If you’re familiar with the BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse chain, you’ve surely had a run-in with the Pizookie. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, a Pizzokie is a Pizza Cookie, of course! Also known as one of the greatest dessert inventions ever. However, as beautifully conceived as this concept is…a hot, melting, gooey cookie in your own little pan, topped with heaping scoops of vanilla ice cream, BJ’s falls short of brilliant by using crappy ingredients. I could tell that they didn’t use real butter in the cookies and the vanilla ice cream could not have been more bland. Really, it’s hard to mess up vanilla ice cream, people. Alas, I did nail the order by getting half Chocolate Chip cookie and half Red Velvet Cookie with White Chocolate Chips. The combo was awesome and the Red Velvet cookie better masked the poor quality of the ingredients. After the Pizookie, I went across the street to Diddy Riese for a good ol’ comparison. Ooooh, Very interesting. Tune in next week for the results!
PS: Freak-out alert- the Pizookie has roughly 1,120 calories. WTF!? I NEVER count calories or fat, but freaking BJ’s has it right there on the menu. I would have totally inhaled the whole thing had I not known. (Sigh) Ignorance is Bliss~
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So frustrating when they put the calories/fat/etc on the menu. I know we’re trying to educate people about healthy eating, but really – let’s keep it available to view (on the table as a side piece), but having it next to the menu item is sad and discouraging.
You need to try Chunk-N-Chip cookies (cookie ice cream sandwiches….).
1120 calories in one little dish? Oh, that still would give me 80 calories for the rest of the meal… and for the day. sheesh! Ignorance IS bliss but it will make us fatties.
this looks similar to the dessert i had at mohawk bend – only they don’t call it a pizookie -
http://theactorsdiet.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/mohawk-bend/
just a cookie in a cast iron skillet with ice cream? am i missing something that makes it a “pizza???”
Pizzokie!!!! This looks delicious and wonderful.
OMG, looks amazing, reminds me of Jones Apple Pie!
Wow, the red velvet sounds fabulous! Yes, you better have great ingredients in a fresh cookie like that. I blogged one a while back and was thinking of trying another one soon as I bake way too much when it is cold, but wow, the calories can make you stop and think. I know, my husband and I used to blissfully sit in the hot tub and have a Haagen Dazs bar (before they shrunk their size) and then have a second one. Then they put the fat grams on the package and they were 33 grams each back then. We quit that nasty little habit right away!