Name: Potato Chip Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened); 1/2 up shortening; 1 cup white sugar; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 2 large eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 cup chocolate chips (plus more for placing on top of each cookie); 2 cups potato chips (I recommend plain ruffle/wave chips, slightly crushed)

Salty and sweet – these potato chip cookies combine the best of both worlds! They have a chewy texture, slight crunchiness from the chips, and tons of chocolate chips.

Baking cookies is an easy way to satisfy your sweet tooth. If you’re family loves cookies as much as mine does, you’ll love some of our other cookie recipes, like Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies or Cheesecake Cookies.

Potato Chip Cookie Recipe

Today, I’m combining two of my all-time favorite snacks: potato chips and chocolate chip cookies. You end up with a cookie recipe that has everything you could ever want in one delicious treat. Because these potato chip cookies are salty, sweet, crunchy, chewy, chocolate-y, and completely addictive.

How to Make Potato Chip Cookies

This recipe starts out exactly like your regular chocolate chip cookies.

Cream together the butter, shortening, brown sugar and white sugar.
Mix in the eggs and vanilla extract.
Carefully add in the flour and baking soda.

But instead of adding in just chocolate chips, we’re also adding in 2 cups of ruffle potato chips. The chips add a little crunch, a little salt, and a whole lot of deliciousness.

A bowl of cookie dough before the chocolate chips and potato chips are stirred in to make potato chip cookies

What Kind of Chips are good for Potato Chip Cookies?

I recommend using a thick-cut, lightly salted, ruffle chip. I like to use a ruffle/waved chip because it adds a bit more texture and they tend to hold up better when you mix the batter together.

Before measuring out your chips, crush them just slightly. You don’t need them to be in tiny pieces however, otherwise you’ll end up with just dust in the cookies. The chips will further break into smaller pieces when you mix them into the batter and form the dough into balls.

Why use Butter and Shortening in Cookies?

Cookie recipes always need fat in the batter – the fat is typically either butter or shortening. Butter has way more flavor than shortening. However, shortening tends to keep cookies softer for longer and gives that delicious melt-in-your-mouth texture. Therefore, by using both butter and shortening you get the best of both worlds.

Cookie Baking Tips

The butter should be soft, but not melted.
Measure the flour carefully. If you add too much flour, the cookies can get dry.
For thicker cookies, chill the dough for 30 minutes prior to baking.
For extra large cookies, form the dough into balls about 3 tablespoons in size. Make the dough balls taller than they are wide. The bake time will be about 14-16 minutes. If making extra large cookies, I highly recommend chilling the dough.
For softer cookies, bake them until the tops look just set. The cookies will continue to bake as they cool on the cookie sheet.
For uniform cookies, use a cookie scoop to divide the dough.

How to freeze cookies

Cookies are one of the easiest things to freeze! Allow your cookies to cool completely, then place cookies in a freezer bag or airtight container. Enjoy your cookies within 6 months for the best quality.

Potato chip cookies fresh from the oven cooling on a cooling rack.

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