375 chocolate cookie recipes

Italian meatball cookies with warm spices, cocoa, raisins, nuts, and chocolate chips rolled into small round drops. A traditional Italian-American holiday cookie that looks like its dinner-table namesake.

Buttery shortbread logs dipped in melted semi-sweet chocolate and sprinkled with chopped walnuts. A 4-ingredient cookie with crisp, sandy texture and a rich chocolate finish.

Double-baked chocolate rusks (biscotti-style) with mini chocolate chips, cocoa, and melted unsweetened chocolate. Crispy, intensely chocolatey Italian-style cookies.

Black Forest rugalach pastries with a cream cheese dough wrapped around boozy cherry, dark chocolate and walnut filling. The Jewish bakery classic given a chocolate-cherry overhaul straight out of the German cake playbook.

Chewy chocolate drop cookies made with melted semi-sweet chocolate, butter, and just half a cup of flour. Fudgy, brownie-like cookies that bake in under 10 minutes.

Orange chocolate chip cookies made with cream cheese in the dough, fresh orange zest, and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Soft, tangy, and citrusy drop cookies.

Double chocolate drops with cocoa powder dough and semi-sweet chocolate chips, using butter-flavor shortening for thick, chewy cookies loaded with walnuts. Big bakery-style cookies in 35 minutes.

Italian rainbow cookies with almond paste, three colored layers, apricot jam filling, and chocolate coating. Overnight-pressed cookies that slice into beautiful tricolor squares.

Chunky chocolate cookies loaded with cocoa, big pieces of semi-sweet chocolate, and chopped pecans. Crispy edges, chewy middles, and a deep chocolate flavor that hits twice in every bite.

Chewy drop cookies made with graham cracker crumbs, cinnamon, and a full bag of mini chocolate chips. Like s'mores in cookie form, with crisp edges and a soft, gooey center.

Seven-layer cookie bars with a chocolate graham crust, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, coconut, and nuts. Makes 36 bars with just 10 minutes of hands-on work.

Homemade chocolate sandwich cookies filled with a fluffy marshmallow cream filling. Think whoopie pies with a cocoa twist. Soft, cakey cookies meet sweet, pillowy filling. Makes 2 dozen sandwiches.

Chewy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with brown sugar and nuts create the ultimate bakery-style treat that you can bake soft or crispy based on your preference.

Hazelnut melting moments with ground filberts, lemon zest, and a pool of melted chocolate in the center. A delicate thumbprint cookie dusted with powdered sugar.

Giant banana oat cookies studded with chocolate chips, served sundae-style with a scoop of ice cream on top. Soft, chewy, and big enough to use as a dessert plate.

Creamy peanut butter balls studded with crispy rice cereal, dipped in chocolate for the iconic Ohio candy that's dangerously easy to eat by the dozen.