I love making “Skillet Desserts” because they are quick to make and clean-up is easy! I mix all my ingredients … add them to my cast iron skillet … then slide the skillet into the oven to bake. After that, all that is left to do is to turn on the coffee pot and voilà! … dessert and coffee are ready to serve, as soon as we finish eating! This Chocolate Chip Cookie Skillet Dessert is yummy and it is the easiest dessert I make! Just use “pre-made” chocolate cookie dough (found in the refrigerated “baked goods” section in the grocery store) or … if you’re not in a hurry, you can make this dessert using your own favorite cookie recipe.
I was thrilled when my mother lovingly gave me her cast iron skillet, several years ago! I cherish the memories I recall of Mom using it and remember watching her make Goulash … “Gravel Gravy” … fried chicken … fried okra … and all kinds of delicious gravies in it. I can still see her dear hands, on the same handle I now hold, while I make Italian frittatas, golden cornbread, a yummy cobbler, or a Skillet Dessert! Fun Fact: I recently read that cast iron skillets are being “willed” like other valuables to family members and are being passed down through the generations!
Spray cast iron skillet with cooking oil.
Press cookie dough into the bottom and up the sides of the pan, about 1″ thick.
Let cookie cool, 5-10 minutes before loading scoops of vanilla ice cream in the center of the cookie.
Drizzle Hershey’s chocolate syrup in a grid pattern across the cookie and ice cream.
Then add Hershey’s caramel syrup, turning your pan, to make a crisscross pattern across the dessert.