What do you get when you cross a chocolate chip cookie with chunks of toffee? Oh the BEST cookie ever. Because toffee.
Chocolate chip cookies are probably my second favorite cookie (plain oatmeal cookies will always be my #1). My love for chocolate chip cookies comes from childhood, growing up eating the Tollhouse Chocolate Chip cookies my mom used to make, using the recipe on the back of the chocolate chip bag. And also from getting a cookie and small carton of milk from Mrs. Field’s when ever my mom took us girls to the mall.
I used actual toffee from B. Toffee and cut it into chunks and put it in my cookie dough. You can use any brand toffee in this recipe, or the Heath bits you find by the chocolate chips at the store.
This dough does need to chill for at least an hour before baking, because we are using melted butter in the dough. I refrigerated mine over night.
Toffee Chunk Cookies
Print RecipeIngredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed (can substitute light brown sugar)
- 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- pinch of salt
- 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 heaping cup toffee chunks
Instructions
In the bowl of a stand mixer, affixed with the paddle attachment, add the melted butter, light brown sugar, dark brown sugar and white sugar. Mix on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract to the mixture and mix until incorporated. Add the eggs to the mixture, one at a time, beating the first egg into the mixture completely before adding the second egg. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Change the mixer to low speed and slowly add the salt, flour, baking soda and cornstarch to the wet ingredients. Mix until barely combined. Remove the bowl from the stand mixer and fold in the toffee chunks.
Wrap the cookie dough in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to chill for at least one hour, or overnight.
After cookie dough has chilled, preheat the oven to 325-degrees and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Scoop medium sized cookie dough balls onto the prepared cookie sheets, leaving a few inches between the cookies. Bake cookies, one sheet at a time, in 325-degree oven for 12-14 minutes.
Remove baked cookies from the oven, and option to press additional toffee pieces onto the tops of the baked cookies. Let cookies set on the baking sheet for several minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
Notes
Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. Cookies will stay fresh and soft for several days.
I topped some of the cookies with extra chunks of toffee, right after I pulled them from the oven!
XOXO,
Kelly
16 Comments
GiGi Eats Celebrities
June 13, 2017 at 10:40 AMPlease tell me you ate more than 1/2 the batter when you were baking these glorious hunks of deliciousness!
Kelly
June 14, 2017 at 6:07 AMHahaha well of course! Cookie dough is the best part of making cookies 😉 XOXO
Maria Doss
June 13, 2017 at 9:26 PMGot to agree Gigi. I would have happily enjoyed the batter with a spoon. YUM!
Kelly
June 14, 2017 at 6:08 AMI’m glad I am in good company with my love of cookie dough! That’s the dangers of chilling cookie dough in my house. I tend to hear it calling my name from the fridge around 9PM hahahaha. XOXO 🙂
Ashika - Gardening Foodie
June 13, 2017 at 11:41 PMI loooooove toffee, and in a cookie even better. These look amazing Kelly. LOVE IT!!!! 😃
Kelly
June 14, 2017 at 6:09 AMThank you Ashika! This toffee is amazing….makes for one damn good cookie! XOXO 🙂
Amy (Savory Moments)
June 14, 2017 at 4:34 AMThese cookies look amazingly yummy!!
Kelly
June 14, 2017 at 6:10 AMThank you Amy! They were sooooo good 🙂 XOXO Have a great day!
Kim | The Baking ChocolaTess
June 14, 2017 at 5:10 AMYum, I wouldn’t be able to stop, but that’s ok! That’s what I live for! ha! 🙂
Kelly
June 14, 2017 at 6:11 AMDoesn’t the saying go “everything in excess is okay”??? Oh wait…it’s “everything in moderation.” Oh well. I like my version better hehehe. Cookies are to be enjoyed in excess! XOXO 🙂
laura70ak
June 21, 2017 at 10:52 PMAnother winner Kelly!! <3 pinned as usual!
Kelly
June 22, 2017 at 6:22 AMAwww thank you Laura! XOXO 🙂
April
June 22, 2017 at 5:42 AMToffee is one of my favorite candies, so these cookies are calling my name! Shared on Twitter, and others liked them as well. Thanks for sharing with us at the Friday Frenzy!
Kelly
June 22, 2017 at 6:23 AMAwesome! Thanks April! And thanks for sharing the recipe! You are the best 🙂 XOXO
Julie Pollitt
November 24, 2017 at 7:48 PMOh, hello. These look goooood!
Kelly
November 25, 2017 at 5:11 PMThanks Julie!! XOXO