Famous Chocolate Chip Cookie Bowl with Ice Cream and Fruit {4 Recipes in 1!}

May 26, 2014 by Alysha 27 Comments

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If you know me at all, it’s no secret that I love homemade chocolate chip cookies. My friends get cookies for pretty much every event in their lives. Sorry guys. Maybe someday I’ll make you something else.

Why do I make cookies so often? #1. Difficuly: EASY. #2. Time: 20 minutes. #3: They’re DELICIOUS.

There are, of course, a lot of good cookie recipes out there. But this one is probably the best. 😉 When I married my husband, his family shared their coveted chocolate chip cookie recipe with me. And now I’m sharing it with you. {Yes, you are that awesome.}

Grandma Diane’s Famous Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

INGREDIENTS

1 1/3 cup shortening

2 cups sugar

1 cup brown sugar

4 eggs

2 t soda

1 t salt

2 t vanilla

4 1/2 cups flour

Chocolate Chips

Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes. Don’t overbake.

*Recipe is already doubled. Cause 2 dozen just isn’t enough. 😉

I wanted to make something fun and tasty for Father’s Day this year…but with a 2 year old and 4 month old, time is hardly on my side. This recipe is my go-to dessert and makes FANTASTIC regular cookies, but I decided to add a little twist to it.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BOWL

To create the bowls…it’s pretty complicated. Scoop your cookie dough into the muffin tin and shape it like a bowl. 😉 Difficult, right?

*Don’t forget to grease your muffin tin. My favorite stuff to use is the spray from Pam that is specifically for baking. This stuff is awesome.

Fill cups about 3/4 full.

Next, you’ll want to make circular indentations into the cookie dough. I prefer to use an ice cream scooper, but whatever method you’d like to use is fine.

When you’re done they should look something like this.

Bake the cookie dough for 10-12 minutes, or until they are golden brown.

Wait until the cookie bowls have completely cooled, and then use a small spatula or butter knife to lift them from the pan.

15 minutes later and you’re almost done, woohoo!

Now is the fun part. Filling them! (If you haven’t eaten them yet.)

ICE CREAM COOKIE BOWL

It’s only natural to fill these yummies with ice cream, right? Ice cream with lots, and lots of toppings.

Some of our favorites are SKOR, Butterfinger, and Oreos.

I should mention that you should only fill these right before you’re about to serve them or you’re going to have a soggy cookies and milk concoction. (Which doesn’t sound too bad actually.) 😉

Add a little caramel and chocolate syrup, and voila!

FRUIT COOKIE BOWL

Another fun variation for the fruit lovers out there. I prefer to leave the chocolate chips out of these bowls, but I don’t like mixing fruit with chocolate. I know, I’m weird.

For the fruit bowls, mix vanilla yogurt and cream cheese for the filling, and then add the chopped fruit on top. Easy peasy and SO GOOD.

Wouldn’t these be cute for a 4th of July party?

Which do you prefer? Fruit or chocolate?

Both you say? You are women after my own heart. 😉

These would be the perfect addition to your Father’s day BBQ this weekend. Maybe with some Tiger Burgers?

Enjoy!