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Well, you guys. Apparently I’m old now.
My son is starting college courses in just a couple of weeks. I don’t know how this happened.
I mean, I just gave birth to that little nugget a few weeks ago, you know? And now he’s taking college placement tests, meeting with advisors, and LEAVING ME.
So, okay, fine. He’s actually not really leaving. The kid is only 16 years old and will be a junior in high school this year. We homeschool and have a ton of flexibility with our education plans, so he’s taking some college courses while he finishes up high school. Our goal is for him to graduate high school with an Associate’s degree, but I’m not sure if we’ll make it or not. He’s only allowed to take 7 credit hours a semester, so without a lot of minimesters and summer courses, he probably won’t quite get there.
But he’ll definitely have a big head start and that’s super awesome.
Quick mom brag: When we met with his advisor last week, she looked at his reading score from his ACT and said “Oh, we don’t usually see test scores in this range. Well done.” Then she recommended he test out of English 110 and skip straight to 111. I kind of feel like I’ve raised a genius right now. Pretty proud of that kid.
Anyway, that’s enough bragging. Let’s talk about how we celebrated all this good stuff going on!
With cookies. And pie. Turned into cookie pie. Because, hey, why not, right?
These little pies are super easy and they are so fun. I love the way the pie crust balances out the sweetness of the cookie dough. It makes it a bit less rich so you’re able to eat two instead of one. 😉
Drizzle these guys with some chocolate syrup and you’re good to go!
I used my recipe for perfect chocolate chip cookies in these and just swapped in some mini chocolate chips. You’ll have a bit of dough left over. It freezes beautifully, so just pop the dough in a freezer bag for the next time you have a cookie craving. Or bake ’em up immediately. Whatever.
Mini Chocolate Chip Cookie Pies
Ingredients
- 1 recipe chocolate chip cookie dough made with mini chocolate chips
- 1 box refrigerated pie crusts 2 crusts
- chocolate syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Prepare cookie dough as directed, substituting mini chocolate chips for the regular chocolate chips.
- Roll cookie dough into 18 small cookie balls.
- Roll out pie crust and use a 3 inch diameter round cookie cutter to cut circles from the dough. Re-roll the dough as needed to end up with 12 circles.
- Place the pie crust in a muffin tin. Place a ball of cookie dough in each crust.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until crust is golden and cookie dough is mostly cooked through, though still slightly gooey.
- Drizzle with chocolate syrup before serving.
- Place remaining 6 cookie dough balls in a freezer safe bag to save for baking another day, or bake immediately at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
Susie says
can you make the dough ahead of time and freeze it? If so, does it have to be room temp when you put them in oven?
Karly says
Hi Susie! I bake regular cookies from frozen all the time, but I’ve never tried these with the pie crust. I think they’d work fine if you just add an extra couple of minutes to the bake time, but can’t say for sure.
Susie Greenbauer says
HI!
I was just going to make the dough ahead of time, thaw it out and then pair with the pie crusts. I just wasn’t sure if I had to bring the cookie dough to room temp before I pair it and bake it. I’ve made these several times. SO SO Good. Go Browned Butter!
Karly says
I don’t think you’ll need to thaw the dough first! Your crusts will get a touch more browned, but should be fine. 🙂
Carmen says
Wow, fantastic those mini pies, try for sharing
Carmen
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
awwww you did raise a genius! yay!
and obviously he gets it from you because YOU DREAMED UP THESE CCC PIES!!! I’m seriously swooning over each picture. SO SO GOOD
Karly says
Haha! Thank you!!
Krystle says
I feel like I’ve tried everything out there that involves chocolate chip cookies. These look really yummy and unique. I’ll take mine with extra chocolate syrup or maybe even hot fudge/ice cream please!
Stacey says
Wow, these are all kinds of delicious! I am going to try to make them gluten free, and hopefully I won’t ruin them 🙂 My kids left for college years ago, but returned home for graduate school. Now I’m ready for them to leave again, lol.
All that's Jas says
Oh my! You’ve got the right idea for using the muffin tin. Forget my spaghetti meatball appetizer, lol!
Btw, if I had a kid that smart, I’d be bragging too! Congrats 🙂