Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie

If you’re a chocolate chip cookie lover, you will absolutely love this Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie! This is essentially a giant chocolate cookie baked on a cast iron skillet simply because, well, it’s fun! The great thing about baking it in a skillet is that you get a golden brown and crispier crust around the edges, while the inside stays soft and tender. Serve it with some vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce! So good!

Before everyone goes crazy about healthy eating in January, I’m going to bake a giant skillet chocolate chip cookie.

I’m a huge fan of chocolate chip cookies (I mean, who isn’t?!), and I love doing the cast iron skillet chocolate chip cookie version for one simple reason: it’s so much crispier around the edges!

Because you’re essentially baking more dough, it needs to bake for about 30-35 minutes, which is about 3 times the time it takes to bake traditional cookies. This creates a crispier crust around the edges, which I love. Plus, a cast iron skillet gets really hot, and this helps make those edges even crispier while keeping the inside soft.

Ingredients You’ll Need

This skillet chocolate chip cookie recipe is very similar to my sea salt chocolate chip cookie recipe, except the ingredient ratios have been modified to work well with a 10 inch skillet. Plus, this one is extra chocolate-y, with dark chocolate chunks on top!

The ingredient quantities can be found in the recipe card below, but here is an overview just to give you an idea:

• Flour: I used all-purpose flour.
• Baking soda: This will help it rise a bit and also give it a beautiful golden brown color.
• Salt: Salt always brings out flavors in baked goods.
• Unsalted butter: For flavor and fat.
• Brown sugar: It will give it a soft texture in the center and add sweetness.
• Granulated sugar: For sweetness. The granulated sugar will add nice caramelization.
• Egg: For structure.
• Vanilla extract: For flavor.
• Semisweet chocolate chips: Use your favorite brand!
• Dark chocolate chunks: For topping! Can’t say no to extra chocolate.
• Vanilla ice cream and chocolate fudge for serving

As you can see, we’re using very basic baking ingredients here! Nothing too out of the ordinary…just your typical chocolate chip cookie, except it’s giant and baked in a skillet. Yummy!

So Easy to Make

What I love about making this skillet chocolate chip recipe is that I don’t have to wait for the dough to chill in the fridge.

Unlike regular cookies, this skillet cookie version can be baked with soft dough. The whole point of refrigerating cookie dough prior to baking is that they don’t spread too much in the oven. But here, the skillet helps to hold the dough together.

Making this skillet cookie is super easy! Here is top-level overview (specific instructions in the recipe card below):

1. Whisk dry ingredients: Flour, baking soda, and salt.
2. Combine the wet ingredients: Cream the softened butter with both sugars. Mix in the egg and vanilla extract.
3. Combine dry and wet ingredients until a dough forms, and stir in the chocolate chips.
4. Spread dough over the skillet and top with dark chocolate chunks.
5. Bake! at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes.

It’s that simple!

The dough can be made 1 day in advance and refrigerated. When ready to bake, let the dough sit on the counter for 20-30 minutes so it’s easily spreadable.

Use the Right Skillet

I tested this skillet cookie recipe several times until perfected. Lessons learned, and it’s all about the skillet here!

• Lesson 1: Don’t overfill the skillet. If you have a very thick layer of cookie dough, the outside will brown but the center will be raw. I aim for about 0.75 to 1 inch thickness when spreading the dough.
• Lesson 2: Use the right skillet size. Similar to the above, to avoid a raw center, make sure that the skillet is big enough. This recipe is written for a 10 inch cast iron skillet.
• Lesson 3: Use a cast iron skillet. Cast iron skillets get very hot, so they help create crispier edges.

How to Serve this Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie

Here are some topping ideas:

• Ice cream
• Drizzle with some chocolate sauce
• Drizzle with caramel sauce
• Fruit slices

I love the crispy edges and the soft interior of this skillet chocolate chip cookie. This cookie is filled with delicious semisweet chocolate chips and topped with dark chocolate chunks. So good!

As much as I love this, it’s big. So, be sure to share it with friends and family. It’s the kind of recipe that is meant to be shared.

Here are some other desserts that are perfect for sharing. Happy baking!

• Gingerbread Cake
• Key Lime Pie
• Tres Leches Cake
• Lemon Bars