You have to experience these extremely soft Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies. These easy cookies are baked in the air fry machine in under 10 minutes. In my recipe, you’ll learn how to cook ‘em from frozen, too. Let’s bake in the air fryer!
They’re my #1 air fryer cookie recipe because…
- Most soft cookies, EVER. Baking with the chocolate chip cookies air fryer cooking method, you’ll take them out of the air fry machine and wonder if they’re even done cooking… that’s how soft they are! But after a few minutes of cool down time (if you can resist biting in), they set and are ready to eat.
- It’s easy to air fry cookies in small batches. Easily make cookies for one, or for two.
- Freeze balls of cookie dough for baking from frozen later.
- They keep for days. Store them in an airtight container for up to 5 days!
- This air fryer recipe makes about 20-25 cookies.
Ingredients for air fryer chocolate chip cookie dough
Making chocolate chip cookies air fryer style requires a handful of ingredients that come together quickly to make one of the softest cookies you’d ever tried. Here’s what you need to make them…
- Butter
- Sugar
- Brown sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract (and a little almond extract if you have it)
- Salt
- Baking soda
- All purpose flour
- Chocolate (I like a crushed chocolate bar, but chips work, too)
How to make air fryer chocolate chip cookies
Now let’s walk exactly how to make them. You can use either a stand mixer or a handheld mixer to make the cookie batter.
Step 1. Cream butter and sugar for air fryer chocolate chip cookies. Prepare a stand mixer or hand mixer. To a large mixing bowl, add softened melted butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Mix with an electronic mixer on medium-high speed for 2-3 minutes, until blended, smooth and fluffy.
Step 2. Add wet and dry ingredients to cook cookie batter. Add eggs, extract, and salt. Beat again on medium-high speed for 20 seconds to combine. Add all of the baking soda and about ¼ of the flour into the air fryer chocolate chip cookie batter. Mix on medium-high for 20 seconds. Scrape down dough from edges of the bowl.
Add the rest of the flour in the same increments, mixing 20 seconds in between, scraping down dough as you go, until all the flour has been added. Reserve on the side, 2 tbsp chocolate chips or crushed chocolate bar. Add the rest of the chocolate chips to the cookie batter and gently fold in with a large spoon or spatula.
Step 3. Prepare air fryer for chocolate chip cookies. Remove the air fryer basket and preheat the air fryer to 350ºF for 5 minutes. Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit the size of the bottom of the air fryer basket or the size of the cookie sheet if you’re using an oven style air fryer for chocolate chip cookies.
Step 4. Make balls of cookie dough. You will have to air fry cookies in batches, or refrigerate or freeze the rest to bake them later. I recommend forming cookie dough balls whether or not you’re using them now. Divide the chocolate chip cookie batter into 2 tbsp balls.
Tip for working with cookie dough: Don’t overwork them, because you will add them to the air fryer basket and smoosh them with your hands into the shape of a round disk / cookie. Spraying your fingers with cooking spray can help move the balls of dough with ease.
The cookies will expand slightly in size when they bake in the air fryer, so only add 4 cookies to a standard size air fryer basket. Make sure they have 1-2” of space in between. Before baking, add a little of the reserved chocolate to the top of the cookies.
Step 5. Air fry chocolate chip cookies. After much recipe testing, I noticed and want to inform you that if the cookies are even slightly larger than 2 tbsp each, or touch during the cooking process, it will change the cooking time needed for chocolate chip air fryer cookies.
Bake for 6 minutes at 350ºF if you’re using the Phillips XXL Air Fryer like mine. Depending on your model of air fryer and size of cookies, you will need between 5-7 minutes of air frying time.
After they bake, let cookies sit in the air fryer for another 1 minute. Then, use a spatulata to transfer the cookies to a baking rack to cool and set for 5 minutes. Then enjoy!
FAQs for making chocolate chip cookies in the air fryer
The “sweet spot” for this cookie recipe’s cooking temperature and time for my Phillips XXL Air Fryer is 6 minutes, with an additional 1 minute resting in the air fryer (with heat off). It’s important to transfer the cookies to a baking sheet to cool to room temperature.
Warning: it will be very difficult not to start nibbling them before they “set”! When you pull out the air fryer basket, you’ll notice the cookies are very, very soft, and if you bump them or bend them with a spatula, it will change the shape.
Creaming butter and sugar is the term for the baking prep method where you mix butter and sugar together, usually using an electronic hand mixer or stand mixer, at a high speed until smooth and fluffy. You’ll find this method of whipping butter and sugar together as the base for many cake and cookie recipes.
They should be perfect after setting for a few minutes. But if they set and for some reason the bottom looks raw, just pop ‘em back in the air fryer for 2 minutes.
If you want to make all of the air fryer cookie dough at the same time, I recommend cutting out two pieces of parchment paper the same size as your air fryer basket. This way you can prep one batch while the other cooks, and just swap out the sheet of parchment paper.
Yes, you can meal prep this recipe by making the whole batch of cookie dough then freezing the excess for later. I recommend freezing them in disk shapes instead of a ball, because then you can cook directly from the freezer. To do this, push down the center of the ball of cookie dough before freezing and freeze the batch on a sheet tray. Transfer to a bag when they are frozen and freeze for up to 2 months.
Yes, just adjust the time settings. To cook frozen chocolate chip cookies in an air fryer, either transfer them to the refrigerator overnight or at least 6 hours before cooking them so they can thaw, or cook from frozen by adding on ~3-5 minutes to the overall cooking time.
They’ll stay fresh and soft for up to 5 days in an airtight container.
Yes, you can! If you air fryer opens from the side or front, it’s perfectly okay to open your air fryer to check whether your chocolate chip cookies are browning nicely. Don’t check too often though, or they’ll cook that much slower!
These cookies are perfectly good as a stand alone snack, or served, still warm, with a tall glass of cold milk. You can also serve them as a dessert after a one-pot family dinner like my cheesy Italian stuffed shells.
What you need to air fry food
- Air Fryer Machine: In Sip Bite Go recipe tutorials, you’ll see the higher end model, the Philips Airfryer XXL Digital. Other popular air fryers include the Ninja Foodi, NuWave, and Black & Decker.
- Air Fryer Accessories: Save time with reusable air fryer basket liners and this bundle of air fryer accessories.
Easy air fryer recipes
- Air fryer chicken wings
- Air fryer hot dogs
- Air fryer chocolate chip cookies
- Air fryer filet mignon
- Air fryer broccoli
- Air fryer onions
- Air fryer sweet potato tots
- Air fryer acorn squash
- Air fryer chicken patties
Are you a foodie, too?
Hey home chefs, I want to know what you think and see photos of your air fryer cookies! Make me jealous and show me all the mixins you use (mmm… peanut butter chips and chopped walnuts are so good in these!!). Find me on Instagram @sipbitego to tag me and connect.
And shout out to the hubs. This recipe was inspired by my husband who asked me one night after cooking air fryer chicken wings, “can you make chocolate chip cookies in an air fryer?”. Now that I nailed the cook time, he keeps asking, “when are you going to make more of those air fryer cookies?”. He’s a chocoholic. So I told him that every-time someone makes this recipe from his inspiration, I’ll make him another batch. Haha.
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Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies (SOFTEST-EVER) Recipe | Sip Bite Go
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter unsalted, softened
- ¾ cup sugar white, granulated
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs whisked
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp almond extract optional
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 ⅓ cups all purpose flour
- 1.5 cups chocolate chips or crushed bar, divided
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar for air fryer chocolate chip cookies. Prepare a stand mixer or hand mixer. To a large mixing bowl, add softened butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Mix with an electronic mixer on medium-high speed for 2-3 minutes, until blended, smooth and fluffy.
- Add wet and dry ingredients to cook cookie batter. Add eggs, extract, and salt. Beat again on medium-high speed for 20 seconds to combine. Add all of the baking soda and about ¼ of the flour into the air fryer chocolate chip cookie batter. Mix on medium-high for 20 seconds. Scrape down dough from edges of the bowl. Add the rest of the flour in the same increments, mixing 20 seconds in between, scraping down dough as you go, until all the flour has been added. Reserve on the side, 2 tbsp chocolate chips or crushed chocolate bar. Add the rest of the chocolate chips to the cookie batter and gently fold in with a large spoon or spatula.
- Prepare air fryer for chocolate chip cookies. Remove air fryer basket and preheat the air fryer to 350ºF for 5 minutes. Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit the size of the bottom of the air fryer basket or the size of the cookie sheet if you’re using an oven style air fryer for chocolate chip cookies.
- Make balls of cookie dough. You will have to air fry cookies in batches, or refrigerate or freeze the rest to bake them later. I recommend creating balls of dough whether or not you’re using them now. Divide the chocolate chip cookie batter into 2 tbsp balls. Don’t overwork them, because you will add them to the air fryer basket and smoosh them with your hands into the shape of a round disk / cookie. Spraying your fingers with cooking spray can help move the balls of dough with ease. The cookies will expand slightly in size, so only add 4 cookies to a standard size air fryer basket. Make sure they have 1-2” of space in between. Add a little of the reserved chocolate to the top of the cookies.
- Air fry chocolate chip cookies. After much recipe testing, I noticed and want to inform you that if the cookies are even slightly larger than 2 tbsp each, or touch during the cooking process, it will change the cooking time needed for chocolate chip air fryer cookies. Depending on your model of air fryer and size of cookies, you will need between 5-7 minutes of air frying time. Bake for 6 minutes at 350ºF if you’re using the Phillips XXL Air Fryer like mine. After they bake, let cookies sit in the air fryer for another 1 minute. Then, use a spatulata to transfer the cookies to a baking rack to cool and set for 5 minutes. Then enjoy!
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