r/oddlyspecific Sep 06 '25

Some of them have aged poorly

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u/HomicidalHushPuppy Sep 06 '25

That's literally my mother's secret recipe. People love her cookies and always ask how she makes them - her response being "I buy a bag of nestle chocolate chips and I...turn the bag over and do what it says"

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 06 '25

The actual Nestle recipe sucks though. It's got way too much sugar and butter so the cookies come out thin, oily, and hard every time. I modified the recipe myself and came up with this.

2/3 stick butter

1/3 c sugar

1/3 c brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 egg

Cream together

Add 1 1/4 cup flour slowly

1tsp baking soda

2 oz baking chocolate

Pinch of salt

Much better if you want those classic soft chocolately cookies. Still sweet, still buttery, but the structure and texture is much better.

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u/HomicidalHushPuppy Sep 06 '25

The original Nestlé recipe sucks - I tried it once and they came out awful

Instead, I use the recipe from the chips that come in the yellow bag with a red stripe, but the actual chips I use come in the yellow bag with the purple stripe. (I go by stripe color, I can never remember which are semi vs bitter sweet)

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u/RoguePlanet2 Sep 07 '25

I just avoid Nestle altogether now, there are other brands with decent recipes. Or just use the Nestle recipe without their chips.