Reviewed: Feb. 24, 2009

Delicious! I made a small change - instead of rolling the balls in the almonds, I added sliced almonds to the batter itself. Everyone loved it. Thanks for the recipe!

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Lisa V.

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Reviewed: May 12, 2008

These were very good cookies. I made them exactly as written. (Not knowing whether to use salted or unsalted butter, I used the "sweet cream salted" butter I had on hand.) I baked these for the full 11 minutes, but I thought maybe another minute or two might have been better. Also, my yield was only 17 cookies instead of the full "2 dozen" written, because I tend to make cookies too big. I only have one minor complaint, though. I thought there were way too many almonds to top the cookies. 3/4 cup was far too much to cover the tops of 17 cookies (maybe 1/3 cup would have been enough in my case), so I can imagine that 3/4 cup is still too much for 24 cookies. But all in all these were very tasty cookies - I managed to make them last me for 4 days instead of just 1!

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SPOOTY

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Reviewed: Mar. 6, 2008

These were fantastic. It took about 5 minutes to get everything put together, and they baked up beautifully. They didn't spread or rise much, and they took a bit longer to bake than the recipe said (about 12 minutes), but they are delicious!

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Liz

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Home Town: Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 2, 2008

Very good, I used more pecans and omitted the almonds since I didn't have them.....making them Single Nut Chocolate Chip cookies. HaHa

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BABIDOLL02

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Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2007

Very yummy. Kids loved these!

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Justocusmile

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Pensacola, Florida, USA

Living In: Cantonment, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 9, 2007

Very good!! We loved these! They were so simple to make and came out looking wonderful.

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Kristin

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Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2007

Very nice, simple recipe for cake mix cookies. I used 1/2 a cup of chocolate chips and skipped the almonds (I didn't have any). They baked to a perfect not-too-soft/not-too-crispy cookie in 9 minutes as stated.

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Emily

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Nevada City, California, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 19, 2007

My husband has deemed these "the best cookies ever made!" I made a few changes: I used a triple chocolate mix instead of yellow cake, added 1/2 cup of water like someone else suggested, mixed in 1/2 cup of coconut and used butterscotch chips instead of the sugested add-ins. This recipe is not only easy and tasty, it's fluffy and wonderful!

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Ileen

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Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2007

If I could give 4 1/2 I would. Not THE best choc chip cookie recipe, but definitely very good. I wanted to make pecan pie bars, but realized I didn't have corn syrup and had already started the recipe, so this worked instead. I only used pecans. I prefer totally from scratch cookies, but these would work in a pinch for sure:)

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LYSAVANDER

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Reviewed: Oct. 14, 2007

These were pretty much gone before I was able to eat two myself. The only thing I did differently was add 1/4 cup water to the mixture, because without it my electric mixers were groaning under the stiffness of the batter. But otherwise great recipe! I seriously don't know how they were all eaten that quickly.

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Katie

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Home Town: Canton, Ohio, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 14, 2007

We made these with a French Vanilla cake mix, and omitted the nuts from half the batch, and put in 1/2 cup walnuts in the other half of the batch. I thought the cookies without the nuts were way too sweet, but the nuts improved the other cookies. None of the kids they were fed to complained about either set of cookies. :) It was a decent recipe to use available supplies (I'm out of baking soda).

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MURIA

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Reviewed: Sep. 13, 2007

These are by far the best cookies we have ever had. They are amazing!! Thank you, thank you!!! H&S

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Reviewed: Jun. 30, 2007

This recipe was great! I was unsure what to expect using cake mix, but the cookies turned out lovely. Great in a pinch (I was out of flour.) I added coconut and peanut butter chips instead of almonds. Very creative recipe, thanks!

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Reviewed: Mar. 13, 2007

They were ok but I thought they turned out a bit dry.

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Gabi

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Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2007

These were a hit at our superbowl party. I added a dash of milk and used peanut butter cups instead of chocolate chips. They were great!!

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Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2007

Wow, my parents said these were the best chocolate chip cookies they've ever had. Even though all the nuts I had were walnuts. I wasn't crazy about the cookies, so I'd give them four stars but I'll bet they taste better when you make them with the right kind of nuts. Thanks for the recipe, I'll be using it again!

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Lauryl

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Reviewed: Jul. 9, 2006

E-Z and good looking, that about sums up these cookies. Funny enough I had bits and pieces of nuts to use up in my cupboard and this recipe helped me do it. Next time I would add a teaspoon of vanilla. These lacked a little punch for me, but still they got gobbled up in no time. I'll keep this beautie!

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