These Double Chocolate Chip Cookies are a chocolate lover’s dream come true with a rich moist brownie-like bite and a slightly chewy finish. Move over plain old chocolate chip cookies! You don’t stand a chance against these. They are one of our favorite cookies, and I have to give a good portion of them away to friends every time I bake them or I would continue to eat them like a starving maniac. Beware they are highly addicting.
Do you live with a bunch of cookie monsters? Well, really, doesn’t everyone? My family loves it when I make a fresh batch of warm cookies. It is such a treat for the kids when they are doing their homework or for hubby when he gets home from work. These cookies, Iced Lemon Cookies, Maraschino Cherry Almond Chocolate Cookies, Lemon Gooey Butter Cookies, and Apple Cookies are just a few of our favorites. But please check out dozens of my cookie recipes using the search bar on my homepage.
How to make Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
First, in a medium bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Then using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or a hand mixer cream the butter with both sugars until light and fluffy. Now add the eggs and the vanilla and mix just until incorporated, scraping down the sides of the bowl when needed.
Then mix the dry ingredients into the butter mixture in several increments until combined. Remove from the mixer, and using a spoon stir in the chocolate and, if desired nuts. Drop rounded dough balls onto a baking sheet covered with parchment paper or silicone mats. Then bake for 8-9 minutes or until set. Let cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
Recipe notes for Double Chocolate Cookies
- Use good quality unsweetened cocoa and chips. My preferred brand is Ghirardelli, but there are other excellent brands as well.
- Always preheat the oven and load the cookies on the middle rack in the center of the oven.
- Feel free to add chopped nuts to this recipe. Roasted pecans, walnuts, roasted peanuts, roasted cashews, and roasted macadamia nuts all taste great in these cookies.
- Cover the baking sheet with parchment paper. It helps the cookies bake more evenly, reduces undesirable spreading, and prevents sticking.
- Whip the butter and both sugars until light and fluffy. This should take about two minutes on medium using a mixer or stand mixer.
- Make the first batch a test run and bake one or two cookies. This will help establish baking time. If the cookies spread too much chill the dough for several hours. If they do not spread enough, gently press them down with the backside of a spatula.
- I use my 1 1/2 tablespoon cookie scoop for most of my cookies. It seems to be a perfect size.
- Store completely cooled cookies in an airtight container for up to 4 days or freeze them for up to 2 months.
Recipe variations:
Add one or two of these ingredients for a delicious change of taste!
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup chopped dried cherries
- 1/2 cup chopped roasted pecans
- 1/2 cup sweetened coconut flakes
- 1/2 cup roasted macadamia nuts
- 1/2 cup peanut butter chips
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup crispy cooked bacon chopped
- 1/2 cup roasted chopped peanuts
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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Chocolate lovers unite around these easy-to-make moist Double Chocolate Chip Cookies with a rich deep chocolate taste and loads of semi-sweet chocolate chips.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 9 minutes
- Total Time: 24 minutes
- Yield: 36 cookies
- Category: dessert
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
- In a medium bowl whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or a hand mixer cream the butter with sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and the vanilla and mix until incorporated, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Turn the mixer to low. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture in several increments mixing just until combined. Remove from the mixer, and using a spoon stir in the chocolate chips and, if desired nuts.
- Drop by rounded tablespoons onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 8-9 minutes or until set. After 5 minutes, remove to cookie cooling racks.
Notes
- Use good quality unsweetened cocoa and chips. My preferred brand is Ghirardelli, but there are other excellent brands as well.
- Always preheat the oven and load the cookies on the middle rack in the center of the oven.
- Feel free to add chopped nuts to this recipe. Roasted pecans, walnuts, roasted peanuts, roasted cashews, and roasted macadamia nuts all taste great in these cookies.
- Cover the baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
- Whip the butter and both sugars until light and fluffy. This should take about two minutes on medium using a mixer or stand mixer.
- Make the first batch a test run and bake one or two cookies. This will help establish baking time. If the cookies spread too much, refrigerate the dough for several hours. If they do not spread enough gently press them down with the backside of a spatula.
- I use my 1 1/2 tablespoon cookie scoop for most of my cookies. It seems to be the perfect size.
- Store completely cooled cookies in an airtight container for up to 4 days or freeze them for up to 2 months.
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Carla
Could I add dried Cherries to this recipe?
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Beth Pierce
Yes you could. Enjoy!
Rose Serna
These cookies are absolutely delicious! my family loved them ! i dare you to try and only eat one though , they are pretty irresistable!!
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Beth Pierce
Thanks Rose. So glad that the family liked them!
Blair Villanueva
No matter how others think about chocolate chips, I still grab them and enjoy them with delight. But double chocolate chips? Oh yes, I am in!
5-stars.
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Emman Damian
I love these Double Chocolate Chip Cookies. So delicious and easy to make! I am going to bake them again this weekend.
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Ntensibe Edgar
I have always loved chocolate chip cookies. These are so delicious ….I am impressed. Thanks for sharing the recipe on them!
Kristy Bullard
We are chocolate lovers (chocaholics, whatever you want to call it) at our house. These cookies are perfect for us! They are so moist and delicious!
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Alita Pacio
Oh. Yes please. I made these cookies. They are so delicious!
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Angelica
My girls would LOVE these. These would be a great Valentine’s day gift idea. Thanks!
Freya
I can honestly say that these were the most chocolatey, rich and decadent cookies I’ve ever tried!
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Lucy Ivan
Oh, I am not sure I could eat only one of these cookies. They look so tasty. I definitely would like to try the recipe. Thanks for sharing!
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Nyxie
These look delicious! We make something similar in my workplace and their smell alone would make your mouth water.
MELANIE EDJOURIAN
My kids love double chocolate chip cookies. They always vanish super fast when we buy or make them. These sound ideal for us to enjoy.
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Gervin Khan
Oh yes please! Double chocolate is the best! I love this snack!
Heather Castillo
This is my daughter’s all time favorite cookie flavor. I would love to make these for her.
Janeane Davis
Oh my goodness! These cookies look and sound so delicious. We really need to invent taste-o-vision for things like this.
Monica Simpson
These look so good. The more chocolate the better!
Kathy
These look amazing. My youngest loves double chocolate chip cookies. They’re her favorite. I’ll have to give these a try.
Tara Pittman
These cookies look so good. I need to make them soon.
Lea
Amazing cookies to share for Thanksgiving, thank you for the treat!
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Beth Pierce
Thanks Lea! So glad that you like them!
kushigalu
Chocolate chip cookies are my favorite. This one looks fantastic. I would love to try your recipe soon. Yum
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Irina
I have tried so many chocolate chip cookies, but no one recipe pleased my taste buds. Yours is kind of different: the same ingredients as others, but the cookies are the best!!!! Your recipe is a treasure. 🙂
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Cathleen
My motto is, the more chocolate in a cookie the better!! These ones look right up my alley, bookmarked to make later. thanks for the recipe 🙂
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Agnieszka
If you’re a chocolate lover, these cookies are for you! My family loved these!
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Shinta Simon
I’ll be making them with my kids this week, will let you know how they turn out! They look incredible
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Juliana
Is the paddle attachment a necessity or can a whisker be used?
Beth Pierce
You can do it with the whisk. Happy baking!!
Dianne
So good!! I didn’t add nuts but the next time I made them I added peanut butter chips!! They were so good!
Beth Pierce
Awesome! Thanks for the tip!!
JULIE
My 12 year old son made these cookies exactly as instructed. The cookies came out fabulous and extremely rich. No need to adjust anything with this recipe, it is a winner!
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Beth Pierce
Thanks so much Julie! So glad that you and your son enjoyed these cookies! I just adore chocolate cookies1!
Laura
These cookies are so so so good!
I used 1 cup of dark chocolate chunks and 1 cup of white chocolate chunks so they are a little different but just the dough is such a deep chocolatey flavor and is absolutely delicious.
After the Almond Joy cookies and those, you are now officially my cookies recipe bible. Truly outstanding recipes.
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Sandra McCollum
So good!! My kids couldn’t stop eating these!!
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Catalina
My family loves everything chocolate! I am sure they will love this!
Toni Dash
This quickly became a favorite at my house! Everyone loved it!
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Erin | Dinners,Dishes and Dessert
These Double Chocolate Chip Cookies would disappear in our house!
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Michelle
Our new favorite cookie!! We added pecans…so good!
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Amanda
Double chocolate cookies are my favorite!
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Tawnie Kroll
Our new favorite chocolate cookie, so so delicious! I put some in the freezer too to enjoy later on!
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Sandhya's Kitchen
Cookies look fantastic.. My kids are going to love these.
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Jacque Hastert
Anything with the words double and chocolate catch me attention! These look incredibly addicting and I have everything to make them. I will be baking these up tonight!
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Carrie Robinson
You had me at double chocolate! These look fantastic. 🙂
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