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12 Creative Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes, Because It's a National Holiday

May 15 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day! We've already got you covered on chocolate chip muffins, breads, pancakes, and granola...but we know how you really want to celebrate this holiday. We've got cookies — 12 of them — that will adequately satisfy your sweet tooth, from the traditional kind to the vegan, brown butter, corn flake, and coconut kinds. All you need is a cool glass of milk for dunking.

by Melissa Kravitz

Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies

Deemed “The Best EVER Chocolate Chip Cookies” by Savory Sweet Life, you may just want to check these for yourself.

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Chocolate Chip Carrot Cookies

If chocolate chip cookies ever had a chance of being healthy and delicious, Love and Lemons may have cracked the code.

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Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

There may be nothing better than a soft and melty cookie, and Averie Cooks aces it with her recipe!

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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

Extra chocolate please! Joy the Baker’s recipe gives us double of our favorite food.

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1 Minute Chocolate Chip Cookie Mug

If you’re doing a solo cookie day, this quick recipe by The Comfort of Cooking is the way to go (but who ever wants just one cookie?).

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Chocolate Chip Sprinkle Cookies

Really celebrate this national holiday with these festive versions by Simply Scratch.

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Coconut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Add some crunch and texture with this coconut and oatmeal recipe by Domestic Fits.

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Cornflake Marshmallow Chocolate Chip Cookies

The ingredients in this chewy cookie may sound a little crazy, but they’re actually just crazy good, thanks to a recipe by A Cozy Kitchen.

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White Chocolate Chip Lemon Cookies

For those who aren’t really into chocolate (who are you people?), white chocolate can be the best substitution. The Simple Sweet Life’s recipe is tart and sweet and full of cookie goodness.

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Brown Butter Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Make your cookies a bit healthier — and more flavorful — with whole wheat flour, like in this rendition by Naturally Ella.

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Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

You don’t need butter or eggs to make great cookies! Oh She Glows gives us the perfect vegan solution to chocolate chip deliciousness.

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Pretzel

Perhaps a bit more difficult to make than your standard chocolate chip cookie, follow Half Baked Harvest’s twisted recipe and you’ll reap in the rewards.

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