These decadent soft and chewy Double Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies are made with pudding mix. The secret ingredient that makes them irresistibly soft and chewy is instant chocolate pudding!
This has to be the easiest and best chocolate chip cookie recipe with pudding mix in it!
Soft. Chewy. Rich chocolate cookie and chock full of chocolate chips!
No fancy or expensive ingredients in these pudding mix chocolate chip cookies but they will become a favorite with you and your friends. Be sure to keep the ingredients on hand when you get a craving for them!
What's the secret ingredient?
Chocolate chip cookies with pudding in it. Instant pudding mix is the key to the soft and chewy texture. Don't ask me why. I'm not sure about the science or mystery behind it. I just know it works!
You can make a classic, soft and chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe with vanilla pudding. Be sure to check and make sure that it is instant pudding mix and not "cook n serve".
There's something about the instant pudding that keeps these cookies soft and chewy for days.
What's the shortcut?
- To soften butter quickly, microwave the sticks in the wrapper 8 seconds at HIGH. Turn the sticks twice to the opposite sides and microwave an additional 8 seconds. You'll have perfectly softened butter.
Don't be tempted to bake them until they are firm in the center. They will firm up when they sit on the baking sheets and on the cooling rack.
Perfect for a Christmas cookie swap
Put these easy chocolate-chocolate chip cookies on your must-make Christmas cookie list! Everyone at your cookie swap will be asking you for the recipe. It's up to you if you want to share the secret ingredient or not! Score at your next tailgate party with a batch of these in tow.
My favorite cookie spatula
One of my favorite tools in the kitchen is this very thin, flexible cookie spatula. It is stainless steel but it is so thin and flexible, it gets under the cookie while still warm and tender to transfer over to the wire rack. It is also fantastic for lifting cheese straw wafers and super thin cookies like Florentines.
I had one when I worked in the Oxmoor House text kitchen over 30 years ago and mine at home is almost that old and looks brand new!
More cookie recipes you will love
Try my Coffee and Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies and Sugardoodles if you love cookies as much as I do!
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Double Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 3.9-oz package instant chocolate pudding (I used Jell-O brand)
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 12-oz package semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Beat butter and sugars in a large mixing bowl at medium-high speed 2 minutes with an electric mixer. Set a timer; you are beating in air to create a fluffy texture. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and beat just until combined. Add pudding mix and beat just until combined. Let stand 2 minutes. Don’t skip this step.
- Combine flour and baking soda in a bowl or large plate and add to the mixing bowl; beat just until flour is incorporated. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Spoon cookie dough onto a lightly greased baking sheet or a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. I like to use a very small ice cream scoop so I get the same amount of dough every time and it makes perfectly round scoops. Bake 9 minutes at 350°. The center will still be slightly doughy but the cookies will firm up when cooled. If you over bake these cookies, they will lose their soft, and chewy texture. Let cookies cool 2 minutes on the baking sheet then transfer to cooling racks to cool completely…..if you can wait that long. If you can wait until they are cool, you are a stronger person than I am!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition analysis on GritsAndGouda.com recipes are mostly calculated on an online nutrition calculator. I am not a dietitian and nutritional information is an estimate and can vary based on products used.
Bobbie Hawkins
I need to try these.
gritsandgouda
Yes! You may already have everything in your pantry and fridge now!
Camille
Just made these with vanilla pudding, that is all I had on hand, except for sugarfree chocolate pudding. I would love to know if substitutions can be made for a diabetic-friendly version. Like using swere in place of the sugars, sugarfree pudding, and Lilly's sugarfree chocolate chips. What do you think? By the way, the original version is AMAZING!
gritsandgouda
So glad you loved the cookies and tried it with the vanilla pudding. I have not tried them with those sugar substitutes so I can't say for sure. If you do try it like that, be sure to come back and let us know how it worked!