These are the Best White Chocolate Chip Cookies ever! Buttery and soft cookies loaded with white chocolate chunks and crisp around the edges. An easy dessert that’s sure to become your family’s favorite white chocolate chip cookie.
My Favorite White Chocolate Chip Cookies
I’m sorry about these cookies in advance.
And I should also apologize about the name.
I sorta kinda hate when someone tells me something is the BEST. Well, because then I need to prove you wrong.
So let me say, these are the best white chocolate chip cookies that I ever ate. Is that better?
You see, usually white chocolate chip cookies come with other stuff mixed in, like coconut, or macadamia nuts.
Well, nuts aren’t my thing.
That’s what she said.
But really, they aren’t. Unless it’s peanut butter. Whatever.
And while I love coconut, there’s a time and place people. Time and place.
Plus, simple is pretty much better.
Never once have I ever heard, “Can you please make this recipe a little more complicated?”
Simple wins.
What Makes These White Chocolate Chip Cookies the Best?
Let’s talk about why these are the best.
First they are LOADED with white chocolate chunks.
(And also, makers of white chocolate…can you people please make mini white chocolate chips? While I wouldn’t use them in this recipe, I would work those guys out in other ways.)
Second, they are buttery and soft and an eensy bit crispy around the edges.
And thirdly, well…ALLTHEWHITECHOCOLATE!
How to Make This Easy Cookie Recipe
Here’s how I did them…
Brown sugar is key…
I used 20 ounces of white chocolate, chopped fairly coarsely.
I like the huge chunks in these cookies.
I’m not a huge chocolate chunk girl, but white is a whole different story.
The batter is pretty easy.
Once you get the chocolate chunks folded in, you can chill the dough OR you can bake them straight away. LOVE that option!
Form the dough into balls and place on a lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart. You can use a cookie scoop too, whichever you prefer!
When they bake they’ll look like this…
I know, right?
So you should make these for sure.
I mean, if you like white chocolate…
And if you don’t, I’m not sure we can still be friends 🙂
I have adapted this recipe slightly over the years, based on reader feedback! I’ve made chilling the dough an optional step (although I still like to). And I tweaked a few ingredients based on mixed results. I love this recipe and with some of your comments I think these cookies can’t be beat!
The Best White Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Prep Time: 15 minutes -
Cook Time: 10 minutes
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Total Time: 25 minutes
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Yield: 36 Cookies 1x
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Category: Dessert
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Method: Oven
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Cuisine: American
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These are the Best White Chocolate Chip Cookies ever! Buttery and soft cookies loaded with white chocolate chunks and crisp around the edges. An easy dessert that’s sure to become your family’s favorite white chocolate chip cookie.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 20 oz coarsely chopped white chocolate (2 1/2 – 3 cups) You can use white chips as well
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350° and line an baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
- In bowl of stand mixer cream together butter and both sugars for 2 minutes in medium speed.
- Turn speed to low and add in eggs and vanilla. Turn mixer back up to medium and beat until smooth, about 20 seconds.
- Turn mixer back to low and add in salt, baking soda, baking powder and flour, mixing until just combined.
- Fold in white chocolate chunks.
- Form dough into heaping tablespoon sized balls (I used a 2 Tbsp cookie scoop), placing 2 inches apart on baking sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until golden around edges. Don’t over-bake.
- Allow to cool on baking sheet for 3-5 minutes before transferring to wire rack to finish cooling.
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oh, these look utterly perfect! I love, love, love white chocolate. need these in my life.
thanks for the recipe! 🙂
These look fantastic!
Dangerous!!!
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I use these Nestle Mini White chocolate Toppers like mini white chocolate chips!
White chocolate is totally an underrated cookie mix-in…love these!
And can you please remind me of that little “no one ever asked to make something more complicated” tid-bit…I forget all too often.
You can certainly count me as your friend, because I’m all over this recipe! White chocolate cookies without the fancy coconut and nut add-ins…winner for me! I’ll have to make these once I get home (:
Yum Yum.
Know what you mean about wanting the mini chips.
I have even contacted the company requesting that they make the mini white chocolate chips. Maybe we should all ban together and everyone contact them requesting the mini chips and just maybe someday they will be on the market………….you think?
ColleenB.
Texas
I’m a believer! Off to get them started 🙂
OMG…these look heavenly. I must try them STAT!
And I’m TOTALLY with you on the mini white chocolate chips. Why can’t I buy these in my local store right next to the mini chocolate chips?!? So many uses. Seriously.
I love white chocolate! These look perfect. I need a cold glass of milk and about 6-24 of these and I would be one happy momma!
These look sooooo good! White chocolate is a nice switch to milk or dark chocolate. I agree…mini white chips please. 🙂
Ok, So I used to think that white choc chunk cookies needed something else too. Coconut, macadamias…something? But no! I made cookies not long ago that I put huge chunks of white chocolate in and the only something “extra” I did was sprinkle them with sea salt! Holy moly I ate three in a row, huddled over the counter. So, I totally understand this one! Can’t wait to try um.
PS totally jealous you’re out in Austin for the conference! Wish I could be there and meet you in person this year!
These look like great cookies! I love white chocolate cookies and have totally been looking for a great recipe. Score!
Sold. Want. Need.
These look delicious! I’ll have to try them out, as I like white chocolate more than regular chocolate.
Mmm white chocolate is my favorite kind of chocolate… even though I’ve been told it isn’t really chocolate at all…
Only thing to make these better is the addition of Macadamia nuts. Buttery white goodness right here
I love indulging in a white chocolate cookie (or twelve) once in a while, and yours look perfect, Shelly!
Whenever a recipe calls for cookies to chill overnight I KNOW it’ll be good. It always makes the most amazing texture. I’m going to trust you and leave out the macadamia nuts but it’s going against my instincts!
I’m slowly turning into a white chocolate addict. I never used to bake with it, but I find myself adding it to everything now. These cookies look incredible!!
Two whole nights? How do you have such self control??? And these cookies look pretty perfect to me!
White Chocolate gets a bad rap sometimes, but I happen to like it. These cookies rock. They look perfect. I guess you’re right on that whole “best” thing!
Oh my! Those cookies look so yummy and gooey!
These look so perfectly soft and chewy! Yum!
The pictures speak for themselves! I can totally see why you’d call these the best. They look perfect!! Count me in.
The best ever?! Where do I sign up?! Love that you kept it simple too. Sometimes simple is best!
Not even a fan of white chocolate but these cookies look SO good right now.
Those cookies look so delightful. You can see how chewy they are just from the pictures.
They’re gorgeous! And nuts aren’t my thing either as a general rule in baked goods – UNLESS it’s PB. Then I am all over it 🙂 Ironically I have a nuts-in-cookies post tomorrow for the first time in like 4 years? Go figure. But I lllloove white chocolate. And your cookies look fab. And I’m the same with ‘the best’ – makes me want to prove it wrong 🙂
Awesomeness!
I do love white chocolate with coconut and macadamia nuts. Sorry. BUT I’d take these any day of the week!
I’ve always wondered why white chocolate cookies have to have nuts in them! This is great, just white chocolate!
They look like they could be the best white chocolate chip cookies! I’ll go it!
Umm…. YES! Wow, these looks the the best cookies! They look perfect, the shape, the texture all that white chocolate!! I love them!
I don’t know if I can wait two overnights. One is doable, but I’ll end up sneaking big bites of dough when I get up for Lucy’s middle of the night feedings.
Pregnancy weight whaaa???
My goodness. These cookies are insane. White chocolate chunk cookies were always my favorite growing up and I can see how awesome the texture is from the photos! I’m trying these the minute I get back from BlogHer Food =)
I used 3/4 cup butter and white chips.they turned out great.the parchment paper makes a big difference in the finished cookie. Its worth it to use it.
★★★★