Step 1

First, melt the unsalted butter in a medium-sized mixing bowl.

Step 2

Once the butter is melted, add in the cocoa powder and stir it until it’s smooth and combined. Pro-Tip: Adding the cocoa powder and butter together first helps re-hydrate the cocoa powder, and doing this will keep your cookies nice and moist!

Step 3

Then, add in the melted butter and cocoa powder mixture, brown sugar, and white sugar to the bowl of your stand mixer.

Step 4

Mix the ingredients on medium speed (setting 2 on my Bosch Mixer, setting 4 on a KitchenAid) for 1-2 minutes with the paddle attachment until it is light and fluffy. Scrape the bowl when needed. Pro-Tip: You can also use a hand mixer if you don’t have a stand mixer. You will mix the dough longer than you would if you had a stand mixer, and you will go by the look and consistency of the dough instead of time to know when it’s mixed, light, and fluffy.

Step 5

Next, add in the room temperature eggs.

Step 6

Mix again on medium speed (setting 2 on my Bosch Mixer, setting 4 on a KitchenAid) for 1-2 minutes until it’s light and airy.

Step 7

Scrape the bowl.

Step 8

While mixing on low, add in the vanilla, salt, baking soda, flour, and chocolate chips.

Step 9

Next, mix the dough just enough so that it’s combined. Finish by hand to make sure there are no pockets of flour leftover.

Step 10

Preheat your oven to 350ºF (177ºC) and prepare a sheet pan with parchment paper.

Step 11

With a #20 cookie scoop, divide the dough into 2 Tablespoon-sized cookie dough balls. I like to dip the top of the ball into a bowl of chocolate chips to get even more chocolate into the cookies!

Step 12

Next, place the cookie dough balls onto a sheet pan about 3″ apart.

Step 13

Let these cookies sit at room temperature for about 30 minutes to give time for the flour to absorb the liquids. This will help reduce the amount of spread on your baked cookies. You can also chill the cookie dough balls in the refrigerator for 30 minutes if you want the cookies to spread even less.

Step 14

Bake the cookies for about 10 minutes, or until they are no longer shiny in the center and the edges are set.

Step 15

Allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet.

Step 16

Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to allow them to cool all the way.