A to Z Everything-but-the-Kitchen-Sink Chocolate Chip Cookies

This was the best cookie recipe I have ever made. The cookies are so delicous you wouldn't believe. My kids ate up the cookies in less than a day. Trust me after you eat one you'll have to eat another and another. If you don't have mace then you can add 1/8 teaspoon of nutmeg as a substitute. I really recommned making these cookies!

Wonderful cookie!! Received raved reviews at work. Incidently, I used frosted flakes instead of regular flakes, and the results were excellent. Frosted flakes, because of their extra thickness, tend to hold up better in raw cookie dough, to not lose their crispiness.

These were great! Five STARS all the way! I made them over the holiday weekend for visiting relatives, and everyone loved them. I took the tip and substituted the mace(which I didn't have)with nutmeg. I'm glad that I didn't see those two last wacky reviews, or I might not have tried these....and I'm SO glad that I did!

This is a keeper. You can add anything and everything, use your imagination. I had 1/4 bag of peanutbutter chips, chopped a Hershey special chocolate bar, chopped pecans, Special K cereal (stay away from frosted cereal, makes it to sweet). Next time may try sour cherries and white chocolate chips. Watch the cooking time,hard to tell if their cooked becasue the dough is dark in color. My oven runs hot so I baked the first batch to gague the time. Have fun.

What a GREAT cookie!!! I really appreciated the review that mentioned slightly underbaking for a chewier cookie (good for hubby .. I like crispy) And the recipe makes both easily with a small adjustment to baking time. This cookie pleases every eater in my house!! A Five Star Keeper! :)

The amount of mace in this recipe was too overwhelming......

I felt like a mad scientist when I was making these cookies, but they are SOOO good. I made mine with Rice Krispies, 1/2 choc. chips and 1/2 butterscotch along with everything else. All I can say is Yummy, they are for sure going into the Christmas cookie box this year.

These cookies were excellent!! I substituted rice kripies for corn flakes & raisins instead of walnuts. Instead of shaping the dough into balls, I flattened it down. It makes the cookies crispier. Definitely a keeper in this house!!

This is a great cookie recipie! Easy to put together, easy to bake, and they taste wonderful. I added 1 cup of raisins, and substituted 1 cup of white chocolate chips, for the regular chocolate chips - considering peanut butter chips for the next time I bake them. I also used 2 + 1/4 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice instead of all of the other spices listed - the flavor is comparable and you only have to purchase one spice. Please disregard the nay sayers, this is a recipie worth trying.

You know... whenever I try a new recipe, I try to use all of the ingredients listed and follow it exactly. This recipe is the perfect example of WHY I do that. So many people change it and leave things out without even giving the original recipe a chance! Get this: I don't care much for walnuts, shredded coconut, cornflakes, OR oats, but I made these just like they were supposed to be made minus the cloves because I ran out. And guess what? I ate 3 of them because I thought they were so yummy. So please, don't knock it before you try it! My dough was fine, even a little crumbly but easy to roll, and my cookies didn't spread out like crazy in the oven, and I flattened them quite a bit. The reason why everyone's are soupy or the dough is loose is because it's made to hold all those DRY INGREDIENTS... sillies. Anyway, everyone liked these and in they go to the recipe box :)

These cookies are amazing - everyone at my dinner party ate about ten! I halved the recipe and substituted raisins for walnuts. These I LOVE. Remember they spread ALOT on the cookies sheet.

Fantastic - I love chewy cookies and these are amazing. I added an extra cup of choc chips instead of walnuts (my kids don't like nuts) and used dessicated coconut instead of coconut flakes. Also used rice crispies instead of corn flakes. Made them a bit bigger and baked them for 15 minutes and they are a huge hit in our house!

My Dad made these a lot when I was growing up. He called them Garbage Cookies. Silly name, but once you had one, you were hooked. The ingredients always vary by what you have on hand, so you rarely had the same cookie twice! For comfort and memory sake, these will always be my favorite cookie.

excellent !! I just made these....I followed a few of the suggestions and added an extra half cup of flour and a bit less backing soda. I didn't have mace so instead I just increased the nutmeg to half a tsp. and used mini choc chips and dark brown sugar as that is what I had. (next time I will probably use 1/4 tsp of nutmeg and only one and a half cups choc chips). I added only half a cup of white sugar as I knew the brown sugar and chocolate would be plenty sweet. sooooo good. my husband loves them. I baked them for only 6 min and they didn't look quite done---but they firmed up to a nice chewy gooey cookie (my oven always cooks faster so maybe 7-8 might work for a normal oven.)....oh , and it helps to put the bowl in the freezer in between batches. this makes the dough easier to handle.

I made these exactly as written and they turned out pretty good. They did spread more than I would have liked, though. If I were to make them again, I would leave out the cornflakes. I don't think they added anything.

These were good. I added Rice Krispies instead of corn flakes, and no chocolate chips since my crew won't eat chocolate. Instead of mace and cloves I used allspice and nutmeg.

These are the perfect cookies .. i´ve made them soo many times .. with all kinds of moderations .. I always skip the mace and cloves because I don´t have them in the house .. DELICIOUS :D what I used to do is make a double tripple batch and put portions in a zip lock bag and roll it into a roll and then it´s super easy to cut them down when they are still frozen

I have found very few cookies that I would rate a five star, but these were excellent. So good in fact that as soon as I was finished baking the first batch I turned around and made a second so I would have enough to share with friends without taking away from my stash lol. My friends loved them just as much as my family. Thank you Melissa

Very good! I wish I'd added cranberries or raisins as well. I thought about it--after I'd mixed everything in already and was too lazy to mix it again. I subbed frosted flakes for the corn flakes only bc that's what I have. It does make the cookies sweeter, so bear that in mind if you do the same. These do spread a bit, but not so badly that you can't do a lot of cookies to a sheet. They just flatten out a bit, so don't bother with flattening the dough--I didn't, and they were fine. 10 minutes were perfect for my cookiesl This makes a lot of cookies, especially if you use a smaller cookie scoop like I did. Thanks for the recipe!

Very Good. My kids and I thoroughly enjoyed them.

BIG hit in my christmas tins this year. I did had to add some extra water to the batter, it was a bit dry and crumbly as is. Second time around I made it onto bars, worked just as well.

The cookies are very sweet. I think I will give them a try again but without the white sugar.

I LOVE this recipe!! They turned out perfect and so delicious! Thank you melissa!

I have made this several times and they are always a big hit! Any nuts and any cereal work..I use what ever I have and it always works great!

Hands down - our new favorite cookie. Only change was to leave out the nuts and use raisins instead. These are so good. The different flavors and textures work so well together. I did only make 1/2 batch and still got 40 cookies, so I'm glad I did. Underbaked by about a minute, and the are gooey, chewy good!

I live in Norway and mace is hard to come by so I substituted ground ginger for the mace. The cookies were delish! And I agree with the author, less baking makes a better cookie! I took these to a party and they were gone in a heartbeat!

Awesome! These cookies are really great and definitely a keeper. I didn't have any mace nor do I ever really use it so I just put in an extra pinch of nutmeg. I also left out the coconut since I'm not a big fan of it. I followed another reviewer's advice and use frosted cornflakes so that they stayed nice and crisp in the cookie dough. These cookies are nice and chewy inside but then have great crunch from all the add-ins. There seemed to be a TON of chocolate chips in this cookie (which made them quite sweet, even for my monster sweet tooth that can usually handle it!) and I usually like a little less so I can also taste the cookie part, so next time I might reduce the chocolate chips a bit and maybe even add more walnuts. Thanks for the recipe!

best oatmeal cookie recipe ever. i took them to work, they were gobbled up fast

These taste pretty good. Made them today for a different cookie. I get tired of making the same 4 cookies over and over again. I used Rice Krispies, and choc chips. I meant to add raisins and I forgot. They were kind of hard to mix up, the dough was really stiff even though I used my KA. Hard to get all of the oatmeal incorporated into the dough. Towards the bottom of the bowl, there was some oatmeal just kind of stuck there. They got really flat as they baked. They are chewy and taste pretty good, but don't look especially pretty. Not sure if I will make them again.

Wow! Great cookies. You can add almost anything to the basic recipe. Because I don't like things too sweet I measured the br.sugar loose and reduced the white sugar by 1/4 cup. This recipe is a keeper. Thanks Melissa.

I absolutely LOVE these cookies! I just used whatever I had on hand, and they ended up working great. I didn't have enough white flour so I substituted wheat (which I pretty much hate doing with cookies because I think it ruins them) and I can't even tell the difference! These cookies are just amazing.

Outstanding! Rolling into walnut sized balls will result in regular sized cookies, if rolled bigger, they won't fit in cookie jar, lol. Again, these are heavenly!

Wonderful cookies! A little on the difficult side as far as finding the right amount of dough to use per cookie in order to get them just right, but they're worth the trouble. I made them as Christmas gifts this year and they were a huge hit! Hint: I omitted the cloves to keep the flavor more mild, and they tasted great.

I LOVE THESE COOKIES! They are the perfect balance of chewy and crunchy. I have made them many times each time a little different depending whats in my kitchen. Great base to add all your favorite ingredients! Thank you! :)

I made 2 batches of these for a Christmas party and went home with none. Everybody else really liked them. They were just too sweet for me.

I love these I add anything I might have on hand... dried cherries, white chocolate chips, what ever. I never add the spices though

I sub'd 1/2 of the butter for applesauce, went lighter on the sugar, and added a few tbs of ground flax. Used unsweetened carob chips because I prefer them over chocolate in some things. I will surely be making these again.

Very tasty. I made them much larger than the walnut size recommended, and that way they didn't flatten like the smaller ones. Bake until you see the light brown edges. They're not good when the whole top is golden brown looking, too crunchy. I will make these again, but use wheat flour, raisins instead of the chocolate chips, and maybe another kind of fruit or nut. The chocolate was good in them, but with the other ingredients, it seemed like it should have been a healthy, hearty cookie instead.

This is an awesome recipe. I work at a police department and took these into work. Needless to say they were gone in nothing flat.

I have gotten so many wonderful recipes from this site. Thanks! I love trying new recipes and this recipe is absolutely out of this world. This cookie is so chewy and yet so crunchy and the taste is super. How can it not soon be your favorite chocolate chip recipe? It is mine.

This cookie recipe was FABULOUS! I baked it for a cookie exchange and everyone absolutely raved. There wasn't even crumbs left! Great combination of flavors and textures. This is going to be a family favorite from now on--thanks!

This is one of the best cookie recipes I have ever tried.

These were really good. Nice and chewy. They were a little on the thin side, but still tasted great.

These are OK, but nothing spectacular. They taste like a combination of a spice cookie, oatmeal cookie, and chocolate chip cookie, which is nice for a change, but not something I want every day. They came out chewy for me (not cakey), and pretty attractive looking. Maybe a nice unique recipe for a get-together or holiday package. They stayed soft for about a week in a plastic container.

A few alterations: I halved the mace (based on a lot of reviews but next time I'll put in the recommended), ommited nutmeg, used whole wheat flour, and used flax corn flake cereal. I had tons of people come up to me to comment on how yummy the cookies were. I would make these again!

This recipe spread a lot! So I decided to grease a baking dish and make them into bars. I baked them at 350 for about 20-25 minutes. They turned out soft, chewy and tasted great. My family cleaned the pan in two days. Yum.

This recipe is giving me a complex, because I just can't concur with any of the rave reviews. I found these to be a huge disappointment as stated - they spread out very thin, resulting in a cookie that was burnt around the edges yet still raw in the middle. They kind of cooked through while cooling on the sheet, but they turned into more of a florentine or lace-type cookie, they were so thin. I mean, you can have a cookie that's chewy but still have some body to it. I added more flour to last batch and that produced a fairly decent cookie. If I were to try this again, I would reduce the sugar to 3/4 cup brown and 3/4 cup white and increase the flour to 2 cups...maybe even more. On the bright side, I actually quite enjoyed the spices in this - I used the exact amounts called for and found none of them to be overwhelming at all.

These tasted great and the dough is very easy to work with. It is also easy to make changes and still have the cookies come out beautifully. I took the suggestion of others and used extra nutmeg instead of mace since I didn't have any. I only had 2 cups of rolled oats on hand so I added an extra cup of cornflakes. I made them a little larger and baked for 12 minutes. My husband, who normally doesn't care for anything too sweet, ate most of the first couple of batches. Thanks for a great recipe; I will definitely make these again.

wow. i made these for my husband for valentine's day and he must have eaten eight or nine that day alone. he took the rest to work and everyone went crazy for them. plus this recipe makes over 4 dozen cookies so you're loaded with chewy goodness for weeks. my rec: keep 'em on the smaller side and cook less time.

I followed the recipe exactly and they are quite tasty. But they came out really flat, I'm not sure why. Perhaps I will try again with more flour or something.

I love this recipe! It is a hit with everyone!

I thought the texture of the cookies were excellent, definitely crisp and chewy. I was disappointed in the flavor. Too earthy for me. I guess I prefer a sweeter dough. Thank goodness there was chocolate in there to balance it out a bit. I used 2 ovens to bake these in, side by side. The convection oven (or fan assisted oven--must decrease temp by 10 degrees when using this type of oven) really made the cookies rise better. The conventional oven made them flat, although chewier.

Oh my goodness these were wonderful cookies! I read all the comments and have to disagree with so many of them. I found the dough to be very workable and blended wonderfully well. I used rice cereal rather than corn flakes and had no mace to use so did without, other than that I made the recipe exactly as written. They spread some but not excessively, had a lovely crunchy but soft bite and made a large amount. I will definitely keep this recipe upfront for the future, especially when I want to use up bits and pieces of leftover ingredients. Very flexible recipe.

I love to bake, but this was a disappointment.

Really nice cookie. When I was in college I loved a similar cookie from a Whole Foods, and have been looking for something like it ever since. Everyone really loved them. They were even better the next day. I used almonds instead of walnuts, and left out the cloves. Next time I will use a little less sugar/brown sugar, since i prefer a little fuller cookie.. these were a little flat.. But overall really good..

My sister has made these several times and my family loves them! There extremely yummy & have great flavor. We did left out a few things we don't like such as the coconut but they still came out wonderful!

I halved the recipe and only baked half of that (the rest I froze into a log shape). They turned out great! Didn't add mace, didn't substitute anything for it. Substituted heavy cream because I didn't have any milk on hand.

Yummy! I was not able to find Mace and the Ground Cloves were too expensive. It was still wonderful with the Cinnamon and Nutmeg.

This was a great and easy recipe, my kids loved it.

I don't know what everyone is talking about. These cookies taste like granola bars. I was very disappointed.

This is a lovely recipe for versatility and taste ... all the ingredients (and you can be very inventive with this one) meld together nicely for crisp and sweet and chewy. I used all brown sugar rather than white sugar, but that is the only thing I did differently. For the dough itself, I found it difficult to manage without a mess, so I used the same idea I do with all my cookie doughs ... I put all the dough on a large sheet of parchment paper, formed it into a roll approx 1-1/2" in diameter, rolled it and placed in freezer till my next pan was ready. This is super easy then and you just slice off and put on the pan whatever thickness you like. This recipes has good appearance, texture, taste and versatility... all of these are excellent in any recipe. Thank you for posting it.

This recipe was easy to prepare and the cookies were some of the best I have ever tasted. Nice flavor and texture. I also substituted rice crispies for the cornflakes and didnt have cloves or mace but added the other spices. I would definately recommend these as an alternative to plain oatmeal or plain chocolate chip cookies!

I followed the recipe exactly the first time and my cookies came out super flat! The cookie is actually really tasty so I decided to make them again with the following modifications: bread flour instead of all-purpose, 1 1/2 eggs, and cold butter-flavored shortening. With the modifications the cookies were much fluffier but still not as fluffy I like my cookies to be. I will make again, however, because they do taste yummy!

I love these cookies. Toss in a cup of peanut butter and mini M&M's for the kids. I double the batch, roll in balls, freeze on cookie sheets, bag and keep in the freezer. You have fresh baked, hot cookies in a few minutes by doing this. I've made them with Rice Krispies and Total cereal also, used walnuts, pecans or peanuts. Coconut is also a wonderful addition. Can't say enough about these cookies!

Everyone loved these cookies...

These were very good. My first batch came out too flat and crispy, so the second time around, I added an additional half cup of flour and used a bit less baking soda. The second batch were thicker and we enjoyed them more. I also omitted the mace, nutmeg and cloves, as I didn't think they would give the sweeter taste I prefer in a chocoate chip cookie. The cookies still weren't quite as sweet and chocolatey as we prefer, but they got good reviews around here. I'll probably stick with a more traditional chocolate chip cookie recipe next time.

My family raved about how good these cookies are. This is a recipe to keep, and make over and over.

We made 1/2 quantity for my daughter to take to school. Unfortunately as there are several nut allergies, we were slightly restricted in our ingredient choice. However, we used Fruit & Fibre cereal (minus the nuts) and Golden Nuggets cereal, in place of the nuts and cornflakes. Not sure how many we will have left to take to school tomorrow! Yummy!

AMAZING! just the way they are listed, i added a bag of crasins and that is all the modifications i made

I loved this Recipe. Instead of Doing the Chocolate Chips though, [Because we were out,] I used Hershey's Cocoa. Though im sure any Cocoa would Suffice. It Turned Out Absolutely Delicious. But i disregarded the brown sugar and added more white granulated Sugar. Please Tell me if you like it when you try it!

Excellent - made 2 times. Omitted mace and nuts (allergies). Second time I ran out of oats so I used ground up special k for one of the cups also used rice krispies for the cereal. Best cookies I ever made!

Exactly what I was looking for, I've made these cookies several times and I always change them up. I've made them with a lot more coconut, no cloves and white sugar and white chocolate chips. The only limit with these cookies are your imagination.

I'd rate these cookies about 8 out of 10. I found they dried out quite quickly in the cookie jar and were, therefore, crumbly. Perhaps air tight storage would solve this problem. The flavour was good but not exceptional.

This is a wonderful moist cookie. Husband and son loved them.....will maybe cut back on spice next time for family preference. Thanks for the recipe!

These cookies really do have a lot of stuff but they Tasted Wicked Good. I just didn't have any Coconut and just omitted it. The only problem I had, probably due to "no coconut" was taking them off the cookie sheet after amply cooling them. They fell apart and cracked real easy. But, we didn't really care, they tasted awesome anyway.

I remembered cooking a big batch of these - using this basic recipe, with some addition of pecans, walnuts, raisins and flax seeds (all I can find in my kitchen cupboards) - and it was great - and it's all gone when i brought it to the office! Just made it again today, but now I think it's a bit too salty! So, not sure what was different from last time. But I still like it a lot!

What a wonderful cookie. It tastes like a chewy chocolate bar. I added the cinnamon but only 1/8 tsp each of cloves and allspice - no other spices. The result was a mild hint of spice. My family find walnuts too bitter so I used pecans and rice krispie cereal insead of corn flakes. They went fast and this recipe has now made the rounds of the neighbourhood.

Oh my, these were a hit. They are so tasty with all the different ingredients - and the corn flakes add a wonderful crunch! The spices make these cookies delicious, and are perfect for fall!

Very easy to make. Tehy were very good. No problems.

Great recipe! I added another half a cup of flour and brought down the baking soda just a smidge after reading the rest of these reviews. Used white chocolate chips in one batch and peanut butter chocolate chips in another. Almonds instead of walnuts and rice krispy cereal instead of cornflakes in another batch. Also made another batch with raisins. This recipe makes quite alot of cookies which leaves the margin for imagination very wide. Tried a few things and these cookies were amazing every time. Very chewy and are an instant hit!

This recipe got many raved reviews. The cereal added a welcomed texture. No need to buy mace just for this recipe (it's not a common staple around here). Adding an extra 1/8 t. of nutmeg worked just fine. Due to family preference, the dough was split in half at the end and 1/2 cup of pecans was added to one half and 1/2 cup of raisins to the other half (no walnuts were added to either half). It may seem odd to have all these ingredients together (especially the spices and the chocolate) but somehow (and quite well) this recipe works. Try it, if you like oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

I made these without mace or coconut. I added some white chocolate chips because I didnt have sufficient semisweet ones. Also, I substituted the corn flakes for Special K. VERY GOOD!

Tasted good, but spread out so much that they were ugly. Be sure to up the flour and maybe decrease the baking soda a bit.

I did everything that people suggested with this recipe. They did not stay together at all. A better choice is the soft oatmeal cookie on here. It is excellent.

Very Tasty! Reminds me of a chocolate chip, oatmeal cookie with a little something special that makes people go......"Hmmmm what is that?" Thanks for posting. FYI: I used Frosted Flakes instead of Corn.

Loved them-makes a ton of cookies!! Used butterscotch & choc chips-no nuts. Butterscotch kinda of overwhelmed them. Will try with peanut butter & choc chips next time. I cant stand coconut, but you cant taste it in these & actually makes for a nice consistency in the cookie. Thanks!

These were rather good. I substituted 1/8 tsp nutmeg for mace and I substituted pecans for walnuts. The coconut couldn't be tasted, so the cookie rather resembled a chocolate-chip oatmeal cookie. Next time I will add more coconut and extra chocolate chips. Friends and family enjoyed these cookies.

WOW what a cookie! These are the best.

Ouystanding cookies!!

These are so good! They are not like traditional chocolate chip cookies, so if you're seeking Toll House, you might be disappointed. I love all the added ingredients. Thanks!

These were just okay for me. Followed the recipe except for the mace and the coconut but...just wasn't amazing like I was expecting.

I am used to healthier and mealier oatmeal cookie recipes and was disappointed in these cookies. The flavour just wasn't there like it should have been. The amount of sugar is way too much (they also spread a lot) and could use at least another 1/2 cup flour and coconut. I didn't see the point of the cornflakes (I used bran) since it really didn't add anything. I would try another oatmeal chocolate chip recipe with more substance!

Awesome recipe.I didnt add coconut at all.It didnt affect the taste even a bit .Followed it exactly otherwise and it tasted perfect.

This is a delicious recipe, an instant hit with the kids for taste. We started of with a few hiccups. I had to convert American cups to UK ounces. I felt the mixture was too dry for the kids to handle as it crumbled and they lost interest, so I added 2 extra eggs, That seem to do the trick. They gave the cookies 10 out of 10 for taste.

There were to many ingrediants and directions were not clear.

My family absolutely loved these cookies! I'm vegan, so I wasn't able to taste them, but based on the speed with which they disapered, I missed out big time. Wonderful! They smell terrific, too.

These are wonderful cookies; rave reviews all around. I added some flaxseed and used 1/2 whole wheat pastry flour. Oh, and I substituted some of the chocolate chips with peanut butter chips (my little one's special request). They turned out great. Pretty healthy, too.

I tried my hand at this recipe and my boyfriend couldn't even wait til they were done before loving them! I didn't have walnuts or cornflakes but I used Banana Nut Crunch cereal crushed up instead. (I also added crushed up Golden Grahams to see if anyone would notice!) They came out great and look just like the picture! Very pleased! Testing them out on classmates and family tomorrow!

Made these without coconut (my wife doesn't like it) and walnuts (I don't like them), and added peanut butter chips instead. Could NOT for the life of me roll the cookies; the "dough" was so loose and sticky that it was like trying to roll Elmer's glue. Worked fine as a drop cookie using two spoons, though; I bet it would also work to refrigerate the dough for a bit before shaping the cookies. The cookies came out well, very chewy, very sweet, and with a hint of "what's that familiar flavor?" with all the spices. The cookies were definitely better after they'd rested overnight - the texture firmed up and they became much more satisfying to bite. If we make them again, we'll try Heath Bar chunks instead of PB chips.