Pizookie

Our Pizookie recipe is sure to be your new favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. It is the best, warm, homemade pizza cookie cooked in a cast-iron skillet for the perfect texture and served warm with scoops of vanilla ice cream. 

 If you don’t love the name pizookie (aka a pizza-sized cookie) you could always call this a chocolate chip skillet cookie recipe, a deep dish cookie, or even a chocolate chip cookie pie.

Whatever you call it, it is the perfect dessert made with simple ingredients and might just become your new favorite way to eat a cookie. Especially for pizza nights! Make this simple cookie recipe at home in your iron pan to get the best gooey pizookie filled with chocolate chunks and a gooey center.

What is a Pizookie?

A pizookie is a cookie cooked like a pizza in a skillet in the oven until it is perfectly golden brown, and then served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream over top.

Recipe Ingredient Notes

To make our Pizookie recipe, you need the following ingredients:

• Butter: you will need to use softened unsalted butter when making the cookie dough
• Sugar: be sure to use fine white granulated sugar and packed brown sugar for the best results
• Extract: I love using homemade vanilla extract but whatever you have on hand will work
• Egg: use a large egg preferably at room temperature
• Flour: all you will need is the all-purpose flour you have in your pantry or found at the local grocery store
• Leavening agent: to get the best result for this giant cookie, you will only need to use baking soda
• Salt: use kosher salt or sea salt for the dough (you can also top the cookie pizza with a pinch of sea salt as well after baking)
• Chocolate: grab your favorite brand of milk chocolate chips
• Pizookie toppings: use both chocolate chip ice cream and chocolate sauce for topping the warm chocolate chip cookie

Equipment Needed

For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:

• Mixing Bowl (Medium)
• Cast Iron Skillet
• Mixer (Hand)

How to Make Pizookies in a Skillet

1. Preheat oven to 350℉.
2. In a medium bowl, mix butter and sugars until combined with a hand mixer or using a bowl of a stand mixer. Add in vanilla and egg. 
3. Slowly stir in the flour, baking soda and salt, then fold in chocolate chips.
4. Press the cookie dough mixture into the bottom of an 8 inch cast iron skillet.
5. Bake for 8-10 minutes (it will be gooey and under done).
6. Pull out of the oven and top with ice cream, then drizzle with chocolate sauce.
7. Serve while still warm (and before the ice cream melts!).

Expert Tips

• Change up your chocolate chips and chocolate chip ice cream for your other favorite cookie additions and ice cream flavors! We like it with toffee chips and pralines and cream, or M&Ms and chocolate peanut butter ice cream!
• Use high-quality chocolate for the melty chocolaty center.
• You can do what you’d like with this recipe. Feel free to switch out the chocolate chips or top the delicious dessert with your favorites: white chocolate chips, M&Ms, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, macadamia nuts, hot fudge, any time of ice cream, whipped cream, caramel sauce, peanut butter sauce, and chopped nuts.

Storage and Reheating Instructions

Fridge: Place the leftovers of the giant chocolate chip cookie into an airtight container and store it for up to 4 days.

Reheating: Honestly this recipe is best when fresh the day it is made, but to reheat it, place it back into the skillet and put it in the oven for 3-5 minutes at 350 degrees or until it is warmed to your liking. 

Frequently Asked Questions 

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