TOTALLY CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHIP
COOKIES
NIGELLA

Photograph by Lis Parsons

INGREDIENTS

125g dark chocolate, minimum 70% cocoa solids
150g flour
30g cocoa, sieved
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
125g soft butter
75g light brown sugar
50g white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg, cold from the fridge
350g (2 bags) semi-sweet chocolate morsels or dark chocolate chips
Serving Size : Makes 12
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METHOD

1.Preheat the oven to 170°C/gas mark 3. Melt the 125g dark chocolate either in the microwave or in a heatproof dish over a pan of simmering water.
2.Put the flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a bowl.
3.Cream the butter and sugars in another bowl. (I use my freestanding mixer, itself an odd source of comfort to me.) Add the melted chocolate and mix together.
4.Beat in the vanilla extract and cold egg, and then mix in the dry ingredients. Finally stir in the chocolate morsels or chips.
5.Scoop out 12 equal-sized mounds – an ice cream scoop and a palette knife are the best tools for the job – and place on a lined baking sheet about 6cm apart. Do not flatten them.
6.Cook for 18 minutes, testing with a cake tester to make sure it comes out semi-clean and not wet with cake batter. If you pierce a chocolate chip, try again.
7.Leave to cool slightly on the baking sheet for 4–5 minutes, then transfer them to a cooling rack to harden as they cool.



REVIEWS

The best chocolate cookies ever ! My whole family is impressed and I am on top of the world. Thanks Nigella !

UMAJEENA

Best cookies ever!!

forbes101

awww.. I wanna make those! ahhh.. :((

kitchenlover

I made these for my children and husband and they loved them. I now have a picture of my sons face after eating one of them as my screensaver...all chocolatey and gooey and just adorable! Thanks for the best choco cookies ever!!

emj23

I made these at Christmas but I melted some Milk Chocolate on the top and sprinkled with some crunchy choc balls! Sooooooooooo Good! They didn't last an hour!!

redhead43

Hey Nigella.. I just saw you cooking this recipe on tv here in Australia and I had to come and get the recipe and try them. I'm going shopping tomorrow and spending the day baking and eating cookies. I don't even know if I'm going to tell my husband about them. I'm absolutely sure they are too good to share :) I cant wait to try them!

bibibaby

These cookies are awesome. We had half of one cookie left at the end of the day - I made 6 large and made the remaining mixture into smaller cookies so my son didn't overindulge too much! We all loved them here. Thanks for sharing the recipe with us :)

daletrev

Normally I don’t leave comments on websites, but to be honest, these cookies are the best thing I’ve ever eaten!!!! THEY ARE JUST AMAZING!!!! PERFECT!!!! I WAS on a diet when I baked these for my nephew, they are so delicious that I couldn’t resist!!!

alicecoutinho

I have always been a big fan of tradition; so, until recently, chocolate chip cookies in my family have always meant the Tollhouse recipe (with slightly less flour than the original calls for). In fact, the night/morning I was born, my dad managed to avoid hospital food by packing the batch of cookies my mom had just baked. However, I tried these cookies and I think I actually like them better. So, no small compliment indeed!

Psappha

Hi. Should I use caster sugar or granulated for the white sugar?

RanaB

These were such a winner with my partner and friends. Next time I am going to bake some for just our little household of 2 and freeze about 8 of them. Thanks for the tip!

PopcornM

Just baked it...really good...CHOCOLATE oozes out everywhere...VERY VERY VERY CHOCOLATEY!!! :)

shurei

RanaB, I use caster sugar in mine. Cheers

PopcornM

I saw you make these on your ABC television series, went out and bought and ice-cream scoop and have not looked back! These were magnificently received by my friends and family - just delicious. Thank you for making your recipes so available and allowing cooking to be more about the journey and not just the destination.

KattyK

Thank you PopcornM! Time for me to start baking! :)

RanaB

Nigella I agree with you! These cookies heal anything!

AnaK

heyy i am from mumbai,india and i totaly adore your show...i have a question i am a vegetarian so what can i use instead of an egg for these cookies they sound delicious!!!!someone told me half a banana is equal to one egg is it true??

nupur_r

hi! tried this recipe today, tastes amazing but, my cookies flattened out inspite of leaving space between cookies as u mentioned, pls help and tell me asolution to this problem, thks,namrata

namu

I have baked these cookies twice now and I love them! I usually add white choc chips, or walnuts though. They don't last long in my house! :)

Nadia22

Oh my goodness, these are so tasty!!! My other half loves them. I froze half the batch because I know I would have eaten them all!!! Will defo be making these again . . easy too!!!!! Better than shop bought!!!

Vicky1984

Just made those cookies. Best chocolate cookie ever! next time will do with a little less sugar... Tal.

incanus

Hi Nigella, I love your show, saw these on the tv and then made them... they're just delicious and easy to make. Thanks. Happy baking. Richa :-)

Richa

Me and my friend made this not too long ago. It wass LUSH! we are 13 and are good cooks but found this esy as!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (: Deffo one to remember, lush with vanilla icecream. evenb though we didnt have it with that/ but i guess it would be. also my mates brother paid her £5 to make these for him. we recommend you make these guys, cos then i took them to school and people were like begging me for them!!!!!!!!!! x x x we love nigella yeyyyyyy!!!!!!!!

ElzandAmeliax

These are, without doubt, the BEST chocolate cookies ever!!! The amount of chocolate in this recipe is somewhat comical, but absolutely essential! Nigella, thank you so much for this recipe.

cremebrulee

Hello, I'm from South Africa, Durban. I just saw this on tv and they looked so easy and yumm... from the rave reviews, I will definitely be baking as soon as I have all the ingr. Thank you, Nigella.

yummymum

i tried it and i should say this is the best cookies ever!u rock, nigella!

foxy_lassie

mmnnnn.....these come out sooo good every time i make them..... i always like keeping some in the freazer... Thanks a lot Nigella!

Hafiza

Its True....these cookies are too good 2 be true...they are just amazing and u just cant stop eating them....they are heavenly!!! loved them Nigella..

sanaish

the nicest cookies i've ever tasted in my life!!! Everyone has to make them!!!! yummy!!! :):)

ayla

I just made these and tasted one. It was awesome! Actually 12 cookies are only enough for 1 person. Will be making more tomorrow. Yum!

neanda

These are soooooooo good

shpork

I MADE THESE AS THEY SOUNDED GREAT BUT NOT SURE WHERE i WENT WRONG THEY ALL SPILLED OUT INTO TRAY AND TURNED INTO A BIG HEAP OF CHOCOLATE GUE. WHAT WENT WRONG? PLEASE HELP AS KIDS WHERE VERY UPSET

KERKER

These cookies are amazing.My husband, mother, father, sister and all my friends loved it. Thanks a millioooooonnnnnn :)

Toty_swim

Saw you on TV today! Had to come & get the recipe.. I am from South Africa. 8/8/2009

Snelly

i made theese cookies tonight not for the non cohc lovers but the best cookies ever made

vickiec

Hi Nigella, saw this recipe in South Africa, looks sooo good. Am going to try it next weekend for visitors..not a good baker, keep your fingers crossed!

matie

I have just made these for the first time and they are fantastic - they actually turned out like they looked in the picture.....I feel like a domestic goddess, even emailed a pic to my husband :)

KD69

A bit too rich for my tastes so the kidz ate them all, they didn't mind one bit.

Angeldrawers

I just made these with my sister and I can tell you, they were fabolous! Thank you very muck for this recipe. Greetings from Finland. :)

KAKKU

YUMO! I made these cookies and they are fantastic! Although, mine didn't stay into the nice rounded mounds of chocolate cookie,they flattened out a little, but they still taste fantastic. Such a simple and easy recipe - highly recommend - although you cannot stop at one!!!

chlo_j18

I have to admit - I´m addicted to these cookies. And thanks to my nick I´m allowed to ;o))

Coocie

Help! I promised to make these tommorow morning for my nieces..... but dont know if 'flour' is plain or self-raising? Can anyone please tell me? quick! I dont want to waste all this chocolate!

lyngus

Lyngus, I used plain flour in mine. It turned out fab.

ydming

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