Chocolate Chip Cookies: Best Chewy Cookie RecipeABy Ashton · Updated June 27, 20265.01 review·Serves 2 dozenJump to Recipe Save Pin Add to Google posted by Ashton on June 27, 2026 These Chocolate Chip Cookies have a fun cookies & cream twist. Chock full of crumbled Halloween Oreos and Cookies & SCREEEM M&M’S, this recipe is a delicious spooky treat! Okay you guys, can we talk about how these Chocolate Chip Cookies are basically everything I have ever wanted in life?! I am not even kidding. We’re talking chewy cookies with crisp edges, melty chocolate, crumbled Oreos, AND spooky M&M’S all rolled into one absolutely dreamy Halloween treat. These are the best chocolate chip cookies I have made all season, and honestly they might just be my most popular cookie recipe to date. If you love homemade chocolate chip cookies that are a little extra — and let’s be real, who doesn’t?! — you have to make these. Like, right now. I literally can’t even. Why These Are the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Listen, I have tested a LOT of cookie recipes in my day. From classic chocolate chip cookies inspired by toll house cookies, to fancy dark chocolate and chocolate chunks versions, to even Butterscotch Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies With Sea Salt. But this cookies & cream style chocolate chip cookie? It hits different. The base is rich and buttery, the chewy centers are absolutely perfect, and the addition of crumbled Oreos and M&M’S takes them from great to best-ever chocolate chip cookies territory. Be still my heart. If you’ve been hunting for an easy chocolate chip cookies recipe that’s also totally show-stopping for Halloween, your search is so over, friend. And hey — if you’re into fun chocolate desserts beyond cookies, my Brownie Batter Pancakes and Chocolate Bread Pudding Recipe With Dark Chocolate are absolute must-makes too. Just saying! Key Ingredients for Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies Let’s talk ingredients, because they really do matter for getting that perfect texture we’re all after! For best results, you’ll want unsalted butter at room temperature — or you can use melted butter for an even chewier texture (I’ve done both and honestly love each version!). We’re using a combo of light brown sugar and dark brown sugar for deeper flavor and that gorgeous deep brown color on the edges. White sugar and granulated sugar play a role too, balancing out all that sugar sweetness. You’ll need one egg plus one extra egg yolk — that yolk is the secret weapon for chewy chocolate chip cookies, y’all. Seriously, don’t skip it! For the chocolate, I love using a mix of semisweet chocolate chips and large chunks of milk chocolate or dark chocolate for maximum melty chocolate vibes. Plenty of chocolate is non-negotiable here, obviously. You can even do chocolate chunks if you want big dramatic pools of chocolate in every bite — yes please! Add in your vanilla extract, all-purpose flour (some bakers swap a little cake flour for an even more tender crumb!), and you’re well on your way to cookie perfection. Some folks also add a touch of purpose flour adjustment if their dough feels off — don’t be afraid to trust your instincts! Supplies Needed for This Recipe Before we dive in, let me run through what you’ll need! Having everything ready makes this easy chocolate chip cookie recipe go SO much smoother, I promise. a 56mm scoop (1/4 cup) — or a large cookie scoop works great! a gallon size ziplock bag a rolling pin or meat mallet large baking sheets lined with parchment paper a large bowl and a medium bowl for separating dry ingredients and wet ingredients an electric mixer or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment a wire rack for cooling baked cookies a measuring cup for accuracy Using prepared baking sheets with parchment paper is a total game-changer, by the way. Nothing sticks, the bottoms get that perfect golden brown color, and cleanup is an absolute breeze. You can also bake on a single sheet at a time if your oven runs hot — oven temperatures really do affect your results more than you’d think! How to Make These Halloween Chocolate Chip Cookies Okay, let’s get into it! First, use your electric mixer to cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy — this is where the magic starts, friends. I usually use about 225 g butter total (that’s roughly two sticks) and it makes the most incredibly buttery cookies. Then beat in your egg yolk and whole egg plus vanilla extract until everything is smooth and gorgeous. In your medium bowl, whisk together your dry ingredients — flour, baking soda, salt — then gradually mix into the wet mixture. Try not to add too much flour or your cookies will come out cakey instead of chewy. Nobody wants that! Now fold in your semisweet chips, extra chocolate chunks, crumbled Oreos, and those spooky M&M’S. Use a large cookie scoop to portion your dough balls — I do large tbsps of the mixture for thick, bakery-style cookies. Place them on your cookie sheet with plenty of space, pop them in a preheated oven, and bake until you see those gorgeous golden edges. The centers will look just slightly underdone — that’s exactly what you want for chewy centers! Transfer to a wire rack and let them cool (if you can wait, lol). Check the recipe card below for all the exact details! Tips for the Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies A few things I’ve learned from making homemade chocolate chip cookies approximately one million times (Weight Watchers would not approve, but here we are 😂): Don’t skip chilling your chocolate chip cookie dough! Even 30 minutes in the fridge makes a HUGE difference for best flavor and texture. Make sure your butter is truly at room temperature before you cream butter and sugar — cold butter will not cream properly, and that affects everything. Also, don’t overbake! Pull them when they look just golden brown on the edges and still soft in the middle. They’ll firm up on the wire rack, I promise. Want to know the type of chocolate that works best here? I genuinely love a mix of semisweet chips PLUS milk chocolate chunks for the best flavor combo — it’s sweet but not over the top. Dark chocolate lovers, you do you! Also, if you love fun cookie mashups, you have to check out these Rice Krispie Chocolate Chip Cookies and this epic Brookies Recipe — both are ah-mazing. And if you want to try something totally different, my Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe: Best Soft Chewy Cookie is another reader favorite! Storage tip: keep your soft chocolate chip cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to five days. They stay perfectly soft and gooey, I kid you not. You can also freeze the dough balls on a single sheet, then transfer to a freezer bag for easy freezable feasts anytime — they bake from frozen in just a couple extra minutes! This makes them a lifesaver for quick dinners-adjacent dessert moments, busy meal plans, or whenever you need a quick family meal plan rescue that ends in cookies. (Hey, cookies count as a food group in my house, okay?!) If you follow Good Food Magazine or use the Good Food App, you already know that having reliable easy cookie recipes in your main menu rotation is everything. Same energy here! You can even hit cook mode on the recipe card below to keep your screen awake while you bake — super handy. Leave a star rating when you try these, and let me know in the comments how they turned out! Oh, and if you’ve got leftover chicken recipes or leftover rice recipes on the brain for dinner before dessert, I totally get it — balance is everything. But these cookies? They’re the main content of the evening, full stop. 😄 P.S. — if you love making vegan chocolate chip cookies, you can absolutely swap the butter and egg in this recipe with vegan alternatives and still get incredible results! Also, if peanut butter butterscotch cookies are more your jam, I’ve got you covered — but honestly, once you try this cookies & cream version, it might just become your new forever favorite. I’m also obsessed with these Pumpkin Cookie Pie Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies for fall! And for totally unrelated but equally important life research: best gas bbqs for summer, anyone? 😂 Okay, okay — back to the cookies. Let’s do this! More Halloween Cookies RIGHT THIS WAY! Peanut Butter Marshmallow Cookie Cake White Chocolate M&M Snickerdoodle Cookies Peanut Butter Candy Corn Cookies Cookies & SCREEM M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies Yield: 2 dozen Save this recipe for later: Save Pin Add to Google These Cookies & SCREEM M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies are a fun twist on a classic chocolate chip cookie. Chock full of crumbled Halloween Oreos and Cookies & SCREEEM M&M'S, this recipe is a delicious spooky treat! Print Ingredients 1 cups butter, softened 1 cups brown sugar ¾ cups white sugar 1 egg + 1 yolk 2¼ cups all-purpose flour, packed ¾ tsp baking soda, dissolved in 1 tbsp water ½ tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla extract ½ cup chocolate chips ½ cup white chips 1 cup Cookies & SCREEM M&MS 10 Oreo cookies, finely crushed Instructions Preheat oven to 350ºF. Cream together the sugars and butter. Add vanilla and egg, egg yolk and mix well. Add the baking soda water. Mix in the flour and salt until dough forms. Fold in chocolate chips, M&MS, and cookie crumbs. Scoop 1/4 cup dough onto ungreased cookie sheets, allowing room for some spreading. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until edges are slightly golden. Let cool on the pan for a minute or two before transferring to a wire rack.
