Sweet and salty potato chip and chocolate chip cookie made in a cast iron skillet.
Way back in the 1970’s my sister used to make potato chip cookies. It was quite innovative at the time. A little outside the box.
Today I am putting a little spin on that yummy 70’s snack idea by adding chocolate chips and making them (it?) in a cast iron skillet!
What the what?
I know.
One big old honkin’ cookie of goodness. Both salty and sweet at the same time and just loaded with taste!
My cast iron skillet is somewhat new and it came pre-seasoned. Yawn. I’m not sure why they even put that label on a cast iron skillet, because it was NOT truly pre-seasoned. Not seasoned like your grandmother would have seasoned it.
But oh well, I seasoned it up the good old fashioned way and have been frying stuff up in it for the last few months.
BTW, Jessi at Practically Functional has a great tutorial on How To Clean And Season A Dirty Or Rusty Cast Iron Skillet if yours is in need of a good seasoning.
And then I thought, hey, let’s bake up a big old cookie in it!
This was my first time baking in my cast iron skillet and it will not be the last!
I did grease the bottom and sides with a little bit of butter prior to putting the batter in it. If your skillet is properly seasoned (like really really seasoned, not fake marketing talk kind of seasoned), you should not have to do this, but I was not taking any chances with this hunky piece of sweet and salty Heaven.
Can I say hunky and Heaven in the same sentence?
Potato Chip And Chocolate Skillet Cookie Recipe
The perfect combination of salty and sweet with a little bit of crunch make this quick and easy cookie recipe a winner at our house!
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 stick butter or margarine softened
- 1 large egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup crushed potato chips
- caramel flavored topping to drizzle on top Optional
- sea salt to sprinkle on top Optional
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine flour, baking soda and salt in medium sized mixing bowl and set aside.
- In large mixing bowl combine brown sugar, granulated sugar, softened butter or margarine and vanilla extract. Beat on medium until creamy.
- Add egg and beat.
- Add dry ingredients and mix well.
- Gently stir in chocolate chips and crushed potato chips by hand.
- Spread evenly into your cast iron skillet.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 18-20 minutes or until the top is light golden brown.
You can substitute milk chocolate chips for the semi-sweet chocolate chips if you prefer.
If your cast iron skillet is not highly seasoned already you can lightly butter the bottom and sides.
I like the crunchiness of the kettle-cooked chips, but your could use other styles of chips (wavy, traditional, etc).
Have you made a cookie in your cast iron skillet yet?
GIVEAWAY UPDATE: I almost forgot!!! The winner of the Plaid Lunchbox and Amazon Gift Card Giveaway was Debra from Florida! I’ve already contacted her and sent her gift out. I am so on the ball this weekend, must be all the chocolate chips I ate while making the cookie!
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Rachel
I cannot wait to try this recipe!!!
Shearer Debra Schlegel
Oh yum! I will definitely try this! Chocolate and chips are my 2 favorite things! Thanks so much for running the giveaway! I look forward to receiving the lunchbox and the gift card! I see a hot chocolate bar in my future!
Sue Pagels
Wish it had been me, but congrats to Debra from Florida!! The cookie looks great too!
Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces
I forgot about potato chip cookies! This recipe looks SO good…you had me at sweet and salty! I need to make this for one of our family gatherings this summer…pinning!
Congrats to Debra!
Lorraine
I’m going to try this recipe! I thought for sure I would win the lunch box. Oh well….try again.
Barbara Chapman ~
Soooo yummy! Definitely pinned to my Yummy! board for you. <3 I love the story about the seasoning of the skillet ~ no, they aren't up to Gramma's standards. You'll love it for baking pot roasts in the oven, too! That's one of the things I can't do at the moment in our trailer ~ no real oven. I miss it! If you ever get a Dutch oven {or five like we have; we had them for Scouting}, cook a cherry cobbler in it using pie filling and lining it with aluminum foil first. OMGosh it's incredibly good!!! You put grey coals under and on top of the lid and cook for the regular time, adding charcoal coals as needed. Oh, and chicken with veggies and potatoes in a Dutch oven is heaven! Use cabbage on the bottom to keep all from burning. Okay, that's my only good cooking I can do. 🙂
Have a great week,
Barb 🙂
FLORENCE
Oooo, my kind of sweet recipe! I love the sweet-salty combo. Pinned.
taryterre@aol.com
how clever is this. yum yum.
Maria
I have gone to heaven and back, this has to be the most delicious recipe for chips.
Maria
Kenyatta
This is so interesting. I love sweet and salty, but have never tried this combo before.