Famous Copycat Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes

Over the past three years, I've worked my way through a bucket list of famous chocolate chip cookie recipes. Some are the actual recipes generously shared by restaurants, hotels, bakeries, and well-known brands. Others are copycat versions that I developed after multiple rounds of testing to recreate the flavor, texture, and appearance of the originals as closely as possible.

Every recipe in this collection has been baked, tested, photographed, and reviewed in my own kitchen. Whenever a company has officially shared its recipe, I've noted that in the description and linked to the original source whenever possible. If it's labeled as a copycat recipe, it's one I've carefully tested until I was happy with the results.

Whether you love thick bakery-style cookies, crispy old-fashioned cookies, soft and chewy cookies, or giant gourmet cookies, there's something here for everyone. Browse the collection below and discover your next favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe!

Which Famous Chocolate Chip Cookie Should You Bake?

If you like...	Try...
Thick bakery cookies	Levain
Crispy cookies	Famous Amos
Soft and chewy	Chick-fil-A
Luxury hotel cookies	Ritz-Carlton
Oatmeal chocolate chip	DoubleTree
Gourmet cookies	Jacques Torres
Thin crunchy cookies	Trader Joe's Dunkers

Tips for Making The Best Cookies

Here are a few things that I did the same for all of the recipes below.

1. Use an Electric Mixer: I go back and forth between my kitchenmaid stand mixer and my handheld electric mixer. Both work great. When making cookies you need an electric mixer to really cream the sugar and butter.
2. Light Baking Sheets: I bake with LIGHT colored baking sheets. I prefer light baking sheets to dark because they bake more evenly and the bottoms of the cookies don’t brown as quickly.
3. Cookie Scoops/Scale: For uniform cookies, use a cookie scoop or scale to weigh out dough balls.
4. Wrap jumbo cookies individually: I find that wrapping each cookie in plastic keeps them fresh longer than storing them in a cookie jar or container. I do this for any jumbo-sized cookie (3 Tbsp. or larger).

The Best Famous Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes

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🏨 Hotel Favorites

Ritz Carlton Chocolate Chip Cookies

✅ Actual recipe shared by the company

These chocolate chip cookies have crispy, buttery edges, rich chocolate flavor, and soft, fudgy centers that make them completely irresistible. Recipe shared by The Ritz Carlton Amelia Island.

Ritz Carlton Chocolate Chunk Pecan Cookies

✅ Actual recipe shared by the company

Ritz Carlton Chocolate Chunk Pecan Cookies have chocolate chunks that melt into rich pools instead of staying perfectly shaped like chocolate chips. As if that wasn't enough, they are loaded with crunchy pecans, which add extra richness and texture. Recipe shared by The Ritz Carlton Marina del Rey.

Double Tree Chocolate Chip Cookies

✅ Actual recipe shared by the company

I came across the recipe a few yrs before Hilton released it for publication but that recipe calls for pulsing the oats in a food processor.---Cindy

This is the actual recipe for the famous DoubleTree chocolate chip cookies that Hilton shared. The oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are loaded with walnuts and have a hint of cinnamon, and you can now make the signature cookie at home!

Disney's Grand Floridian Chocolate Chip Cookies

✅ Actual recipe shared by the company

Thank you for sharing this recipe! These cookies are the perfect texture—crispy on the outside and moist and chewy inside.---Cindy

Chef Eric’s recipe for making the famous Disney’s Grand Floridian Chocolate Chip Cookies! Crispy edges and a chewy center. A classic treat that stays soft and delicious for days. This is the actual recipe shared by Disney.

Disney's Riviera Resort Chocolate Chip Cookies

✅ Actual recipe shared by the company

Disney’s Riviera Signature Cookies are loaded with chocolate, walnuts, pistachios, and dried cherries. The same ones served at the resort! This is the exact recipe shared by Disney. These were delicious, but I don’t typically have dried cherries and pistachios and found them to be a bit spendy for a chocolate chip cookie. They are very unique and are a great combination of flavors!

🍽️ Restaurant Favorites

Copycat Chick-fil-A Chocolate Chip Cookies

🏠 Homemade copycat version

These are the best chocolate chip cookies ever!! ---Paige

These copycat Chick-fil-a chocolate chunk cookies are the first on the list for a reason. Large, thick cookies, loaded with chocolate chunks, milk chocolate chips, and a small amount of oats (I wouldn't consider them to be oatmeal cookies). Serve warm with a glass of cold milk! This is a copycat version, not the actual recipe (which they've never released).

Copycat Subway Chocolate Chip Cookies 

🏠 Homemade copycat version

I love this recipe!---Ali

These Subway chocolate chip cookies are soft and chewy. They look and taste just like Subway chocolate chip cookies! If you like Otis Spunkmeyer chocolate chip cookies you'll like these ones too. This is a copycat version, not the actual recipe (which they've never released). Looking for Subway's white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies? I've got a copycat recipe for those too (they are A-MAZING).

Copycat Panera Kitchen Sink Cookies

🏠 Homemade copycat version

Great cookie. I added Reeses pieces and just decreased some of the other mix ins.---Julie

Kitchen sink cookies combine milk chocolate, semisweet chocolate, caramel, and pretzels. Even better than Panera’s version because these are homemade and fresh from the oven! This is a copycat version, not the actual recipe (which they've never released).

🧁 Bakery & Cookie Shop Favorites

Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookies

✅ Actual recipe shared by the company

The best chocolate chip cookie recipe I’ve ever made. This is the second batch of these I’ve made& they come out bakery beautiful every time!---Olivia

Jacques Torres chocolate chip cookies are made with chocolate chunks and have a coating of chocolate on the bottom of the cookie. Originally shared in the New York Times, this recipe has received thousands of 5-star reviews for good reason! This is his actual recipe and these cookies are delicious with or without the chocolate coating on the bottom. I'd skip the chocolate for everyday snacking, but if you want to make gourmet cookies, spread a bit of melted chocolate on each cookie!

Mrs. Fields' Blue Ribbon Chocolate Chip Cookies

✅ Actual recipe shared by the company

I've made these now in both normal and bakery-sized versions, and both were delicious. Still recommend baking at the higher temp, but it's personal preference.---Brandy

Mrs. Fields Blue Ribbon Chocolate Chip Cookies are a classic, decades-old recipe for bakery-style cookies that are soft, gooey, and loaded with chocolate chips! Even better than the ones sold in the Mall shops today.

Looking for the Mrs. Fields $250 cookie recipe with ground oats and a Hershey bar? I've got those too!

Copycat Levain Chocolate Chip Cookies

🏠 Homemade copycat version

Have made these a few times, always yummy, and I like adding even more walnuts. ---Christy on FB.

Giant, gooey cookies loaded with walnuts and chocolate chips. Inspired by the famous bakery, our copycat Levain chocolate chip cookies are decadent and delicious. This is a copycat version, not the actual recipe (which they've never released).

Jack-Jack Num Num Cookies

🏠 Homemade copycat version

If you're a fan of Disney's Jack-Jack Num Num Cookies, you can make this famous theme park chocolate chip cookie at home! This oversized, soft-baked cookie is loaded with chocolate chips and makes a fun treat for Disney fans.

Copycat Gideon's Bakehouse Chocolate Chip Cookies

🏠 Homemade copycat version

I made these this weekend! They were a HUGE hit!! I just added some extra vanilla, vanilla paste and mixed light and dark brown sugars together. Everyone absolutely loved them!---Heather on Pinterest

Gideon’s Bakehouse cookies are decadent and delicious. Gooey and loaded with chocolate chips they look like inside-out cookies! This is a copycat version, not the actual recipe (which they've never released). I made mine a little smaller than the ones sold in the bakery.

Copycat Crumbl Mom's Cookies

🏠 Homemade copycat version

This has become our go-to recipe for get-togethers. My 13 year old has made and shared them several times. They are easy to make, but have such a unique flavor combo!---Brandy

Inspired by Crumbl, Mom’s cookies are loaded with chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, toffee, oats, and cinnamon. Each cookie is a warm hug. My husband loves these cookies and even asked me to make a batch to share with his coworkers. I don't blame him, the combination of flavors is INCREDIBLE, and they are one of the best cookies I've ever had! This is my copycat version, which uses my Chick-fil-a cookie dough as a base.

⭐ Celebrity & Famous Recipes

Snoop Dogg's Rolls Royce Cookies

✅ Actual recipe shared by Snoop Dogg

I used 50/50 Butter and Butter flavored Crisco and the texture and flavor were great, crisp outside and moist inside. My grandson loved them!!---Tim

Snoop Dogg's Rolls Royce cookies are a must-try! Delicate, buttery soft chocolate chip peanut butter cookies that are rich and delicious!

Mama Kelce's Chocolate Chip Cookies

✅ Actual recipe shared by Donna Kelce

Love this recipe and have made the adjustments of less butter. I also incorporate corn startch too to prevent over spreading. I always get rave reviews about these cookies.---Julia

Loaded with white chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, nuts, and a hint of cinnamon, Mama Kelce’s chocolate chip cookies are amazing! Crispy on the outside and chewy in the center. They have the best flavor and are high on my list for that reason. If I were to make these again I might make a couple of changes to the recipe and I listed those changes in the post. This is the actual recipe that Mama Kelce (Travis Kelce's mother) shared.

Laura Bush Cowboy Cookies

🏠 Homemade copycat version, but also links to Laura's actual recipe.

I make thee all the time. I add everything to them and they are still awesome. Cranberries, raisins, nuts, coconut, chocolate chips,and 1 cup rice crispies, and double the batch. I cook them longer until they are light brown and then they are crispy cookies.---Dale

Soft and gooey cookies with loads of chocolate chips, chopped pecans, oats, and coconut. These jumbo-sized cowboy cookies are the BEST! I share my version in this post and also link to Laura Bush's actual recipe.

Martha Stewart Fired Me Cookies

✅ Actual recipe shared by former employee

By far the best chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever made! I followed the recipe except I didn’t have any flakey salt. They were the best texture cookie I’ve ever made. I know they would be even better with the flakey salt. Thanks for the recipe!---Shelby

Martha-Stewart-Fired-Me cookies are absolute perfection. Crisp edges, chewy center, flaky sea salt, and lots of chocolate chips.

🛒 Grocery Store & Brand Favorites

Copycat Tate's Bake Shop Chocolate Chip Cookies

🏠 Homemade copycat version

If you've ever picked up a green bag of Tate's Bake Shop Chocolate Chip Cookies, you know they're unlike almost any other chocolate chip cookie. Instead of being thick and chewy, Tate's cookies are famously thin, buttery, crisp, and packed with chocolate chips. They have delicate golden edges, an irresistible crunch, and just the right balance of buttery sweetness.

Copycat Trader Joe's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dunkers

🏠 Homemade copycat version

They came out the perfect shape and so crispy! My new staple recipe for sure, definitely recommend!---Scilla

Crispy chocolate chip cookie dunkers, perfect for dipping in milk! These chocolate chip cookie sticks are delicious, easy to make, and fun to eat. This is a copycat version of the cookie dunkers that are sold at Trader Joe's. Theirs have a hint of coconut flavoring. If you'd like yours to have that, you can use unrefined coconut oil instead of butter.

See's Chocolate Chip Cookies

✅ Actual recipe shared by the company

Nailed it! ---Anne

See’s chocolate chip cookies are soft, buttery, and chocolatey. Based on the recipe from the back of the See’s chocolate chips bag. Did you know that See’s Candies sells chocolate chips? They do! And they are delicious. This is their actual recipe.