Copycat Starbucks Chocolate Chip Cookies – Classic chocolate chip cookies with crisp buttery edges, chewy center, and dark chocolate chips.
I love Starbucks chocolate chip cookies and I have always wanted to know what made these different than other chocolate chip cookies. Today I am sharing Starbucks’ secret… shhh. Friends, they use whole wheat & white flour!
Who knew, right? And despite the fact of the whole wheat flour, my kids still loved these. A win for me! So pour a cup of milk or grab your favorite Starbucks drink, because you will want to sit down and savor every bite of these crispy buttery cookies.
I pretty much will take a cookie over a cupcake any day. I make cookies at least once a week, just kidding, err, not kidding. If I miss a week, my kids notice and think that I am sick or something.
The truth be told I actually make cookies because of the cookie dough, I love cookie dough. My favorite cookie dough is from my Best Ever Monster Cookies recipe, seriously I would eat the entire batch if I could without making myself sick.
I made some Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites and this paused me making cookies for a bit. Just a bit though.
These Copycat Starbucks Chocolate Chip Cookies became my to-go-to comfort food 2 years ago while we were in the process of selling the home most of our babies were born in and building a new home to create even more amazing memories.
If someone ever tells you that getting a home ready to list and sell with 5 little kids under the age of 11 is easy, well then they are crazy. It is insanely hard to keep everything clean and organized. We were lucky in the fact that our home sold very quickly, almost too quick to where our new home wasn’t ready.
My parents were very accommodating and let us move in with them. All 5 kids, Jake and I, our dog, Bruiser, a turtle, and a guinea pig. Eventually, the guinea pig was rehomed due to the smell and size of the room the girls were in. I thought Jojo would have a hard time with it, but our guinea pig wasn’t the most loving, so it was easier for her than I thought it would be.
When we originally moved in with my parents we thought it was only to be a few short months and it turned into 10! Yes, 10 months. Luckily it went so well and my parents were amazing. But with all the stress I began to stress eat, my comfort. And these cookies were easy to make, irresistible and comforting. I now only make this recipe Copycat Starbucks Chocolate Chip Cookies every other month or so but I enjoy them every time I do.
What I love most about these Copycat Starbucks Chocolate Chip Cookies is that I can make the entire batch for the same cost of buying 2 cookies at Starbucks. Saving money, baking deliciousness, and creating smiles. Enjoy this recipe friends, we sure do. XOXO San
Pin this recipe for Copycat Starbucks Chocolate Chip Cookies to your favorite Pinterest board for later.
Love Copycat Starbucks recipes?
Be sure to check out these delicious mouthwatering treats that are just like the ones you love at your favorite coffee place. Copycat Starbucks Michigan Cherry Oat Bars, Copycat Starbucks Devil’s Food Donuts, Copycat Starbucks Flourless Chocolate Cookies, Copycat Starbucks Blueberry Muffins, and Starbucks Lemon Loaf Copycat.
Copycat Starbucks Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 3/4 cups dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a large mixer, I used my KitchenAid, cream together the butter, sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Mix in the vanilla and eggs.
- In a small bowl stir together all of the dry ingredients; whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour baking soda and baking powder.
- Gently mix in the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, making sure to mix well.
- Stir in 1 ½ cups of the chocolate chunks.
- Scoop dough with a 1/3 cup measuring cup. Divide the 1/3 cup of dough in half, roll each half into balls, and place on the cookie sheet. Press in a few of the remaining chocolate chunks into the dough. Repeat with remaining dough and chocolate chunks, placing 6 cookies per sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges are a golden brown. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool. Enjoy!
Notes
This post was recently updated from its original posting date of August 2015.
You are so missing the boat by not chilling the dough first.
Agreed. Also – there is no mention of salt in this recipe. Chocolate chip cookies should have some salt to balance sweetness. These cookies were fine (although probably not as good as basic Toll House cookies), but absolutely nothing like Starbucks chocolate chip cookies. Maybe just call them “chocolate chip” so that they aren’t disappointing.
perfect cookies, sound like ah-mazing
How many grams is 2 butter sticks?
Always up for a great chocolate chip cookie!!
These look amazing! Can’t believe you can make a batch for the price of two at Starbucks! Great deal 🙂
Chocolate chip cookies are my favorite, and I am just drooling over these!
Who doesn’t love cookies? Great copycat recipe!
Swooning over the crispy edges in these beauties! My favorite!
I would need to make a double batch!
I would have to double up this batch because I wouldn’t want to share.
I love the texture of these cookies!
Me too!
I have never tried Starbucks cake or cookies 🙂 just buy coffee and go. Thank you for sharing the recipe! Gonna try it.
I hope you enjoy it, thanks!
Starbuck <3
These cookies simply stayed in a ball. We double checked the recipe, but they just didn’t spread out???
Oh shoot, that’s odd, was your butter soft at room temp?
We love everything about these!!
I have always loved these, I cannot wait to make them this weekend!
The last paragraph is confusing. Do you mean shape dough into 6 cookies? It only makes 6 cookies?
Thanks –
Sorry about the confusion! It means to just bake 6 cookies per cookie sheet, it will make about 2 dozen cookies total. They are a bit larger than your average cookie and may spread a little bit more so we recommend having more space between them than you normally would.
I love that you used whole wheat flour! Can’t wait to try these.
This will save so much money! 😀 Totally making these.
This looks so delicious and yummy! I can’t wait to give this a try! My kids are going to love these!
Yum! Who can resist these cookies?! So glad to make them at home!
The perfect goodies for anytime! Love these to make at home!
I absolutely loved these cookies. I usually use amsalted butter and omit salt when I’m baking so it balances out ; )
What do you mean by break the 1/3 cup chunk in half?
Hi Carol, I’ve updated the instructions to be a bit clearer. To get the right size cookies, you should scoop the dough with a 1/3 cup measuring cup and then divide that 1/3 cup of dough in half. I hope this helps!
My cookies spread out a lot. Much thinner than a Starbucks cookie. Any thoughts?
Oh gosh, I am not sure. Do you have a picture? The one thing that can cause that is that your butter was melted or too soft, you can always refrigerate the dough next time for a bit 60-90 min, and then bake. Sorry, that happened to you.
Starbucks cookies have no regular flour, just wheat flour. I wondered why these turned out so light colored. Thanks for making me waste ingredients
Oh, well, you can always use wheat flour…..you didn’t need to waste the ingredients if you already knew that.
hi Sandra I must say these cookies look amazing I was just getting out all my ingredients before reading what I needed here and I’ve just read through your ingredients and I don’t have whole wheat flour can I use all plain flour. thanks Elaine
Hi Elaine – I have never tried this, but I don’t forsee it being a problem.
Hi Sam, do you remember the double thick version of the Starbucks cookie? That was my all time favorite. With iced milk nothing better. What’s your thought on making this double thick?
Oh gosh, I don’t remember that. I will ask my friend who used to work there and circle back if she does.
Spread way too much, they need to rest in the fridge overnight next time, need more chocolate chunks, otherwise good.
THE best chocolate chip cookie I’ve ever made. HANDS DOWN.
aw, thank you