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    TaraTeaspoon » Recipes » Cookies

    The Best Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

    Published: Jul 16, 2023 · Updated: Aug 20, 2023 by Tara Teaspoon · This page contains affiliate and sponsored links. See my full disclosure

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    The Best Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie Recipe
    The Best Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie Recipe

    This chocolate chip skillet cookie recipe is baking made simple! An ingenious recipe (mixed right in the pan on the stove!) takes your favorite cookies and turns them into a one-pan spectacular, sharable dessert. 


    An overhead view of a chocolate chip skillet cookie, with a slice missing.
    Jump to:
    • Creating this skillet chocolate chip cookie recipe
    • Ingredients in the chocolate chip skillet cookie recipe
    • How to make a skillet cookie on the stove
    • Skillet Cookie Frequently Asked Questions
    • Tips for making this giant cookie recipe
    • 📖 Recipe
    • 💬 Comments

    Creating this skillet chocolate chip cookie recipe

    I turned my Best Chocolate Chip Cookies into a one-pan wonder. You've heard of the Pizookie, and seen skillet cookies, but you've never tasted one this good. The perfect balance of butter, caramely brown sugar, and chocolate.

    Before the skillet cookie craze, many years ago, I found out about this wonder-of-a-dessert at a sports restaurant, of all places. Right on the south corner of Times Square in NY was ESPN Zone.

    I'm telling you, there is no place I'd rather NOT be than a sports bar. But, they had skillet cookies! How could I stay away?

    An overhead view of butter being melted in a skillet. More ingredients needed to make the cast iron chocolate chip cookie rest nearby.

    The skillet cookies were made in small cast iron skillets, piping hot when brought to the table and topped with vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce, hot fudge, and whipped cream. Pretty dreamy.

    And digging in made all the noise and blasts of the games on screens fade away. Ah, a happy place.

    The cookie dessert caused a craze with my friends. We wanted our own collections of mini cast iron skillets and spent hours searching flea markets.

    Skillet chocolate chip cookies were our thing! And no more having to go to a sports bar!

    Ingredients in the chocolate chip skillet cookie recipe

    Although this pizookie recipe has a unique preparation method, the ingredients are super simple.

    I used both granulated and light brown sugar in the cookie dough to add sweetness and caramel flavor. Vanilla extract and salt finish the job to bring out all of the flavors.

    You'll need just over one stick of unsalted butter to make this recipe, but keep in mind that this recipe makes an entire 10-inch skillet's worth of cookie!

    Beyond that, the cookie ingredients list uses what you'd expect: flour, egg, baking soda, and chocolate chunks.

    An overhead view of chocolate chip cookie dough being stirred together in a skillet.

    How to make a skillet cookie on the stove

    This skillet chocolate chip cookie is made in a family-size 10-inch pan. Oven-proof of course, so it can bake right in the pan it's mixed in.

    My technique calls for melting the butter in the skillet on the stove top. Unconventional for a chocolate chip cookie.

    Usually you want to beat the butter and sugar in a bowl to create those lovely microscopic air bubbles that help with structure and leavening. I use this method in my Black Sesame Chocolate Chip Cookies and Pecan Crispies.

    Melting the butter creates a denser cookie, but it's great for this one served hot, and scooped out of the pan with some ice cream.

    Chocolate chunk cookie dough in a skillet on the stove.

    Once you mix in the sugars and vanilla, I suggest letting the mixture cool for just a minute so the egg doesn't get cooked, before it gets baked! In goes the egg, flour and other dry ingredients and finally those chocolate chunks.

    Chocolate chips work well too, but I love a good bite of chocolate with every bite of this dessert so I use bigger pieces.

    Tips for making cookies on the stove

    Make sure to stir the chocolate in quickly and spread the batter into the pan evenly. Mixing the cookie dough too much will cause the chocolate to melt and you'll end up with chocolate marbled cookies!

    Be sure not to over bake the large cookie in a pan, you want it slightly underdone in the center so it's melty and gooey.

    The best skillet chocolate chip cookie is served warm, slightly gooey and with a dollop of ice cream. Let the whole crowd dig in.

    A slice being removed from a skillet cookie, seen from above.

    Skillet Cookie Frequently Asked Questions

    Can this skillet chocolate chip cookie recipe be made gluten-free?

    Yes! Make it gluten free by swapping out the all-purpose flour with Cup 4 Cup all-purpose gluten-free flour. It's that simple!

    Can other mix-ins be added to the cookie dough?

    I don't see why not! I added ¾ cup chocolate chunks, so feel free to use up to that much of any mix-in you'd like.

    I think chopped nuts, dried fruit, Mu0026M's, or chopped up candy bars would all work nicely. Just remember the batter is warm when you are stirring things in, so do it super quickly so they don't melt before they bake.

    What type of skillet is best for this pizookie recipe?

    I used a non-stick, oven-proof skillet for this recipe. If you'd like to make a cast iron chocolate chip cookie, a cast iron skillet like this one works perfectly as well.

    Tips for making this giant cookie recipe

    • Let the melted butter mixture cool slightly before adding the egg. You don't want to scramble it by accident!
    • I made this skillet chocolate chip cookie recipe all in one pan. There's no need to dirty a separate mixing bowl for this recipe.
    • Leftovers will keep up to five days at room temperature, or you can freeze cookie slices for up to three months.

    More cookie recipes you'll love:

    • Chocolate Chip Cookies Without Chocolate Chips
    • Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies
    • Classic Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

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    📖 Recipe

    The best skillet chocolate chip cookie on black and white

    The Best Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

    Tara Teaspoon
    This chocolate chip skillet cookie recipe is baking made simple! This ingenious recipe takes your favorite cookies and makes one spectacular, sharable dessert. 
    4.96 from 23 votes
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    Work Time 20 minutes mins
    Cook Time 22 minutes mins
    Total Time 45 minutes mins
    Course Baking, Dessert
    Servings 12 Servings

    Ingredients
      

    • 10 tablespoons unsalted butter
    • ⅓ cup granulated sugar
    • ⅔ cup light brown sugar
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 large egg
    • 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ¾ cup chocolate chunks

    Instructions
     

    • Heat oven to 350°F. In a 10-inch ovenproof skillet (you can also use a cast iron skillet), melt butter over medium-low heat and remove pan from stove. Stir in granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla and cool about 5 minutes.
    • Whisk egg into pan until blended. Add flour, baking soda, and salt and stir until smooth. Quickly stir in chocolate chunks.
    • Press the dough into the skillet in an even layer. Bake until surface is golden but center is still soft, 18 to 22 minutes. Cool slightly before serving.

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    Notes

    Serve this skillet cookie with Super Creamy Eggless Vanilla Ice Cream
    Tips: 
    • Let the melted butter mixture cool slightly before adding the eggs. You don't want to scramble them by accident!
    • I made this skillet chocolate chip cookie recipe all in one pan. There's no need to dirty a separate mixing bowl for this recipe.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 286kcalCarbohydrates: 37gProtein: 3gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 39mgSodium: 105mgPotassium: 104mgFiber: 1gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 317IUCalcium: 24mgIron: 2mg
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    More Skillet Desserts

    I love all things skillet! Here are a few other recipes to use with your oven-proof skillet, including some more cookies!

    Skillet S'mores

    Gingerbread Skillet Cookie

    Dutch Baby Pancake

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    1. Mary Bench says

      July 16, 2018 at 6:03 pm

      What a great idea! When you need a cookie, this will do the trick in a hurry!

      Reply
    2. Brittany Smart says

      July 19, 2018 at 2:06 pm

      Skillet cookies are the best!! Especially with some yummy vanilla ice cream

      Reply
    3. Brit says

      May 11, 2020 at 11:36 pm

      This is what I request for my birthday dessert every year now! Thanks for the recipe!

      Reply
    4. Basma says

      December 23, 2021 at 3:33 am

      Such an easy and perfect recipe.
      Although the am not a baker, it turned out so good😋😋

      Reply
    5. Ari says

      February 11, 2022 at 10:59 pm

      Can I use oat flour for this recipe?

      Reply
      • Tara Teaspoon says

        February 14, 2022 at 10:14 am

        Hi Ari, Unfortunately I think oat flour wouldn’t work, but I haven’t tried it. If you need to make it gluten free I would try Cup4Cup flour first. Tara

        Reply
    6. Cameo says

      February 22, 2022 at 2:35 pm

      This looks insanely good. What kind of chocolate chunks do you use?

      Reply
      • Tara Teaspoon says

        February 22, 2022 at 4:54 pm

        Hi Cameo,
        They are Nestle brand.

        T a r a

        Reply
    7. Mirien Church says

      July 19, 2023 at 8:35 pm

      Just what I was looking for--quick and delicious! Bonus points for mixing directly in the skillet. I baked it on the Traeger and followed your tip not to overbake--so important. It turned out perfectly and disappeared so fast that I barely got any. Will be making again soon!

      Reply

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