Chocolate Chip Cookie Skillet

Chocolate chip cookie skillet bakes one giant gooey cookie in a cast iron pan and gets eaten straight out with vanilla ice cream on top. ♡

This viral chocolate chip cookie skillet (aka pizookie) is the gooey share dessert that lit up TikTok and never left. Brown butter cookie dough bakes in a hot cast iron pan until the edges are crispy and the center is molten, then a scoop of vanilla ice cream goes on top to melt into the most decadent dessert spoonable straight from the pan. (more viral cheesy garlic bread chicken ideas).

Restaurant style pizookie made better at home. Let’s make it together.

Ingredients

Chocolate Chip Cookie Skillet

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1.75 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 tsp fine sea salt
• 1.5 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped milk chocolate
• 1 tsp flaky sea salt, for top
• 4 scoops vanilla ice cream, for serving

How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookie Skillet

1. Brown. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook 5 minutes, swirling, until amber and nutty smelling. Pour into a heatproof bowl and cool 15 minutes.
2. Heat. Preheat oven to 350F with a 10 inch cast iron skillet inside.
3. Mix. Whisk cooled brown butter with brown sugar and granulated sugar 2 minutes until glossy. Add egg, yolk, and vanilla. Whisk smooth.
4. Combine. Add flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips and chopped chocolate.
5. Spread. Carefully remove hot skillet from oven. Spread dough evenly into the pan. Sprinkle flaky salt on top.
6. Bake. Bake 22 to 25 minutes until edges are deep golden but center looks raw and shiny.
7. Serve. Cool 5 minutes. Top with scoops of vanilla ice cream and serve straight from the skillet with spoons.

Why This Recipe Works

The cookie skillet went viral because it solves two problems at once. Restaurant pizookies from BJ’s and Buca cost 10 dollars each, but a homemade version uses pantry ingredients and feeds a whole table. TikTok bakers turned it into the share dessert format of the decade with over 800 million views, and the cast iron pan look is impossible to scroll past.

Brown butter is the upgrade that takes a regular cookie dough to bakery level. The milk solids in butter caramelize when cooked past melting, creating nutty flavor compounds that taste like toasted hazelnuts. Cooling the brown butter back to soft before mixing keeps the cookie texture the same but adds a depth of flavor that plain melted butter never reaches.

Underbaking the center by 4 minutes is the rule that creates the molten cookie middle. The cast iron retains heat and continues cooking the cookie after coming out of the oven, so pulling it when the center still looks raw lets it set up to a fudgy gooey bite that holds shape but melts the ice cream into a sauce.

Tips

• Brown the butter and let it cool to room temp before mixing. Hot butter melts the sugar and changes the texture.
• Use a 10 inch cast iron skillet for the right thickness. Larger pans bake the cookie too thin.
• Underbake by 4 minutes. The skillet keeps cooking the cookie after it comes out.
• Serve straight from the skillet with ice cream on top while still warm.
• Store leftovers covered in foil at room temp 2 days. Reheat 8 minutes at 325F to revive the gooey center.
• Common mistake: do not skip the cast iron preheat. A cold pan delays the bake and dries out the edges.

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Variations

• Stir 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans into the dough for crunch.
• Top with chocolate sauce and salted caramel along with the ice cream.
• Use half chocolate chips and half white chocolate chips for a tuxedo look.
• Add 1/2 cup peanut butter chips for a peanut butter chocolate skillet.
• Top with crumbled Reese’s cups or chopped Oreos before baking.
• Drizzle with bourbon caramel for a grown up version.

Want another twist? Try our dubai chocolate strawberry cups for a different sweet treat.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

• Skipping the brown butter. Brown the butter for 5 minutes until nutty and amber. Plain melted butter loses the bakery depth.
• Using a cold pan. Preheat the cast iron in the oven 5 minutes. A cold pan dries out the edges before the center cooks.
• Overbaking. Pull when the center looks raw. The skillet cooks the cookie another 6 minutes after coming out.
• Cutting too soon. Let the cookie rest 5 minutes after baking. The center sets to fudgy if you wait, gooey if you do not.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Skillet

Viral chocolate chip cookie skillet bakes one giant gooey cookie in cast iron with brown butter and vanilla ice cream on top. Get the recipe!

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Servings: 6 servings

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Calories: 680

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup light brown sugar packed
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg room temperature
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1.75 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 tsp fine sea salt
• 1.5 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped milk chocolate
• 1 tsp flaky sea salt for top
• 4 scoops vanilla ice cream for serving

Method

 

1. **Brown.** Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook 5 minutes, swirling, until amber and nutty smelling. Pour into a heatproof bowl and cool 15 minutes.
2. **Heat.** Preheat oven to 350F with a 10 inch cast iron skillet inside.
3. **Mix.** Whisk cooled brown butter with brown sugar and granulated sugar 2 minutes until glossy. Add egg, yolk, and vanilla. Whisk smooth.
4. **Combine.** Add flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips and chopped chocolate.
5. **Spread.** Carefully remove hot skillet from oven. Spread dough evenly into the pan. Sprinkle flaky salt on top.
6. **Bake.** Bake 22 to 25 minutes until edges are deep golden but center looks raw and shiny.
7. **Serve.** Cool 5 minutes. Top with scoops of vanilla ice cream and serve straight from the skillet with spoons.

Notes

Brown the butter and let it cool to room temp before mixing. Hot butter melts the sugar and changes the texture. Use a 10 inch cast iron skillet for the right thickness. Larger pans bake the cookie too thin. Underbake by 4 minutes. The skillet keeps cooking the cookie after it comes out.

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