Large Chocolate Chip Cookie

One massive chocolate chip cookie baked right on a pizza pan using a yellow cake mix as the base. Five ingredients, no mixer, no chilling, and you’ve got a shareable cookie cake that’s crispy on the edges and chewy in the middle.

The cake mix does all the work that flour, sugar, and leavening normally handle separately. Oil and eggs bind everything together into a thick dough that spreads across the pan as it bakes. The chocolate chips melt into gooey pockets throughout. It’s a semi-homemade shortcut that genuinely delivers.

Pull it at the 20-minute mark if you like a chewier center, or go the full 25 for more crunch throughout. The cookie will firm up as it cools, so slightly underdone in the oven means just right on the plate.

Pro Tips

• Press the dough out to an even thickness on the pan. Thin edges will burn while the thick center stays raw.
• Let it cool on the pan for at least 10 minutes before slicing. It’s too soft to cut straight from the oven.
• A pizza pan works best because of the flat surface and low sides that let the edges crisp evenly.

Variations

• Use chocolate or devil’s food cake mix with white chocolate chips for a double-chocolate version.
• Press M&Ms or Reese’s Pieces into the top before baking for a candy-loaded cookie cake.
• Write a birthday message with icing after cooling for a quick, homemade cookie cake.