How to make rocky road cookie pizza

1. Heat oven to 350°F.
2. Grease 12-inch pizza pan with shortening or cooking spray. In pan, break up cookie dough. With floured fingers, press dough evenly in bottom of pan to form crust.
3. Bake 12 to 17 minutes or until light golden brown  
4. Sprinkle marshmallows, peanuts and chocolate chips evenly over crust. Drizzle with caramel topping.  
5. Bake 8 to 10 minutes longer or until topping is melted. Cool completely, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Cut into wedges.

1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated chocolate chip cookies  
1 cup miniature marshmallows  
1/2 cup salted peanuts  
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips  
1/3 cup caramel topping  

12-inch pizza pan
Cooking spray

LISA: Hi I’m Lisa Birnbach for howdini.com and this is Lauren Chattman for Pillsbury. Hi Lauren.

LAUREN: Hi how are you?

LISA: Fine thank you. And meet my very close new friend: rocky road cookie pizza. Cookie and pizza representing two of my favorite food groups and possibly the most important food groups to some kids I could name. Let’s get started.

LAUREN: All right we’re going to make this with chocolate chip refrigerated cookie dough, peanuts, chocolate chips, marshmallows, and a little bit of caramel sauce. And I already have here one roll of the dough broken into pieces. We’re just going to dump that into our pizza pan.

LISA: Our pizza pan!

LAUREN: That’s right.

LISA: So really, this would be a great dessert for a pizza meal.

LAUREN: That’s right. Have a pizza party with a pizza for dessert. This is a greased pizza pan.

LISA: Uh-huh.

LAUREN: All right so you finish pressing it out all the way to the edges. That bakes in a 350-degree oven for about 12 to 17 minutes until it’s golden brown. Now we’re ready for the toppings. Okay I’ve got half a cup of peanuts.

LISA: And we sprinkle?

LAUREN: That’s right.

LISA: Could you put other candy on this?

LAUREN: What I think is good is different kinds of chips: butterscotch chips, white chocolate chips would be really good if you want to vary the flavors. So that was half a cup of chocolate chips. This is a cup of mini marshmallows. Sprinkle those around and spread them out. Drizzle on our caramel sauce.

LISA: That looks pretty sweet.

LAUREN: And it’s ready to go back into that 350-degree oven.

LISA: For how long?

LAUREN: 8 to 10 minutes should do it.

LISA: And then you have something great looking just like this and Lauren, that’s your piece.

LAUREN: Oh thanks a lot Lisa.

LISA: Thank you Lauren. The rest is for me. For more clever recipes, tips, and techniques visit Pillsbury.com. I’m Lisa Birnbach for howdini.