Soft, chewy sugar cookies and rich, chocolate flavor come together along with a secret ingredient that makes these the best Chocolate Sugar Cookies you will ever make!

A stack of freshly baked chocolate sugar cookies.

Sugar cookies are so good and fun to make. They’re chewy, a little cakey, and just sweet enough. You can top them with frosting or eat them plain with milk. You can cut them into festive shapes or make them round. We love any excuse to make sugar cookies, but there is no excuse needed to whip some of these up, they’re just good, that’s all. Yes, the beloved sugar cookie and the venerable chocolate, come together in this recipe—a treasured favorite! Sink your teeth into the yummiest chocolate cookie ever!

Do I have to use a stand mixer to make Chocolate Sugar Cookies?

You can use a stand mixer or a hand mixer. It is important that you use one of these, as the cream cheese and butter in the dough need to be whipped for the best texture.

Why do I need to use corn syrup?

The corn syrup helps to keep the cookies chewy, but if you don’t like corn syrup, you can omit it.

Do I have to refrigerate the dough?

No. The refrigeration process allows the dough to firm up enough to cut cookies with cookie cutters. If you like simple, round cookies, you can skip the refrigeration and roll the cookies into 1 inch dough balls and bake them right away. You can also roll those dough balls in granulated sugar for that sweet, sugar crystal effect.

Nutella lover? Turn this recipe into Nutella Sugar Cookies:

If you’d like, you can swap out the melted chocolate chips for 2/3 cups of Nutella, which will give these cookies that subtle and delicious hazelnut flavor.

A spatula lifts a star shaped chocolate sugar cookie from many sugar cookies on a cooling rack.

Storage Instructions:

Store your cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.

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