A soft and chewy double chocolate chip oatmeal cookie that melts in your mouth and is LOADED with chocolate flavour. The perfect “just because” treat.
Sometimes a girl just needs a cookie. A real cookie.
A cookie made with butter.
And sugar.
And chocolate… lots and lots of chocolate…
A cookie that melts in your mouth.
But that’s still loaded with plenty of texture.
A cookie that’s slightly crispy on the outside.
While being soft and chewy on the inside.
A cookie that can take the edge off a rough day.
Satisfy a craving for something ooey, gooey, chocolate, and sweet.
But that really needs no rhyme or reason other than “just because.“
A cookie kind of like this one…
I know, right?!
Ladies (and gentlemen?), allow me to introduce you to the solution to all of life’s little problems — also known as the double chocolate chip oatmeal cookie. The original plan was to make regular old chocolate chip oatmeal cookies (the best kind of cookies, imo), but when a chocolate craving hit and hit hard (interpret that as you will), I figured there was no harm in tossing a little cocoa into the batter dough… and maaaaaaaybe adding a few extra chocolate chips chunks for good measure…
The result is a chocolate lover’s dream.
A cookie lover’s dream.
The kind of dessert that makes people go “Ohhhhgggmaaguuuud” (true story).
But don’t take my word for it — whip up a batch of your own!
Because sometimes… everyone just needs a cookie…
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Double Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 24 cookies 1x
Ingredients
- 1½ cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- ¼ tsp. salt
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips or chunks
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together oats, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl using a hand-held or stand mixer, cream together butter and sugars until pale and smooth. Beat in the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla, mixing until light and fluffy — about 4 minutes.
- Slowly add oat mixture to wet ingredients, mixing until just combined. Do not over mix. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Drop dough by rounded tablespoon onto your prepared baking sheet. Bake for 10 -12 minutes, until edges begin to set.
- After removing from oven, allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
Looking for more oatmeal cookie recipes? Try one of these!
Almond Joy Oatmeal Cookies
White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
Vegan Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
These look so amazing!
This is pretty much my ideal cookie. I LOVE oatmeal cookies, especially ones that involve chocolate and are soft on the inside and slightly crispy on the outside. These look perfect!!
I’m feeling sleepy today, and am having a second cup of coffee. I would LOVE an entire plate of these to pair with my coffee right now.
These look awesome! I don’t bake much but my boys would be so happy if I made these – maybe during Thanksgiving break!!
i needed this about 5 minutes ago when i ran out of healthy bites and was craving something DOUBLE the fun. YEP! why aren’t you my neighbor?
Because I’m pretty sure I’d melt in the heat 😡 Let’s compromise and do something like Colorado 😉
Can I just say how excited I am to make these cookies?! Thanks SO much for sharing!
Just stop Amanda…..I can’t keep having these delicious cookie recipes a llllllll the timeeeeeee! I wish my dad lived closer, he loves oatmeal cookies, but steve doesn’t really like chocolatey things, so he would turn his nose up at these…..now I just have to convince someone else to come visit me who I can make them for 🙂
Ooooh my gawd, Amanda….these looking amazing! Just look at the texture of those bad boys, and obvi the double dose of chocolate can only be a good thing ;)! I’ll be over in 5, armed with a cold carton of almond milk for dipping ;)! These are very few cookies which I don’t like but one that favourite that especially comes to mind are snickerdoodles…just the thought of them fresh out the oven makes my heart do a happy dance!
Snickerdoodles, eh? Soooo I might just have a recipe coming up that you’re going to love. Maybe 😉
I am loving on these. They are all kinds of goodness and since I love oats in my cookies (it’s a texture thing, I know you understand) and the Hubby adores chocolate, it’s the perfect mix for us. The best of both worlds.
Thanks for sharing. This might be one of my favorites recipes of yours.
So I just finished a long and super stressful week and am getting caught up on some blog reading…. opening this post up from my bloglovin’ and seeing these photos. SWOOOOOOOON.
Wish I had a big plate of these right now Feel free to send some over 😉
Mmm these cookies look fabulous! Real butter and sugar’s the only way to go for cookies in my humble opinion 🙂
My husband loves oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. He is a chocolate fiend. Next time I make cookies for him I will have to try this – and then I will have to eat all his cookies 🙂
These cookies look like everything.
My weekend is so. jam. packed. Headed off to a pumpkin-themed dinner right now, actually!xo
Cruel, just cruel to post these and those pics! I don’t bake or really cook beyond micro steaming/heating and roasting kabocha in the toaster oven but I love, love, love oatmeal raisin and/or chocolate chip (or the double whammy chocolate cocoa!) cookies. Glorious (:
Confession: I often bake cookies in my toaster oven instead of my actual oven 😛
OMG. These are a must make for the weekend! It’s going to be highs in the 20s all weekend so it’ll be perfect for baking!
I saw the title and fell in love instantly. My absolute favorite kind of cookie is probably the classic chocolate chip, but I use the recipe on chocolatecoveredkatie.com because they always turn out perfect.
Cookies are always the answer- good days, bad days and everything in between 😀
Off to find dairy free butter!
To me, choosing a favorite cookie is impossible. I would always say a good chocolate chip cookies with walnuts (weird, I know), but my mind would change the minute I bit into something else lol. This weekend I am going to help my brother’s fiancé (!!!) choose a wedding dress. I am so excited and happy beyond belief she asked me to go to pick it out. It means a lot. SO excited.
Have a great weekend!
Oats basically makes these oatmeal meaning I can have them for breakfast…or anytime I want…right? 😉
I agree… sometimes you do just need a REAL cookie 🙂 My absolute favorite are chocolate chip, that are just barely baked so they are super soft and chewy. Absolute best!!
I agree, sometimes you just need a chocolately, buttery, sugary cookie. In fact, I think it’s required this time of year. 🙂
So, how much is overnight shipping to California? 😉
Yup – now my salivary glands are on overdrive – fabulous cookies Amanda – and they have oats – so that balances the other stuff off!!!
My daughter and I are serving at our church most of Sunday as we are collecting Christmas shoe boxes and loading them up! Have a wonderful weekend lovely lady!
I love the Christmas shoe boxes! I’ll definitely be taking part in that this year 😀
I might just be making these tonight… 🙂
Sooooo now I need a cookie. Preferably an oatmeal chocolate chip because those are the best. Although now you’ve gone all doubling the chocolate, so now I think I need these!
The cold weather makes me crave cookies. These look fabulous and thank you for sharing.
I always need a cookie – chocolate is preferred! Thanks for sharing – these look awesome!
Yum! These look delicious…but your recipes always do.
I completely agree that sometimes you just need a real cookie. No protein cookies, or healthy cookies, but one filled with normal ingredients; especially if that’s what you’re craving.
I think my favorite kind is just regular ol’ chocolate chip.
Double chocolate? Sign. Me. Up.
Adding cocoa to any batter is always a good decision. Beautiful pics as always!
Ohmagawwwwwd girl .;)
Chocolate chip cookies are the one thing I am unwilling to healthify. All the recipes say “you can’t even tell the difference”, but I assure you, I can. 🙂
Nice timing too, posting this on a Friday for all the overworked souls. <3
Oh wowza. I completely agree, sometimes it’s gotta be a not so healthy budy oh so good for the soul kinda treat 😉 I’d been craving a cookie for ages so the other week bought myself a proper white choc cookie and was insane!!
These look perfectly yum!!! Now if they could just magically appear in my kitchen that would be awesome! 🙂
Right?! Apple seriously needs to get on the insta-computer-teleportation thing…
It’s all about that extra yolk lol. I love how they look and I bet they taste great. We do need real cookies. The other kinds are good but they can’t possibly satisfy like a real cookie that has sugar and egg and butter (or coconut oil, I do believe butter can be subbed with coconut oil just fine). My all time favorite cookie is a classic chocolate chip.
Chewy and chocolate are two of my favorite words 😉
Yuuuum. Now you’re talking my language. I usually only have the most basic baking ingredients on hand, so I love that I could make these without buying any fancy stuff.
Nothing like a just because treat! These cookies are perfecty timed. They made me smile today.
You’ve read my mind. I’ve been on a cookie kick lately. I should probably put an end to it before it gets out of hand, buuuuuuut I have a feeling some preliminary holiday baking is in order.
Those look so delicious! I love new cookie recipes this time of year, they just make me feel happy 🙂
excuse me while I wipe the drool off my computer keys.
*hands you a kleenex* 😀
Those look great! Oatmeal cookies are my favourite – their texture is so much better than that of normal cookies! I’ve never tried cocoa powder in them before, interesting 😀