This Soft Batch Cream Cheese Chocolate Cookie Recipe are thick, soft and moist. The cream cheese helps them stay moist and tender, but you can’t actually taste cream cheese in the cookie. They’re pillowy soft with chocolate in every bite! They are not for the faint of sweet tooth!
I was pleased with the way these cookies turned out after replacing cream cheese for butter in this recipe.. They’re softer than cookies made with all butter and I love soft batch cookies! I’ve been studying up on the chemistry behind cookie baking. I know, just call me a geek now. I wanted to make these cookies ‘fun’, I replaced chocolate chips with M&M candies. My son had to take cookies to school and didn’t want ‘regular’ chocolate chip cookies. I tried to tell him there is nothing ‘regular’ about chocolate chip cookies. But, he insisted I fancy them up!
Do you cookie much?
Cookie dough does not make a nutritious lunch!
More M&Ms than dough…as it should be!
I like to scoop the cookies out on waxed paper and freeze. Once frozen you can store them in an airtight container in the freezer for couple of months (if they last that long).
And they are! All pillowy soft and chocolatey!
Soft Batch Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
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This Soft Batch Cream Cheese Chocolate Cookie Recipe are thick, soft and moist. The cream cheese helps them stay moist and tender, but you can't actually taste cream cheese in the cookie. They're pillowy soft with chocolate in every bite! Allow time to chill dough when making these cookies.
Ingredients
- 1/2 c (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup cream cheese, at room temperature (I only use the block kind not the kind in a tub.)
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/4 cup granulated white sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 2 and 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 and 1/4 cups M&M candies (You can substitute chocolate chips for the M&Ms)
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and cream cheese together until smooth and there are no lumps.
- Add sugars and beat until light and fluffy.
- Add egg and vanilla and beat on medium speed until well combined stopping to scrap sides occasionally.
- In another bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt.
- Add dry ingredients slowly into mixer and cream until combined.
- Stir in M&Ms or Chocolate Chips by hand until they are evenly distributed.
- Place in refrigerator at least 30 minutes. If you don't refrigerate them, you won't have a thick cookie, chewy cookie.
- Scoop chilled dough onto a cookie sheet using a ice cream or cookie scoop.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven 8 to 10 minutes so soft cookies. Cookies will set more as they cool. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet before transfering to a wire rack.
- If you want more crisp cookies bake 2 to 3 minutes longer.
Notes
The amount of cookies you get will be determined by how large you make each one. My cookies used approximately 2 tablespoons of dough per cookies and yielded 36 to 40 cookies. Recipe from Paula @CallMePMc.com All images and content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission that includes copying the ingredient list or entire recipe and posting in the comments on Pinterest. If you want to share this recipe, please simply link back to this post for the recipe. Thank you, Paula
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Hi Paula, I saw this post on my Bloglovin’ feed … I love chocolate chip cookies that are chewy, but always have trouble as mine are usually more crunchy LoL I have never tried cream cheese in my cookies, but look forward to trying this recipe!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I really liked these, they where rich and thick like I like cookies. Hope you enjoy them.
The corn starch adds to the softness of the cookies. I only make my chocolate chip cookies with corn starch for same reason. Can’t wait to try these
Ooh yum Paula! Theres not much better than a warm soft cookie 🙂
Cream cheese makes everything better. Don’t know if I tried it in a cookie before but this looks like a great cookie and I will need to be trying this idea.
Thank you, Peter. It doesn’t really make them taste like cream cheese, but keeps them soft. I like it (esp when I run out of butter :))
Paula, I like the idea of swapping out cream cheese for butter and soft cookies are honestly my favorite. I’ll bet the kids loved these!! Thanks for sharing and pinning! Oh, and cookie dough might not be a nutritious lunch, but I’ll take it! 🙂
Me too, Cindy!! I was pleased with the cream cheese in these. Thanks for stopping by and spreading your sunshine!
Oh now I could eat a whole batch of these…maybe even raw! (I love the dough!) Pinning this one to make for my Grandson!
This dough is so good! Hope you and your grandson like them!
I’ve been loving your remodel!! Can’t wait to see the final reveal!
These look soooo yummy! Pinning! 😉
I have some cream cheese that’s been chilling in my fridge for ages since I haven’t been able to decide what to do with it! (It hasn’t expired, don’t worry haha.) I bet putting cream cheese in cookies gives them a really awesome flavor you can’t get from butter. I’ll definitely have to try these :).
Make cookies, that’s always the answer 🙂 Hope you love them!
Yum, love soft batch cookies – they look fantastic Paula! I still have to try using cream cheese in cookies – it sounds awesome!
Thank you, Kelly, Honestly, I ate most of these cookies in dough form 🙂 so yummy! Hope you’re doing well!
This looks so yummy!! I would love for you to come link it up at Lovely Ladies Linky! We would love to see what other deliciousness you have to share 🙂 lifewiththecrustcutoff lovely-ladies-linky-link-26
Those look yummy!! I am doing a giveaway ($119 value) on my blog and I would love for you to check it out
-Jennie
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These look really wonderful………….especially since we are currently without ANY cookies in the house!!!! It does take a lot of work to keep the cookie jar filled here. 🙂 Thank you for posting this. Gentle Joy
I know what you mean about keeping the cookie jar full! My boys eat them as fast as I make them…or before I actually make them since they like the dough better than the cookies!
Oh, how I love soft pillowy cookies!! These look amazing 😉 Love the colorful m&m’s!
Thank you, Jocelyn! My boys and I do too, then I have to flatten some out and bake them crispy for my husband! I don’t understand crispy cookies 😉
Suzanne of Simply Suzannes at Home
These look great! I think I’ll need to make them for my family this weekend :0)
Thanks so much for sharing!
Have a great weekend,
Suzanne
These look delicious.
I love your pic about how you freeze these! Great tip!
Thank you, my boys friends stop by to eat cookies because they know I’ll always have some 🙂
They look so yummy.
When you say 1/2 c butter, do you mean 1/2 cup butter ? Just wanted to make sure 🙂
Yes, 1/2 cup means 1/2 cup and I’d use real butter not margarine