Chocolate croissants might have won the poll for what to make with my See’s chocolate chips, but my grandma won the prize for making a suggestion that caused me to put the croissants on hold and bake something else immediately. That something? Chocolate Chip Pizza, one of my favorite childhood treats.
I was trying to explain to Matt what Chocolate Chip Pizza was, and a google image search proved to be of little help. All of the pictures that popped up were either of pizza dough sprinkled with chocolate chips or pizza-sized chocolate chip cookies, neither of which were what I was looking for. The version that I grew up eating consists of a cookie-ish base that’s topped with a generous amount of chocolate chips and marshmallows and baked until the marshmallows turn golden brown. It’s kind of like a giant s’more with a nutty, buttery base in place of the graham crackers. If you don’t eat it straight from the oven, the marshmallows turn into a slightly chewy, slightly crunchy crust that is irresistible.
The recipe makes two pie-sized pizzas, which I halved because I probably couldn’t hold myself back from eating them both. I guess the nice thing to do would have been to make two and send one to my grandparents, but in addition to not holding up in 90-degree heat, and I can hear my grandma saying, “Oh, Kirsten, this is way too much. We don’t eat that much anymore, and we don’t need all of this food.”* Oh well. I’m happy to have an excuse to make this again the next time I head to Iowa.
*If you know my grandma, all of the emphases make sense.
Chocolate Chip Pizza
Makes 2
- 1 cup all-purpose or cake flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Chocolate chips
- Mini marshmallows
Dry ingredients
Wet ingredients
Base layer
Chocolate layer
Marshmallow layer
Make this for the 4th! It takes about five minutes to throw together, and it’s a great thing for kids to help with.
Looks delicious, I love the addition of the marshmallows on top!
This might end up being one of my last pregnant splurges before I have to cut back and lose baby weight. I just…can’t think of anything more worthy. Yum.
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OMG, I just read this carefully and you know your grandmother too well!! Now I really want to make chocolate chip pizzas and I may use my Sees chips – I think it would be a worthy first usage!