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Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 2/23/24Updated: 4/09/25

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These Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies are as much fun to eat as they are to make.  Using the pan banging method these cookies are crispy and crinkled around the edges and chewy in the middle.

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Why You’ll Love This Recipe!

Just when I thought I had all the chocolate chip cookie recipes I needed a friend told me about this new cookie recipe she had found in the New York Times. Knowing how much I loved a good chocolate chip cookie she assured me I’d love them.  She was right.

These Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies  are so good and the perfect way to get out a little frustration with it’s pan banging method! Yes, you actually bang the pan against the oven rack.  Banging the pan causes the cookies to fall. The “fall” causes the rippled edges of the cookie which are so crispy and delicious.  The soft center ends up full of chocolate and is chewy and amazing. Don’t be afraid to give them a good whack, you need the center to fall in on itself.

pile of crinkled chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients Needed

  • Flour, unbleached all purpose flour
  • Baking Soda
  • Salt
  • Butter, salted butter at room temperature
  • Sugar, granulated sugar and brown sugar.
  • Egg
  • Pure Vanilla Extract
  • Chocolate Chunks, semi sweet chocolate chunks at Trader Joes or you can also buy a bar of semi sweet baking chocolate and break it up into chunks.
Giant Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies with a glass of milk

How To Make Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies

This method requires a little babysitting of the cookies while they are in the oven but it is definitely worth it.

  • Beat butter in a stand mixer, with a paddle attachment, until creamy. Pour in sugars and beat on medium until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. Add in egg, vanilla and water until combined.
  • Add in flour, salt and baking soda and mix on low until just combined.
  • Pour in chocolate and mix on low until combined. Do not over mix. (Dough can be refrigerated at this point for several hours or overnight if desired but does not need to be)
  • Form the dough into 1/4 cup size balls. Place 6 balls on a parchment lined baking sheet, evenly spaced apart. They will spread!
  • Place pan with dough into the freezer for 15 minutes.
crinkle chocolate chip cookie dough on a baking sheet
  • Put the chilled baking sheet into a 350 degree F oven and bake for 8-9 minutes until the cookies are puffed slightly in the center and have begun to spread on the edges.
  • Lift the baking sheet and bang it against the oven rack. The edges of the cookie will set and the middle will fall down.
  • Bake for another 2-3 minutes and bang again. Repeat again. Bake for a total of 12-15 minutes until the cookies have spread out the edges are golden brown and the center is not fully cooked and lighter in color.
six crinkled chocolate cookies on a baking sheet
  • Cool on baking sheet for 2-3 minutes and then remove to a cooling rack.
  • Repeat with remaining cookie dough. As soon as you put one sheet into the oven, place another sheet with scoops of dough into the freezer.
close up of a crinkle chocolate chip cookie on a cooling rack

Tips from Leigh Anne

  1. The original NYTimes recipe makes 10 large cookies.  I made my cookies slightly smaller so that I got 18 cookies.  I adjusted the baking time for the smaller cookies.  If you want to make them larger, you can find the original NYTimes recipe directions here.
  2. Use this scoop to make measuring easy. 
  3. Don’t skip the freezing the dough part – it is important! Place your scoops of dough on a parchment lined baking sheet, 6 to a sheet and freeze for ONLY 15 minutes. 
  4. Unless you have a convection oven, bake only one tray at a time.
  5. For even more amazing flavor, sprinkle with a little flaky sea salt as soon as you pull them out of the oven. Use half the amount of salt in the cookie dough if adding salt on top.
pile of cookies with a glass of milk

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I freeze these cookies?

They freeze great. Follow all my directions for freezing cookies here.

For some of my other favorite cookie recipes check out these:

  • Crispy Snickerdoodles
  • Giant Chocolate Crinkle Cookie
  • Lemon Crinkle Cookies
  • Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
  • The Perfect Sugar Cookie
  • Jam Diagonals
  • Cranberry Orange Cookies
  • Brown Butter Cookies

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4.89 from 18 votes
crinkled chocolate chip cookies on a cooling rack

Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
These Giant Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies are as much fun to eat as they are to make.  Using the pan banging method these cookies are crispy and crinkled around the edges and chewy in the middle.
serves: 18 cookies
Prep:10 minutes minutes
Cook:15 minutes minutes
Freezing Time:15 minutes minutes
Total:40 minutes minutes
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup butter room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 Tbsp water
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 6 oz. semi sweet chocolate chunks

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
  • In a stand mixer, with a paddle attachment, beat the butter until creamy. Add in sugars and beat on medium until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
  • Add in egg, vanilla, water and mix on low until combined.
  • Add in flour, salt and baking soda and mix on low until just combined.
  • Add in chocolate and mix on low until combined. Do not over mix. (Dough can be refrigerated at this point for several hours or overnight if desired but does not need to be)
  • Form the dough into 1/4 cup size balls. Place 6 balls on a parchment lined baking sheet, evenly spaced apart. They will spread!
  • Place pan with dough into the freezer for 15 minutes.
  • Place the chilled baking sheet into the oven and bake for 8-9 minutes until the cookies are puffed slightly in the center and have begun to spread on the edges. Lift the baking sheet and bang it against the oven rack. The edges of the cookie will set and the middle will fall down.
  • Bake for another 2-3 minutes and bang again. Repeat again. Bake for a total of 12-15 minutes until the cookies have spread out the edges are golden brown and the center is not fully cooked and lighter in color.
  • Cool on baking sheet for 2-3 minutes and then remove to a cooling rack.
  • Repeat with remaining cookie dough. As soon as you put one sheet into the oven, place another sheet with scoops of dough into the freezer.

Tips & Notes:

  • I made my cookies slightly smaller so that I got 18 cookies.  I adjusted the baking time for the smaller cookies.  If you want to make them larger, you can find the original NYTimes recipe directions here.
  • Use this scoop to make measuring easy. 
  • Don’t skip the freezing the dough part – it is important! Place your scoops of dough on a parchment lined baking sheet, 6 to a sheet and freeze for ONLY 15 minutes. 
  • Unless you have a convection oven, bake only one tray at a time.
  • For even more amazing flavor, sprinkle with a little flaky sea salt as soon as you pull them out of the oven. Use half the amount of salt in the cookie dough if adding salt on top.

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 276kcal (14%) Carbohydrates: 35g (12%) Protein: 2g (4%) Fat: 14g (22%) Saturated Fat: 9g (56%) Cholesterol: 37mg (12%) Sodium: 191mg (8%) Potassium: 79mg (2%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 23g (26%) Vitamin A: 333IU (7%) Calcium: 15mg (2%) Iron: 1mg (6%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Cookies
Cuisine:American
crinkled chocolate chip cookies on a cooling rack
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  1. Emma says

    Posted on 1/10 at 9:27 pm

    Personally, this cookie was one of the best I’ve ever eaten. I have a daughter who has very particular taste, she only likes semi-sweet cookies and I was just wondering if there was anything I could do to lessen the amount of sweetness of the dough without changing the texture, thanks!

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  2. regan says

    Posted on 12/5 at 6:07 pm

    After testing upwards of a dozen chocolate chip cookies this year, this is the hands down favorite for my family and I. Everything you could ever want in a cookie!

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 12/5 at 7:18 pm

      You made my day! Love hearing that!!

      Reply
  3. Yvonne says

    Posted on 3/15 at 8:49 pm

    Only tried this recipe because it is from you the best chocolate chip cookie baker out there. Just made some and they came out crispy, chewy, super buttery. Thank you for another great chocolate chip cookie recipe!

    Reply
  4. Tamera says

    Posted on 3/4 at 4:27 pm

    I can’t stop making these! 3rd time since you posted them on IG less than 2 weeks ago ???? might take a couple extra steps but….oh man!!! Yummy!! and so worth the time and calories

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 3/4 at 5:18 pm

      Me too! They are all I want to make! So glad you are loving them too.

      Reply
  5. N ambrose says

    Posted on 2/26 at 7:20 am

    While I hold to my tried and true Jacques Torres recipe most times, this is my second go to recipe. I like it because it’s a good cookie but Also since they come out the same size, I stack them up, put them on a cute pedestal cake stand and stick a tall thin candle in the top to make an adorable cookie cake!

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 2/26 at 8:28 am

      I love the idea of making a cookie cake out of them! Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
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