Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies will thrill the chocoholics in your life. The trio of cocoa powder, melted chocolate, and chocolate chunks is irresistible!
I make a lot of Chocolate Cookies, but after a taste testing of this recipe with my girlfriends, there were immediate requests for the recipe. Plus my husband had me hide them in the freezer as he’s trying to watch what he eats. That will last a day or two, then he’ll be scrounging for frozen cookies for his bedtime snack! They’re soft, chewy with a trio of delicious chocolate elements.
Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies
The first time I made these Soft Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies, it was after the hubby was caught foraging in the Oreo canister after dinner. The food blogger wife had failed again. No homemade treats to be found in our kitchen.
I quickly located a Donna Hay recipe for these Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies. Sampling cookie dough is my guilty pleasure, and from one taste, I knew these were going to be outstanding. A sure sign of a top-notch cookie is an irresistible dough This batter passed the test. So did the cookies.
PSA: Much as I talk about my love for cookie dough, please be fully aware that young children, the elderly, and the immune-suppressed should not indulge due to the chance of food-borne illnesses like salmonella. Remember the risk if you decide to sample.
Tips for Making This Chocolate Cookie Recipe
Cocoa and chocolate in the batter make these “double” chocolate cookies. Perfect for chocolate lovers.
- I used semi-sweet chocolate in the batter, but if you like an even deeper, more intense chocolate flavor, feel free to use your favorite bitter-sweet chocolate in the dough instead.
- Add chocolate chips or chocolate chunks. Vary by trying bittersweet or even white chocolate. I found chocolate chips made the dough easier to roll than chocolate chunks. Both are very tasty!
- This recipe is best made in a stand mixer due to the long beating times. 8 minutes for the butter and sugar, then 3 minutes when the egg and vanilla are added.
- The dry ingredients are folded in rather than mixed with the beaters. This helps to prevent any deflating of the batter.
- The dough is a bit sticky, especially when you need to roll it into balls.
- PRO-Tip: I found that damp palms helped minimize the sticking issue when rolling. Just repeat the dampening process as needed.
- PRO-Tip: If you’re making these soft chocolate chip cookies for company or to give away, reserve some of the chocolate chips and press a few into the top of each cookie as they come out of the oven. This must be done while the cookies are still very warm.
- If your cookies are misshapen after they’re baked, you can use a spatula to tap them into rounds. Do this while the cookies are still hot and pliable.
- If you’re a fan of chocolate chunks, these Chocolate Chunk Potato Chip Cookies are superb!
More Chocolate Cookies You’ll Love:
- Salted Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Cookies from Life, Love and Sugar
- Rolo Brownie Cookies
- Death by Chocolate Cookies
- M & M Brownie Cookies
- Brownie Drop Cookies
- Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies
- Quadruple Chocolate Cookies
- Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Layered Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Flourless Chocolate Cookies
- Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies
- More Cookie Recipes
Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies
A double dose of chocolate make these cookies extra enticing!
Ingredients
- 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 stick (4 ounces) butter, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup flour, sifted
- 1/4 cup cocoa, sifted
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 ounces semi or bittersweet chocolate, chopped (or you may use chocolate chips)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°. Line baking sheets with parchment and set aside.
- Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl and microwave at 30 second increments, stopping and stirring till smooth and melted Set aside. Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat for about 8 minutes or until light and creamy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat for an additional 3 minutes. Stir through the flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and melted chocolate. Add the extra chopped chocolate and stir to combine.
- Using slightly damp palms, roll tablespoons of dough into balls. Place on baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches between dough balls. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until slight cracks form across the tops. Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes, then remove to wire racks to finish cooling.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Donna Hay.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
16Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 196Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 123mgCarbohydrates: 24gFiber: 3gSugar: 12gProtein: 4g
42 Comments on “Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies”
This has been one of my kids’ favorite cookies!! Always a hit with them!
These cookies are the best! I love the big chocolate chunks and how these cookies bake up soft and chewy. Delicious!
That is a long beating time but the results are worth it. I could get by on a dessert table piled high with these!
Double chocolate = double delectable. Seriously, these look amazing! 🙂 ~Valentina
Congratulations on the Liz website, amazing recipes I was in doubt for which start now I found. Will these cookies look wonderful!
The soft, chewy texture sounds so good! They must be amazing still warm from the oven.
Irresistible indeed! i am pinning these to make them for my daughter who is a freaking chocoholic. Thanks for sharing
I’d start watching what I ate after I finished this batch of cookies. Wow, what an incredible recipe! LOVE chocolate chips or chunks in cookies, and this looks fantastic. Thanks!
nice chocolate cookies recipe, I liked it very much, very innovative and ideal recipe, I will try to make it at my home. thanks for sharing
Liz, you have us drooling over here… These cookies are soft and chewy and I know we could not stop at just one. Great hint to reserve a few chocolate chips to stud the cookie at the end.
Great, I would love one now! The chocolate addicts here would love one too, they look and sound delicious, Liz! Perfect, any time!
I haven’t baked in a very, very long time! But these Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies are very motivating! hee..hee…
I love these cookies, they look delicious! I have a recipe that is similar that I have not made in a while. My kids always wanted to add the mini marsh mellows for rocky road cookies. We always had to add more chips too!! 🙂 I could eat 3-4 of your cookies and dunk in milk too!!
Michael
This would be a welcome change of pace for me. I’ve done so many cutouts in the last couple of weeks that I’ve lost count. Will put these on my Thanksgiving list. Gabbi will be thrilled!
Amazing looking (and of course also – tasting) cookies Liz! Panos is been bugging me for some time now to make something like this, but I’m trying to resist (we’re trying to lose a couple of pounds) 🙂
We just saw your post, and now he won’t stop telling me “we must try those Liz’s cookies”:)
Well, I think we ought to try them, they really look fantastic.
Thank you dear,
Mirella
xoxo
Liz,
you had me on DOUBLE & Chocolate & Chunk!! xx
“Add the extra chopped chocolate and stir to combine.” Extra chopped chocolate??? What extra??? Did I miss something???
No, I missed something! Thanks for pointing out my omission, Karen. There should be 8 ounces of chopped chocolate (semi or bittersweet) or chocolate chips mixed in at the end. I’ve corrected the recipe. Have a great evening 🙂
These cookies are definitely dying to be eaten, they look so delicious 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
I plan on celebrating BIG next week. The chocoholic in me says I should definitely start with these cookies! Oh my goodness!!!
Thanks for sharing, Liz…
My cookie jar is empty too because I eat them. I don’t think I can resist making AND eating these. How wonderful they look.