Monday morning, the jar nearly empty. A blurry weekend: parties, friends, intoxication. What I baked was a simple chocolate chip cookie but sharing that as a post would not have been justified. Over the last few years I’ve been baking, I have tried many variations of chocolate chip cookies and realized that there is no end to how much you can innovate: a chocolate chip cookie can be baked in a myriad delicious ways. Additions (nuts, oats, peanut butter, M&M, dried fruits…) are separate and not what I mean.
Quickly off the top of my head: Thin and Crisp Chocolate Chip Cookie, Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie, A Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie, Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookie (the healthy choice), Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies (the not-so-healthy choice aka the Big 5 C’s), and of course if the cookies is merely an excuse as a chocolate delivery system, then Double Chocolate Chip Cookie.
In this post, I’m sharing FOUR types of chocolate chip cookies: something for everybody. I’m going to add some nuts and berries to make all of them a little different but these are optional and can be avoided should you want a good ol’ straight-up chocolate chip cookie.
The ingredients are more or less the same, it’s just the quantities that differ to yield these lovely variations (save for the gluten-free).
I haven’t listed all the ones I’m sharing as I will have a second part to this poser. If I missed something, remind me and I will be sure to put it up in the next one.
First up is a soft and chewy chocolate chip cookie. The recipe I’m using is from Regan Daley’s In The Sweet Kitchen.
The dough is fragrant, buttery, and easily managed. The cookie doesn’t expand much while baking so you’ll need to flatten the dough a little. It takes about 8 to 10 minutes and keeps long in an airtight container.
The second one is the whole wheat chocolate chip cookie. You know you want a bunch of these because of their healthy name alone…
Think of a perfect cookie baked with wheat flour enveloping tart dried cranberries and dark and delicious chocolate chips. (you can also use walnuts/hazelnuts or any other dried fruit you like.) This recipe is has its origins in Kim Boyce’s Good to the Grain.
The thin and crispy chocolate chip cookies feature next. These are an all time favorite with my family.
They are buttery, strewn with dark and white chocolate chips and you’d enjoy it with a cold glass of milk no matter age or occasion, day or night, summer or winter. An absolute classic! Adapted from Baking Illustrated.
Back to indulgence and next up is a cream cheese chocolate chip cookie! Yes, it sounds exactly as delicious as it reads. Soft, tender, and speckled with chocolate chips, is it the ultimate dessert cookie. If you’re in the mood for excessed – more chocolate – you could do a chocolate drizzle and feast on it after dinner.
- 170 grams (6 oz) cream cheese, at room temperature
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1½ cups semi sweet chocolate chips
- Preheat the oven to 325 F and line your cookie tray with parchment paper
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter, cream cheese and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the Vanilla.
- Gently add in the dry ingredients and beat until well combined.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Scoop equal amounts of dough on the cookie sheet a
- Bake 12-15 minutes or until edges are looking light golden brown.
- Cool for 5 minutes on cookie sheets and then transfer to to wire racks to cool completely.
If you’d like me to feature any of your favorite chocolate chip cookies give me a shout and I would love to feature it in Part 2.
Happy Baking!
Cookies look wonderful. Wishing I had a few cookies now. :-)
Chocolate Chip Cookies are such a wonderful, classic cookie. I love all the variations you implemented! Thanks for sharing.
This is GREAT! I like the thin and crispy cookies…but everyone in my family likes the chewy ones! Buzzed this one – you’re awesome!
Aww… Thanks Ann!
Part I?! ove it can’t wait!! Love these cookies just perfect timing as I am baking some for the boys for the weekend! :)
Defiantly craving chocolate chip cookies now! They all look delicious! Are the gluten-free ones coming in part 2??? :-)
Thanks EA! Gluten free, double chocolate and a lot more planned for the next one!
I am a big chocolate addict and I love chocolate in anything and for cookies – don’t ask???I will eat them non-stop. Chewy and looks perfect
Oh wow, I’m in chocolate chip cookie heaven! I love them made with wholewheat flour too & other than straight up my favourite add ins are walnuts & raisins. This is a wonderful post for cookie addicts & new starters alike…love it!
It cannot get any better than this. This is cookie heaven. Love every yummy version.
Delicious would be the word to describe your cookies! It’s been sooooo long since I last made some cookies… I miss them, I have to make some! I think I’ll make some this weekend, I’ll make yours, let’s see what happens hehe I’ll let you know how they were ;)
Hugs!!
im a big fan of chocolate chip cookies … all of them look so yummy…. i love your whole wheat and cranberry combo.
Wow,it’s my sons fav ,thnks for this post
Cream cheese chocolate chip cookies? Oh my! They look divine :)
Wow..hats off to you for such a chocolaty post, An! Love all the creations.
Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookie. OK! I’ll take 2, An!!
Looks like you are going global with this one! I am sure that there is something here for everyone-even the pickiest of eaters. As for me, I will take all of them-anything with chocolate chip is a big thumbs up.
Bravo on all the time and effort put into this post, it is most appreciated. I will compile these for my use in the future. Looking forward to more of your delicious posts…
Ohh yes this indeed is cookie galore and it’s only part 1! Wonderful variations of a great classic!
Oh I love that you are including the different types. I know what you mean, there are just so many variations of chocolate chip cookies and I have baked so many different ones that I can never choose a favorite!
My hubby’s favorite dessert is plain old chocolate chip cookies! I’m going to have to try each of these delectable recipes :)
Whoa! I was just looking for a new chocolate chip recipe to try. This is awesome! Thanks for sharing it
Mmmm.. chocolate chip cookies. Infinite possibilities, all of them delicious!
That looks yumm I am drooling
these look fab. I love the thick and chewy one particularly but all of them are making me hungry…!
That’s a loooot of chocolate chip cookies, An!
What a terrific post! I love the way the basic cookie dough has ‘morphed’ over the years from the classic ‘Tollhouse cookie’ of the chip bag!
i just discovered your blog!! and i’m drooling… i have bookmarked practically half of your recipes!!!! but i will try the cream cheese cookies first. great presentation and awesome pictures!!! thanks for sharing!!!
Wow, what a post! Chocolate Chip cookies are the best. I discovered my favorite just recently from Cook’s Illustrated. These sound great too!
Yes yes yes and yes! My men (and I) are chocolate chip cookie fanatics – my younger son (okay, so he’s 21) just made his first batch – and I have to try all of these recipes. Plus they all look so good why not, right? Oh just a fabulous post! Thanks for trying out all these new recipes for us!
Whoa! This is a monster of a post! I am always baking up new chocolate chip cookie recipes…much to my husband’s chagrin. I think he would rather know what to expect each time but that is so boring. Bravo!
This is awesome – thanks for sharing!
“…if the cookies is merely an excuse as a chocolate delivery system” – Ha! Guilty.
The 5 Cs… oh the 5 Cs! I need these in my life!
Love this post, An. How generous to share so many recipes at one time with us!
Love the cookies and the icing you did..cookies have plumped up so perfect from baking!
I’m a big chocolate chip cookie baker and have tried dozen of recipes over the years, in fact I’ve made two of the ones you mentioned, but I never get tired of making them. Next up, I’ll have to try that cream cheese variation.
Wonderful cookie recipes! My hands are itching. I want to try them so bad, but the problem is 1, it’s late and 2, I can’t stop after having one and eating after 8 pm is bad, or at least that’s what people say. Darn it has to wait it the weekends.
Thanks, An! Once in a while, my son requests for chocolate chip cookies. Next time he does, I shall try one of yours!
Enjoyed reading this, very very good recipes, thanks for sharing!! appreciate it.
These cookies sure would go great with a cup of coffee. I bookmarked for later. Thanks for sharing.
Ohhh, I love all these versions! But, I really want to make the cream cheese version! Your classic recipe is just like mine, except i use nutmeg. I’ve never tried using cinnamon, but I bet it’s so good!
A lot of work went into creating everything for this post! It all looks delicious and just goes to show that you can improve on an old classic.
Bookmarked..Have the chocolate in your header..and I’m all ears!!
OOooh! I was gonna go with the thick and chewy until I saw the cream cheese ones! Wowsa!
Oh my, oh my! I love your spins on such a classic cookie, especially that decadent cream cheese chocolate chip…! Hot damn…
Cream cheese chocolate chip cookies?? Deliciousness has gone to a whole other level! Great recipe, and I love your cookie packaging, so cute :)
i just baked the thick and chewy ones to send to my neighbor who has returned from the hospital… these cookies are just so yumm and exactly like you said buttery and chewy. thank you so much for sharing this recipe .. i plan to bake these again when my mother in law is visiting for christmas.
the cream cheese chocolate cookies look absolutely divine…
Wow – loved your post! Big 5 C’s sounds incredibly sinful…just my type of cookie :)
Hellooooo chocolate chip cookies! :)
Ohhhhh, I cannot wait to try some of these. Mmm…I just posted about cookies yesterday and how much I love chocolate in cookies. Must be that time of year…cozying in for the winter!
Thanks for the post.
Excellent collection.. WOW and this is only part 1
All of those cookies look fabulous; I would’t be able to choose just one!
Absolutely yummy chocolate chip cookies straight from the oven. I can really “smell’ the waft of the sweet flavour from your kitchen! Yum yum!!
What can be more better and perfect that crispy cookies :)
me and my kids baked the cream cheese chocolate chip cookies… they were divine. the kids loved it. i was wondering if you used a special ganache for the drizzle? i plan to bake these for the holidays and send it to my neighbors. thanks for sharing this perfect recipe with us.
Hey Wendy! So glad they turned out well for you! The drizzle is just plain melted bittersweet and white chocolate. Nothing fancy. Happy Holidays!
Cheers!
A
Hi Anu!! I’ve made your cookies, (The cream cheese ones) and they tasted really good, but they were pretty dry… I don’t know if I did something wrong? Maybe I put too much baking powder? I’ll take a picture for you tomorrow, they look normal, and they’re delicious with milk!!
Hugs
Ooh! Am glad they taste good but why did they turn out dry? Did you measure the dry ingredients properly? and was the cream cheese at room temperature? I just baked another batch recently and they were anything but dry.
Maybe the problem was the conversion from cups to grams? Do you have the grams me sure?
ahh… i think that could have been the issue.
hi, i’m a baker dad and i just baked the thick and chewy chocolate chip cookies for my twin boys. they were perfect!!!!!! thick and chewy like you said. i’m not a big fan of thin and crispy… i halved the recipe since i was trying it out for the first time but i think i will double it the next time i bake it which is tomorrow!!!!! thank you so much for this post.. you have put in a lot of effort and all the recipes look fantastic!
Hey Alex! Thank you for stopping by and am so glad the recipe worked well for you too!
Cheers!
A
if i had to pick one of these it would be the cream cheese ones. they are totally irresistible…
Hi. I wanted to make the thin and crispy cookies but I wanted to make it a double chocolate thin and crispy cookie. could you tell me how much cocoa powder to add in?
Hey Jen! You could substitute 1/2 cup of the all purpose flour with cocoa powder. Let me know how they turn out! Happy Baking!
Hola chica! I just made the thin and crispy cookies and they are now my family favorite too. XOXOXO
These are the best cookies I’ve ever had.
i did bake them and replaced 1/2 cup of AP with cocoa powder and the cookies turned out perfect. i’ll be posting it soon. thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe with us. your post is great and the pictures are stunning.
Thanks Jen! I’m so glad they turned out well for you! xx
I love cookies. Chocolate chip cookies one of my favorites.
Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies!?!? Are you kidding me? LOL! Can’t wait to try those with Tofutti Cream Cheese :) Thoughts? Can’t wait for Part II!
Wow – I’m very impressed with this post. Bookmarked! :)
These look delish!