cookies + creme dessert pizza
Please tell me I’m not the only one who grew up going to those Pizza Hut buffets and would always get the dessert pizza.
Let me take you on a walk down memory lane — er, buffet table. There was this huge, long table (or at least it felt that way for wee Stephanie) with a bazillion pizzas on it, and at the end was a dessert pizza. It had a cookie crust, and it was topped with some congealed fruit topping, a microwave sugar glaze and some streusel. In hindsight, it was probably the most disgusting thing ever, but at the time it was allIwantedever because it was dessert. Some things haven’t changed.
I have fond memories of those dessert pizza-eating days, and yet since the buffet location shut near my hometown it’s been a few and far day that I’ve indulged in a sweet cookie pizza. So when Hershey’s and Betty Crocker teamed up to create a new line of frostings and mixes and asked a few bloggers to create new recipes with them, I didn’t skip a beat before deciding that a dessert pizza was in order — and not one with congealed fruit topping on it, thankyouverymuch.
So let’s just cut to the chase and break down this cookie/pizza situation, shall we? For maximum cookie-ness and creme-ness, the base is a Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Creme cookie mix baked like a pizza. Then, we top it with some whipped cream and cream cheese frosting, chocolate chips and crushed cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, and top all that with a white chocolate drizzle. Whew. This dessert pizza doesn’t mess around.
My pro suggestions for this pizza are as follows: Make it soon, make it for your friends and family, wait two seconds until everyone raves over dessert pizza, watch as it disappears. Repeat.
P.S. Check out the full line of Hershey’s® products here.
PrintCookies ‘n’ Creme Dessert Pizza
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 12 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 box Hershey’s® Cookies ‘n’ Creme cookie mix
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1/2 cup Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy cream cheese frosting
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips, plus more for melting and drizzling
- 1 cup crushed cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for a dark or non-stick pan). Spray a 12 or 13-inch pizza pan with cooking spray.
- Combine cookie mix, softened butter and water in a large bowl; stir until a dough forms. Press dough into a 12-inch circle on prepared pizza pan.
- Bake until lightly brown on edges and set in the center, about 12 to 15 minutes. Cool completely on pizza pan, about 1 hour.
- In a large bowl, beat whipping cream until soft peaks form. Stir in cream cheese frosting.
- Spread mixture evenly on top of cooled cookie pizza. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and crushed cookie pieces. Melt a handful of white chocolate chips and drizzle over cookie pizza.
Disclosure: I received compensation from Betty Crocker for recipe development purposes. All opinions are my own.
I love cookies and cream anything! LOVE this!
I love a good dessert pizza, and this is such a great idea! Cookies and cream is always a good way to go.
Wow, yum. What a dream come true. I’ve actually always wanted to get the dessert pizzas whenever they’re an option at a pizza parlor, but I guess I get distracted by all the savory options haha. Love this though. Now I can make my own dessert pizza at home! (:
What kid could say no to a dessert pizza!? Just hearing the two words together sends me right back to childhood.
Now this is my kind of pizza! Love-love-love.
This looks ridiculously amazing, Stephanie! I’ve actually never had dessert pizza, but this seems to be a pretty good place to start (:
You had me at cookies & creme, I need this pizza in my life!
What! Oh dear lordy, this is gonna be the death of me. I cannot get enough of this gorgeous dessert pizza, Steph!
Looks so yummy! Loving this creative idea!
We were definitely one of those families at Pizza Hut! Loved that place. Can’t imagine what we were thinking but, oh well. Lovely, yummy recipe. Dessert pizzas are awesome!!
Gah!!! This looks like something I would make, eat half of, then hide the rest so I wouldn’t have to share!
I’m adding it to my splurge list.
Dessert pizzas are the absolute BEST!
I love the idea of making this into a pizza. I featured it on my Friday Five – Flatbread & Pizza addition over @ Feed Your Soul Too – http://www.feedyoursoul2.com/2013/12/friday-five-flatbreads-pizza.html
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