Salted Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie
Salted Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie is thick and chewy with the crispiest edges! The dough comes together in 10 minutes and no chilling is required!
Valentine’s Day is this week already…do you have big plans? I don’t really celebrate it, but I do always look for any good excuse to eat chocolate.
Especially when it involves salted dark chocolate.
If you feel the same way, then you’ll love this Salted Dark Chocolate Chunk Skillet Cookie. It’s a salted chocolate lover’s dream!
Take it from me. 🙂
I didn’t bake any cookies for you at Christmas, but I am coming at you with a gigantic one today so I think that makes up for it.
This recipe was adapted from my Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies, which are some of my favorite cookies ever.
One of the best things about this skillet cookie is that there’s no high maintenance cookie stuff going on. There’s no chilling the dough required, no spreading to worry about, and no juggling multiple parchment-lined cookie sheets.
You are welcome!
This Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie takes only 5-10 minutes of prep and one skillet. That skillet doesn’t even have to be greased if it’s cast iron.
This just keeps sounding better and better doesn’t it?
It does sound too good to be true, but you know I wouldn’t lie to you. I love my cookies thick and chewy, and this skillet cookie is the best way to achieve that.
I’ve made cookies time and time again, and even after chilling the dough they’ve spread. I’m not really into thin and crispy cookies, so that’s a huge disappointment for me.
This recipe will come out perfectly for you every single time — it’s full proof! And is there anything more fun than having a slice of cookie, possibly with ice cream on top?
I think I know the answer to that.
As I mentioned, if you have a cast iron skillet there’s no need to grease it. If you have any other type, I highly recommend greasing it.
If you don’t have a skillet suitable for this recipe, you can certainly use a cake pan, but cooking time will vary depending on the size (if it’s 8″ the dough will be deeper and may take a few more minutes in the oven).
This skillet cookie is highly customizable. If you don’t have dark chocolate chunks, substitute with any type of chocolate chips, mini M&M’s or what have you.
If you like nuts in you cookies, or even sprinkles, by all means add them!
The possibilities of this skillet cookie are endless, but in my book, it’s already perfect. 🙂
Salted Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 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.
- 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.
- Add the dry ingredients and beat on low speed until just combined. Fold in all but 3 tablespoons of the dark chocolate chunks.
- Spoon the batter into a cast iron skillet (I use a 10 3/4" Le Creuset skillet) and spread until smooth, then press the remaining chocolate chunks into the top.
- Bake for 25-30 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.
- Slice and serve with ice cream if desired, and enjoy!
Notes
- If you like you skillet cookie on the gooey side, bake for 20-25 minutes. If you like yours 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!
Nutrition
Nutrition is estimated using a food database and is only intended to be used as a guideline for informational purposes.
15 Comments on “Salted Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie”
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!
This gigantic cookie is calling my name! Love the dark chocolate chunks and flakey set salt! Perfect dessert for Valentine’s day!
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! 🙂
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! 🙂
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! 🙂
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
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. ?
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!
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!