by Michael Bridges

Created on: July 13, 2008   Last Updated: July 14, 2008

If you're looking for some delicious yet somewhat different kind of chocolate chip cookie recipes, then you came to the right place. Chocolate chip cookies are probably the best loved of all the cookies. They even put chocolate chip cookie dough in ice cream. There are all kinds of chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chip pecan cookies and lots more.

Store bought chocolate chip cookies are good, but nothing beats hot melt in your mouth chocolate chip cookies straight from the oven. You can find all kinds of chocolate chip cookie recipes that can satisfy your chocolate chip cookie cravings, but maybe you would a chocolate chip cookie recipe that's a little out of the ordinary. The two chocolate chip cookie recipes I have put here are a bit different then what you would usually see and I think you're going to enjoy them both.

Hawaiian Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
This is a chocolate chip cookie with a Hawaiian twist.

Ingredients You Need:
1 cup Shortening (preferably butter flavored variety)
3/4 cup Sugar
3/4 cup Brown sugar
1 Egg
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups Flour
1 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Baking soda
1/8 tsp Salt
2 cup Quick oats
1 cup Coconut (shredded)
1 cup Macadamia nuts (chopped coarsely)
1 cup Chocolate chips or chunks

How To Prepare:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In electric mixer, cream together shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, beating well. Sift together flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix flour mixture into creamed mixture. Stir in oats, coconut, nuts and chips. Shape into 1 1/2 inch balls. Place on un-greased cookie sheets and flatten with bottom of a glass dipped in flour. Bake for about 14-16 minutes or until lightly browned.

Double Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Keep your breath smelling fresh with these great tasting mint chocolate chip cookies.

Ingredients You Need:
3/4 cups Margarine
1 1/2 cups Brown sugar firmly packed
2 tbs Water
2 cups Chocolate chips
2 Eggs
2 1/2 cups Flour
1 1/4 tsp Baking soda
1/2 tsp Salt
12 oz Andres mint candy (2 boxes)

How To Prepare:
Melt margarine, add chips and stir until partially melted. Remove from heat and stir until chips are completely melted. Pour into large bowl. Add brown sugar and water and cool slightly. At high speed, beat in eggs one at a time. Reduce to low speed and add dry ingredients. Stir until blended. Chill dough. When ready to bake, line cookie sheets with foil. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough into very small balls (about 1/2 teaspoon per ball). Place 2 inches apart and bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and while cookies are still on pan, place half a candy piece on each cookie. Remove to waxed paper, wait about a minute and swirl the candy pieces across top of cookie.

These two chocolate chip cookie recipes show that you can do different things with this well loved cookie and make it even better.

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