Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
The best kind of cookie is a skillet cookie, and this recipe is living proof. This Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie is thick and chewy with the crispiest edges, gooey chunks of chocolate and flaky sea salt. Best of all, the dough comes together in minutes and there’s no chilling required!
There’s nothing like gooey, homemade chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven is there? If your answer is yes, just wait until you try a giant skillet cookie!
Making cookies can be high maintenance. Many recipes require chilling the dough to prevent spreading, which takes some planning.
From there, they need to be scooped, baked in batches and sometimes they still don’t come out as thick and chewy as desired.
As a baker, you’ll appreciate how low maintenance this Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe is. The dough doesn’t require chilling because the skillet contains it and keeps it from spreading.
The cookie bakes up perfectly thick and chewy, and it’s got addictive golden brown, crispy edges to boot.
You’re welcome! 🙂
Why you’ll love this recipe:
- This skillet chocolate chip cookie recipe is foolproof! It’s perfectly thick and chewy every single time.
- It’s the low maintenance way to make cookies. The dough doesn’t need to chill, there’s no spreading to worry about, and no juggling multiple parchment-lined cookie sheets.
- It comes together in 10 minutes and bakes up in 25-30 minutes.
- It can be customized to include your favorite chocolate chips, candies, nuts and even sprinkles!
Recipe ingredients
This cast iron skillet cookie includes a few basic pantry ingredients, and the fun part is customizing it with your favorite add-ins as outlined below in the ingredient notes.
Ingredient notes
- Butter. I use unsalted butter in order to control the sodium. If you use salted butter, be sure to omit the 1/2 teaspoon salt from the recipe.
- Sugar. I use a combination of light brown sugar and granulated sugar for the perfect texture and flavor. Brown sugar includes molasses, which lends moistness and flavor. Granulated and brown sugars can be swapped interchangeably, it just may produce a slightly different texture and flavor.
- Chocolate chunks. I thought dark chocolate chunks were a good call because this is a big cookie, but feel free to use your favorite chocolate chips, candies or nuts!
- Flaky sea salt. The flaky sea salt adds a little shimmer to the top of the skillet cookie and accentuates the flavor.
How to make a skillet cookie
This skillet cookie is the easiest cookie you’ll ever make! There are just a few ingredients and 10 minutes of prep before popping it into the oven.
Pro tip: Place the butter and eggs on the counter about 30 minutes before you plan to get started to allow them to come to room temperature. You can speed up the process by cutting the butter into small cubes, and placing the eggs in a bowl of just barely warm water.
See the recipe card below for full instructions.
- Place all the dry ingredients into a medium bowl and whisk to combine.
- Place the softened butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat until fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla just until incorporated.
- Add in the dry ingredients, then fold in all but 3 tablespoons of the chocolate chunks.
- Spread the dough into the cast iron skillet, and press the reserved chocolate into the top.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes, then remove from heat and top with flaky sea salt.
Recipe variations
There are so many ways to change up this skillet chocolate chip cookie recipe based on what you have on hand.
- Use your favorite chocolate chips. Semi-sweet, dark, milk and white chocolate will all work perfectly. Peanut butter or butterscotch chips are fun options as well!
- Add dried fruit like raisins, cranberries or cherries for a nice chewy texture.
- Add chopped nuts such as almonds, walnuts or peanuts for a nice crunch.
- Candies are a fun addition! M&M’s, toffee bits, mini or chopped peanut butter cups are all great options.
Recipe tips
- Pro tip: Place the butter and eggs on the counter about 30 minutes before you plan to get started to allow them to come to room temperature. You can speed up the process by cutting the butter into small cubes, and placing the eggs in a bowl of just barely warm water.
- If you prefer your skillet cookie to be a bit gooey in the center, bake for 20-25 minutes. If you like the center to be more set, bake for 25-30 minutes. Keep in mind that oven temperatures vary, so this is a rule of thumb.
- If you don’t have a cast iron pan, you can certainly use a cake pan. Grease it well and understand that cooking time will vary depending on what size it is (if it’s 8″, the cookie will be thicker resulting in a bit more baking time).
- Change things up by substituting any flavor of chocolate chips, mini M&M’s, toffee bits, sprinkles or add nuts!
- Store the cookie at room temperature wrapped tightly in plastic wrap or in an air tight container for up to 5 days.
More cookie recipes you’ll love:
- Almond butter cookies
- Carrot oatmeal cookies
- Flourless peanut butter cookies
- Funfetti sugar cookie cake by Live Well Bake Often
- Gingersnap cookie recipe
- Greek almond cookies
- Key lime cookies
- Kourabiedes
- No-bake chocolate peanut butter oatmeal cookies
- Persimmon cookies
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt omit if using salted butter
- 2 sticks unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup dark chocolate chunks reserving 3 tablespoons to press into the top
- 1 teaspoon flaky sea salt I use [Maldon]
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.2 1/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt
- In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugars with a hand mixer at low speed until incorporated, then at medium high speed until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Beat in the eggs and vanilla at low speed until combined.2 sticks unsalted butter, 1 cup light brown sugar, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 2 large eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and beat on low speed until just combined. Fold in all but 3 tablespoons of the chocolate chunks.1 cup dark chocolate chunks
- Spoon the batter into a cast iron skillet and spread until smooth, then press the remaining chocolate chunks into the top.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the middle is just set. If the top begins to brown too quickly, cover loosely with aluminum foil.
- Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle with the flaky sea salt. Cool completely on a wire rack or until set, then slice and serve!1 teaspoon flaky sea salt
Notes
- Pro tip: Place the butter and eggs on the counter about 30 minutes before you plan to get started to allow them to come to room temperature. You can speed up the process by cutting the butter into small cubes, and placing the eggs in a bowl of just barely warm water.
- If you prefer your skillet cookie to be a bit gooey in the center, bake for 20-25 minutes. If you like the center to be more set, bake for 25-30 minutes. Keep in mind that oven temperatures vary, so this is a rule of thumb.
- If you don’t have a cast iron pan, you can certainly use a cake pan. Grease it well and understand that cooking time will vary depending on what size it is (if it’s 8″, the cookie will be thicker resulting in a bit more baking time).
- Change things up by substituting any flavor of chocolate chips, mini M&M’s, toffee bits, sprinkles or add nuts!
- Store the cookie at room temperature wrapped tightly in plastic wrap or in an air tight container for up to 5 days.
Nutrition
Nutrition is estimated using a food database and is only intended to be used as a guideline for informational purposes.
**This recipe was originally published in February 2018. Step by step photos have been added and the text has been modified to include more recipe information.
15 Comments on “Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie”
Mmmm, this skillet cookie looks amazingggg! I’m a sucker for salted chocolate desserts – on Valentine’s Day, or any other day of the year 🙂
Thanks Nicole!
I love skillet cookies! I love the idea of how you just bake it all in one skillet and enjoy straight from there with a big scoop of ice cream!! Yumm!
Aren’t skillet cookies the best? Thank you Balvinder!
I can almost smell this through the screen! Your pictures are gorgeous and the cookie looks like absolute perfection. I love that it’s so much easier to make than regular cookies too. I see this happening in my near future! 🙂
thanks Sarah! This cookie is my undoing…I can’t be trusted with it. ?
Oh, HECK yes I need this skillet cookie for Valentine’s Day! Seriously, is there anything better than salted dark chocolate?? Obsessing over how dense and chewy this looks, Marcie! <3
My heart went pitter-patter when I saw this cookie on Instagram!! I love anything salted chocolate! Skillet cookies are my weakness. This looks fantastic – perfect for Valentine’s Day!
Thank you Katherine! Salted chocolate always makes my heart go pitter-patter! 🙂
I have a moderate to severe obsession with skillet desserts, so I’m totally swooning over this cookie, Marcie!! Love the addition of salt! AND of course I love that skillet desserts are just perfect for sharing! This has Valentine’s day written all over it! Pinned! Cheers, friend!
Skillet desserts are the best and I can’t believe I’m only just now posting a skillet cookie because we love them! Thanks so much Chey! 🙂
I don’t really celebrate Valentine’s Day either, though my husband and I always order a heart-shaped pizza on the day…our tradition! 🙂 This skillet cookie would be perfect for dessert! I’m loving that you used dark chocolate, and salt, too. This looks so decadent…just want to reach right through my screen and grab some!
I love the sound of the heart-shaped pizza — that’s such a great tradition! Thanks Gayle! 🙂
This gigantic cookie is calling my name! Love the dark chocolate chunks and flakey set salt! Perfect dessert for Valentine’s day!
Valentine’s Day is just an excuse to eat chocolate for me too :). And this looks like the perfect way to feed my ever-present chocolate cravings! So good!