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    Home > Recipes > Cookies

    Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Published: Jan 30, 2014 | Updated: May 28, 2022

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    In this unique Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe coarse sea salt is combined with mini chocolate chips in the best cookies ever! They are chewy perfection!

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    Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies Close piled on cooling rack

    It snowed in Atlanta. I made mini Chocolate Chip Cookies. The world is upside down!

    Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies Close up detail

    Normally I wouldn't pass up an opportunity the make the biggest, chewiest chocolate chip cookies ever. Still, yesterday my Husband requested that he be allowed to form his own cookies for baking. As I peered over his shoulder, I thought smugly, "Oh, those are way too tiny. He'll be begging me to make his next round." But then they came out of the oven, and they were just so darn cute, I decided to make them all tiny!

    Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies Close on vintage cooling rack

    So perfect with the mini chips. Sometimes my husband is super right. He also named them: Silver Dollar Chocolate Chip Cookies. They are actually more quarter-sized, but who am I to rain on his parade?

    Silver Dollar Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Adorable, no?

    Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies Close piled on cooling rack

    The combination of mini chips (read: more chocolate in every bite) and coarse-grained sea salt is magical. It is a subtle salty compliment to the chocolate. I'm going to start using coarse sea salt in all my chocolate chip cookies. Let’s all take a moment to thank Shelly at Cookies and Cups for this revelation!

    Do not be fooled by the little package. They still have a perfectly soft and chewy center with a crunchy, browned edge. Let's take a closer look...

    Silver Dollar Chocolate Chip Cookies

    These mini cookies may sound like the perfect portion control, but these lil guys are not a dieter’s friend unless you have a monk's willpower. Because before you are even done savoring the sweet, salty taste of one, you are reaching for another.

    Little bites of awesome.

    Now you can, and I did, use this same batter to make larger/normal sized cookies, and they will taste phenomenal!

    This may be my new favorite!

    Yes, even more than this one! Or this one! Or even this one! I clearly have a problem.

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    Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Chef Lindsey
    In this unique Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe coarse sea salt is combined with mini chocolate chips in the best cookies ever! They are chewy perfection!
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    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 8 minutes
    Chill 12 hours
    Total Time 25 minutes
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12 people
    Calories 286 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
    • ¾ cup light brown sugar
    • ¼ cup dark brown sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 tablespoon vanilla
    • 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
    • 1 12 oz bag mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
    US Customary - Metric

    Instructions
     

    • In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir to combine and set aside.
    • Cream butter and sugars together in the bowl of a stand mixer until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
    • Add in eggs and vanilla, scrape down sides of bowl and continue mixing until completely incorporated.
    • Slowly add the flour mixture in several additions on low speed, scraping in between each one, until no more flour is visibly.
    • Keep the speed on low and add in the chocolate chips.
    • Cover dough with plastic wrap, secure with a large rubber band and refrigerate overnight or up to 48 hours.
    • When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350°. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
    • To make mini cookies, scoop with a teaspoon measure and make balls the size of a small melon ball. To make larger/normal sized cookies, scoop with a 3 tablespoon cookie scoop and place the dough 2 inches apart.
    • Bake 6-8 minutes for the small cookies and 9-11 minutes for the larger ones. Let the cookies cool 5-10 minutes on the baking sheet before moving them to a wire cooling rack. The cookies will not look done in the center when you take them out of the oven. This is okay, unless you are like my Husband, in which case, you will want to bake them an extra 2 minutes.

    Notes

    Yield: 24 large cookies and 90 (ish) Mini Cookies
    You can also freeze these. After dough is completely chilled, roll into balls, place in a zip-top freezer bag and freeze. Bake (from frozen) for an extra minute or two following the directions above.
    Recipe adapted from Cookies and Cups
    Keyword chocolate chip cookie recipe, cookie recipe, easy cookies
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    1. contey says

      April 04, 2018 at 6:28 am

      Who doesn't love chocolate chip cookies especially with a well-written instruction?! I'm always up for trying new recipes so I will have to give this one a try!

      I'm so glad I found this.

      Thank you so much Lindsey for putting this together

      Reply
    2. Jess says

      February 06, 2014 at 12:30 am

      These are way too cute! It looks like your husband is a professional baker. Thanks for sharing... I can't wait to try using coarse sea salt.

      Reply
      • Lindsey says

        February 06, 2014 at 12:34 am

        Thanks! Well I made these but the petite size idea was all him! You should absolutely give the coarse salt a try!

        Reply
    3. Sook says

      February 03, 2014 at 2:56 pm

      These cookies look so good. My boys would go crazy over them. Yum!

      Reply
      • Lindsey says

        February 03, 2014 at 6:04 pm

        Thanks! They are crazy good!

        Reply
    4. Stacy | Wicked Good Kitchen says

      February 02, 2014 at 12:09 am

      Too cute for words! Love the idea of calling these petite chocolate chip cookies 'Silver Dollar' like pancakes. I'm glad your hubby made the request for smaller cookies. We're so used to whipping out the ol' ice cream scoop when making dropping cookies, aren't we? Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
      • Lindsey says

        February 02, 2014 at 9:00 am

        Thanks, Stacy! They are adorable! It was a great change! Although the ice cream scoop sized cookies still pull my heart strings!

        Reply
    5. matmedmera says

      January 31, 2014 at 11:43 am

      O yes! Easy and very tasty!

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      • Lindsey says

        January 31, 2014 at 12:03 pm

        absolutely! I hope you try them!

        Reply
    6. dina says

      January 31, 2014 at 9:37 am

      i love the size! they look like perfect choc chip cookies!

      Reply
      • Lindsey says

        January 31, 2014 at 10:59 am

        They are so delicious!!!! And some how the calories count less when they are tiny!

        Reply
    7. Miss Kim @ behgopa says

      January 31, 2014 at 6:31 am

      Oh very cute! I first fell in love with mini chocolate chip cookies during a church camp when I was a teenager. They were soooo good, and I remember eating a whole ton of them and just couldn't stop eating.

      What did you guys use for these little guys, a melon baller?

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      • Lindsey says

        January 31, 2014 at 9:25 am

        Thanks! I can't believe that I've never baked with them before! I used a round teaspoon measuring spoon to scoop the balls. Of all my kitchen gadgets, I don't have a melon baller. Shocking!

        Reply
    8. Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says

      January 30, 2014 at 12:57 pm

      OMGOSH how cute are theeeeyyyy??!!

      Michael always teases me for making oversized cookies, maybe I should take a page out of your hubby's book, change things up, hm? 🙂

      Reply
      • Lindsey says

        January 30, 2014 at 1:08 pm

        You totally should! Mine also complains that they are underdone, but on that point I refuse to budge!

        Reply
    9. Cookie Monster says

      January 30, 2014 at 12:44 pm

      HELP! The coarse sea salt intensifies the addiction! I eat 'em by the handful!

      Reply
      • Lindsey says

        January 30, 2014 at 8:29 pm

        lol! I totally understand!

        Reply

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