These aren't your average chocolate chip cookies. These Bacon Grease Chocolate Chip Cookies are smoky, crisp on the outside, and chewy on the inside, with a strong, dark chocolate flavor balanced by just the right amount of sugar. They're grown up, and they can't be missed!
If adult-only desserts sound like your cup of tea, don't miss this Baileys Panna Cotta or this Chocolate Espresso Martini Cake.
Why This Bacon Grease Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Works
- Recipe name: Bacon Grease Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Ready in: 50 minutes
- Serves: 8 cookies
- Main ingredients: Bacon grease, butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and chocolate chips.
- Perfect for: Chocolate lovers craving something super rich and chocolately.
- Why I love it: These cookies are addictive, not too sweet, and have a delicious smoky flavour. They also only have to be chilled for 20 minutes before baking!
- Calories: 325kcal
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Next time you're making breakfast on the weekend and frying up some bacon, don't throw away that bacon grease. Pour it into a jar and use it to make these cookies instead. And if you make these cookies before breakfast and are unsure what to do with your bacon, try these Bacon and Cheese Muffins or this Ham and Cheese Casserole, and switch out the ham for bacon!
If you love trying new cookie recipes, you'll want to try these Chunky Milk Chocolate Cookies, these Smarties Cookies, or these Buttercream Vanilla Cookies.
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- Why This Bacon Grease Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Works
- Key Ingredients
- Variations
- How to Make Bacon Fat Chocolate Chip Cookies
- How to Make Round Bacon Grease Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Storage
- Top Tips
- Bacon Grease Chocolate Chip Cookies FAQs
- More Chocolate Cookie Recipes
- Happy Baking, With Love, Kitty
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Key Ingredients
- Bacon grease - Fry up a batch of bacon and save the grease to make these cookies. If you'd like to skip this ingredient, add more melted butter instead. For this recipe, the bacon grease must be melted before adding it. Not sure what to do with your bacon? Try these Bacon and Cheese Turnovers.
- Sugar - This recipe uses a combination of white granulated sugar and demerara sugar.
- Dark chocolate - I used roughly chopped Lindt 75% dark chocolate for this recipe. I recommend doing the same rather than using dark chocolate chips.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Variations
These cookies celebrate the flavour of dark chocolate. If you're a lover of the sweeter side of life, you can add milk chocolate chips or chunks to this recipe for extra sweetness. For a chocolate-based cookie, you have to try out these Hazelnut Chocolate Cookies.
How to Make Bacon Fat Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Step 1: Preheat the oven to 200°C (350°F) and line two large baking trays with parchment paper. To a large mixing bowl, add the melted bacon grease, melted butter, and both sugars. Stir together using a wooden spoon.
- Step 2: Add the egg and vanilla to the mixture and mix again until well combined.
- Step 3: In a bowl, sift together the baking soda, salt, and flour. Add the flour mixture to the cookie dough batter and mix with a wooden spoon until a homogeneous dough forms.
- Step 4: Add the roughly chopped dark chocolate to the dough. Mix through. Chill the dough in the fridge for 20 minutes.
- Step 5: Portion the dough into eight large cookies using an ice cream scoop. Place the cookies on parchment-lined baking sheets, leaving generous space between the dough balls.
- Step 6: Bake one tray of cookies at a time in the center of the oven for about 8 minutes, or until the cookies are a light golden brown, their edges are crisp, and they have spread slightly. Remove the cookies from the oven, sprinkle them with a bit more sea salt, and let them cool on a wire rack. Serve and enjoy!
How to Make Round Bacon Grease Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cookies hardly ever bake into a perfect round on their own, so to get that perfect round shape, use a small bowl or a chef's ring to help shape the cookies. Place the bowl or ring over the cookie as soon as it comes out of the oven, and make a circular motion around it to reshape it into a circle. If you prefer slice-and-bake cookies, these Peanut Butter Shortbread Style Cookies are a win!
I never knew my chocolate chip cookies were missing bacon fat! These are so good and such a cool way to use up something that usually gets tossed!
- Irena
Storage
These cookies are best eaten soon after baking, once they have cooled slightly. This is when they are fresh and crisp with molten chocolate chips! If you have any leftover cookies, store them in an airtight container at room temperature for about a week. If the cookies have softened, crisp them up in an air fryer or the oven for a few minutes.
Top Tips
- Use room temperature ingredients.
- Choose quality chocolate chips and chocolate bars for the best-tasting cookies.
- Check the actual temperature of your oven with an oven thermometer.
Bacon Grease Chocolate Chip Cookies FAQs
I always recommend using a kitchen scale rather than cups when baking. This way, you can ensure you've measured correctly and that your baked goodies come out perfectly.
You want to bake these cookies in a hot oven for a short period. This way, they will crisp on the outside while remaining gooey on the inside. Bake four cookies at a time, and make sure you use an oven thermometer to test the actual oven temperature. If the oven is too hot, the cookies will burn on the bottom. Adjust the temperature and baking time for the second batch as needed.
You can choose to freeze the cookie dough before or after baking the cookies. To do this, first portion out the cookies, then wrap each portion in plastic wrap or place them in a resealable freezer bag, and freeze for up to 3 months. For raw cookies, bring the dough to room temperature before baking.
More Chocolate Cookie Recipes
This is the recipe that turned me into a cookie addict. It took a while, but I finally see what all of the fuss is about. Make the most of your smoky bacon fat cookies and serve them with this Amarula Hot Chocolate for the perfect start to a weekend.
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Please leave a star rating and comment below if you tried this recipe! And if you're wondering what to try next, have a look at this Banana Bread with Streusel Topping!
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Bacon Grease Chocolate Chip Cookies
Equipment
- 2x large baking sheets
Ingredients
- 40 g bacon grease melted
- 75 g unsalted butter melted
- 50 g white sugar
- 100 g demarera sugar
- 1 egg extra large
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 150 g cake flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 150 g dark chocolate chunks
- sea salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C (350°F) and line two large baking trays with parchment paper.
- To a large mixing bowl, add the melted bacon grease, melted butter, and both sugars. Stir together using a wooden spoon.
- Add the egg and vanilla to the mixture and mix again until well combined.
- In a bowl, sift together the baking soda, salt, and flour. Add the flour mixture to the cookie dough batter and mix with a wooden spoon until a homogeneous dough forms.
- Add the roughly chopped dark chocolate to the dough. Mix through. Chill the dough in the fridge for 20 minutes.
- Portion the dough into eight large cookies using an ice cream scoop. Place the cookies onto parchment-lined baking sheets, giving generous spacing between the dough balls.
- Bake one tray of cookies at a time in the center of the oven for about 8 minutes, or until the cookies are a light golden brown, their edges are crisp, and they have spread slightly. Remove the cookies from the oven, sprinkle them with a bit of extra sea salt, and allow the baked cookies to cool on a wire rack. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- For pools of chocolate in your cookies, use roughly chopped chocolate bars instead of chocolate chips.
- Test the temperature of your oven before baking, if it is too hot, the cookies will burn on the bottom.
- Use a small bowl or chef's ring to perfect the shape of your cookies after baking.
Irena says
I never knew my chocolate chip cookies were missing bacon fat! These are so good and such a cool way to use up something that usually gets tossed!
Jared says
These cookies are seriously addictive! I need to make them again asap!