent , in fact my parents were making obscene noises when trying them, lol. They are just so chocolate-y and perfect right out of the oven. I used a scoop and made 2 dozen cookies exactly. I highly recommend the recipe!
Kate says
Thank you for sharing that! It’s good to know that it worked with softened butter, too. Thanks for commenting! =)
Delia says
Very easy and super tasty recipe! I love it! Moist and just enough chocolate! ?
Kate says
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked the cookies. =)
Rogette says
These are yummy!!! Rich, fudgey and chocolatey!!!! Husband loved them and ate almost all of them and requested more!!! Will definitely make some more!!!
Kate says
Thank you so much! I’m glad that they were a hit! =)
Egg says
Incredible recipe! I would slightly decrease the number of chocolate chips though, I have around 1/4 cup of just chips sitting at the bottom of the dough, and no matter how much I try to get them in, on or below the scooped out cookie portions they just won’t stick. I’m going to try the chocolate chocolate chip cookies next. Thank you, Kate!
Kate says
Thank you so much!
Libby says
These are my family’s favorite cookies!
Easy and they taste amazingly like fudge brownies!
Kate says
Thank you so much! I’m so glad that you and your family like them!
Brielle says
such an easy recipe!! turned out delicious…. love it!!!! i added more chocolate chips because i am a chocoholic….soooo good!!!
Kate says
Thank you! You can never have too many chocolate chips! =)
Vicki says
These came out great and were delicious when I made them! The other day I made your chocolate chip cookie bars and was wondering if I can do that also with this recipe for the chocolate chocolate chip cookies whether in a pan for the bars or use a loaf pan for a chocolate bread?
Kate says
Thank you so much! I do have a chocolate chocolate chip version of the cookies, but I haven’t tried them as a bar cookie. I also have a chocolate chocolate chip muffin recipe that I think would work as a loaf bread. Or I have a chocolate pound cake recipe that’s made in a loaf pan.
Quinnie says
I simply cannot wait to make these! Your ‘easy chocolate chip cookie’ recipe is committed to memory as I make it nearly every weekend. I wanted a little something different for my treat and found that you had this! Can’t thank you enough for posting such simple BUT incredibly delicious recipes!!!!! You rock!
Kate says
Thank you so much! I appreciate that! =)
Jamie says
These are absolutely delicious! They came out absolutely perfect – and my family loved it!
Kate says
Thank you!
Aliya says
These are the best cookies I’ve had in a very long time! I make cookies every week and I decided to try something new. This will be my new weekly cookies.
Kate says
Yay!! I’m so glad! Thanks for commenting!
Olive says
This recipe is by far the tastiest and simplest for double chocolate cookies I’ve ever made. My whole family adored them, and we all ate a few too many cookies… it looks like we will all have to go running now. But for real; if your boyfriend just broke up with you and you need to eat cookies and watch Glee, or you simply are just bored from being quarantined, bake these cookies. You will not be disappointed.
Kate says
Thanks so much! I’m so glad that you liked the cookies! =)