My dad makes the best cookies everrrr...and I'm pretty sure he mostly just follows the recipe on the bag of chocolate chips! Not even the Nestle's recipe either, the generic one, and it's still good as hell!! Really though, you don't have to be an expert baker, just follow the recipe exactly as it says and don't cook em too long and you'll definitely have some edible cookies.
My roomie is a chef and he made some choc chip cookies with bacon in them. Yeah it sounds super weird, but they were delicious. The saltiness of the bacon went really nicely with the sweetness of the chocolate.