A spin on your classic chocolate chip cookie recipe, these red velvet cookies are studded with rich chocolate chips and colored a vibrant red. This recipe, inspired by a red velvet cake, takes minutes to prepare and bake, and makes enough cookies for the whole family!
Instead of opting for a recipe with white chocolate chips and cream cheese, this one doubles down on the chocolate flavor (using both semi-sweet chips and rich cocoa powder), to make a cookie that every chocolate dessert-lover will adore. For their signature red color, the Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen loves to use gel food coloring, which adds a vibrant hue without the moisture or a regular food dye. The mixture of cocoa powder and red food coloring turns a classic cookie recipe into a fun and festive sweet treat.
While they make a super Valentine’s Day Dessert (they’re the perfect color, after all!) these red velvet cookies should be added to your baking recipe arsenal for any time of year. And instead of making red velvet cookies with cake mix, these super easy delights will impress your whole family when they find out you made them from scratch. Now all you need is a glass of milk!
Step 1
Heat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. In large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
Step 2
Using electric mixer on medium speed, beat together butter and sugars until combined. Add egg, food coloring and vanilla and mix until just combined.
Step 3
Reduce mixer speed to low and add flour mixture until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
Step 4
Scoop heaping spoonfuls of dough onto prepared sheets, spacing 1½ inches apart.
Step 5
Bake cookies, rotating positions of pans on racks halfway through, until darker around edges, 9 to 12 minutes total.
Step 6
Let cool 5 minutes on pans, then slide parchment (and cookies) onto wire rack and let cool at least 5 minutes more before serving.
