I don’t bake that often, but when I do, I go all out. My theory on desserts is that if you are going to splurge on the calories then you might as well go big or go home. These cookies do not disappoint. The sweet and savoriness of sea salted dark chocolate, brown sugar and bacon make for the perfect bite. You won’t feel guilty about eating these, you will just be glad you did. Merry Christmas everyone!
Use your mixer- this is some seriously thick cookie dough!
Sea Salted Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Bacon
Description
this will make a large batch of cookies, approximately 60 medium/large sized cookies. Half the recipe for a smaller batch
Ingredients
- 2 cups salted butter (4 sticks), softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 3 cups packed brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 5 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons medium, coarse sea salt
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 24 oz semi sweet dark chocolate chips
- 1 3.5 oz. bar Lindt sea salted dark chocolate, cut into small pieces
- 12 pieces of cooked bacon, chopped into small pieces
Instructions
Preheat your oven 360 degrees. Combine butter, sugar and brown sugar until it is creams together and fluffy (about 3-4 minutes in a mixer on medium-high speed). Add eggs and vanilla and beat for 2 more minutes. Add baking soda, baking poweder, salt and the flour until the batter is fully mixed (you will want to do this with a mixer if you have one because it will make your hand VERY tired!) Add the chocolate chips and sea salt chocolate bar until they are uniformly mixed in. Next, add the bacon and mix everything together. This is a very thick cookie dough.
Line cookie sheets with parchment paper so they are easy to remove later. Drop the cookies onto the sheet in heaping tablespoons, even spaced on the cookie sheet. Bake for 12-14 minutes, set your timer to check on them at the 10 minute mark since all ovens bake differently. They will be ready when the edges are slightly browned. Give the cookies a few minutes to cool before moving the parchment paper/cookies to a cool spot.
Serve these with a nice glass of milk. Santa is going to love you for leaving him these cookies!
Notes
original cookie recipe inspired by Savorysweetlife.com
Make Santa very happy this year with these cookies!
Bacon and chocolate, can’t go wrong.
Interesting cookie mix. I secretly want to try these just for the taste. I am sure Santa would approve
Dave
Dave,
I promise you can’t go wrong on these and they are totally worth all the calories. Plus, dark chocolate is loaded in antioxidants to they do have some nutritional benefit! 🙂
Happy Holidays! 🙂
Robyn
You had me at bacon!
This is really interesting, and I’m all for trying new things!
Cheoy- the flavors come together beautifully in this recipe. You won’t be disappointed.
MMMMMMMM Bacon…