Our 21 Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ready your ovens—these are the all-time best versions of the world's most classic, crowd-pleasing cookie.

By Sheela Prakash

April 25, 2017

Toll House chocolate chip cookies on two plates.

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1/21
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Crunchy cookie edges + chewy centers with gooey chocolate = chocolate chip cookie nirvana.
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2/21
Vegan Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Nondairy butter and a flax “egg” make these easy cookies deliciously vegan—be sure to buy dairy-free chocolate and vegan sugar to keep them that way.
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3/21
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Brown butter lends a subtle toffee-like flavor that makes these brown butter chocolate chip cookies far more enticing than your everyday version.
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4/21
Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
The most iconic chocolate chip cookie is crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside, and loaded with melty morsels of chocolate chips throughout.
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5/21
Cinnamon–Chocolate Chunk Skillet Cookie
This giant skillet cookie, spiked with cinnamon, is perfect for sharing...or not.
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6/21
Espresso Chocolate Sablés
These espresso-infused dark chocolate–chunk shortbread cookies come from master baker Dorie Greenspan and include a tip for getting perfectly round cookies every time.
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7/21
Chewy Coconut–Chocolate Chip Cookies
Oats and shredded coconut make these chocolate chip cookies wonderfully chewy and extra delicious.
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Kim Sentner
8/21
Esther's Gingery Chocolate Chip Cookies
Candied ginger gives this version a bit of warm, holiday-like spice.
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9/21
Double Chocolate Espresso Cookies
These cookies are crisp on the edges and have a chewy middle strewn with pockets of soft chocolate.
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Ditte Isager
10/21
Chocolate-Oatmeal Moon Pies
These over-the-top cookie sandwiches are packed with chocolate chips, pecans, oats, and dried cherries. A marshmallow fluff filling and finishing chocolate drizzle take the decadence to level 10.
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11/21
Our Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies
This cookie is what happens when Epi Food Director Rhoda Boone goes on a quest for the ultimate chocolate chip cookie.
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12/21
Triple-Chocolate Cookies
Dark chocolate lovers, your cookie has arrived.
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Dan Forbes
13/21
Fudgy Meringue Cookies
These fudgy flourless meringue cookies are flavored with cocoa powder and studded with plenty of bittersweet chips.
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Con Poulos
14/21
Whole Wheat S'more Cookies
Whole wheat flour isn't just a health gimmick—here it's what gives these clever cookies the graham-cracker flavor characteristic of s'mores.
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Kenji Toma
15/21
Chocolate Chip and Banana Ice Cream Sandwiches
Use your favorite cookie to make these playful sandwiches stuffed with creamy banana ice cream and dipped in melted chocolate chips.
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Romulo Yanes
16/21
Salty Chocolate Chunk Cookies
A sprinkle of flaky sea salt before baking makes these cookies extraordinary.
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Tara Donne
17/21
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Can't decide between chewy or crunchy? With these cookies, you get BOTH.
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18/21
Flourless Oatmeal Chocolate-Chunk Cookies
There's a genius trick to these chewy, gluten-free cookies—you blitz oats in the food processor to make your own DIY GF flour.
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Jenny Zarins
19/21
Chocolate Chip Madeleines
OK, so strictly speaking, they're little cakes rather than cookies. But does that make them any less delicious?
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Linda Pugliese, food styling by Anna Hampton
20/21
Crunchy Chocolate Chunk Cookies
The crunch in these cookies comes from Valrhona chocolate pearls, but you could easily swap them out for malted milk balls instead.
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21/21
Double Chocolate Chunk Walnut Cookies
To make them a bit healthier, these cookies ditch the butter and swap in mashed avocado. Don't knock it 'til you try it: it works.
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