Last Updated on April 15, 2022 by Karen

Chocolate Chunk Hazelnut Oatmeal Cookies are soft, chewy, and loaded with chocolate and toasted hazelnuts!

We’re well into the second half of the Super Bowl and after popping a few of those savory bites, I bet you’ll want to sink your teeth into something sweet next.

Perhaps a Chocolate Chunk Hazelnut Oatmeal Cookies will do? ;)

These cookies are my older sister’s idea, and as it turns out, the creativity paid off in a big way…in the form of some pretty amazing cookies. She bakes them in big batches around the holidays for her coworkers (they’re actually the most requested cookies). Basically, she takes two all-star cookie favorites — Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies and Double Chocolate Chip Cookies — and combine them into one. I suppose there’s no harm in adding some chopped hazelnuts, and maybe adding some pieces of chocolate chunks for good measure!

The oats give the cookies a nice chewy texture, and chocolate and hazelnuts always make a killer combo (cases in point: Nutella and Rocher!). These cookies just taste so decadent. You only need one…or three!

Another tip I picked up from my sister for the chewy cookie lovers: leave a slice of bread in the cookie jar to keep the cookies soft and chewy. I don’t know the science behind it, but I have been doing this for ages and it works every time!

Have a great Friday and weekend ahead!

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Chocolate Chunk Hazelnut Oatmeal Cookies

Servings 2 dozens

Author Karen @ The Tasty Bite

Ingredients

1½ cups old-fashioned oats
¾ cup all purpose flour
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1 stick unsalted butter softened
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
½ tsp vanilla extract
1 cup semisweet chocolate chunks
1/2 cup toasted hazelnuts coarsely chopped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together oats, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
In another bowl using a handheld or stand mixer, cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
Beat in egg, egg yolk, and vanilla, mixing untii just combined.
Add in dry ingredients and mixing until just combined. Do not over mix. Fold in chocolate chunks.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoon onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 10 -12 minutes.
Cool on the baking sheets for 2 minutes, then remove to a rack to cool 5 minutes longer.