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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.
marcie says
Here’s to your 16 year old genius! That’s amazing that he’s doing so well in accelerated learning, and I laughed out loud when you referred to him as little nugget! 🙂
These little cookie pies are so small that I wouldn’t feel bad about eating a dozen one little bit. And I totally would!
Tasha @thatssoyummy says
These look incredible and perfect, I could eat definitely more that 2… 🙂
Sommer @aspicyperspective says
Oh my, this looks heavenly!
Michele @TwoRaspberries says
completely droolingggg over this! this would make my “cookie monster” self veryyy happy! YUM!
aimee @ like mother like daughter says
Oh my goodness, with a big scoop of ice cream these are little treats of perfection!!
Karly says
Ice cream is a brilliant idea!
Liz @ Ready to Yumble says
Hurray for mini pies! Love the idea of a cookie dough filling. Pretty sure your entire family is full of geniuses – not just your son, but you and your cookie creativity!
Sam @ SugarSpunRun says
These are PERFECTION! Seriously I love everything about this recipe! And congrats to your son for starting college classes so early! I was homeschooled up until college but wasn’t that ambitious 😉
Marsha | Marsha's Baking Addiction says
I LOVED watching the process of these being made in the video. These really are the best of both worlds! Cookie and pie… Yum!
Stephanie | Worth Whisking says
Or just eat the leftover dough. Oh, wait. Is that just me? 🙂 This mini pies are so cute; love this idea!
And chocolate syrup is always a good finishing touch!
You must be so proud of your son! That’s very awesome!
Karly says
Good plan! Leftover dough shall not go to waste. 😉
Bunny Peters says
My “smiley face” after “…..buffet” was changed into a “?”
NOT my intended emoji….. I should have typed: ” 🙂 ” to indicate a “smiley face” ….. Sorry for any confusion.
Bunny Peters says
Congratulations on your son’s achievment. It is fantastic to be able to get college credits while in high school!!!
These cookie pies look wonderful. A welcome change for a dessert buffet?
I need to make enough of these cookie pies for a brunch with ~140 attendees (~1/3 of the group will be kids, 10 & under).
I have some muffin tins that will make “2-bite” sized muffins & others that will make “1-bite” sized muffins.
What sized muffin tins did you use? I know I will need to make multiple batches of this recipe. I am not really sure how many batches I will need for 140 guests….. I would LOVE some advice!!!
Thank you very much in advance for advice.
J@BlessHerHeartYall says
Well yes, now I am so so hungry…. for about a pan of these little treats! This is such a cute idea and I bet these go over BIG time at parties!
Haley D. Williams says
These are SO cute! I love mini desserts because it means I get more than one and I will definitely need more than one of these 🙂
Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary says
Clearly you are a master at all the things, including teaching and cooking/baking! Jack of all traits over here! 😉 LOVE these cookie pies!! I mean, how freakin’ cute are these!? I just love anything mini, especially when it involves cookies and pies! I’ll take at least 3 dozen. Cheers!
Karly says
Aw, thank you! 🙂
cookbook queen says
Oh my gosh, he’s growing up SO fast! You’ve obviously been an amazing teacher.
And an amazing baker bc OMG I’m majorly dead over these little gooey pies!
Karly says
Thanks, Kristan!