Name: Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies
Ingredients: 4½ cup All Purpose Flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt ((If using salted butter, no need to use the salt.)); 4 sticks unsalted butter, softened ((This is 2 cups)); 1½ cups light brown sugar; ½ cup white sugar; 2 (3.4 oz) packages instant vanilla pudding mix; 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips ((adjust amount to your liking)); 2 cups chopped pecans or walnuts ((optional))

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These homemade Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies are a longtime favorite in our family!

Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies on a plate.

The “secret ingredient” of instant vanilla pudding mix in this chocolate chip cookie recipe results in cookies that are extra soft and moist with wonderful vanilla flavor. Make this recipe once and you’ll come back to it again and again!

Ingredients

The ingredients and amounts for these Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies can be found at the bottom of this post. Here is a quick rundown!

All Purpose Flour
Baking Soda
Unsalted butter
Salt
Light Brown Sugar
White Sugar
Instant Vanilla Pudding (Two small boxes, 3.4 oz each)
Eggs
Vanilla Extract
Semisweet Chocolate Chips
Chopped Walnuts or Pecans (optional)

How to Make Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies

You can find the full, printable recipe at the bottom of this post. Here is a quick look at our steps!

After pre-heating the oven, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

Next, cream the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar in a large bowl. Mix in the instant vanilla pudding until blended. Add the eggs, one at a time, and then the vanilla extract. Gently stir in the flour mixture just until combined.

Next, fold in the chocolate chips (and chopped nuts if you are using them).

Folding chocolate chips into the cookie dough.

Drop the cookie dough by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes at 350F. Edges should be golden brown.

Balls of chocolate chip cookie dough on a parchment lined cookie sheet.

Here are the finished chocolate chip cookies! So pretty on a plate, and SO good! We hope that you enjoy them!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you give this recipe a try, we would love for you to leave a comment below. Also, make sure to check out our other dessert recipes, including chocolate swirl bars, crispy oatmeal cookies, ginger snap cookies, and more!

Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies

These delicious chocolate chip cookies have vanilla pudding in the cookie dough, which makes for an extra moist, soft, and flavorful cookie!

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Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Ingredients

4½ cup All Purpose Flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt (If using salted butter, no need to use the salt.)
4 sticks unsalted butter, softened (This is 2 cups)
1½ cups light brown sugar
½ cup white sugar
2 (3.4 oz) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
4 cups semisweet chocolate chips (adjust amount to your liking)
2 cups chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Sift together the all purpose flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium sized bowl and set aside. (If you do not have a sifter, whisk the ingredients until well blended.)
Next, in a large bowl, cream the softened butter, brown sugar, and white sugar with an electric mixer. Add the instant pudding mix, mixing until combined.
Next, stir in the eggs and vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture, gently stirring until blended. Finally, fold in the chocolate chips (and nuts if using nuts).
Drop the cookie dough in rounded spoonfuls onto the ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Edges will turn golden brown. Makes about 6 dozen.
Move the cookies to a cooling rack to cool. Then, store in an airtight container.