Our Best Chocolate Cookie Recipes Are Rich, Fudgy, and Totally Decadent
Here at BHG, we're always searching for the best chocolate cookie recipes, and chocolate chip cookies are just the beginning. Our collection—including rich espresso-infused morsels and chewy peanut butter-chocolate cookies—is worthy of any chocoholic. Whether you want to quickly mix up a batch of chocolaty treats for a weekday dessert or craft a decadent chocolate cookie recipe for the holidays, the options are endless!
Chocolate-Espresso Coins
Warm cinnamon and espresso enhance the flavor of these mini chocolate chip cookies. Splattered with melted chocolate, these bite-size bits are a dream for chocolate-lovers and coffee-lovers alike.
Triple-Peanut and Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate peanut butter cups, peanut butter, and peanuts join forces in one of our most decadent chocolate cookie recipes. The chunky concoction ensures a mouthful of flavor in every bite.
Triple-Chocolate Cookies
With three different kinds of chocolate, these cookies are a perfect dessert for the most serious of chocolate-lovers. If it's still not enough chocolate, add rich chocolate topping to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Chocolaty Caramel Thumbprints
Chopped pecans give a crunchy texture to these delectable chocolate cookies. A spoonful of gooey caramel and a drizzle of chocolate take the cookie recipe over the top.
Ultimate Chocolate-Dipped Cookies
To create the ultimate chocolate dessert, dip double-chocolate cookies into creamy chocolate ganache, then watch the tempting treats disappear. Make this recipe up to three months before serving.
Mocha Munchies
If you love a sweet with your coffee, you'll flip for these coffee-flavor chocolate cookies. Infused with coffee liqueur and chocolate-covered espresso beans, the mocha dessert is moist and delicious. Crispy pecans add a subtle crunch.
Berger of Baltimore Cookies
It's the fudge frosting that takes these pillow sugar cookies totally over the top. A pinch of salt in the mix helps keep the final chocolate cookies from being overly sweet and helps the chocolate flavor shine.
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Soft, chocolaty crinkle cookies are a holiday classic, but we love them year-round. A sprinkling of powdered sugar adds lightness to balance the rich chocolate cookies.
Italian Chocolate Spice Cookies
Rich cocoa powder combines with cinnamon and cloves for a uniquely flavored chocolate cookie. The warm, spicy notes make this a go-to recipe for cold weather. Add some extra sweetness with a light drizzle of powdered-sugar icing.
Peanut Butter Munchies
Peanut butter and chocolate are delicious on their own, but together they're just plain irresistible. The soft bite-size cookies feature luscious cocoa and a salty, smooth peanut butter filling.
Buckeye Cookies
This chocolate cookie recipe is inspired by the classic Ohio candy. It stars rich chocolate cookies topped with a sweet chocolate glaze and fluffy peanut butter cream. Serve these chocolate peanut butter cookies on a big platter and watch them disappear.
Kirschtorte Cookies
If you love the combination of chocolate and cherries, this is the chocolate cookie recipe for you. Each chewy cookie is topped with a sweet chocolate cherry buttercream. You can make this recipe ahead and freeze it for up to three months before serving.
Chocolate-Orange Sandwich Cookies
Inspired by a grocery store favorite, this recipe for chocolate cookies is buttery, rich, and perfect with a cup of coffee. You'll want to use dark chocolate in the filling to balance the sweet orange cookies.
Mississippi Mud Cookies
Meet your new favorite chocolate dessert. This Southern-style chocolate cookie is filled with nutty pecans and chocolate. The real star here though is the thick marshmallow topper.
Copycat S'mores Cookies
You don't need to wait till Girl Scout cookie season for these copycat cookies. A graham cracker-inspired base is topped with fluffy marshmallow crème and milk chocolate to echo the flavors of the campfire treat.
Pecan-Orange Chocolate Chunk Cookies
This rich chocolate chunk cookie recipe has earned rave reviews. "Such a great combination of taste!," said one reviewer. While another shared, "After baking for 9 minutes and cooling, I was very happy with the resulting shape and texture of the cookies."
Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies
If you look forward to cherry cordial candies at the holidays, you'll love this chocolate sugar cookie. It's topped with a maraschino cherry and a sweet chocolate glaze. As one BHG fan raves, "I get asked to make this cookie every cookie exchange. It is deliciously fudgy with a nice cherry surprise."