Sea Salt Chocolate Chunk Cookies

5 from 2 votes

Prep Time15

Cook Time11

Total Time26

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chewy chocolate chunk cookies, Chocolate chunk cookies, salted chooclate chip cookies, sea salt cookies

Servings: jumbo cookies or 36 regular cookies

Calories: 307cal

Author: Amy Desrosiers

Cost: $5

¾ cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
¾ cup light brown sugar
½ cup light corn syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 large egg room temperature
⅛ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2½ cups all-purpose flour
2 cups chocolate chunks Baker's Corner Belgian Semi-Sweet Chunks (Aldi). Reserve 1/4 cup to adds after you form the dough balls.
1 tablespoon coarse sea salt

To bake right away (you can prepare this dough up to 24 hours in advance)- preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a stand mixer, add the softened butter and brown sugar, and cream over medium speed.
Add in the vanilla extract, egg, and salt; mix well until combined. Carefully pour in the corn syrup.
Add in the baking soda, and slowly add the flour 1/2 a cup at a time.
Once all the flour is added, the dough will be slightly sticky. Remove the bowl from your mixer, and fold in the chocolate chunks.
If making jumbo sized cookies: Spoon two tablespoon-sized dough balls onto your baking sheet. These are double the size of a standard cookie, but you can also make them smaller-sized if you want at just one tablespoon size. Make sure you only put 6 on a sheet or they will spread into one another. Add 3 additional chocolate chunks to the outside of the dough. This will give them a pretty look afterwards.
Bake for 9-11 depending on the cookie size. Check standard cookies at the 9 minute mark. They will have golden-browned edges and the dough will not look visibly gooey. For jumbo cookies they will need 11-12 minutes each. Once they are out of the oven, use a spoon to gently smear the chocolate chunks, and sprinkle each with a bit of sea salt.
Allow too cool for 15 minutes before removing from the pan, repeat 2 more times until all 18 cookies are baked.

Nutritional values may vary and are meant to be a guide.