These heart shaped chocolate chip cookies are a super sweet treat. If you are looking for a dessert to serve up at Valentine's Day, Date nights or other fun occasions these fit the bill. This easy, no chill recipe can be baked up in under 30 minutes.
This heart shaped chocolate chip cookie recipe uses our basic ultimate chocolate chip cookie dough and is then cut into these adorable heart shapes. It is easy to customize these with additional sprinkles or candy add-ins.
Similar to other cut out cookies like snowflake cookies and gingerbread men, these cookies use cookie cutters to get their shape. But, these are super easy and don't require rolling and chilling.
🧁Why To Try This Recipe
Customizable - you can easily customize these with different sprinkles or candy add ins to make them fancier.
Done in 30 - since this is a no chill dough, you can have a whole batch baked up in under 30 minutes.
Soft & Chewy - these cookies are super soft and chewy.
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🥄Equipment
- Stand or Hand Mixer
- Mixing Bowl
- Measuring Cups
- Measuring Spoons
- Spatula or Spoon
- Cookie Sheet
- Heart shaped Cookie Cutter
📋Ingredients
- Chocolate Chips
- Pink Heart Sprinkles (optional)
- Flour
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- White Sugar
- Brown Sugar
- Vanilla Extract
- Eggs
- Butter - softened
See recipe card for quantities.
📖Substitutions & Variations
If you know how to make the recipe fit a certain diet, let the reader know here. Don't fake it - only provide guidance on topics you have actual experience with.
- Change up the sprinkles - we used pink heart sprinkles, but you can leave the sprinkles out or add any type of sprinkle or candy mix in (Valentine's M&Ms would be super cute).
- Hand Shape - if you don't have cookie cutters, you can hand shape the dough into little hearts before baking. If you choose this route, you will have to chill the dough after shaping into hearts (2 hrs in the fridge or 30 mins in the freezer). And, make sure to make the hearts rather thin and long because they will spread some while baking.
- Missing ingredients - you can use a different chocolate chip dough recipe if desired like these Butterless Chocolate Chip Cookies or these Chocolate Chip Cookies without Baking Soda.
Want another heart themed cookie? Try these Jam Filled Heart Thumbprint Cookies.
⏲️Instructions
These step-by-step directions and process photos should make following along to bake these cookies up a breeze.
Step one: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. If the cookie sheet you are using is not non-stick, make sure to grease it.
Step two: Add to the mixing bowl the softened butter and white and brown sugars.
Step three: Turn the mixer on medium high speed and cream together butter and sugar. This takes about 2 - 3 minutes.
Step four: Add in vanilla extract and eggs. Mix on medium speed until well combined.
Step five: Slowly add in flour, baking soda and salt while mixing at low speed. Continue mixing until everything is well combined.
Step six: Carefully fold in chocolate chips and sprinkles.
Step seven: Place large 2 - 3 tablespoon balls of dough on the cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 10 - 12 minutes.
Remove from oven and use a cookie cutter to cut heart shapes out of the cookies.
Hint: after using the cookie cutter on the baked cookies, do not lift them up. Simply let them sit and cool so they will harden a little more before moving them so they don't fall apart.
⭐Recipe Tips for Success
- Adding sprinkles or other add-ins: you can add the sprinkles either directly into the dough, or you can simply sprinkle them on the tops of the balls of dough right before baking.
- Baking dough: if you want, you can simply take all of the dough and spread it in one sheet on the baking sheet instead of making large balls of dough.
- Don't overcook - to get the soft, chewy texture make sure not to overcook the cookies. Remove them from the oven when the edges are just light brown and firm. The centers will continue to firm up as they cool.
Storage
Baked cookies: you can keep them for 5 - 7 days in an airtight container at room temperature. Or freeze them in freezer bags for up to a year.
Cookie Dough: Packaged the same as cookies, it can be refrigerated for 2 - 3 days or frozen for up to 3 months.
💭Heart Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookie FAQs
Yes, since this is a no chill recipe cutting the shapes after baking, most chocolate chip cookies will work (as long as they aren't too flat or crispy). You an even use these chocolate chip sugar cookies.
You can still make these without a cookie cutter, but you will need to chill the dough after shaping and before baking since they will spread. Simply take 1 tablespoon balls of dough, shape them into thin, long hearts and chill for 2 hours before baking.
Heart Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies
Equipment
- Stand or Hand Mixer
- Mixing bowl
- measuring cups
- Measuring Spoons
- Large spoon or spatula
- cookie sheet
- Heart shaped cookie cutter
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Chocolate Chips
- .5 Cups Heart Shaped Sprinkles optional
- 2.5 Cups Flour
- 1 Cup Butter softened
- 1.25 Cups Granulated Sugar
- .75 Cups Brown Sugar
- .25 teaspoons Salt
- 1.25 teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 Eggs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and grease the cookie sheet.
- Add 1 cup softened butter, 1.25 cups granulated sugar and .75 cups brown sugar into mixing bowl. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy (usually this takes 2 - 3 minutes).
- Add 2 eggs and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to the mixing bowl. Mix together on medium speed until combined.
- Mixing on low, slowly add in 2.5 cups flour, 1.25 teaspoons baking soda and .25 teaspoons of salt. Continue mixing until well combined.
- Fold in 1 cup of chocolate chips.
- Take large 2 - 3 tablespoon balls of dough and place them on the cookie sheet. Sprinkle heart sprinkles on top if desired.
- Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 - 12 minutes or until edges are light brown and firm.
- Remove from the oven and use a heart shaped cookie cutter to cut cookies.
- Allow cookies to completely cool before moving them from the baking sheet.
Notes
- Adding sprinkles or other add-ins: you can add the sprinkles either directly into the dough, or you can simply sprinkle them on the tops of the balls of dough right before baking.
- Baking dough: if you want, you can simply take all of the dough and spread it in one sheet on the baking sheet instead of making large balls of dough.
- Don't overcook - to get the soft, chewy texture make sure not to overcook the cookies. Remove them from the oven when the edges are just light brown and firm. The centers will continue to firm up as they cool.
- Allow to cool - after cutting the baked cookies with the cookie cutter, allow them to cool before moving them. This will help prevent them from falling apart.
- Baked cookies - packaged in an airtight container can be kept at room temperature for 5 days or frozen for up to a year.
- Cookie dough - packaged in an airtight container can be kept in the fridge for 2 - 3 days or frozen for up to 3 months.
Nutrition information provided is just an estimate and may vary based on specific ingredients used.
