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Ultimate Chocolate Cookies
Ultimate Chocolate Cookies blend cocoa powder and a variety of chocolates—chips, chunks, and baking wafers—to create rich, deeply chocolatey cookies with a soft center and crisp edges. The dough is sweetened with both granulated and light brown sugar, enhancing moisture and flavor complexity. Finishing with flaky sea salt on top adds a bright contrast to the chocolate. A two-stage baking process ensures the cookies are soft and melty inside with a delicate firm exterior.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings:
33
cookies
Calories:
218 kcal
Course:
Dessert, Baked Goods
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt sea salt
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder Dutch processed or unsweetened
- 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 2 egg large
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup chocolate chunks
- 3/4 cup chocolate baking wafers for pressing on top of cookies, or big chocolate chunks
- sea salt flakes for sprinkling on cookies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or Silpat baking mat or parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, sea salt, and cocoa. Set aside.
- With a mixer, cream butter and sugars together until smooth. Add in eggs, one at a time. Next, add in vanilla extract and mix until combined.
- Gradually add flour mixture and beat until just combined. Stir in the 1 cup of chocolate chips and 1 cup of chocolate chunks. Scoop the dough into rounded tablespoons and place on prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
- Bake cookies for 8 minutes and remove the baking sheet from the oven. Quickly press the chocolate wafers or big chocolate chunks gently into the tops of the cookies. Place the baking sheet back in the oven and finish baking the cookies for an additional 2 minutes or until the cookies are set around the edges but still soft in the center.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle the cookies with flaky sea salt. Let the cookies sit on the baking sheet for 3 minutes. Move to a cooling rack and cool completely.
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Notes
- Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature up to 4 days.
- Both baked cookies and dough freeze well for later use.
- Press chocolate wafers gently on top after initial baking for best texture.
Nutrition Information
Serving
33g
Calories
218kcal
(11%)
Carbohydrates
28g
(9%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
10g
(15%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Cholesterol
26mg
(9%)
Sodium
80mg
(3%)
Potassium
104mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
19g
(38%)
Vitamin A
205IU
(4%)
Calcium
24mg
(2%)
Iron
1.4mg
(8%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 33 cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 218
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 33g | |
| Calories | 218kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 28g | 9% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Cholesterol | 26mg | 9% |
| Sodium | 80mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 104mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 19g | 38% |
| Vitamin A | 205IU | 4% |
| Calcium | 24mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1.4mg | 8% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.