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Pizookies are the bomb! by the way, I found a place that sells the 6-inch deep dish pans... here is the link: http://www.chefscatalog.com/product/24715-Chicago-Metallic-Personal-Deep-Dish-Pizza-Pans.aspx What I'm looking for are the smaller pans that BJ's uses for the Mini Trio Pizookie platter. I'm guessing they are about 4 inches in diameter. I'd feel alot less guilty eating one that size... :)

Erin,
I love the commentary almost as much as the pizookie itself. And that says alot. We tried this tonight and had a blast! We decided that we over baked ours (8 inch pie pan) and that it needs premium ice cream to really get the total effect. Thanks again, Erin for all the effort you put into this!

This sounds marvelous! I think I will make it for after the kids first day of school snack this week! Thanks also for the clever , witty writing, it made me laugh on a crummy morning!

Pizzeria Uno serves up something similar called the Uno Deep Dish Sundae...same concept, amazingly good. The have introduced a Mega Sized version for when the regular just isn't enough. I share with my husband, but prior to eating it, I have learned to draw a line in the cookie, separating it into "his and hers"...if I don't do that, he will eat his half so fast that he begins to encroach upon my ice cream/cookie space...a big no no.

Just learned there's a BJ's near me. A trip there is in my future. :)

Get over yourself, Jim.

My favorite summertime dessert as a kid was "fruit pizza." A gigantic pizza-sized sugar cookie (probably 12 inches in diameter), with cream cheese frosting and slices of fresh fruit, usually berries & kiwi. My mom and I could polish one off in 2 days. Amazing!

My fiance and I like to make these all the time, though we were unaware of pizookies until after we'd "invented" them on our own. We had a tub of cookie dough and a pizza pan and just thought "giant cookie!!" We've started to make "skillet cookies" in a small cast-iron skillet, and actually like the texture better. Most of the time we don't even make it to adding ice cream, we just eat it with forks straight out of the skillet. :)

I am confused--how is this not just a large chocolate chip cookie topped with ice cream. What makes it pizza like? Why refrigerated dough?

Oh Oregano's. My high school/college hungover days were filled with your glory. There is almost always a wait, but if you roll out of bed around 10:30, brush your teeth, change your clothes (or not), and get there at opening around 11, a pizookie is pretty much the ultimate hangover breakfast.

I am a big fan of Pinotage, though I don't drink coffee at all. For inexpensive Pinotage, I recommend Hill & Dale, which is usually under $10. For higher end, the Kanonkop, around $35 or so, is fantastic.

You can find great info on Pinotage at Peter May's "The Pinotage Club", a blog devoted to just Pinotage. http://pinotageclub.blogspot.com

This place is just amazing. Being from Socal, there are a bunch of Pho places to choose from, but this is by far my favorite Pho place. The soup is so flavorful and fresh and the meat/noodles are cooked just perfectly! I highly recommend this place!

clemon79: The boss at PTC is definitely not big on hospitality, and lots of people choose to bring their business elsewhere -- which is a shame given the quality of their food. I've got quite a thick skin though, so I've been managing ;)

variaas: I know they have a "pho with no meat" option. But I believe the broth will still be meat-based. PTC isn't very vegetarian friendly because even their salads have fish sauce in the dressing. The iced coffee is veggie though, and (to my mind) worth the trip!