Cookie Pie – A giant soft and chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie baked in a pie dish and decorated with chocolate frosting. Perfect for any celebration, and way easier than making a cake!
We’re celebrating today! Our sweet Jake is turning SEVEN!
Jake is having several birthday celebrations this year, and this Cookie Pie will be making an appearance during at least one of them. Kids and adults both go crazy for this thing. Isn’t it fun?!
Note: I might also be living out my childhood fantasy of always wanting one of those birthday “cookie cakes” from the cookie shop in the mall food court. You know what I’m talking about, right? This is my version of those, but homemade … because homemade is always better.
Cookie Pie
Is it a pie? Is it a cookie? It’s a cookie in the shape of a pie! Pssst … it’s actually easier than making cookies. Here’s how you do it:
Mix up a basic cookie dough, add your mix ins (we’re using chocolate chips, but you could also use M&M’s or candy bars), then press it into a pie dish and bake it. Once it’s cooled, decorate the outside with chocolate frosting and throw on some rainbow sprinkles. Prefer traditional cookies? Try our Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe.
You can serve this Cookie Pie as is, or you can top each slice with a scoop of ice cream and some hot fudge. Either way it’s delicious!
If you’re a fan of soft cookies this recipe is for you. I add a little cornstarch to the batter to soften it, and I also underbake the cookie just slightly. The edges are golden brown and barely crisp, and the center practically melts in your mouth.
All that’s left to do is think of a reason to make this cookie pie. I’d say the fact that today is Friday is reason enough. Make it!
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Recipe
Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie
Ingredients
COOKIE PIE:
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened but still cool
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder sifted
- 1 ¼ cups powdered sugar sifted
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 -2 tablespoons milk
- sprinkles, for garnish
Instructions
COOKIE PIE:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously grease a 9 ½ inch pie dish and line the bottom with a round of parchment paper. Set aside.
- With a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat butter and sugars for several minutes, until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract, beat to combine, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low, slowly add the the dry ingredients, mixing until combined. Be sure to mix in the dry ingredients for at least a full minute.
- Using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, stir in all but 1 tablespoon chocolate chips. Press the dough evenly into the prepared dish (dampen your fingers with water, if necessary). Sprinkle the remaining 1 tablespoon of chocolate chips onto the top of the dough, lightly pressing them down.
- Bake for 23-25 minutes, until the edges are light golden brown., and the center is still slightly underdone. Cool completely.
CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
- Beat butter, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and 1 tablespoon of milk for several minutes. If necessary, add an additional tablespoon of milk to thin the frosting.
- Using a pastry bag with a decorating tip, pipe the frosting around the outside edge of the cooled cookie. Decorate with sprinkles.
Nutrition
Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.
Tried this recipe?Leave a comment and rating below!
Azalea says
Looks great! Is it possible to put some filling in it, like a layer of chocolate pieces or Nutella?
Celebrating Sweets says
Sure! It will definitely taste great, but I’m not sure how neat the slices will be once you try to cut them.
Laetitia says
Hi ! I am french and I really wanna try this recipe (this cookie pie looks so good) so can you give me the measures in gram please ? Thank you
Celebrating Sweets says
Hi! I;m sorry, but I don’t have the conversions. You can try using this guide. Enjoy!
Laetitia says
Thank you for your answer, I will try !
William Hill says
I made this recipe and it turned out really thick! Very crumbly not moist and chewy at all…something is missing and this recipe needs tweaking.
Allison says
I think you might have measured something wrong. Did you use 10 tablespoons of butter? That is a whole stick plus 2 tablespoons. Also the flour should have been 1-1/2 CUPS and the cornstarch 1-1/2 TEASPOONS. Did you measure those correctly?
sophia says
where do u add the drown sugar it says it’s needed in the recipe but never tells you when to add it
Allison says
In step 2: “Beat butter and sugars…”. I saw your other comment. Did you follow the recipe as written? Did you leave out the brown sugar?
Annie says
This came out perfect! I tripled the recipe and spread out in a large cookie sheet and the cooking time was still perfect. After I used a round cookie cutter and made a bunch of small cookie cakes for our sport team. I omitted the cocoa and just used vanilla frosting to decorate. Everyone raved about them. Thank you!
Allison says
I’m glad you enjoyed them! 🙂 Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Denise says
This is our absolute favorite go to recipe for cookie pie! I follow the exact recipe and it turns out perfect every time! My kids and family love it! It is soft and moist and perfect alone or with ice cream. Usually we make it without the frosting and just have the cookie!
Allison says
I’m so glad! Thanks for taking the time to comment. 🙂
Dori says
The recipe calls for “brown sugar”. Is it light brown or dark brown?
Allison says
You can use either. Enjoy!