This Air Fryer Pizookie can be ready in a fraction of the time that an oven-baked Pizookie is ready — plus, with this recipe, there are no special pans required (just some foil)! This Pizookie has a crisp crust with an ultra-gooey interior and pools of melty chocolate. Top your deep dish cookie with your favorites — vanilla bean ice cream and a drizzle of chocolate sauce or caramel sauce.
This recipe is for a chocolate-chip Pizookie, but in this post, I’ll share how to easily customize flavors to try a different type of cookie or several different types of cookies at once.
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Air Fryer Pizookie
As much as my family loves cookies (it’s a lot!), there is something so fun about having a big cookie pie, loaded with vanilla ice cream, for all of us to share around the table.
Deep dish Pizookies are a favorite dessert in my home (we’re obsessed with this S’mores Pizookie), and now it’s even more readily available with an air fryer! Between waiting for the oven to preheat and then baking a Pizookie it takes nearly twice as long as an air fryer will take.
Recipe expectations
The texture of this deep dish Air Fryer Pizookie is slightly different. The edges, bottom, and top of the cookie are more crispy while the interior is very soft, chewy, and slightly more underbaked. If you don’t enjoy a gooey, slightly under-baked cookie, this recipe probably won’t be your favorite. (Try these DoubleTree® Cookies for a crispier cookie.)
It’s also best to eat this Pizookie right out of the air fryer. Leftovers don’t store very well — the slightly under-baked interior tends to make the rest of the cookie mushy as it sits. So plan to bake and eat this in one sitting for best results.
Quick Tip
Pizookie is a hybrid word combining pizza and cookie. It’s perfect for those days when you need a pizza-sized cookie! Pizookie is actually a registered trademark with BJ’s Restaurants and Brewhouses, but is also featured in many other restaurants. Typically, pizookies are made in a cast-iron skillet, but this recipe using an air fryer cuts the cooking time down considerably!
Air Fryer Pizookie Tools Needed
- Air fryer. I use, love, and recommend this Air Fryer (affiliate link). Air fryers do vary a bit from brand to brand, so timing may need to be slightly tweaked for your specific model when making this Pizookie.
- Aluminum foil. Instead of having to find a unique pan to insert into the air fryer insert, we’ve tested this recipe by using foil and it works perfectly! Stack two sheets of aluminum foil on top of each other and form them to fit the base of your air fryer insert, aiming to make it 2-3 inches tall. Generously grease with cooking spray and then, when ready to bake the Pizookie, press the cookie-filled foil “pan” into the heated air fryer (carefully to avoid burning yourself).
- Cooking spray. To ensure this Air Fryer Pizookie doesn’t stick too much to the bottom of the foil, be sure to generously grease the foil before adding in the dough.
One dough, many possibilities.
One of the fun things about an Air Fryer Pizookie is the potential for different flavors in one cookie. With sets of tastebuds in the family, we’ll usually do four different flavors of cookies all in one Pizookie. Even if everyone enjoys the same type of cookie, it’s fun to have a variety of flavors all in one dessert. Here’s what we do:
- Make the cookie dough. Whip together the dough, but don’t add in the chocolate chips.
- Separate the dough into four equal parts (just eyeballing it). Add one dough portion (at a time) to a separate smaller bowl and add in a handful of unique mix-ins (ideas below). Mix together that part of the dough and then press it into one quarter of the tin foil pan.
- Repeat. Using the remaining 3 sections of dough, add unique mix-ins, and then press into the remaining quadrants of the foil pan.
- Bake as indicated in the recipe card and enjoy!
Recipe mix-in ideas
As far as how much to add in, aim for 1/3 cup of add-ins per portion of dough.
- White chocolate macadamia nut: Add in equal parts coarsely chopped (dry roasted and lightly salted) macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips.
- Funfetti: Add in white chocolate chips (or milk chocolate) and 2-3 tablespoons jimmies-style sprinkles.
- Cookies and Cream: Add in a few coarsely chopped Oreo® cookies and some white or milk chocolate chips.
- Dark chocolate pistachio: Add in equal parts of coarsely chopped (dry roasted and lightly salted) pistachios and dark chocolate chips. Sprinkle sea salt flakes on the cookie as it comes out of the air fryer.
- Peanut butter: Add in equal parts of peanut butter baking chips, peanut butter M&M’s, and miniature Reese’s® cups.
- White chocolate cranberry: Add in equal parts of dried cranberries (or dried tart cherries) and white chocolate chips.
- Triple chocolate: Add in equal parts of milk chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, and white chocolate chips.
- Other add-in ideas: Try pecans, walnuts, coarsely chopped candy bars (like KitKats, Snickers, etc.), Rolos, caramel bits.
Quick Tip
Another way to change up your Air Fryer Pizookie is to add different flavors of ice cream on top. If making a peanut butter candy-filled Pizookie, consider adding a peanut butter flavored ice cream on top. Try a salted caramel ice cream over the Triple Chocolate Pizookie or add cookies and cream ice cream to the Cookies and Cream pizookie.
Air Fryer Pizookie tips
- Air fry the insert first: We heat the air fryer insert for 10 minutes before adding our dough. This ensures a well-heated air fryer that will cook the bottom of the Pizookie at the same rate the top is cooked. We tested without heating the air fryer insert and the bottom ended up very doughy.
- Watch carefully. Air fryers will cook slightly differently from model to model, and there will also be variance depending on the size of your particular air fryer insert. Occasionally check to make sure the cookie isn’t burning. Air fryers cook a lot faster than an oven, so it can go from perfect to burnt in as little as a minute.
More cookie recipes
- Our favorite soft and chewy Snickerdoodles
- Chocolate-Chip Cookie Bars
- Soft Sugar Cookies with cream cheese frosting and sprinkles
- Avalanche Cookies peanut butter no-bake cookies
- Cornmeal Cookies with white chocolate chips
Air Fryer Pizookie
Equipment
- Aluminum foil
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter melted and slightly cooled
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar lightly packed
- 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1-1/2 cups flour see note 1
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/4 cups milk chocolate chips or dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Prep: Line a pan with 2 sheets of foil to fit your air fryer insert, folding edges up 2 to 3 inches high. Generously grease with cooking spray and set aside. Melt butter in the microwave and let it cool to room temperature.
- Wet Ingredients: In a medium bowl, whisk melted butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until fully combined, about 1–2 minutes. Add egg and vanilla and mix until combined. Heat the empty air fryer to 350°F for 10 minutes.
- Dry Ingredients: Mix flour, baking soda, and salt into the wet ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Spread smooth dough firmly and evenly in the prepared foil “pan.” Remove the hot air fryer insert and press foil pizookie into the bottom of it. Bake at 350°F for 8–10 minutes (see note 1).
- Enjoy: Remove the foil pan with tongs and transfer to a plate. Top with ice cream and serve immediately while gooey and slightly under-baked in the center. Best enjoyed fresh!
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Recipe Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I’ve used this recipe three times. It’s very good but it makes a very thick cookie that can’t cook through so now I separate the dough into two and just bake two or freeze one in the foil for another time. They are delicious and I find myself craving them. I make it always at midnight for some reason since it’s so quick.
I am so thrilled to hear this! A pizookie is for sure supposed to be a bit soft in the center but however you prefer it is best! 🙂
My air fryer has 3 trays and a door instead of opening from the top. Would you suggest just making the foil the size of one of the trays?
I think that would work!