Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie
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This Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie is your favorite gooey chocolate chip cookie with walnuts baked in a flaky pie crust! Also known as Derby Pie, it’s super easy to make with just 5 minutes of prep time and the rest of the work is done in the oven. A slice of this dessert is rich, heavenly, and perfect served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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Take your favorite ooey gooey, freshly baked chocolate chip cookie and convert it into a pie, and that is what you have here. A slice of heaven, basically!
Other than my easy chocolate pie, this chocolate chip cookie pie (also know as Derby Pie) doesn’t get any easier. It’s made with all the traditional ingredients you would find in a classic chocolate chip cookie, mixed all together, poured into a pie shell, and baked. That’s it!
What is Derby Pie?
Derby pie was created in the Melrose Inn of Prospect, Kentucky, by George Kern with the help of his parents. It is often associated with the Kentucky Derby.
I’ve seen a few variations…one where it resembles chocolate pecan pie made with corn syrup and Bourbon, the other like this chocolate chip cookie pie with walnuts. Their original recipe is classified, but this is similar to the Melrose Inn’s famous version.
What’s in this Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie recipe?
This chocolate chip cookie pie recipe is made with all the traditional ingredients you would find in a classic chocolate chip cookie. You can find the exact measurements in the detailed printable recipe card below.
- Butter – Either salted or unsalted are fine depending on the flavor you want and what you have on hand.
- Sugars – The combination of granulated and brown sugar offer the best taste and sweetness.
- Flour – Simple all-purpose flour works just great.
- Eggs – Provides richness and gives the batter structure. Ideal when room temperature before adding to the other ingredients.
- Vanilla – Just a bit of vanilla makes a big difference in overall flavor.
- Walnuts – Finely chopped walnuts add some crunchy texture and nutty flavor. Pecans are a great option too. Or simply leave out the nuts entirely.
- Chocolate chips – I use semisweet, but really any chocolate chips work. Try it with milk chocolate, dark, white, butterscotch, or a combination!
- Pie crust – Use my 9-inch homemade pie crust or one frozen store-bought pie shell is fine.
Tips and Variations
- Buy high quality ingredients. To get the best flavor, use high quality chocolate chips (I love Ghirardelli) and nuts.
- Make it boozy. Add in a splash of Kentucky Bourbon to get it closer to authentic Derby Pie.
- Use a pie crust shield. Keep an eye during baking and toward the end, cover your crust with a pie shield or foil to ensure that it doesn’t burn.
Serving and Proper Storage
- Serving suggestions. This pie is fairly gooey right from the oven, so for easier slicing ability let it cool for a couple of hours, but when it’s still warm. (If you can’t wait that long, I completely understand.) Serving with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream is completely optional, but oh so good!
- Storing in the fridge. Once baked, this pie can sit out for a day (covered tightly with foil.) After that, it should be refrigerated and will keep up to 3 days.
- Freezer (baked.) Allow to cool completely, then wrap pie tightly with plastic wrap and again in foil. It can be frozen up to 2 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge.
- Freezer (unbaked.) Prepare as directed, wrap unbaked pie tightly in plastic wrap and also foil, freeze for no longer than 2 months. When ready to bake the pie, remove from the freezer and let it thaw in the refrigerator overnight, then bake according to the recipe instructions.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, , melted and cooled
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs, , well beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 9-inch homemade pie crust, or store-bought
- vanilla ice cream, , for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Mix all ingredients together until well combined and pour into the pie shell.
- Bake 45 to 55 minutes until crust is baked and top is golden and crackled. (Check the pie around 35 minutes and if the crust is over-browning, cover it with a crust protector or foil.)
- Serve right away if you want it warm and gooey. For a firmer texture, allow to cool for a few hours before slicing. Serve on its own or with ice cream!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and any changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are very important to you, I would recommend calculating them yourself.
Did you make this? Leave a rating below!
My kids loved this. Even my son who doesn’t like pie, liked it. I did have to make 1 1/2 recipes to fill my pie shell. They were xtra large pie pans I got this year, I guess. I put in pecans instead of walnuts because I thought my kids would eat it better that way.
love this, just yummy
Delicious and really easy to make! I will be making this over and over again.
It is the easiest dessert I’ve ever made but also so delicious!
Has anyone added peanut butter, and if so, how much and did it turn out?
All I can say is simple but delicious… so yummy!
I used a combination of semisweet and peanut butter chips! We loved this!
Made this but left out the nuts. It was so easy and incredibly delicious.
Love this pie
This was sooooo easy and hands down one of the best desserts we’ve ever had! This is a MUST MAKE! Literally the hardest part is waiting for it to cool enough to take a bite.
I want to make this recipe this week for Thanksgiving. Do you really use melted butter?? I know that melted butter in cookies is a big no-no, but …. I guess it works here?
Yes, melted butter as instructed. This pie is different than making cookies. Enjoy!
I have made this pie twice a week in the last couple of months when I found this beauty. It’s perfect and so very easy. Thank you so much
I made this for a company dinner last night. It was a hit. I made my own crust. It was easy and delicious.
Wow wow wow. SO EASY AND DELISH!!! Will 100% make again.
DEFINITELY RECOMMEND, SO EASY & YUMMY! second year making it for thanksgiving. i make a homemade oreo crust first (which is also unbelievably simple & easy) and then pour this right into and bake it!! it does not disappoint.
Hi. I’m so excited to make this! If I’m using a frozen store bought crust do I have to thaw it or bake it first?
No, you shouldn’t need to.
How should I store this pie? I am making it for a party tomorrow just on the counter or does it need to be refrigerated? Also can you freeze the pie pre cooking or how long would it last? I wanted to make one now for Thanksgiving also. Thank you!!!
Hi Sarah – this baked pie will keep airtight at room temp for up to 4 days. After that it would need to be refrigerated. Yes, this is a freezer-friendly pie. You can bake and freeze, or freeze/thaw/bake.
Could you use extra choc chips and leave out the nuts? My grand-daughters would not like the nuts.
You could just simply omit the nuts.
It looks like there is crust on the top also but the recipe doesn’t say so am I just seeing things
Haha, no you’re not seeing things. There’s no crust – a natural crispy topping forms from the ingredients while baking. It’s awesome :)
Delicious and addicting. I drizzled with caramel sauce!!
Oh, Thank you for this recipe!! We LOVE big cookies. :) Nothing like a cookie pie!!
We made this pie. Added extra chips and some hershey’s syrup to it. Turned out DELISH!! My children are already asking to make another. Thank you!! :)
cc cookie pie.
oh dear.
I made this tonight, and I ate too much. I had NO IDEA it was going to be as delicious as it was! The awesomeness is hard to describe, but it’s impossible to resist. I went twenty points over on Weight Watchers today, and I blame you. I. blame. you.
Warning: Do not make this without a lot of people to help eat it!
I’m just going to come out and say it. I love you. This pie? Heaven on a plate. Really, who needs cards when you have this pie? I can taste it from here. But I’m sure it’s even better when it’s actually in your belly.
I love this pie, so easy to make and tastes great. It has chocolate and I love chocolate. Thanks for sharing this.
I made this for poker tonight, and it was a huge hit. And the 10 minutes to prep, well, I don’t even think it took me *that* long! I made two pies, but I have one left over. I think I need to take it to the housewarming I’m going to tomorrow! I can’t have it in the house…it’s dangerous!
I was lucky because I gave 1/2 of the second pie to Quico and Sujei. Whew (wipes forehead).
Easy and so delicious!!
This was bomb.
Kids and I loved it!
What a brilliant way of combining two amazing foods.
Looks amazing! I love easy so I’ll be trying this! Thanks!
Oh. My. Gosh. Cookie Pie? My head just exploded. If I weren’t already making a berry cobbler tonight, I’d be making this immediately.
And it looks so easy! Love it!
This recipe looks so amazing. I made a mistake at the grocery store. I picked up a graham cracker crust instead. Do you think it would still be good and how long do you think I should bake with GC crust! Thank you
Pie makes everything better.
This one look scrumptious!
Oh and your husband – the man makes videos with you, I think we can let him slide on the card thing, lol.
i have made this pie– many times– it is my ooops having people for dinner – need a dessert- always have a bag of chocolate chips in the house and can whip up a pie crust – I found it in a cookbook called Capital Classics- Junior League – washington d.c………….
enjoy!
Yea!!!!! I have longed and begged for the recipe since I tasted this decadent piece of heaven! It is SO good that I am literally drooling right now thinking about my next piece. I will be making this for poker this Friday night!
I’ll take a piece with some vanilla ice cream please:-)
Of course you made pie! I wouldn’t expect anything less from the pie queen herself.
And not just any pie. This comes close to an ULTIMATE pie if ever I’ve seen one. Sounds like a pretty stellar Mother’s Day if you ask me! Card, or no card!
Amy, this pie looks incredibly tasty! My husband and I both would just die from the deliciousness if I made this! Thanks for sharing and inspiring me with something new… I’ll be saving this to try soon!
Yay Paul!
And, I… I can’t… with this pie. Want. So much. I’m having a physical reaction to the photo.