These inside out chocolate chip cookies are packed with chocolate flavor and plenty of white chocolate chips. They are super easy to make and ready in less than 30 minutes!
Inside out chocolate chip cookies are basically chocolate chip cookies in reverse. Instead of a light colored cookie with dark or milk chocolate chips, it’s a chocolate cookie with white chocolate chips. They are also known as chocolate white chocolate chip cookies.
If you like the classic version of chocolate chip cookies then you’ll love these too.
They are mega chocolatey and so delicious. Not to mention gorgeous looking with the white chocolate chips contrasting beautifully with the dark chocolate cookie.
If you love these you’ll also love our double chocolate cookies and our white chocolate chip cookies.
Ingredients You’ll Need:
Ingredient Notes
- Cocoa powder – should be natural, unsweetened cocoa powder (e.g Hersheys)
- White chocolate chips – or chopped up premium quality white chocolate (such as Lindt) will both work great here.
- Butter – ideally should be softened. But if you forget, just cut it into cubes and beat it in the stand mixer for a few minutes to soften before you add the sugar and cream them together.
How To Make Inside Out Chocolate Chip Cookies
Full instructions and measurements can always be found in the recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a summary of the process to go along with the process photos.
- Add softened butter to the bowl of your stand mixer along with white granulated sugar and light brown sugar and cream them together until smooth.
- Add an egg and vanilla extract and mix in.
- In a separate bowl add all purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt and mix together.
- Add dry ingredients in with the wet and mix together with a spoon into a thick cookie dough.
- Add white chocolate chips and mix into the dough.
- Break off pieces of the dough and roll them into balls and place evenly onto a parchment lined baking tray. Aim to get 20 cookies from the batch.
- Bake at 350°F for 12 minutes.
- As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, place more white chocolate chips directly into the tops of the cookies.
Recipe Tips
Spoon and level the flour (or weigh it). It’s important to measure the flour correctly or the cookies will be too dry. You can use the spoon and level method: spoon the flour into your measuring cup and then level off the top with a knife, don’t scoop the flour and don’t pack it into your cup. Or weigh it out on a food scale for complete accuracy.
Add extra white chocolate chips to the tops of the cookies when they come out of the oven and are still warm and soft. It looks super pretty.
Storing and Freezing
Keep your cookies stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week. You can also keep them stored in the fridge.
They are also freezer friendly for up to 3 months.
More Cookie Recipes
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Oatmeal Cookies
- Coconut Cookies
- White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
- Almond Butter Cookies
Did you make this recipe? Be sure to leave a comment and rating below.
Inside Out Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup Butter Softened
- ½ cup White Granulated Sugar
- ½ cup Light Brown Sugar
- 1 Large Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour Measured Correctly*
- ⅔ cup Cocoa Powder Unsweetened
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 cup White Chocolate Chips Plus more (~¼ cup/44g) to place directly on top of the cookies when they come out of the oven
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Add softened butter to the bowl of your stand mixer along with white granulated sugar and light brown sugar and cream them together until smooth.
- Add egg and vanilla extract and mix in.
- In a separate bowl add all purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt and mix together.
- Add dry ingredients in with the wet and mix together with a spoon into a thick cookie dough.
- Add white chocolate chips and mix into the dough.
- Break off pieces of the dough and roll them into balls and place evenly onto your parchment lined baking tray. Aim to get 20 cookies from the batch.
- Bake for 12 minutes.
- As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, place more white chocolate chips directly into the tops of the cookies.
Notes
- Measure the flour correctly. Either use the spoon and level method: spoon the flour into your measuring cup and then level off the top with a knife, don’t scoop the flour and don’t pack it into your cup, or weigh it out on a food scale for complete accuracy. Click ‘metric’ below the list of ingredients to get the ingredient weights in grams.
- Butter: If you forget to take out the butter to soften it or if you’re in a hurry, just cut it into cubes and beat it in the stand mixer for a few minutes to soften before you add the white and brown sugar and cream them together.
- Storing: Keep your cookies stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week. You can also keep them stored in the fridge.
- Freezing: They are also freezer friendly for up to 3 months.
Turned out great! I haven’t ever heard of Inside out cookies so I don’t know if they taste like them or not but they are chewy and good! I added some pecans to mine and my husband loved them!
That sounds lovely Dana! Thanks for sharing and for your great review!
So good
Awesome Nick! Thanks for your great review!
I made this late last night and they took no time at all. They ended up super moist and perfectly chewy – my favourite cookie texture. One of the best cookie recipes I’ve tried, and I have tried many. My son found these a little too sweet due to the white chocolate but he ended up eating 5 anyway haha. Maybe next time I’ll do 1/4 cup less white chocolate for him, but for my tastes, I thought this recipe was wonderful as is.
Happy to hear you enjoyed the recipe JP! Thanks for sharing and for your great review!
So I have made these cookies before and they turned out perfect! Today I decided to make them again but instead of regular granulated sugar I made them with stevia. The cookies did not expand and stayed in a ball. They were still edible and soft but I wished I would have not made changes. The kiddos like them either way.
Thanks for sharing Denise! Yes, the sugar is what helps the cookies spread. But glad your kids still enjoyed them!
Turned out amazing. Saved and will make many more times to come.
So happy to hear you enjoyed the recipe and thank you so much for your wonderful review!
Love these cookies, quick,easy and so yummy…I used dark cocoa
Awesome! So happy you enjoyed them Donna!
I made these today and I’m not sure if it’s me but they came out super dry and hard even tho I added everything to the exact measurements. I’m planning on making them again. If the dough is a little too dry before baking them is there anything I can add to make the dough softer?
Hi Nat, it sounds like you may have over-measured the flour, we have tips in the notes for how to measure the flour. If it turns out too dry due to too much flour, you can add some milk to the cookie dough, add only 1 tablespoon at a time, until the cookie dough is a good consistency that can easily roll into balls. All the best!
Amazing recipe!! These cookies were gobbled up in no time and enjoyed by all! I decided to skip rolling the dough into balls and just scooped them out onto the pan with a cookie scoop. This saved some time and some mess and they still turned out great! (Not quite as round as the photos doing it this way, but still absolutely scrumptious looking and tasting!) Will definitely be making this recipe again! Thanks, Alison!
Awesome Rebekah! Thanks so much for sharing and the wonderful review!
These are delicious!! I used half dark cocoa and half regular cocoa. It made a lot more than 20 but I made them about medium sized. I also used vanilla chips instead of white chocolate chips.
So happy they came out great Hope! Thanks for the awesome review.
These cookies are fabulously delicious!!! A bit messy to make into balls, but so so worth it!!!! Make these today!!!
Marie
Thanks so much Marie!
Wow, AAAAMAZING cookies! This is now my absolute new FAV cookie by far. A lot of other similar recipes call for chilling 3+ hours and these were baked, cleaned up kitchen, and already ate half a batch in one hour!! Soooo, good!
So happy you loved them Patti! I also LOVE how fast these are. Thanks so much for the amazing review.
Awesome recipe. Easy to make and a favorite of everyone. Thanks so much for sharing, it will be a favorite of my family.
Thanks so much Brenda!