Soft Chocolate Pudding Cookies

These chocolate chip cookies bake up to be soft and delicious thanks to instant chocolate pudding mix.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 139 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons milk
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• 1 ½ cups chocolate chips
• ¾ cup shortening (such as Crisco®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 2

Combine shortening, sugars, milk, and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Beat in eggs. Whip mixture until light and fluffy.

Step 3

Combine flour, pudding mix, salt, and baking soda in a separate bowl. Pour over the shortening mixture and beat until well blended. Fold in chocolate chips.

Step 4

Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of cookie dough onto ungreased cookie sheets, spacing them 3 inches apart.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven, 1 cookie sheet at a time, until edges are set, 11 to 15 minutes. Repeat with remaining cookie sheets. Cool each batch for 5 minutes before moving cookies onto a cooling rack.