Just when I thought I had run out of ways to make chocolate chip cookies, I got an idea.
Cookies in stick form.
One of the best parts of these cookie sticks is that they’re ready in under a half hour from start to finish.
Stir the dough together in one bowl, no need for a mixer, just press it into the pan and bake.
Because they’re baked in a pan, there’s no need to worry about spreading so you don’t have to chill the dough.
The baking time is brief and before you know it, you’re eating cookies. Or sticks.
To make them, I combined my recipes for Chocolate Chip and Chunk Cookies, my go-to Blondie base recipe, along with Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups and Chocolate Chunk Cookie Bars.
So many cookies and versions on a theme, but chocolate chip cookies never get old.
There’s no butter in them and instead I used canola oil. I used canola oil when I made Molasses Triple Chocolate Cookies.
And baking with coconut oil has produced some of my favorite cookies ever, including Soft Batch Dark Brown Sugar Coconut Oil Cookies.
Oil keeps cakes and muffins softer and moister than butter, and it kept the sticks soft, pliable, tender, and moist. I didn’t miss the butter flavor because I was too distracted by all the chocolate, but if you prefer melted butter, go for it.
There’s plenty of chocolate chunks lining the entire length of the sticks because I want chocolate in every bite.
The chocolate chunks remind me of lane dividers on roads.
They’re very soft with just a bit of chewiness. I kept them on the underbaked side because I prefer smooshy and gooey to crispy and crunchy.
Although the words crispy and cookies are mutually exclusive in my world, for firmer sticks, bake them for an extra couple minutes.
They’re so fast and easy to whip up and are perfect for lunch boxes, car snacks, or to toss in your purse for those you-never-know moments. I seem to have plenty of those.
Since they’re the same shape as granola bars, I pretended they were healthy granola bars instead of a cookies.
Remember the children’s game Pick Up Sticks?
These are the kind of sticks I want to pick up.
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Chocolate Chunk Cookie Sticks
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- ¾ cup light brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup canola or vegetable oil, 1/2 cup unsalted melted butter may be substituted
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- pinch salt, optional and to taste
- about 3/4 cup chocolate chunks or chips (I used Enjoy Life Mega Chunks
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line an 8-by-8-inch pan with aluminum foil and leave overhang, spray with cooking spray; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together first 5 ingredients (through vanilla).
- Add the next 4 ingredients (through optional salt), and stir until just combined; don’t overmix.
- Turn dough out into prepared pan, using a spatula or fingers to smoosh dough into corners. Smooth top lightly with a spatula.
- Arrange chocolate chunks in rows (if desired) or simply sprinkle them evenly over the surface; press chunks is lightly, enough so they’re anchored and bake into the dough or will be prone to falling out of the baked sticks.
- Bake for 18 to 20 minutes (sticks in photos were baked 19 minutes; for crispier sticks, add 2 to 5 minutes to baking time), or just until set in the center; don’t overbake because sticks firm up as they cool. Allow to cool completely in pan before lifting out with foil overhang.
- Place the large slab of baked dough on a cutting board and with a pizza wheel or sharp knife, cut into sticks. In order to get clean lines and very neat looking sticks as shown in the photos, you must wait for slab of dough to cool completely before slicing. Sticks will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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What’s your favorite cookie recipe?
This is probably one of the most unique cookie recipes I have ever read. It’s very unique because it’s not shaped like the traditional chocolate chip cookies. This is something my kids would love. We used to buy store-bought cookie sticks but it’s getting pretty costly for me. This would spare me the expense since I can now bake my own.
Save money and impress the family in the process! Enjoy!
stick form how fun…my boys would love that the chunks look like race cars
I agree with Jackie! Puhleeease do an easy bar/cookie recipe because you, my friend, are the queen! A loooong time ago I found an ancient issue of some cooking magazine in our garage and they had a recipe for chocolate chip cookie sticks in it. For the longest time, it was my go-to recipe; so easy to make, different than a traditional cookie, and tasted good! That recipe used oil as well, but my sticks were never quite as puffy and purty as yours. Also, where have those hunky chunks of chocolate been all my life?!
I would love that topic. I would love it if a publisher would believe that it’s ‘intriguing’ enough. I know my readers want it and I want to do it. Maybe one day :)
I love the way those little lines of chunks look! These cookie bars are like the perfect transportable little treats!
These look great! Question: could this recipe be doubled and baked in a 9×13? Please advise. Thanks in advance!
I’m sure that would be just fine. LMK if you try them!
Cookies in stick form?! GENIUS! Although these are way too dangerous to have around the house – Jason and I would not have self-control at all.
They’re way too chomp-able. Almost as bad as mini food. One after the next…
Lol! Lane dividers – yes!! If only the real ones were this tasty. ;D
And thanks for pinning :)
Love the shape of these! All you need is coconut milk to dip them in :P
Making these tonight for teacher appreciation gifts :)
LMK how they go!
Oh how fun! Gimme a glass of milk and the entire pan of these delicious CCC sticks… and leave me alone! ;-)
Awesome idea! I can never turn down a chocolate chip cookie, no matter what it looks like. :)
Averie! I am totally and completely and entirely in love with your blog! Your recipes are beyond amazing, your personality is fun and relatable and your design is super cute. I’ve made your Molasses Triple Chocolate Cookies a million times because they are just so darn good! I could finish a whole batch by myself. Do you have a cookbook? I agree with Jackie up there. You really need to make one. You have a lot of talent.
Yes I have a cookbook! It was officially released last week and you can buy it here https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1620876213/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1620876213&linkCode=as2&tag=lovvegyogruna-20
It’s also linked in a graphic on the sidebar of my site.
Thanks for you sweet words of support & for trying my cookies and enjoying my style! I appreciate it!
what a fun idea! I’m sure kids would love the thought of a cookie in a stick form :-)
You are so brilliant with these 30-minutes-one-bowl cookies, that should seriously b your next book. I would totally buy it.
I would love that as a topic! From your mouth to a publishers ears :)
These are just screaming to be dunked in a cold glass of milk!
Sometimes when I made cookies when I was younger, I’d be too impatient to do a few pans of cookies (we almost always did triple batches) so I’d press them into pans and be done. So much faster!
Bar cookies/pans are so much quicker – yes for sure!