Happy (Chocolate Chip) Thursday! Hope you’re enjoying your week. I feel like I’ve been really strapped for time this week, getting a lot of things planned out, but don’t worry! I still managed to carve out some time to share this lovely little CHOrific recipe with you. BTW, if you’re looking for a ton of good Greek yogurt recipes, check out my ebook, Sweet with Greek!
When I was in Florida with my parents last month, we popped into a Subway (mmm, subway), and I couldn’t help but grab one of their cookies too. Have you ever had a white chocolate macadamia nut cookie from Subway? I know they’re probably just made from frozen cookie dough or something but they’re amazing. Soft, chewy, sweet, salty, buttery… everything a good cookie should be!
So while I was enjoying my white chocolate macadamia nut cookie, I got to thinking… why is white chocolate always paired with macadamia nuts? Why not any other chocolate? You know I had to do something about it. 
So when I got home from Florida, I made these dark chocolate macadamia nut cookies!
Let’s just say you really shouldn’t ever limit yourself to white chocolate when enjoying macadamia nut cookies. I’d love to try a variation of these with dark, milk, and white chocolate in the cookie. Chocolate equality! 
Soft, chewy, buttery cookies with salty macadamia nuts and dark chocolate. If you’d like, use a combination of white, milk, and dark chocolates!
Makes 2 dozen cookies
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 12 minutes (per cookie sheet)
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt (Chobani!)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup chopped macadamia nuts
- 1 cup chopped dark chocolate (or chocolate chips)
Heat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter, yogurt, and sugars with an electric mixer until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla; beat until mixed well. Add the baking soda, salt, and flour; beat until mixed. Stir in the macadamia nuts and chocolate.
Drop the cookie dough by rounded tablespoon onto the prepared cookies sheets. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Allow to cool 5 minutes on the cookie sheets before removing to cool completely.
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Yum liz! I cant tell you how many times I’ve been somewhere and my OH will pip up “Shirley why are you staring at your food?” and Im in a world of my own wondering about the ingredients and what else I could put with it…crazy person I know lol!
Haha, if you’re crazy then I am too, because I do the same thing! Always thinking about how to make a dish, dessert, etc. even better!
OMG – I am making these tomorrow night. I make white chocolate macadamia nut cookies, but never dark chocolate macadamia nut cookies. They look delicious!! can’t wait to try them
I hope you like them! They’re definitely different than white chocolate, but a very, very good different!
They look so good…perfect with the flecks of chocolate in them and I’m sure so chewy and soft!
Chocolate in tiny crevice, the way a cookie should be! That’s the one downfall (and only) of chocolate chips, I think.
hee hee, I’m just laughing at your “mmm, Subway”
we like Subway too.
while I am not a HUGE fan of macadamia (I know, Dad is from Hawaii, what is WRONG with me!?), these do look good. I think it’s chopping the dark chocolate – more chocolate coverage!
I don’t add chopped chocolate (in place of chocolate chips) to my cookies that often, but when I do, I ask myself why I don’t do it more often. You really can’t get that choose distribution with the chips!
Though I can’t have the nuts, I love that you threw some yogurt into these cookies! Which reminds me I still need to purchase your e-book…headed there now!
I almost always sneak Greek yogurt into everything these days
And thanks again for buying my book!
Macademia nuts are so deliciously fatty and melty in cookies. Especially with dark chocolate. Yum.
I 100% agree, I think macadamias are amazing in cookies. I need to bake with them more often!
These look so soft, Liz! And I love macadamia nuts. What a great cookie. I bet these would be good with white chocolate too.
Yep, white chocolate would be good too…and maybe some dried fruit or something!
These look amazing! If I want to try and add Greek yogurt to some of my recipes is there a general rule of thumb for what I should substitute it for?
I wish we had a few of those for dessert tonight. Note to self…add more macademia nuts to cookies!
YUM!!!!!!! Looks great!
o boy…i am in love with these cookies! Chocolate and macadamia….that’s a killer combo!
Aloha! My family and I loved this recipe. We used fresh crushed hawaii macadamia nuts from a local farm out here, and the recipe turned out sooo good! mahalo for this blog:)
I wish I had access to macadamia nuts straight from Hawaii, lucky you! Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed the recipe