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    Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies

    January 3, 2018 Updated November 22, 2021 BySam 11 Comments

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    These mini chocolate chip cookies are each made with just a teaspoon and a half of dough for tiny, one-bite cookies! These are soft and chewy cookies that are great for portion control to not ruin your New Year’s resolutions!

    Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Happy 2018!  I hope that everyone had a great Christmas and New Year!

    I took a little time off to spend time with the family and eat lots of Christmas cookies and other good food, and while I didn’t post much other than this cookie dough dip, I worked a lot behind-the-scenes on video and perfecting a few other upcoming recipes.

    These mini chocolate chip cookies were one such recipe that needed a bit of perfecting, and after a little bit of trial and error, I’m excited to share them with you!

    Mini chocolate chip cookies on a plate, glass of milk in background

    January is always a slower month around here because so many people ditch the sugar and resolve to eat healthier foods (myself included!).  While I don’t really do health foods on the blog, I did want to offer a treat that wouldn’t wreck anyone’s resolutions, but still stayed true to the sugar aspect that’s at my core.  And while I already have a very popular chocolate chip cookie recipe on the blog, this particular recipe has been perfected to be miniaturized.

    These mini chocolate chip cookies don’t require any chilling, and they are made of a small-batch cookie dough for two reasons — the first being portion control (each mini cookie is less than 50 calories, so you can get your chocolate chip cookie fix without overdoing it!), and the second being the fact that a full-sized batch would take forever to scoop…

    When you’re making cookies this small, a little bit of dough goes a long way.

    Cookie Dough for Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies || SugarSpunRun

    Cookie dough for mini chocolate chip cookies

    While you don’t necessarily need a special cookie dough scoop for these cookies, having the right one will make the job of scooping them much easier (and this recipe makes 70 cookies, so that’s a lot of scooping!).  I used this cookie scoop that I ordered off of Amazon (affiliate).  It’s a 1 ½ teaspoon sized scoop (½ Tablespoon), which is exactly the size that you need for this recipe and it makes the scooping process really quick rather than spooning the cookie dough or using a larger scoop and trying to make all of your cookie dough balls even.

    Plate of mini chocolate chip cookies

    While the recipe calls for mini chocolate chips, I tossed in a few regular-sized semisweet as well, but I don’t recommend using only the standard size — the mini chips distribute really well throughout the cookies without overwhelming them.

    Enjoy!

    Plate of mini chocolate chip cookies

    Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies -- I recommend using a small cookie scoop, I use this 1 ½ tsp-sized scoop that I purchased from Amazon (affiliate link)
    3.67 from 3 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 30 minutes
    Cook Time: 8 minutes
    Chilling Time: 30 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour 8 minutes
    Servings: 70 cookies
    Calories: 48kcal
    Author: Sam Merritt

    Ingredients

    • ½ cup butter, melted and then cooled at least 10 minutes (113g)
    • ⅔ cup brown sugar (130g) (dark or light brown sugar will work, I personally like to use a blend of the two)
    • ¼ cup granulated sugar (50g)
    • 1 large egg
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 ½ cups all purpose flour 185g
    • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ¾ cup mini semisweet chocolate chips (170g)

    Recommended Equipment

    • Mixing bowls
    • Baking sheets
    • 1 ½ teaspoon cookie scoop
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    Instructions

    • Combine melted, cooled butter and sugars in a large bowl and stir until well-combined.
    • Add egg and vanilla extract and stir well.
    • In a separate, medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
    • Gradually add flour mixture to wet ingredients, stirring until completely combined, then stir in chocolate chips.
    • Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap and transfer to the refrigerator to chill for at least 30 minutes and up to 5 days.
    • Once dough has chilled, preheat oven to 350F (175C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
    • Scoop dough by rounded 1 ½ teaspoon-sized scoop onto prepared cookie sheets, placing at least 1″ apart.  I like to roll my cookies between my palms into balls after scooping them so that they bake very uniform and round, but this is not necessary.
    • Bake on 350F (175C) for 6-8 minutes — cookies may still seem slightly soft in the centers, that is OK, they will cook completely on the cookie sheets. Don’t over-bake or your cookies will be too hard.
    • Allow to cool completely on cookie sheets.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 48kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 35mg | Potassium: 22mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 46IU | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg

    Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered an estimate only. Actual nutritional content will vary based upon brands used, measuring methods, cooking method, portion sizes, and more.

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    This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you purchase anything through these links I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you.  Please view the disclosure policy for more information.

    This recipe was originally published in 2018 and meant to be a low-calorie/low-sugar recipe, but a number of people felt that the cookies were not sweet enough. I have since updated the recipe to make the cookies more in alignment with the classic baked goods you’re used to around here and they taste just like traditional chocolate chip cookies, only in miniature form!

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    Comments

    1. Courtnie

      April 09, 2022 at 5:34 pm

      Would it be possible to add the maple syrup like you do on the worst chocolate chip cookie recipe? Would I need to remove or adjust something to make that be happen?

      Reply
      • Sam

        April 10, 2022 at 2:15 pm

        Hi Courtnie! Without having tried it I can’t say for sure what alterations would need to be made. You may need to increase the flour a bit. You could try making the worst chocolate chip cookies and just scooping them smaller. 🙂

        Reply
    2. C.J.

      December 07, 2021 at 7:25 pm

      I have never tried these but when I was young I made some Sugar-Chip Cookies.

      Reply
    3. Chelsea pantanilla

      June 19, 2020 at 10:01 am

      Can you use oat flour instead of all purpose flour?

      Reply
      • Sam

        June 19, 2020 at 11:44 am

        Hi Chelsea! I honestly have never worked with oat flour so I am not sure how it will turn out. 🙁

        Reply
    4. Elizabeth

      July 13, 2019 at 12:06 pm

      Do you need to add the cornstarch or what is something you can use to replace it?

      Reply
      • Sam

        July 14, 2019 at 11:21 am

        You could add more flour but the cookies won’t be as soft.

        Reply
    5. Mary

      February 08, 2019 at 11:18 am

      1 star
      These cookies were really bland! Can I add more sugar?

      Reply
      • Sam

        February 09, 2019 at 10:42 pm

        Hi Mary! Sure, it would kinda defeat the low calorie purpose though so just keep that in mind.

        Reply
    6. Judy

      March 09, 2018 at 8:01 pm

      5 stars
      Ten Stars! I plan to make cupcakes for the grade-schoolers at church and do a Cookie Monster decoration. Of course, I needed small cookies for his mouth, preferably chocolate chip.
      The ones you buy at the store are rock-hard; I was too lazy to go to the store anyway; and I have ingredients in the pantry.
      I remembered you posted a recipe for mini-chocolate chip cookies so I whipped up a batch. They’re so easy and so cute, can’t wait for the kiddies to get their treat. Thanks, Sam for providing this recipe. I would not have known where to start. You did all the testing and my mini-cookies are perfect.

      Reply
    7. shawnna griffin

      January 03, 2018 at 1:53 pm

      hey girl- these cookies look amazing!

      Reply

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