Are you craving a Chick Fil A cookie but do not want to order out tonight? Cookie chicks and men alike, do not fret! It’s time to get in the kitchen and whip up a batch yourself in the comfort of your home.
Take a look at our Chick Fil A chocolate chip cookie recipe. If you are feeling something fudgier, we also have suggestions for making Chick Fil A brownies.
What Is a Chick Fil A Cookie?
A Chick Fil A cookie is unique when compared to a traditional chocolate chip cookie. It mixes semi-sweet dark chocolate chunks and luscious milk chocolate chunks.
Does Chick Fil A have oatmeal in their cookies? Yes! The rolled oats make the cookies fuller and chewier.
The Best Chick Fil A Cookie
Ingredients
- ¼ teaspoons Salt
- ½ teaspoons Baking soda
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
- 3 Tbsp Honey
- 2 Room-temperature eggs
- ½ cups Vegetable shortening
- ½ cups Butter at room temperature
- ½ cups Milk chocolate chips
- ⅓ cups Granulated sugar
- ¾ cups Old Fashioned or quick oats
- 1 cup Semi-sweet chocolate chunks (divide them; refer to the recipe below)
- 1⅓ cups Packed dark brown sugar
- 1½ cups Semi-sweet dark chocolate chips
- 2½ cups All-purpose flour
Instructions
- Lay down parchment paper on a 13-inch by 9-inch cookie sheet.
- Blend the dry ingredients with a whisk, including the baking powder, baking soda, flour, salt, and rolled or Old Fashioned oats. Set this to the side.
- Use a hand blender or a stand mixer to cream the wet ingredients together (butter, honey, sugar, vanilla, and shortening).
- Drop in the eggs and mix until well-blended.
- Dump the dry ingredients into the bowl of wet ingredients and continue blending. Scrape the bowl’s side as necessary for a thorough blend.
- Mix the three types of chocolate. Place only half of the semi-sweet chocolate chunks and keep the other half off to the side for later.
- For best results, use a two-inch cookie scoop to shape each cookie. Alternatively, you can scoop the dough into a teaspoon and roll it into a ball by hand. Each ball should measure about a quarter cup so it is about the same size as Chick Fil A cookies.
- Place each ball three inches apart from one another throughout the cookie sheet for even spreading. Pop two to three of the remaining semi-sweet chocolate chunks on top of each cookie dough ball.
- If the cookies are a quarter cup each, bake for 11 to 13 minutes until they are evenly cooked. If you make smaller cookies, bake them for about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and set them on the stove to cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes. Transfer them to a wire rack to cool for about 30 to 45 minutes.
- Serve the cookies to your family! Store any leftovers in an airtight container and set them on your kitchen counter to remain at room temperature. Eat them within 72 hours for optimal freshness.
Tips & Tricks for The Best Chick Fil A Cookie Recipe
Before making the Chick Fil A cookies, crack your eggs into a bowl and cover them with plastic wrap to protect them from the elements. Let them sit on your counter for about a half hour to become room temperature. Leave a wrapped stick of butter out at the same time so that’s room temperature, too.
Chick Fil A brownies are thick and fudgy. For ease of preparation, grab a box of your favorite brownie mix and follow the ingredients directions on the back. Use a deeper dish brownie pan to mimic the size of Chick Fil A’s brownies. Be sure to add large fudgy chunks to the batter and a couple on top before baking to get the same taste as the quintessential brownie from the fast food chain.
Make a Vegan Chick Fil A Cookie Version
If you are a vegan, but you want to enjoy Chick Fil A cookies, we have a solution for you. Refer to the tips and tricks below for making the Chick Fil A chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Substitute the traditional butter with plant-based butter. Vegan butter has less saturated fat than dairy-based unsalted butter. While vegan butter has more unsaturated fat compared to unsalted butter, it has less total fat by 0.5 grams. Watch the sodium content in vegan butter.
Since honey is made from bees, vegans cannot include this in their cookie recipe. Instead, opt for agave nectar which is a plant-based substitute with about the same sweetness as honey.
PETA suggests substituting one egg by mixing two tablespoons of water, one tablespoon of oil, and two teaspoons of baking powder. Hence, since you need two eggs, you should mix four tablespoons of water, two tablespoons of oil, and four teaspoons of baking soda as a vegan substitute for this cookie recipe.
Make Vegan Chick Fil A Brownies
Butter and eggs are the only non-vegan items in this recipe. Use a cup of oil of your choice in place of one cup of melted butter. Follow the same suggestions from PETA about egg substitutions for cookies explained in the above section.
Nutrition Information of The Best Chick Fil A Cookie Recipe
Traditionally, Chick Fil A chocolate chunk cookies are about 370 calories with 17 grams of fat, five grams of protein, and 49 grams of carbohydrates. The mix of semi-sweet and dark chocolate chunks and the addition of old-fashioned oats make the carbohydrate count high.
Chick Fil A brownies are about 380 calories per square. It includes four grams of protein, 48 grams of carbohydrates, and 21 grams of fat.
The specific nutritional information will be based on the different brands of butter, sugar, oats, and other ingredients you are using. If you make any substitutions, it alters macronutrient counts.
To calculate overall nutrition information, note the calories in each ingredient inside the mixing bowl for either the Chick Fil A cookie or the brownie recipe. Add it all up and divide by how many cookies or brownies the recipe yielded. The caloric intake for each unit is the final number from this equation.
Conclusion
While this is a copycat Chick Fil A cookie recipe, you can make it how you want with different brands of chocolate chips or substitute ingredients based on your personal preferences. Happy baking!
Absolutely Wonderful!!!
I made this for my family, and it was a big hit.
Made this tonight turned out great.