I made Disney's giant chocolate-chip Num Num Cookies, and they're so good I'll be baking them again

Tarah ChieffiDec 23, 2020, 05:52 IST

Tarah Chieffi

Disney recently released recipes for 10 of its most popular cookies for National Cookie Day on December 4.
One of the recipes was for Disney's Jack-Jack Num Num Cookies, based on the cookies Baby Jack-Jack loved in the movie "Incredibles 2."
I've had the cookies at Disneyland and Disney World before, and I made them at home to see how they match up to the real thing.
The cookies are so large that they look more like cupcakes, but most of the ingredients are the same ones you'd use in any chocolate-chip cookie recipe.
Everything tastes better at Disney, but, until my next trip, I'll be making these again and again.

As someone who grew up in Florida and now makes a living writing about theme parks, I spend quite a bit of time at Disney World. Before every trip, I spend an excessive amount of time planning which treats I want to try. One of my favorites is Disney's spin on a classic chocolate chip cookie: the Num Num Cookie.

If you've ever seen Disney/Pixar's "Incredibles 2", you might remember the giant chocolate-chip cookies that were used to pacify baby Jack-Jack and his unpredictable super powers. Along with the premiere of "Incredibles 2", the cookies made their debut at Disneyland's Pixar Pier in 2018 and showed up at Disney World's Hollywood Studios in 2019.

The cookies are unlike any others I've ever tried. The huge, cupcake-like cookies are packed with chocolate chunks and served up warm and fresh. To celebrate National Cookie Day (my new favorite holiday) on December 4, Disney released 10 cookie recipes from its parks, including the recipe for Jack-Jack's Num Num Cookies. I tested the recipe to see how it compares to the iconic treat from the Disney parks.

Before I got started, I rounded up my cooking supplies and ingredients.

The ingredients include mostly standard chocolate-chip cookie ingredients. Tarah Chieffi

First, I chopped up my butter so I could start mixing my batter.

A lot of cookie recipes call for softened butter, but this one uses cold. Tarah Chieffi

I mixed the butter and sugars until they were smooth and creamy.

You can mix the ingredients by hand, but a stand mixer makes it easy. Tarah Chieffi

The batter was starting to look really yummy after I mixed in the eggs and vanilla.

I had to resist eating all of the batter. Tarah Chieffi

Along with the flour, the recipe called for cornstarch, salt, and baking powder.

The dry ingredients get stirred together before mixing with the batter. Tarah Chieffi

I couldn't believe how many chocolate chips went into these cookies.

Look at all that chocolate. Tarah Chieffi

In my experience, each baking cup held a half-cup of batter.

I was worried the cookies would overflow after baking, but they were just right. Tarah Chieffi

Then it was time to let them cool, but not all the way.

These look just like the cookies you can buy at Disney. Tarah Chieffi

They were the best chocolate-chip cookies I had ever tasted.

This is definitely the biggest chocolate chip cookie I've ever eaten. Tarah Chieffi

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