Chewy gingerbread chocolate chip cookies are delicious to give and receive. I assure you these are Santa approved!
Gingerbread, chocolate chips, and toffee all wrapped up in one delicious cookie. A must-have in your Christmas cookie recipe collection.
Chewy gingerbread chocolate chip cookies are the perfect holiday cookie. Warm spices, chocolate, and a hint of toffee. A Christmas must-bake!
OMG, can you believe Christmas is not that far away. Are you getting all your lists ready? Baking, shopping, parties….let the holiday madness begin.
My family is already counting down the days until they devour our family tradition of Christmas morning sandwiches. We have been devouring festive granola for weeks. I have some cranberry oatmeal cookies cooling right now.
Just when you think you have all the Christmas baking figured out, one more recipe seems to come along that you “must try” this year. I mean you can NEVER have too many holiday treats and Christmas cookies.
Chewy Gingerbread Chocolate Chip Cookie Ingredients
This homemade chocolate chip cookie recipe is super delicious (and addictive too). It’s like a soft gingerbread cookie, molasses cookie, and chocolate chip cookie in one. Thick, chewy and slightly crispy at the edges. Sure to make your holiday baking extra special.
You will need:
- butter
- all-purpose flour
- baking soda
- salt
- spice blend
- molasses
- vanilla
- brown sugar
- eggs
- chocolate chips
- toffee bits
We could eat gingerbread all year long in our house. Festive Holiday Special Tea is something we enjoy during the holidays. Eggnog and ginger tea sure make a delicious drink. Speaking of eggnog, Rum & Eggnog Latte is a great option too.
You can never go wrong with homemade candy during the holidays. I am certain Santa would love to take some Boozy Bourbon Fudge back to the North Pole. No one can resist holiday fudge.
Baking Ginger Chocolate Chip Cookies
I will admit, this recipe is at the top of my holiday cookies list. Once you bake these, you will want to eat them as soon as they come out of the oven. I would advise you to wait for at least a minute (or two). The chocolate chips are super hot, and you don’t want to burn your mouth.
Here is the rundown, but be sure to read the recipe card for full instructions.
- Preheat oven and prepare baking sheets.
- Whisk the dry ingredients together in a bowl.
- Beat the butter, sugars, eggs, vanilla and molasses.
- Add the dry ingredients.
- Blend in the chocolate chips and toffee bits.
- Roll dough into balls.
- Bake.
- Cool.
- Eat!
This chewy gingerbread cookie recipe is SO DELICIOUS. I actually have to hide some to make sure I get my fair share. I can’t decide which cookie I love more, these or my Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies.
Suggestions / Recipe Tips
- These cookies tend to stick. Be sure to spray your baking sheets with cooking spray.
- I prefer to use parchment paper or a silicone mat.
- Be sure to cool your cookies on a wire rack.
- You can make your own gingerbread blend or use store-bought.
- Using and hand mixer or stand mixer is best for mixing the ingredients.
- DO NOT OVERBAKE the cookies. They should seem a little underdone when you remove them from the oven. They will harden as they cool. Over-baked cookies will be hard, not chewy.
- Cooled cookies should be stored in an airtight container to retain freshness. Baked cookies will stay fresh for several days. Alternatively, you can also freeze them for longer storage.
- Like with all baking, quality ingredients produce the best results.
- Using a small cookie scoop makes perfect portions.
Leaving cookies out for Santa has been a tradition since I was a little girl. My girls did it, and now my grandchildren are carrying on with the fun.
It is always so special to see them write their little note and leave the cookies out. All I know is the plate and glass of milk are empty Christmas morning.
Santa really needs to take some of these chocolate and ginger cookies back to Mrs. Claus. She deserves some treats too. Keeping all those elves fed is a big job!! I bet the elves would love some White Chocolate Popcorn Balls too.
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Gingerbread Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter (room temperature)
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons gingerbread spice
- 3 teaspoons molasses
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1¼ cups light brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 1 cup toffee bits
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º F.
- These cookies tend to stick because of the toffee bits, so using parchment paper or a silicone mat will help.
- In a bowl whisk the flour, baking soda, salt and gingerbread spice.
- Using a hand mixer, beat the butter till creamy.
- Add the brown and white sugar, and beat until fluffy.
- Add the eggs, vanilla and molasses, beat until blended.
- Add the flour mixture, and blend well.
- Using a spoon/spatula, add the chocolate chips and toffee bits.
- Mix until combined.
- Roll dough into 1 ½ inch balls.
- Place on prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake for 11 minutes.Cookies will look underdone, they will harden as they cool.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack.
Sam | Ahead of Thyme
I love chewy cookies and these look delicious!! I will have to make them before the holidays are over!
Homemade & Yummy
They have very quickly become our favourite for sure.
Michelle
I’m going to make these for our New Year’s celebrations. Thank you for the recipe!
Homemade & Yummy
Hope you do..they are addictive.
Lynn | The Road to Honey
I can’t believe how quickly the holidays snuck up upon us. Okay. . .maybe they didn’t sneak up, but rather came barreling in with the greatest of force. While I still to this day don’t feel prepared, I sure am happy that Mother Nature decided to spare us thus far and has not dumped a mountain of snow on us. Perhaps she feels she should spare us after the avalanche of snow she crippled Boston with a couple of years ago.
As for traditions, we always did leave Santa a nice big plate of cookies and I bet Santa stayed a couple of extra minutes at your house this year because these gingerbread cookies stuffed with their bits of toffee and chocolate chips sound absolutely heavenly.
Homemade & Yummy
Yes…he did enjoy his visit this year. HE also requested that these cookies are left again next year.
Homemade & Yummy
SO sorry…1/2 cup.
Amy
The toffee & gingerbread sound awesome together!! Cannot wait to try these!
Homemade & Yummy
Totally addictive.
Igor @ Cooking The Globe
No, we don’t have a tradition of leaving cookies for Santa in my country but I think it’s awesome. First of all for the kids and also for Santa himself 😀 These chewy cookies you made look amazing!
Homemade & Yummy
Santa did love them…he requested them for next year.
Kimberly @ Berly's Kitchen
I love that you changed up a traditional chocolate chip cookie by adding gingerbread!! That’s perfect for the holidays. And your gingerbread man is so cute!!
Homemade & Yummy
Thanks. The cookies are addictive for sure. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
jacquee | i sugar coat it!
I am down for anything with molasses – may have to fight santa for a few of these cookies 🙂
Homemade & Yummy
I have had to hide some away for him. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
Kristin
Mmmmmm those look absolutely delicious. Looks like I’m adding another must make recipe to my baking list!
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You won’t be disappointed. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
Katrin
Oh my, these cookies scream Christmas! I love gingerbread flavours and cannot resist choc chip cookies. What a great idea to combine the 2. Happy Christmas!
Homemade & Yummy
OMG these are so ADDICTIVE!! Merry Christmas to you too!!
Elizabeth
Gosh these look good! I do miss Crosby’s molasses. We can’t get it in the UK and I remember it fondly from my Canadian childhood!
Homemade & Yummy
Yes Crosby’s is great. Surely you must have some good stuff in the UK??
Zach
Yum! I like the interesting twist of adding chocolate chips to the cookies. I’ve never had gingerbread with chocolate before. Thank you for sharing. I’m sure Santa would love to get these! Happy Holidays. 🙂
Homemade & Yummy
Let me give you fair warning….ADDICTIVE!!
Milena
My kids love gingerbread and I don’t, but this I might like! I still have time to surprise them with this!
Homemade & Yummy
You just might fall in love with these.
Laura | Wandercooks
Oh yum these look incredibly delicious! Definitely don’t need Christmas as an excuse to make these, but it’s definitely good timing! I’m sure Santa’s going to enjoy a batch of these on Christmas eve. 😀
Homemade & Yummy
I really have to struggle to make sure there are some for him Christmas Eve!!
Claudia Krusch
These cookies look so delicious and easy to make. I will have to get the ingredients I need to make these this week. They will be perfect for the cookie exchange.
Homemade & Yummy
Fair warning….ADDICTIVE!!
Heather @Boston Girl Bakes
I don’t know about Santa but I wouldn’t mind if a plate of these was left out for me!
Homemade & Yummy
I only hope I can keep some for the man in red…they seem to be disappearing.