Easy Giant Cookie Cake ~ Soft & Chewy!
Watch me make this giant cookie cake from start to finish!!
Cookie pizza, giant cookie cakes, whatever you wanna call them, they are delicious and so FUN to make!Β Have you ever received or purchased one? They’ll run you about $29.99 for a basic 12-inch. Add decorating and personalization and the price can really add up. Make them yourself and they will look better, taste MUCH better and you’ll be able to make several for the price of purchasing one. Oh, and they are easy!
I use to pass by them in the mall when I was a kid, wishing I could buy one or that someone would give me one. Β My mother surprised me on the last day of 4th grade with my very own homemade giant chocolate chip cookie cake. It was trimmed in purple and pink frosting and the middle said: “I’m so proud of you!”. I couldn’t believe that this huge cookie was all mine! I was in heaven, honey!
Ahhh that was a good day. I decided to surprise Isaac with his first giant cookie cake yesterday. When I told him it was all for him his face lit up and he said “Whaaaaat!!! All for me? Mommy, I love it!!!!!” Β Gosh, I love seeing that kid smile!
This giant chocolate chip cookie cake recipe is very similar to the m&m cookie bars but the texture comes out different, fluffier and chewier. My husband took one bite and said: “wow it really is like a cookie and a cake”.
I used all brown sugar in this giant cookie cake recipe to create a really light texture. Β It’s amazing how that simple little switch changes up the recipe. Cooking is so cool, isn’t it?
Take one of these giant cookie cakes to a party and you will be loved by all, especially the kids. There is just something about eating a big ol slice of cookie in pizza form that kids love. You can get really creative and throw in nuts, candy pieces, Β etc. and just let your imagination run wild with the decorating. Giant cookie ice cream cake anyone?
Top each slice with a dollop of vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup and baaaaaby, things just got real!!!
Get the Recipe: Giant Cookie Cake
Ingredients
- 12 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ΒΌ cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips + more
- decorations, m&m's, frosting, sprinkles, etc
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325. F
- Line a 12-inch pizza pan with greased parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl cream together melted butter and brown sugar.
- Mix in eggs and vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl whisk together flour, salt and baking soda.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, stirring until a soft dough forms.
- Fold in mini chocolate chips.
- Press dough evenly into prepared pan.
- Sprinkle additional mini chocolate chips on top. (optional)
- Bake for 13-15 minutes. (do not over bake. Remember cookie will continue to cook as it cools)
- Let cookie cool on pan until completely cooled.
- Once cooled decorate as desired.
- Serve plain or topped with ice cream!
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I just came across this recipe today but I have a question for you. I am a novice baker and want to make this for my son’s birthday but his little brother is allergic to eggs. Do you think there is a way I could substitute the egg plus egg yolk with some thing else? Otherwise it looks great and I can’t wait to surprise him with it!
yes. Just put low fat milk for egg, for egg yolk put full fat milk . no certain measures just estimate π .
What kind of chocolate do you use to decorate? I’m hesitant to just melt chocolate chips for fear the chocoated drizzle will harden up too much.
You could use a chocolate ganache that will stay softer ,rather than melting chocolate chips I use this on my cookie cakes.
This is the best cookie cake recipe I have found yet! We usually buy one from Sam’s Club, but this time, I decided to try making one instead. I made a double layer, with buttercream icing in between and a little on top.
I made two of these on Valentine’s Day of this year. One for my son and one for my boyfriend. They both loved their cookies and requested more for birthdays and Christmas.
Thank you for providing me with this recipe.
Hi! I’m wanting to make this for a graduation. Can I put it in a big rectangle pan or will I need to double the recipe? Love everything you do!!!!