Name: Salted Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 14 tablespoons unsalted butter (196g, sliced into tablespoons and divided); 1¾ cup all-purpose flour (228g, spooned and leveled); 2 tablespoons malted milk powder (20g); ½ teaspoon baking soda; ¾ cup dark brown sugar (150g, packed); ½ cup granulated sugar (100g); 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 large egg (room temperature); 1 large egg yolk (room temperature); 1 cup dark chocolate chips (185g, plus more for topping); 1 cup Heath Bits 'o Brickle Toffee Bits (165g, plus more for topping); flaky sea salt (for topping)

These homemade Heath Toffee Bar Cookies made with brown butter and chocolate chips leave ALL other cookie recipes in the dust! Made with nutty brown butter, gooey chocolate chips, and Heath Toffee Bits, giving them a buttery, slightly caramel-like taste. So much flavor and texture, all packaged up into one perfect cookie!

Close up of toffee chocolate chip cookies layered on a plate.

The Best Toffee Chocolate Cookies

As a chocolate chip cookie connoisseur myself, I can safely say that you’re going to be blown away by these Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies! That’s because they’re not just a plain chocolate chip cookie, instead, we elevate the classic cookie by incorporating brown butter, dark chocolate chips, and delicious Heath Toffee Bits!

Just imagining all of that flavor in one cookie makes my mouth water! The best part is that this tasty cookie is quite simple to bake up since it’s a no-chill dough that’s made with mostly pantry staple ingredients. And if you’ve never made brown butter before, I’ve got you covered.

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Rebecca’s Recipe Review

Taste: Buttery, Nutty, and chocolaty – it doesn’t get any better than that!

Texture: Crisp edges with a gooey center and bits of crunchy toffee amongst puddles of chocolate.

Ease: 4/10

Pros: Incredible flavor and no chill time!

Cons: The calories 😜

Would I Make This Again? Yes, I’m a big fan of toffee in my cookies, and this recipe is an absolute winner in my book!

Close up photo of a stack of three toffee chocolate chip cookies, the top one is missing a bite.

Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients

Aside from malted milk powder, you won’t find any extraordinary ingredients in this cookie recipe. Instead, what makes these cookies remarkable is found in the brown butter!

Along with malted milk powder, this recipe also calls for unsalted butter, all-purpose flour, baking soda, dark brown sugar, granulated sugar, vanilla extract, salt, and eggs. Dark chocolate chips and Heath Bits ‘o Brick Toffee Bits are then mixed into the cookie dough as well as sprinkled on top with flaky sea salt before baking.

Brown Butter Magic

If you’ve never made brown butter or experienced a dessert with brown butter in it, you’re in for a real treat! Brown butter has a toasty, slightly caramelized flavor that elevates your recipes to a richer level of flavor. Trust me, it’s mouthwatering!

The best part is that all of this delicious flavor is achieved by simply melting butter on the stovetop. Once the butter is melted, the milk solids in it begin to cook, forming little specks of brown in the pan.

Making brown butter requires only one ingredient (butter), a whisk, a skillet, and 10 minutes, yet it adds significant flavor to recipes. I walk you through the step-by-step process in this recipe, but you can also check out more of my tips and tricks in my How To Make Brown Butter post.

Ingredients to make brown butter chocolate chip cookies with toffee on a table.

How To Make Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies

Preheat the oven and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set it aside.
Whisk together all-purpose flour, malted milk powder, salt, and baking soda in a medium bowl. Set this bowl of dry ingredients to the side.
Add room-temperature unsalted butter to a skillet and cook over medium heat until melted. Continue cooking while stirring frequently until brown bits start forming on the bottom of the pan and the top becomes foamy. Afterward, remove the butter from the heat and stir in the remaining unsalted butter until it melts.
Mix the brown butter, dark brown sugar, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract together in the bowl of a stand mixer that’s fitted with a whisk attachment.
Add the egg and large egg yolk and mix. Let this mixture rest and then whisk again, repeating this process two more times.
Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients using the paddle attachment or by hand with a rubber spatula.
Fold in a portion of the dark chocolate chips and Heath Bits ‘o Brickle Toffee Bits.
Portion the cookie dough out and drop it onto the prepared baking sheet. Top each mound of cookie dough with the remaining chopped chocolate and Heath Bits ‘o Brick Toffee Bits. Then sprinkle them with flaky sea salt.
Bake the Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies in the preheated oven, rotating them halfway through the bake time. Afterward, remove them from the oven and allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet before transferring them to a wire rack to finish cooling completely.

Dropping cookie dough onto a hot baking sheet slightly alters the cookies’ structure. Therefore, it’s best to rotate baking sheets to prevent this from happening.
It’s best to let the unsalted butter sit at room temperature for at least 15 minutes before making brown butter. This will reduce the risk of burning the butter during cooking.
During the resting and mixing process of the wet ingredients, the batter is finished when it looks smooth, thick, and shiny. It should resemble caramel sauce when it’s done. Do not skip this step, as the heat of the brown butter melts the sugar and creates an emulsion with the eggs, ultimately yielding tender, chewy cookies!
Do not overbake the cookies! Remove the cookies from the oven once they look slightly cracked and only slightly brown around the edges.

Storage Instructions For Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies

Transfer the cooled Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies into an airtight storage container. Store the cookies at room temperature to enjoy for up to 3 days!

Overhead photo of toffee chocolate chip cookies on a wire rack.

Make Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies Ahead Of Time

Having ready-made cookie dough in the freezer that just needs to be baked is a total flex! No kitchen mess but freshly baked cookies? Yes, please. Friends or family show up? Grab these cookies from the freezer and bake them off for a homemade treat that makes guests feel welcome!

Follow the recipe instructions until baking. Then, instead of transferring the cookies into the oven, you’re going to place them in the freezer for an hour to flash-freeze them.

Afterward, transfer the frozen cookie dough into a Ziploc freezer bag and squeeze the excess air out of it. Then place the bag of frozen cookie dough into the freezer to store for up to 3 months.

When you’re ready to bake the cookies, just add an extra minute or two to the baking time. Check out my complete guide on How To Freeze Cookie Dough for more helpful tips!

Close up of brown butter chocolate chip cookies with toffee on a blue pan.

More Tasty Toffee Recipes

Toffee Pudding Recipe – Rich, cozy date cake soaked in a yummy toffee sauce!
English Butter Toffee with Almonds and Pecans – Crunchy, buttery, and chocolaty!
Bourbon Toffee Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies – Bold, flavorful cookies laced with bourbon!
Salted Pistachio Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies – A Gideon’s Bakehouse favorite you can make right at home!

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