You guys are going to flip for these Crispy Bits Chocolate Chip Cookies! This chocolate chip cookie recipe is made both crispy and soft, with a fun secret ingredient. Perfect for every chocolate lover out there!
You guys. Today we have something special.
This is not just a regular chocolate chip cookie recipe, friends. These are the cookie to end all cookies. The secret ingredient is a little crazy.
I mean, there has to be a secret ingredient to make you guys keep reading, right?
I will admit, they aren’t your everyday chocolate chip cookie. They take a few minutes more work. But if you’re looking to impress, let’s discuss the ins and out of these little love nuggets.
Ok, so look at the picture closely. What do you see?
First you probably notice the ultra-melty chocolate chips. I used my most favorite chips by Callebaut. They are super silky smooth and melt gorgeously.
But alas, that is NOT the secret ingredient.
Do you happen to notice the crispy bits poking out of the cookies? Look closely…
Did your brain explode?
Here’s the thing, you bake crispy cookies, and then mix them BACK in your dough to make deliciously big, soft cookies with crispy buttery bits all over the place.
So basically the secret ingredient is MORE cookies.
Let me explain, so you guys totally get it…
Of course you whip up your simple cookie dough. It’s not hard.
Then make itty bitty cookies with SOME of your dough…
And bake them until they are nice and browned, but not burnt!!
Let them cool until they are crispy. Then break them into large bits and {GASP} put them back in your leftover dough…
It’s getting crazy up in here.
Mix it a bit until the crispy bits are all worked in.
Scoop the cookies out onto your baking sheet. Make ’em big.
And OMG bake them.
They will be big and delicious…soft in some parts with crispy, buttery bits throughout the cookie. I am not kidding.
This is THE recipe you guys.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 40 mins
- Yield: 24 cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
You guys are going to flip for these Crispy Bits Chocolate Chip Cookies! This chocolate chip cookie recipe is made both crispy and soft, with a fun secret ingredient. Perfect for every chocolate lover out there!
Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg plus 1 yolk
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 2 cups chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
- In bowl of stand mixer cream butter and both sugars together for 2 minutes, scraping the sides as necessary. Add in egg, extra yolk and vanilla and beat until smooth. With mixer still running add in baking soda and salt, incorporating evenly. Turn mixer to low and add in flour, mixing until dough comes together. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Portion out 1 1/2 cups cookie dough and using this dough drop teaspoon sized mounds onto baking sheet about 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake for 9-10 minutes until brown, but not burnt.
- Remove from oven and cool completely on a wire rack. Continue with remaining dough.
- Once all mini cookies are baked and cooled break into coarse pieces and add them BACK into the remaining dough. Pulse with mixer, just to incorporate the cookies.
- Using large cookie scoop (3 Tbsp) scoop the dough back onto the baking sheet and bake large cookies for 8-9 minutes.
- Allow to cool on baking sheet for 3-4 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Notes
Store air tight at room temperature for up to 5 day
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 216
- Sugar: 17.8 g
- Sodium: 216.6 mg
- Fat: 12.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 27.2 g
- Protein: 2.4 g
- Cholesterol: 28.1 mg
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I found the concept for this cookie on Pinterest…unfortunately I didn’t pin it, although I thought I did. And I believe the concept came from a cookbook…so if anyone has the source for this concept, let me know!!
UPDATE: The idea for this came from a book called Big Fat Cookies. I found it on Pinterest via a post written by The Cupcake Project!
Mind = Blown.
I saw these on the Cupcake Prohects Christmas Cookie extravaganza too…now that I’ve seen it twice I think the u inverse is trying to tell me something!!! MUST MAKE COOKIES!!!
So… I just made these. SUPER yum. How can I ever go back to regular chocolate chip cookies?? I am going to be sending these with hubs tonight for work so I don’t eat them ALL. Great recipe! 🙂
Ok, my mind is officially blown!!! These sound so crazy good. I wish I had one right now. This means, I’ll drfintely be baking up a batch very soon.
Just wow. I think my pants got tighter just looking at these.
Freakin’ amazing!
I can’t even. Crispy bits!?? SWOON!
OMG say whaaaat?! This is A-MA-ZING! I thought for sure you were going to say the secret was potato chips, but cookies inside of cookies? Better!! These are happening in my house this week.
OH man I cannot even imagine. These look super yummy. I cannot wait to make them…this weekend if I last that long.
So simple, yet brilliant! Thank you.