Our Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

It's hard to pick just one favorite. So we picked eight.

Search for "chocolate chip cookies" on Epicurious and you'll getalmost 200 results. Sometimes you want to spend an afternoon clicking through these recipes one by one; other times, you need a cookie ASAP. When it's the latter, use this list, a collection of Epicurious Editors' personal favorites.

Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies

"Chocolate chip cookies should be crisp and crunchy around the edges and slightly soft on the inside. End of story. Period. This recipe bySullivan Street Bakeryowner Jim Lahey accomplishes exactly that. Make them in large batches and devour them immediately or freeze them for up to two months. You won’t regret it."Matt Duckor, Restaurant Editor

Triple-Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

"When it’s time to bake cookies, I have a tough time choosing between my favorites, oatmeal raisin and chocolate chip. With these cookies, I get the best of both cookiesandthe added zip of cranberries."Paula Forbes, Senior Editor

Salty Chocolate Chunk Cookies

"When I want to bring an easy dessert to a party or thank a friend for being awesome, I make these cookies. They incorporatetwo cookie upgradesthat take them over the top: chopped good-quality chocolate (instead of chips) and flaky sea salt. In fact, I have a batch in my freezer right now!"Rhoda Boone, Food Editor

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"These cookies taste just how Christmas morning in front of a fire feels, although it’s totally a year-round must have as well. If you’re a huge fan of ginger like myself, this recipe will have you looking for that spicy bite in all of your future chocolate chip cookie adventures."Chelsea Kyle, Photo Editor

Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

"I like two things in my chocolate chip cookies: Oatmeal (for flavor, texture and virtuosity) and cocoa (for flavor, color, and, yes, more virtuosity—have you not read thescienceon cocoa powder?). This cookie has both, which means it’s basically a salad."David Tamarkin, Editor

Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

"Because the only way to improve on a chocolate chip cookie is to add peanut butter to it. Plus, since they're sandwiched together between chocolate-peanut butter filling, you basicallyhaveto eat two cookies in one sitting, or four."Sheela Prakash, Editorial Assistant

Tiny Chocolate Chip Cookies

"My platonic ideal of the chocolate chip cookie will always be the crispy, chewy, magically molten ones from Philadelphia’sFamous 4th Street Cookies. Nothing I can bake at home comes close, so when I do make chocolate chip cookies, I go for a completely different model: These tiny, crunchy little puppies."Adina Steiman, Special Projects Editor

Chocolate Brownies Cookies

"Naturally gluten-free, this one is like the best possible mash up of brownie and cookie. I especially love the textural variety that happens with each bite of crackly crunchy outside and gooey fudgy inside."Anna Stockwell, Associate Food Editor