The secret to a good chocolate chip cookie is chilling the dough for at least 30 mins. It gives it that extra little something that makes the cookie softer and tastier when you bake it cold. Another good tip for delicious chocolate chip cookies is using sea salt instead of regular table salt. The bigger pieces give you a slight sweet/salty taste, and the salt brings out the flavor. I use one recipe for chocolate chip cookies, that recipe from my Baking Basics book from culinary school. It uses veg shortening and they come out perfect each and every time. And it’s ok to have them for dinner sometimes