Chocolate Chip Cookie Pizza with warm melted chocolate chips, caramel and cookie dough baked in a cast iron skillet and topped with ice cream.
Fresh baked cookies may be the perfect dessert, and this cookie pizza takes cookies to the next level. If you love this pizookie you’ll love other cookies on the site including Peanut Butter Blossoms, Turtle Cookies and Hershey’s Kiss Cookies.
Chocolate Chip Pizookie may sound like a made up name but the concept of pizza shaped deep dish skillet cookies should make you and your guests smile with excitement as soon as you see the skillet come out of the oven golden brown. This is the perfect deep dish cookie pizza to help you and your friends with your game day celebrations. Top it with Vanilla Ice Cream, Whipped Cream and Hot Fudge or Salted Caramel Sauce to take a giant chocolate chip cookie recipe to the next level.
This cookie is crispy on the outside, fully cooked yet still molten on the inside and with a scoop of ice cream you will not regret the extra cooking time you waited instead of just baking a batch of normal cookies. This is the perfect dessert to finish off a homemade pizza party at home.
The idea of this Chocolate Caramel Pizookie is that it’s basically like a molten cookie for a crowd. By using a cast iron skillet you also retain a lot of the heat when it comes out of the oven, so even if your crowd finishes eating pizza at different times, the Chocolate Caramel Pizookie will stay perfectly warm (just keep it covered with a piece of foil) for 15-20 minutes.
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How to Make Chocolate Caramel Cookie Pizza
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a 10 inch cast iron skillet with baking spray.
- Cream the butter, sugar and brown sugar on high in your stand mixer until pale and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add in the vanilla and eggs and combine on medium speed until fully incorporated.
- Add in the flour, baking soda, salt until just combined then fold in the chocolates.
- Put half the cookie dough into your cast iron skillet, sprinkle in the chocolate covered caramels then cover with the rest of the cookie dough and bake for , covered with foil, then uncover and bake for an additional .
Frequently Asked Questions
If you like the unbaked chocolate chip cookie dough flavor, cook for 20 minutes uncovered. The outside will be crisp and the inside will be undercooked like a warm chocolate sauce.
Add 4 kinds of chocolate chips including white chocolate, milk chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate and dark chocolate to make this cookie pizza the ultimate chocolate experience.
Add a layer of peanut butter to the middle of the cookie dough. Or, add ½ cup peanut butter and about ¼ cup powdered sugar together and add that to the middle so it tastes like the filling of a Reese’s peanut butter cup.
If you want to pump up the caramel filling get 2 cups of caramels and a couple of tablespoons of heavy cream and melt them in the microwave together. Then put half the cookie dough on the bottom layer, pour over the cooled caramel sauce and the rest of the cookie dough. Refrigerate again until you need to bake and the caramel layer will stay in the middle as long as you sealed all around the poured caramel.
Want to pump up the holiday flavors? Add in some chocolate with mint filling and top with crushed candy canes for a peppermint take on this Chocolate Caramel Pizookie.
Ditch the caramels and add in oatmeal, cinnamon, and more chocolate, nuts or raisins. This would be delicious topped with cinnamon ice cream.
How to Store Chocolate Caramel Pizooki
- Serve: Chocolate Caramel Pizooki is best served warm from the oven with ice cream and your favorite toppings, but if you can’t serve it right away, you can take it out of the oven a few minutes early and reheat before serving.
- Store: Store leftover Cookie Pizza, without toppings, on the counter covered in plastic wrap for up to 5 days. If there is ice cream on top, keep in the freezer.
- Freeze: You can freeze the baked or unbaked Chocolate Chip Cookie Pizza for 2-3 months. Reheat in a 350 degree oven (or bake dough from frozen) before topping with fresh ice cream and sauces.
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter , softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar , packed
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 large eggs
- 2 3/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup milk chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chocolate covered caramel candies
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a 10 inch cast iron skillet with baking spray.
- Cream the butter, sugar and brown sugar on high in your stand mixer until pale and fluffy (2-3 minutes).
- Add in the vanilla and eggs and combine on medium speed until fully incorporated.
- Add in the flour, baking soda, and salt until just combined then fold in the chocolates.
- Put half the cookie dough into your cast iron skillet, sprinkle in the chocolate covered caramels then cover with the rest of the cookie dough and bake for 20 minutes, covered with foil, then uncover and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
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Hi, is there anywhere you can get the chocolate covered caramel candies from, or do you have to make them yourself?
If you google chocolate caramel candies you will see a number of options. Have you ever heard of Rolo chocolate caramel candy? Super easy to find and I like it! Let us know what you tried and how you liked it! Enjoy!
would have to double the recipe for a pizza pan cuz it looks good
I had to bake this for AT LEAST twice as long as the recipe called for because it was SO thick. I think half the amount of batter would be better?
What can i use instead of a skillet? I have round cake pans.. are those fine?
Absolutely! You can use an 8-9? round pan, an 8-9? pie plate, or in 4-6 small ramekins to serve individually. The edges might not get as crispy but it will still be delicious! Enjoy!
Wow! It turned out amazingly good! Thank you!
Way to much vanilla. It had a medicine like taste. Other than that it was good. I would use a tsp. Vanilla next time not whole tablespoon
Yummy! I will try this soon
You mention sea salt in the intro but not in the ingredients…just wondering where you use it? I love sea salt!
I like to sprinkle with sea salt right as it comes out of the oven. Enjoy!
Can use the individual pans and how big would the batter be for those! Maybe 3 tbls?
I don’t have a cast iron pan. Do I need to change the time or temp for a pie or cake pan?
You would want to adjust the cooking time, reduce the cooking time a few minutes.
I agree with everyone….this looks amazing…I was going to print it, but when it set up , the picture was of a pepperoni pizza….could you change that? thanks
Thanks for letting me know. Not sure how it got switched but I fixed it. Fingers crossed it stays that way. 🙂
What brand of chocolate covered caramels do you use? Something like milk duds? Thanks!
I use Rolos or chocolate covered caramels you can get in the bulk bins. 🙂 Hope this helps!
I just love big ole ooey, gooey skillet cookies! This one looks amazing. 🙂
Thank you Carrie!
One of my favorites! I would rather have one of these on my birthday than cake!
Yes! I’m supposed to bring a dessert for a new year’s eve party we’re going to (just a small gathering), and I think this will be perfect to bring. Thanks for the recipe.
You’re welcome!
I just love this flavor combo — chocolate plus caramel equals yum!
I’ve been a pizookie fan for soooooo long, and this version looks perfect!! I’m totally going to have to make this for the kids and I 🙂
This looks incredible, and so simple to make. I love how you shared ways to customize the recipe to our liking.
Thank you! I love being able to change it up!