Skip Chocolate Chips: Make Bakery-Worthy Cookies With One Simple Swap

By Nikki Munoz
A close-up of a plate of chocolate chip cookies with a glass of milk in the background Chas53/Getty Images
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Chocolate chip cookies are one of the most beloved desserts out there and, arguably, the most popular cookie. Home bakers may have spent a significant amount of time trying to perfect the chocolate chip cookie. Maybe you've tried various recipes, maybe you've tried different brands of chocolate chips. But, as it turns out, the secret to bakery-worthy cookies is simpler than you think: skip chocolate chips and use chocolate chunks instead.

There are a few reasons to opt for chocolate that you've chopped up yourself. Firstly, the chocolate will be much more prominent in the finished cookie. So, if you love the idea of an extra chocolatey chocolate chip cookie, then what you're looking for is a chocolate chunk cookie. Chocolate chips are made to maintain their shape, so they won't melt in the oven, like chocolate chunks will, resulting in a cookie that doesn't have that gooey, chocolatey aspect.

This swap also allows you to choose the exact type of chocolate that you love. This means that the cookies will be more personalized and tailored to you and your family's tastes. In other words, your cookie experience will be taken to the next level.

What else to know about making chocolate chunk cookies

Chopped up chocolate next to a knife on a rustic wooden cutting board Candice Bell/Shutterstock

First and foremost, you need to pick out a chocolate bar to chop up for your chocolate chunk cookies. If you're a dark chocolate lover and you need inspiration, there are lots of dark chocolate brands to choose from. As for milk chocolate, there are a handful of milk chocolate bars worth every penny and some that are not. A couple of options that are well regarded include a classic Hershey's milk chocolate bar and the Moser Roth Extra Creamy Milk Chocolate Bar, which can be found at Aldi.

As for what recipe to use, you can use any recipe for chocolate chip cookies and just swap out the chips for chunks — they're interchangeable, so you can just follow the recipe normally, without worrying about having to do anything differently. And if you want to switch it up a bit, you can try chocolate chunk mocha cookies — which prominently feature chocolate, thanks to the use of chopped pieces, while also blending in a coffee flavor.