Marriage Counseling Cookies

Marriage counseling cookies – With their dark chocolate layers and flaky sea salt sprinkle, these cookies have stopped ongoing arguments about what makes the best cookie in our house.

You know when you find THE PERFECT chocolate chip cookie recipe? It’s the one that upped the “good” cookie threshold to higher level of cookie stardom. The one that made you wonder what your life was like before it appeared.

The one you continue to make over and over and over. And over.

And then adapt into other recipes.

The one that causes fights with your husband over which recipe is better (his: really basic (i.e. original yellow chocolate chip bag recipe) vs. yours: totally on fleek).

Welp. These salted dark chocolate chip cookies are pretty darn close to that perfect cookie. I mean, REALLY close.

It’s kind of a grown up version in that there’s dark chocolate and flaky sea salt. And to me, these two ingredients, especially when combined, always constitute grown up.

The flavors meld so well together and with layers of dark chocolate swirling throughout each cookie, a really good dark chocolate – like 72% cacao – is the right way to go.

They bake up beautifully too. No ridiculous spreading, no overcooked bottoms or edges, and no 24-hour wait time (ugh!). They actually bake even better when you bake them right from the freezer. This of course, is my M.O., since we definitely don’t need two dozen plus cookies hanging around our house.

And best yet, they’re a chocolate chip cookie that Kyle and I equally agree is fantastic, worthy of making many more times without arguments, in fact. Marriage counseling cookies? Yes, indeed.