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Last Updated on April 11, 2025 by Melanie
Salted Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies – Soft and perfectly chewy cookies studded with dark chocolate chunks and topped with sea salt. Easy recipe. Delicious taste.
Salted Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies
These salted dark chocolate chunk cookies are perfect.
These bake up soft and chewy. In reality, that is my favorite way to enjoy a cookie.
Certainly, with dark chocolate and sea salt, they have that delicious salty-sweet combo that we all crave once in a while.
Ingredients you’ll need to bake these cookies:
- All-purpose flour
- Cornstarch
- Baking soda
- Butter
- Brown sugar
- Granulated sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla Extract
- Dark chocolate chunks
- Sea salt
Oh my goodness. Lately, I’m on this dark chocolate and salt combo kick. Can you blame me? This stuff is amazing and delightful. That bark with that bite. Mmm…. That slight bitter taste of dark chocolate plays beautifully off the salty nature. It’s just downright amazing!
Tools you’ll need to bake these dark chocolate chunk cookies
- whisk
- large mixing bowl
- paddle attachment for mixing bowl or spoon
- two small bowls (one for butter, one for flour mixture)
- microwave (or stovetop) for melting
- non-stick baking mat or parchment paper
- oven
- spatula
- cooling rack
If you follow me on Facebook you’ll see that my neighbor friend recently blessed me with some dark chocolate caramels. She gave them to me right as we were leaving to go to Philly for the day for my dad’s birthday.
Without a doubt, this could be a huge problem. A 2-hour drive with these amazing caramels sitting right where I can reach them. I got the whole way there and back eating only 1 but it did take some self-restraint. They were SO good!
Notes:
Refrigeration is optional
You may want to plan ahead. This cookie dough in my opinion tastes best chilled for at least 2 hours before baking. However, this step is not mandatory if you are short on time. I’ve made this cookie dough plenty of times without the refrigeration time. Time in the refrigerator does enhance the flavor of the cookie dough. So just choose what seems best to you and your preferences.
Overall, I think you’ll really enjoy the sweetness and the contrast with the sea salt in these delicious soft homemade cookies.
So these cookies have been in the works for a while and I’m finally bringing them to you. YES! This cookie base is from my Triple Chewy Chocolate Cookies, which happen to be one of my favs. Subsequently, I love combining different varieties chocolates. It’s just fun.
I hope this recipe entices you to bake today. Have a great day!
Til we meet and eat again,
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Salted Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 2.5 dozen cookies 1x
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks)
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup dark chocolate chunks
- sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small bowl combine flour, cornstarch and baking soda. Whisk gently. Set aside.
- Melt butter slightly in microwave. It should be runny but not completely liquefied. In a mixing bowl fitted with flat paddle, cream butter with brown sugar and granulated sugar. Beat on medium speed until well mixed. Stir in egg, egg yolk and vanilla.
- Add flour mixture and beat for until thoroughly combined. Mix in chocolate chunks.
- Refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours or up to 2 days.
- Use your fingers to scoop dough into approximately 1 1-2 inch balls. Don't pack it together. Place on a cookie sheet baking pan lined with a non-stick silicone baking mat or parchment.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes or until edges have just begun to brown. Centers will be glossy and look slightly under cooked. Sprinkle with salt. Let them cool on pan for about 5 minutes. Remove to rack to cool completely.
- These salted dark chocolate chunk cookies will keep fresh for up to 1 week in a covered container.
Notes
*Plan ahead. This dough tastes best chilled for at least 2 hours prior to baking. This step is not mandatory though if you are short on time. It does enhance the flavor of the cookie dough.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
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YAY for going for your first run – my daughter and I went for our first run for 2015 this past Sunday – the temperature here has been glorious! At 70 F, it’s a tad bit warmer than it is over there where you are Melanie – but running outside is so so exhilarating compared to running indoors on a treadmill!
Though, Dark chocolate and salt can be just as exhilarating – next winter I need to tie some of these cookies of yours and dangle them infront of my treadmill – think that will be all the motivation I need! 😉
Have a wonderful week xx
WOOT for warmer weather and YAY for these dark-chocolate loaded cookies! I am pretty much dying over how super soft and chewy these look. Perfection in a cookie and I must try these asap! Pinned. 🙂
Wow! These look fabulous, pinning for future reference, thanks 🙂
LOVE these! I wasn’t sure I’d like the whole salt/sweet thing until I tried it, but now I can’t get enough – just love it! And chunks of chocolate are just the business – much better than chips!
I am so glad it is getting a little warmer too! Our weekend was beautiful and sunny but now it is pouring rain. I will be so ready when we have some sunshine! These cookies are totally perfect! I love a good dark chocolate+sea salt combo!
Salt + dark chocolate is my personal heaven. Thanks for the recipe!
Wow these sound so great! I am going to try and make a vegan version of them by substituting the butter and eggs. Can’t wait to try it out. Thanks for sharing!!
Love dark chocolate and these cookies are on my to do list now! Perfect! Pinned and shared!
I generally love the combination of sweet & salty! I can imagine that the dark chocolate and sea salt blend really well with each other – I’m definitely wanting to try and make these cookies ♥
I don’t think I could ever tire of the dark chocolate and sea salt combination! These cookies look so deliciously chewy!
Oh man, those mega chunks of dark chocolate look amazing! These are my ideal cookies.
Yea! Your first run! Bet you’re glad to have some nicer weather so you can make it outside. These cookies look amazing!
I am Natalie! It feels so good after that extremely harsh winter we’ve had. 🙂
Everything about these look awesome. Pinned!
Thanks for pinning Elizabeth! Glad you’re here.
I couldn’t be in the same car with these without eating a mouthful! Good job on the run!
Wow these look AMAZING! Going to pin them for later too. I’m so excited that it’s finally getting warmer and I’m looking forward to going for a job this weekend myself 🙂
-Kelsey
Melanie, these cookies are fabulous!!!!! I LOVE chocolate chip cookies with sea salt!! love the sweet & salty combo!!! Ah, so good!!! and congrats on the run!!! I’ve been running on my treadmill all winter but can’t wait to finally get outside!
These cookies sound amazing! I love the dark chocolate chunks. So perfect a morning snack right about now!
Aww, I love to try every single cookies recipe! Yours will be the cookie of the week, haha! Thanks 😀
MMM! I just can’t get over that salty sweet goodness! I love that you put real chocolate chunks in those cookies. Move over chocolate chips and work for it girl! Haha!