These crispy chewy chocolate chip cookies have lightly crisp golden edges, soft centers, and plenty of melted chocolate in every bite. They’re made with melted butter, more brown sugar than granulated sugar, and a combination of semisweet chocolate chips and chopped dark chocolate.
The melted butter keeps the mixing simple, while the two types of chocolate give you both classic chocolate chips and irregular pools of melted chocolate throughout the cookies. The key is to take them out while the edges are set but the centers still look slightly soft.
For more chocolate chip cookies, try my Easy Bake Cookies, Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, or these Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies.
Why These Cookies Stay Chewy
This dough uses 150 g brown sugar and 100 g granulated sugar. Brown sugar retains more moisture than granulated sugar, which helps cookies stay softer and chewier. King Arthur’s cookie science guide explains the same effect of brown sugar on moisture retention and chewiness.
You’re also using 285 g melted butter, rather than creaming softened butter with the sugars. That gives this recipe a different spread and texture from a traditional creamed-butter chocolate chip cookie.
The final detail is baking just until the edges are set. The centers can still look slightly soft when the cookies leave the oven because they continue to set as they cool.
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Ingredients
Let’s Make Crispy Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Preheat the oven and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- In a separate large bowl, mix the melted butter with the granulated sugar.
- Add the brown sugar and mix until smooth.
- Add the eggs and vanilla extract, then mix until combined.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until a thick dough forms.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and chopped chocolate.
- Scoop the dough onto the prepared baking sheet, leaving space between each cookie.
- Bake until the edges are set and the centers still look slightly soft.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes, then transfer to a rack.
What Makes Chocolate Chip Cookies Chewy?
For this recipe, there isn’t one single secret.
The chewy texture comes from the combination of more brown sugar than white sugar, melted butter, the measured flour ratio, and removing the cookies before the centers become dry and firm.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Adding extra flour because the dough feels soft. Use your tested 320 g flour. If the dough is unusually soft, your current recipe already recommends chilling it for 20–30 minutes instead.
Mixing in the eggs while the butter is extremely hot. Let the melted butter cool slightly.
Overmixing after adding flour. Mix only until the dry ingredients disappear into the dough.
Baking until the center looks completely firm. That can take the cookies past the soft-and-chewy stage.
Ignoring the cookie edges. The edges are a better doneness cue: they should look set while the middle remains soft.
Calling them one-bowl cookies. Your photographed/tested method mixes the dry and wet ingredients separately.
FAQs
Yes, but if the dough feels very soft, chilling it for 20 to 30 minutes helps the cookies bake thicker.
The butter may have been too warm, or the dough may have needed chilling. Too little flour can also make cookies spread.
Yes. If using salted butter, reduce the added salt slightly.
Yes. You can use 2 cups of chocolate chips instead of using both chips and chopped chocolate.
The edges should look set, and the centers should still look slightly soft. They will continue to firm up as they cool.
Yes. Refrigerate the dough for up to 48 hours, or freeze scooped dough balls for longer storage.
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Crispy Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- In a large bowl, mix the melted butter with the granulated sugar.
- Add the brown sugar and mix until smooth.
- Add the eggs and vanilla extract. Mix until fully combined.
- Add the dry ingredients and stir until a thick cookie dough forms.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and chopped chocolate.
- Scoop the dough onto the prepared baking sheet, leaving space between each cookie.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges are set and the centers still look slightly soft.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
Nutrition
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Notes
- Let the melted butter cool slightly before mixing with the eggs.
- Do not overmix once the flour is added.
- Chill the dough briefly if it feels too soft.
- Use chopped chocolate for extra melty pockets.
- The cookies will continue to set as they cool.
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