24 Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes: Yum!

Kids are back in school and a favorite treat to pack in their lunches is homemade cookies. This week’s Recipe Hit List is a compilation of all kinds of different chocolate chip cookie recipes–some basic and traditional favorites including the original Neiman Marcus, Tollhouse and Betty Crocker cookies, others with yummy twists that are sure to please. Some pretty amazing recipes here to try, oh my!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes

*Note: Descriptions below are quotes from the recipe sites

Basic Ingredients For Chocolate Chip Cookies

1. Dark & Fudgey White Chocolate Chip Cookies: These cookies are soft and a little chewy—and totally brownie-like in consistency. They’re studded with white chocolate chips, and get their dark, fudge-y flavor from a generous amount of melted, unsweetened chocolate. Recipe from The Hungry Mouse.
2. 30 Calorie Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies: Sure you can buy meringue cookies in the grocery store but they don’t hold a candle to these babies. These bake up with an unassuming smooth and dry outer shell but inside, oh inside is where the action is! Inside you’ll find a flossy, lightly toasted marshmallow like center, with slightly melted chocolate chips just waiting for you…Recipe found at Dozen Flours.
3. Cranberry, Orange & Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies: The citrus in these adds a refreshing twist to the cookies. They have slightly crisp edges and a slightly chewy center, the ideal balance that you want in a good homemade cookie. Feel free to go with all cranberries or all chocolate chips instead of the combination, or try white chocolate chips for a sort of creamsicle taste. Recipe from Slashfood.
4. Blueberry White Chocolate Cookies: Added the white chocolate chips and dried blueberries and ta-da….yummy cookies. They were super good just out of the oven because the blueberries kinda hydrated themselves while baking, so there was a little moistness to them. They are now one of my favorite cookies. Recipe from Teresa Sheeley.
5. Coconut Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies: This time I added coconut and chocolate chips! A divine combo indeed! We especially loved these with a glass of cold milk!! These are the perfect dunkaroos! Recipe from Two Peas And Their Pod.
6. Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe: An urban myth is a modern folk tale, its origins unknown, its believability enhanced simply by the frequency with which it is repeated. Our signature chocolate chip cookie is the subject of one such myth. If you haven’t heard the story, we won’t perpetuate it here. If you have, the recipe below should serve to refute it. Copy it, print it out, pass it along to friends and family. It’s a terrific recipe. And it’s absolutely free. Recipe found at Neiman Marcus.
7. Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough: Recipe from Joy The Baker.
8. Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies: Today I decided to face my fears and bake oatmeal cookies. There are no raisins in my cookies (I wouldn’t dream of adding them. Cookies should have chocolate, not fruit. I’m talking to you, Dad.), but there are peanut butter chips and a mixture of milk and dark chocolate chips. I’m happy to say that I have seen the light. Oatmeal cookies are actually pretty tasty. Recipe from Buns In My Oven.
9. Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies: I believe this recipe was originally from a Hershey’s cookbook, but I tweaked a few things to make them extra-special. Their texture is perfect–a little crispy on the outside, chewy and soft in the middle. Recipe from Our Best Bites.
10. Classic Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies: If you are looking for a straight-up classic oatmeal chocolate chip cookie with standard ingredients, try this one. The cookie is buttery and soft and if it is any indication of how much I like this recipe – I’ve made them thrice in the last two weeks. Recipe from My Kitchen Cafe.
11. Loaded Chocolate Chip Cookies: They are just like the recipe promises – loaded with chips. But aside from their chocolate-ness (yes, I just made that word up), these straddle the line between chewy and crispy. Recipe found at My Baking Adventures.
12. Chocolate and Almond Cookies: I loved these. They were addictive and did not last long in the house. Recipe found at Souvlaki For The Soul.
13. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies: Over the years the recipe has been tweaked (too dry!) and changed (too bland!) until I finally found perfection. And now, friends, I share it with you. Get ready to enjoy some Perfect Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies.
14. The Best Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies: Are you ready to try the *new* best gluten free chocolate chip cookies ever? Recipe from Ginger Lemon Girl.
15. Chocolate Chip Dried Cherry Pecan Cookies: I’m sure we all have out favorite. This one is mine. Recipe from Living Tastefully.
16. Chocolate Chip Cookies…with Oreos: The concept is a darn good one… your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe with crushed up Oreo cookies added to the batter. Frankly it’s so ingenious I’m disappointed I hadn’t heard of it sooner. I’ll warn you, if you’re truly opposed to using shortening, find yourself a different recipe and just add the crushed Oreo cookies to it. I’m sure the recipe on Nosh and Tell is great… but… my vast, lengthy and extensive experience with baking chocolate chip cookies using all butter results in nothing but a flat, thin cookie. Recall… me no likey. If your experience has been different – terrific! Glad to hear it! But I tell ya what… I’ll make you a deal… you don’t try talking me into an all-butter recipe… and I won’t try talking you into one that uses shortening. Deal? Deal Recipe from The Repressed Pastry Chef.
17. The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe, period.: I spent late yesterday afternoon making a batch of what I think are the best cookies, & they actually are not from the famous House of Toll; rather, it’s an adapted recipe from the Better Homes & Gardens cookbook. Now, I’ve burnt many a cookie in my day, but after many batches, I can proudly say I’ve got it just right. These simple cookies turn out perfect every time, with consistent shape, density, & taste. Recipe found at Simply Sunshine.
18. Chocolate Chip Gingersnaps: We didn’t have a lot of ingredients on hand, so I decided to make a quick batch of gingersnaps with a twist — chocolate chips. It’s not a groundbreaking twist, to be sure. But usually chocolate ginger cookies are soft and chewy and I wanted to see what chocolate chips would be like in a crunchy gingersnap. Recipe from Cookie Madness.
19. Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie: Avoid using a nonstick skillet to brown the butter; the dark color of the nonstick coating makes it difficult to gauge when the butter is browned. Use fresh, moist brown sugar instead of hardened brown sugar, which will make the cookies dry. This recipe works with light brown sugar, but the cookies will be less full-flavored. Recipe from Christopher Kimball Blog – America’s Test Kitchen.
20. Chocolate Chip Cookies: Adapted from Jacques Torres. Recipe from New York Times.
21. Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies: The way these cookies are described in the book is as follows: “neither too dry and crumbly, nor too moist and characterless; rather it is the perfect balance of crispy and chewy”. I think that pretty much says it all. Recipe from Sugar Cooking.
22. Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies: Just like the name says, this is the chocolate chip cookie extraordinaire! Definitely one of Betty’s favorites! Recipe from Betty Crocker.
23. Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookie Recipe: To top it all off this recipe doesn’t even require any elbow grease because the whole thing happens in the food processor! Great for the holidays. My other trick is to use parchment so you don’t have to wash the cookie sheet Recipe from Daily Unadventures In Cooking.
24. Original NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE Chocolate Chip Cookies: This famous classic American cookie is a treat no matter what the age or occasion. Enjoy it with a glass of cold milk. Recipe from Nestle.

Bonus: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream Cake (scroll down to view recipe).

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