Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies are warm and chewy. This recipe is made from scratch so you know they’re delicious! Made with ingredients you already have in your pantry, they are the perfect Christmas cookies.

Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ½ cup butter, softened; ½ cup sugar; ½ cup brown sugar, packed; 1 large egg, room temperature; 1 tablespoon milk; 2 teaspoons red food coloring; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 ½ cups all purpose flour; ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; ¼ teaspoon salt; ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Every year during the holidays you have to decide which cookies to make and which to leave for another year. These chocolate chip red velvet cookies should definitely be on the list for this year! They are easy to make with cocoa powder and red food coloring and everyone will love them (especially the kids).

How To Make Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 8 to 10 minutes.

To the butter mixture, beat in the egg, milk, food coloring, and vanilla.

Gradually add the flour mixture into the creamed mixture, scraping down the sides of the bowl.

Stir in the chocolate chips.

Using a small cookie scoop, drop cookie dough about 2 inches apart on the cookie sheet.

Bake for 6 to 8 minutes.

Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 to 7 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Tips for success and variations for red velvet chocolate chip cookies:

These tips and variations will give you ideas and tricks for the best red velvet chocolate chip cookies you’ve ever made.

Instead of using milk chips, try using white chocolate chips in your cookies. They’ll add fun color contrast.
You can easily make these cookies from cake mix if you’d like to take a shortcut. Try the Duncan Hines brand for the best results.
Sprinkle a couple of chips on top of your cookies toward the end of baking to make them Insta photo-worthy!
This recipe uses milk and brown sugar which makes these cookies soft and cakey.

How to serve:

Some other cookies you can make this year are Cake Mix Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies, Homemade Sugar Cookies, or Cake Mix Red Velvet Heart Crinkle Cookies.

How to store red velvet chocolate chip cookies:

After the cookies are baked you can keep them in an airtight container on the counter for up to 5 days. You can also freeze them in zip lock bags to eat later.

One of the best ways to make cookies is to whip up a double batch and freeze half the dough. You can then pull out the frozen dough to make cookies whenever you want without having to go through the whole process.

You can also scoop out the dough into balls, place them on a baking sheet lined with a silicone mat or parchment paper and place the sheet in the freezer. After 15 to 30 minutes remove the balls and place them in a freezer bag to store in the freezer once again. This way you can remove only as many cookies as you want to bake without thawing the entire batch of dough.

FAQs:

What kind of chocolate chips can I use in red velvet cookies?

You can use any kind of chips you’d like in these cookies. Try milk, semi-sweet, bittersweet, dark, chunks, or white.

What makes a cookie “red velvet”?

The combination of cocoa powder and red food coloring is what gives these cookies their unique color and flavor.

How can I make my cookies stay soft longer?

If your cookies get stale the day after you make them, you can easily add moisture back into them. Add a half slice of white bread to the zip lock bag with your cookies. The cookies will absorb the moisture from the bread and soften them.

Yield: 20 cookies