Crumbl copycat Chocolate Chip Cookies from Cookies and Cups

Crumbl Copycat Chocolate Chip Cookies - made dough March 11, 2023 from Cookies and Cups

1 cup butter, room temperature

1 1/4 cups light brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 large eggs, room temperature

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 tablespoon cornstarch

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar on medium speed for 3 minutes.
3. Add eggs, vanilla, baking soda, salt and cornstarch; mix for 1 minutes, scraping sides and bottom of bowl to keep mixture even textured.
4. On low speed, add flour in 3 additions, mixing until just combined after each addition. Stir in chocolate chips.
5. Portion out rounded 1/3 cup cookie dough (4.2 ounces) and roll into a ball. Break dough ball in half, pressing the smooth sides together so that the jagged edges are on top. Evenly space on prepared sheets, 3 inches apart.
6. Bake for 10-11 minutes, until edges are set and tops are slightly golden and no longer look raw. Do not overbake. Remove from oven and press additional chips on top of baked cookies. Let rest on baking sheets for 5 minutes then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

Since I enjoyed trying the real Crumbl cookie and a copycat version at the same time like I did with the Kentucky Butter Cake, I thought I'd try it again with the Crumbl milk chocolate cookie and a copycat version. Unlike the KBC, which appears sporadically, Crumbl offers the milk chocolate cookie nearly every week so it was easier to do a comparison since I could get the OG Crumbl milk chocolate any time.

I didn't make this exactly as the OG cookie was meant to be since I didn't use Guittard milk chocolate chips but instead chopped up Trader Joe's Pound Plus milk chocolate bar. I was also more generous with the milk chocolate chunks than Crumbl tends to be with their chips.

The final verdict is I liked both. The copycat wasn't quite like the Crumbl OG cookie, differences in milk chocolate aside. I liked the texture of the cookie part of Crumbl's cookie a tad better but I thought the copycat version had better flavor. Where Crumbl's cookie seems more sweet, this copycat version had more of the brown sugar caramel flavor. That was likely helped by the fact that I chilled these overnight to let the flavors meld and develop more.

Crumbl OG Milk Chocolate

Crumbl OG Milk Chocolate

Crumbl OG (left) and copycat (right)

Regardless, unless you're dead set on an exact Crumbl copycat, this was a great cookie on its own. You would still get a great cookie if you made this instead of buying Crumbl's cookie. 

Inside the copycat