The last time I made bagels this thought crossed my mind, "These would be SO good if they were chocolate chip." So I pondered for a while the best way to make that happen. What I finally ended up with was not only a recipe for chocolate chip bagels but a slightly improved recipe for homemade bagels altogether. I love my other bagel recipe but I'm not 100% happy with the boiling process, which is nessecary for light fluffy bagels on the inside and crispy shell on the outside. So this recipe is not only a recipe for Chocolate Chip Bagels, it's in improved recipe for homemade bagels overall.
Homemade Chocolate Chip Bagels
What you need:
- 1 1/3 c. warm water
- 1 T oil
- 4 c. bread flour
- 4 t. sugar
- 1 t. salt
- 1 1/2 t. yeast
Add all the ingredients in the order listed into the bread machine. I've had many people ask if they can make the bread machine recipes without a machine and the answer is yes. Just knead the dough well after you mix the ingredients. Let it rise for at least 30 minutes, punch it down, knead it again and let it rise again for another 30 minutes.
I really love my bread machine. Makes life easy!
After the dough is done. punch it down. Now it's time to add the chocolate chips. You can add other things as well. Just divide the dough and add whatever to eat lump of dough. For this particular bath I made half regular bagels and half chocolate chip.
Add chocolate chips and fold the dough over to knead them in. I used bittersweet chocolate because I love it, you can use anything you want. 
Form the dough into bagel shapes. Put a large hole in the middle. One batch makes about 10 - 12. Let the bagels rise for about 30 mins to 1 hour on a greased cookie sheet with a towel on top of them. After you let them rise, stick them in the oven on the Broil setting for about 2-3 minutes on each side. They should get a little hard but not brown. While you are doing this you can heat up the water for the next step. In a saucepan heat up several inches of water with a little sugar added in. Heat until boiling.
After the bagels are done with the broil cycle stick them a few at a time in the boiling water. Boil for 1 minute on each side and then place back on the greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350F for about 20 - 25 minutes or until lightly brown of the tops. Enjoy with a nice cream cheese spread. Yum!
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Just made these – YUM!! Never have had bagels fresh from the oven and wow…so good. I don’t have a bread maker and it took forever (all day process) to make them but it wasn’t hard, just time consuming. Wonderful recipe – thank you!
I’m glad you liked them! I highly recommend a bread machine, even the inexpensive ones do really well. I use mine all the time when I don’t want to heat up the whole kitchen making a loaf of bread or if I just don’t have time to work on bread!
I’ve made these bagels once before, and they worked out well. I’m currently working on making another batch and am wondering how to store these bagels for a few days without letting them go bad?
I always just stick them in the freezer and pull out what I want to eat:)
Hey there, can I use half whole wheat flour to add some more nutrients? Trying to reduce our white flour and sugar consumption here.. Thanks, these look amazing!
Yes you can!
I’ve made these bagels a few times now and my hubby loves them! We have quadruplets and like to feel like we are splurging without actually spending the money to buy things like this at the store. Thanks for the recipe! It’s cost effective and delicious!
Oh! And one trick I discovered to help keep the bottoms from getting soggy after boiling them, is to let them sit for a minute on a cooling rack. The heat from boiling evaporates most of the water, but the little drips have a chance to fall away from the bagel. After a minute, they are good to go back on the cookie sheet. Just a little tip that works in my kitchen!
I am so going to try these!
Can I cut the yeast and use self rising flour? Or is the yeast a MUST.
You can try it but I’m not sure how it would work. Let us know if you do!
Well, I did’t try it, I followed the recipe to the T… and OMG… this is an AMAZING recipe… I was trying to get the likeness to Big Apple Bagels because I dont have one close to where I am (closest is 5 hours away). THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this… these are SO amazing
also… try it with the chocolate chip cream cheese topping (I’ll post the link) I’ts my child hood all over again 
here is the link:
http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/chocolate-chip-dip/376D4606-BBC3-4FB4-AFBD-C9BEF8745108?nicam1=paid_search&nichn1=Google&nipkw1=chocolate%20chip%20dip&niseg1=TDCore_PB&nicreatID1=nonbranded&mkwid=s6Dfxxwg6&pcrid=6261755217&gclid=CJnmp8zrtK8CFQpj7AodgGqFjA#
So glad you liked them, thanks for sharing that! If we want to get “fancy” when we top the bagels I mix a little turbinado sugar in with softened cream cheese until it melts. Then we use that as a spread….SO good!
My daughter and I both really love chocolate chip bagels and it gets expensive going to local bakeries to purchase them. Your recipe look really good and has such great reviews the only problem is I do not own a bread machine and at this time can not afford to purchase one . I do have a Kitchenaid Professional 5 mixer and wanted to know if you or anyone have made this recipe with a stand mixer? Did the recipe turn out as good and if you think this will burn out the motor on the mixer. I had someone once tell me making bread had burned out their mixer….
Thanks Janet
I’ve made this recipe in my Bosch Mixer and it turns out just fine. I’m not sure about the KitchenAid, I had one for 2 days and returned it to get the more powerful Bosch:)
Now this is a must try. Thanks for sharing.
Why do you need to to put the chocolate bagels in water before baking them?
It makes the inside stay night and soft while you bake them!
Hi! I was just trying this recipe, but when I got to the broil part, the bagels caught on fire after 1 minute! Help! Not sure how to broil apparently. I put them on the top rack, was this my mistake? Can you let me know which rack you use.
Thanks!
I keep mine on the top rack but it’s still a ways from the broiler, you have to watch them very very closely though. Mine take a minute or 2 to brown but your oven might be hotter. I would just try again but watch them like a hawk and pull them out as soon as they are brown.
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