Chocolate Drop Cookies

These chocolate drop cookies are soft, fudgy, and packed with chocolate chips. A great cookie choice for any chocolate lover!

5 from 2 votes

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chocolate cookies, drop cookies

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 30

Total Time: 45

Servings: cookies

Calories: 174kcal

Ingredients

1 Cup Unsalted Butter, melted and cooled (214g)
1 ½ Cups Granulated Sugar (297g)
2 Eggs (~100g)
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Exract
2 ½ Cups All-Purpose Flour (300g)
⅔ Cup Cocoa Powder (60g)
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
½ Teaspoon Salt
1 ½ Cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (255g)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter and set aside to cool.
Mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt with a whisk. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, with an electric mixer, beat the melted and cooled butter and sugar until well combined. This will be approximately 30-60 on high speed.
Add the eggs and vanilla extract and beat on medium speed for around 30 seconds until fully incorporated.
Add the dry ingredients in 3 sections, beating on low speed between each addition. Scrape the sides as needed to make sure all of the flour mixture is getting incorporated. As soon as the last bit of the dry ingredients have been incorporated, stop beating.
With a rubber spatula, mix in the chocolate chips by hand until evenly dispersed.
Using a large cookie scoop, add cookie dough balls to a lined baking sheet. They should be about 50-55g each or a bit less than ¼ cup. Make sure there is at least 2-3 inches between cookie dough balls so they don't spread into each other.
Bake for 10-12 minutes.
Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes and then transfer to wire rack to cool.

Notes

Storage:

Transfer completely cooled cookies to an airtight container to store. They will stay fresh for up to about 6 days at room temperature. However, I think they taste the best in the first few days. These are my favorite storage containers for cookies.

Cookies can be frozen in an airtight container for up to 3-6 months. Cookies will continue to lose quality gradually after about 3 months.

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