A skillet cookie or pizookie is a dessert made from a large

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, prepared in a

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and served warm, usually topped with

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Description

Skillet cookies are usually served warm, often topped with ice cream and/or syrup, and usually served in the small skillet they were prepared in. The "pizookie" name is a

portmanteau In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together.

of the words "pizza" and "cookie," as the cookie resembles a

deep-dish pizza Chicago-style pizza is pizza prepared according to one of several styles developed in Chicago. It can refer to both the well-known deep-dish or stuffed pizzas and the lesser-known thin-crust "tavern-style" pizzas. The pan used to bake deep-dis ...

cooked in a skillet.

BJ's Pizookie®

BJ's Restaurants was founded in 1978 in

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, with the dessert mashup being created shortly after. In the aftermath of

Hurricane Harvey Hurricane Harvey was a devastating tropical cyclone that made landfall in Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, causing catastrophic flooding and more than 100 deaths. It is tied with 2005's Hurricane Katrina as the costliest tropical cy ...

, BJ's donated all proceeds from their $3 Pizookies on Tuesdays to the

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to help with disaster relief. In celebration of National Cereal Day in 2019, BJ's sold Cinnamon Toast Crunch and

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Pizookies for a limited time. In 2022, the

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S'more A s'more (alternatively spelled smore, pronounced , or ) is a confectionary, confection consisting of toasted marshmallow and chocolate sandwiched between two pieces of graham cracker, graham crackers. S'mores are popular in the United States an ...

Pizookie returned for National S'mores Day. A "Spooky Pizookie" debuted in 2023, having a Halloween theme. BJ's held a virtual event on their

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page in August 2020, educating the public about the behind-the-scenes of the Pizookie. In 2021, to celebrate 25 years in the beer business, BJ's created a Pizookie-flavored

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Variations

BJ's offers many variations on their Pizookies. These flavors include

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cookies and cream Cookies and cream (or cookies 'n cream) is a variety of ice cream, milkshake, and other desserts that includes chocolate sandwich cookies, with the most popular version containing hand or pre-crumbled cookies from Nabisco's Oreo brand under a lic ...

red velvet cake Red velvet cake is a red-colored layer cake with cream cheese or ermine icing. The origin of the cake is unknown, although it is popular in the Southern United States and has been served as a dessert at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria hotel s ...

chocolate chip Chocolate chips or chocolate morsels are small chunks of sweetened chocolate, used as an ingredient in a number of desserts (notably chocolate chip cookies and muffins), in trail mix and less commonly in some breakfast foods such as pancakes. ...

white chocolate White chocolate is a chocolate made from cocoa butter, sugar and milk solids. It is Ivory (color), ivory in color and lacks the dark appearance of most other types of chocolate as it does not contain the non-fat components of cocoa (cocoa sol ...

macadamia ''Macadamia'' is a genus of four species of trees in the flowering plant family Proteaceae. They are indigenous to Australia—specifically, northeastern New South Wales and central and southeastern Queensland. Two species of the genus are comm ...

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shortcake Shortcake generally refers to a dessert with a crumbly scone-like texture. There are multiple variations of shortcake, most of which are served with fruit and cream. One of the most popular is strawberry shortcake, which is typically served wit ...

, oatmeal raisin

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, and

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. It is also occasionally accompanied with toppings such as

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, nuts, and chocolate chips.

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BJ's Pizookie®

Variations

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