Super Chunky Cookies

Total Time

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Makes

6-1/2 dozen

Updated: Jun. 25, 2023
Chocolate lovers will go crazy over these cookies that feature loads of chocolate! When friends ask me to make "those cookies," I know exactly what recipe they mean. —Rebecca Jendry, Spring Branch, Texas
Super Chunky Cookies Recipe photo by Taste of Home

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 1 cup vanilla or white chips
  • 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
  • 3/4 cup English toffee bits or almond brickle chips
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, cream the shortening, butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the remaining ingredients.
  2. Drop by tablespoonfuls 3 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° until lightly browned, 10-12 minutes. Cool for 2-3 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 115 calories, 7g fat (3g saturated fat), 10mg cholesterol, 48mg sodium, 14g carbohydrate (10g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.