Super sweet chocolate chip cookies

Very random post - but I haven't baked anything (haven't opened an oven) since coming to the states and a couple of days ago I decided to bake some cookies which was quite monumental. I can't exactly say that I made them all by myself cos I got one of those premixed packages. All I had to do was mix a stick of butter and an egg before adding the premix = cookie dough ready for baking. I baked them for 15min cos I like hard and crunchy cookies. The appetizing aroma from the oven was heavenly albeit a bit too sweet. Taste test...what did they put in those chocolate chips!? It has to be the sweetest thing that I've tasted! Nevertheless, I'm very happy with my otherwise tasty and hard cookies and from now on, I shall be making my own cookies rather than buying them. I see some nuts and perhaps dried fruits mixed in in the future and I'll also be making them from scratch.