Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies

6/19/2026

Homemade chocolate chip cookies are an American classic.🍪 It's a recipe that most people can master with minimal skill, ingredients and equipment. Almost all chocolate chip manufacturers have so much confidence that anyone who buys a bag of chips can make a chocolate chip cookie that they add a recipe the that back of every bag that they sell.

In classic Amy style I decided that the classic chocolate chip cookie dough recipe was too simplistic so I figured out a way to make it way more complicated. 😂🙃🤷🏻‍♀️ I substituted a chopped bar of chocolate for the chips - why not? I'm not opposed to chocolate chips. I LOVE chocolate chips. I stock several different varieties of them by the pound in my pantry. But rather than use some of the sweet chips that I have on hand, I decided to channel my inner artisan baker and chop up a giant dark chocolate bar for my homemade cookies instead.

I'll let you in on a little secret about chocolate chunk cookies - one that I learned through trial and error.🍪 It's all about the chocolate . Buy a brand that you love and one that you can cut into nice and neat bite sized pieces. I've baked cookies with dark chocolate bars that were too firm and the bar crumbled into tiny bits when I tried to cut it - even with the sharpest knife. Some chocolate bars were too oily and the chocolate pieces melted into a gooey mess on top of each cookie.

The best way to figure out which chocolate is going to work best for your dark chocolate chunk cookies is to try as many different types of chocolate bars as you can find. Why not? It's a delicious experiment.😅

My personal favorite for dark chocolate chunk cookies is the Choceur dark chocolate bar from Aldi.

Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/4 cups light brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 large eggs, at room temperature
2 cups dark chocolate, cut into pieces