Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line your cookie sheets with parchment paper (or those fancy silicon mat things if you have them) for easy clean up later. (You can just bake directly on an un-greased cookie sheet, but I like to have to wash as few dishes as possible).

Mix the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt together in a small bowl and set aside.

Cream the butter, vegetable shortening and sugar together. I recommend using the Crisco sticks of shortening for easy measurement marks right there on the wrapper.

Add the egg and vanilla and beat well.

Add the flour mixture a bit at a time, mixing until well blended.

Add the mini chocolate chips and stir in by hand.

Scoop the dough out and form into small balls (or get an easy to use cookie scooper). Drop the dough balls into some powdered sugar...

...and roll around until lightly covered.

Place the dough balls on the cookie sheets a few inches apart. (Granulated sugar can be used here if you don't have powdered). Bake in your 350 degree preheated oven for 12-15 minutes. Check them frequently because they can go from just right to burnt in a minute.

Allow the chocolate chocolate chip cookies to cool before gorging yourself. Enjoy!

Now that you have learned how to make chocolate chocolate chip cookies, please be sure to view these other cookies recipes. Also, you will love these American recipes.