National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day Recipes
Back in the 1930s, Ruth Graves Wakefield improved all of our lives by creating chocolate chips as well as the chocolate chip cookie, and now every year, we celebrate this absolutely delicious treat on National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day.
While classic chocolate chip cookies are definitely amazing as is, why not get a little more adventurous this year? Lucky for you, we've rounded up seven of the most interesting (but still totally delicious) chocolate chip recipes out there, so you can be extra festive this National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. And the great news is, all of these recipes are totally customizable, so you're free to mix and match as you see fit. The only requirement? Chocolate chips, of course.
1/7Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies
Want to put a little spin on the classic chocolate chip cookie? Take the advice from bakers like Buns In My Oven and add bacon by either including it in your batter or sprinkling it on top of your cookies.
Everything's better with bacon, right?
2/7Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cookies
Think pink this summer by taking a page out of the playbook of Sally's Baking Addiction for a recipe on cake-like chocolate chip cookies with strawberry flavoring.
3/7Oreo-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
Lemon Sugar's recipe is the best of both worlds. Chocolate chip cookies and Oreos? Count us in.
4/7Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie
Love the taste of cookie dough? Nothing beats a half-baked chocolate chip cookie in a skillet. To make, you can follow a recipe like this one by Modern Honey. And if you want to add even more flavor, add a scoop or two of your favorite ice cream as well as extra caramel or chocolate sauce.
5/7Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Fudge
It may not be a traditional cookie per se, but chocolate chip cookie dough fudge, like this one by Mel's Kitchen, will make you a believer.
7/7Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies
It might sound like a weird combo, but Averie Cooks has a point: By swapping out the butter for cream cheese, your cookie dough is actually become more buttery, and not to mention, a creamier flavor!
