A recipe for the BEST and softest chocolate chip cookies! Fluffy cookies that come out perfect every time.
The Softest Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
I finally made the perfect chocolate chip cookies! First of all, I have to tell you that I love anything with chocolate chips.
We love cookies and have a friend who makes the fluffiest, softest cookies that my husband goes nuts over. When I try to make cookies like hers, they come out flat and not soft at all. I’m happy to say I have figured out the perfect cookie recipe now and excited to share it with you!
I thought my flat cookies must have been my oven, the cookie sheet, or the cookie fairy just didn’t like me! I have always been good at making cakes, but cookies not so much. Well, no more!
If you have ever had cookies come out flat, then you must try this recipe for the softest chocolate chip cookies! Believe me, you won’t be disappointed!
Softest Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe originally published on June 4, 2009
How to make the Softest Chocolate Chip Cookies
I swear these cookies are fluffy and are so good. You absolutely have to try them! It’s been our go to recipe for years now.
What makes a cookie hard or soft?
This is the question I had for years… why are my cookies always hard and flat?
With all of my testing, for me it’s all about the secret ingredient! By adding instant pudding mix, the batter is thicker than usual. You can easily roll the batter into balls before baking.
These chocolate chip cookies come out soft, fluffy and perfect every time! Basically, this is a classic chocolate chip recipe with a twist.
How do you keep chocolate chip cookies soft?
This cookie recipe is fluffy, but they can also start to get hard and crumbly if you leave them out overnight.
To keep these chocolate chip cookies soft, I recommend putting them in an airtight container or zip-lock bag with a piece a bread wrapped in a paper towel.
The container will help slow moisture loss and the bread will help them stay extra soft. It’s like magic!! Replace your piece of bread when it gets hard.
How to Decorate the Softest Chocolate Chip Cookies
I love to decorate these cookies for Christmas with Rolo candy and holiday sprinkles. You will find this recipe in many of my party food ideas here on Living Locurto!
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Recipe for the Softest Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
- 2 1/4 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 small pkg. instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1/2 pkg chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup nuts (optional)
Directions:
- Stir baking soda, flour and salt; set aside.
- Combine butter, sugars and pudding mix, beating until fluffy.
- Add vanilla and egg; beat until smooth.
- Add dry ingredients; mix well.
- Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
- Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes.
Print the recipe below! Don’t these chocolate chip cookies look amazing?
Softest Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 small package instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup nuts optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°
- Mix baking soda, flour and salt in a large bowl and set aside.
- Combine butter, sugars and pudding mix into a mixing bowl, beating until fluffy.
- Add vanilla and egg, then beat until smooth.
- Add flour mixture to the cookie batter and mix well.
- Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
- Shape into one inch balls and place on a cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes.
Nutrition
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Print this chocolate chip recipe and put into a binder if you like.
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jackie says
Our cookies turned out incredible! This is an amazing recipe!!
tori says
What is pudding mix in the uk?
barbara says
the directions say 1/2 pack of choc chips is that a 12 oz pack aore a 24 oz pack.
Amy Locurto says
The smaller pack. You can add as many chocolate chips as you like. No limit:-)
Jana Morrow Henderson says
How many cookies does this make?
Karla Kurtz says
These were sooo yummy!! Thank you!
Cathy says
I just made these and found the dough to be crumbly and dry and the cookies didn’t spread much when they baked…
Amy says
@Cathy,
Sorry about that! I think they are crumbly but mine always turn out really soft. All other cookies I make in my oven spread out to be too much and practically flat. I was never able to get the cookie to be fluffy and soft. I like how they don’t spread that much. I really do think it depends on a person’s oven also. Thanks for trying them!
Melssa says
I use chocolate pudding mix and it is AMAZING too!
Gaby says
I was wondering the same thing. Have you received an answer? Do we make the pudding or just dump the pudding mix straight from the box?
Anonymous says
@Gaby, Just dump the pudding mix straight from the box!
Kara says
I once went on a quest to make the perfect cc cookie. I read that if you let the dough sit cover in the refrigerator for 12-36 hours the butter and flour react in a way that makes the cookies brown beautifully and the flavor deepens. I also heard cake flour makes the texture really nice. Love your blog! Keep up the great work!
Christie says
sounds great! I’m going to try them this weekend
Amelia Harris says
Ok, this may be a dumb question but, Do you just open the pudding mix up and dump it in or do you actually make the pudding and then add it? Also, how big of a box of pudding mix??
screweduptexan says
Don’t these Chocochips Cookies look divine? http://tinyurl.com/rdqqqm @LivingLocurto
Brandie says
Mmmm, since I love soft chocolate chip cookies, I do believe I will have to try making these soon RT @livinglocurto http://bit.ly/3myYhY