In honor of the US women’s Olympic hockey team winning the gold medal and our men’s team taking on Canada for gold Sunday, I really wanted to step up my dessert game.   I saw Costco has this new chocolate chip cookie bar cake –  a  chocolate cake layer, creamy filling with pieces of edible cookie dough, chocolate chip cookie cake, topped with a thin layer of chocolate frosting.   I think next time, I would put the cookie cake layer on the bottom (because it is kind of heavy) or make a yellow layer and add chocolate chips to it.  It took a while to make, but the weather is not great, so why not try this?

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cups so you get the right amount.  Same goes for your powdered sugar and baking cocoa.  And, preheat your oven before baking.

Before you start this process,  take out 4 and 1/2 sticks of butter and set aside, so they soften.

Also take out 3/4 cup ice cream and put in a cup before baking, in the fridge, so it melts.

I didn’t want to make this using 9×13 pans, so I found these 8×10 at the dollar tree.

• Fudgy chocolate cake layer ingredients
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 1/4 cups brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cups
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 1 /4 cup plus 2 tbs unsweetened baking cocoa
• 1/2 tso baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup hot water

Directions -Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line an 8×10 pan with parchment paper and set aside.  In a bowl, combine melted butter and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Mix in dry ingredients.    Pour in water and just stir until batter evenly blended.  Pour into prepared pan.  Bake 25 to 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.  Cool completely.

• Chocolate chip cookie cake ingredients
• 1 cup butter, melted and cooled 5 minutes
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tbs cornstarch
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup chocolate chips (plus 1/2 cup)

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line an 8×10 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray.  Set aside.  In a bowl, blend butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, yolk and vanilla.  Add dry ingredients.  Mix in 1 cup chips. Press into prepared pan.  Sprinkle 1/2 cup chips on top.  Gently press down gently.  Bake 30 minutes (edges will be golden).  Cool completely.

• Ice cream flavored filling ingredients
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup ice cream, melted
• 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• Milk

Directions – in a bowl, using a hand mixer,  blend butter and melted ice cream smooth.  Slowly, blend in powdered sugar and enough milk to get the consistency you want.

• Edible cookie dough ingredients
• 2 cup flour (heated in a microwave safe bowl for 60 seconds for safety purposes)
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, using a hand mixer, beat brown sugar and butter for 2 minutes.   Add vanilla.  Mix in flour then mini chips.  Scoop out tsp of dough.  Set aside.

• Chocolate frosting ingredients
• 2 tbs butter, melted
• 2 tbs unsweetened baking cocoa
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tbs milk

Directions – in a bowl, blend butter and cocoa.  Mix in powdered sugar.  Add enough milk to get the consistency you want.

Now it’s time to assemble this monstrosity!  I am putting this together like Costco does… but next time, I think I will put the chocolate chip cookie cake layer on the bottom, perhaps leave out the cookie dough pieces from the filling and maybe skip the frosting, or drizzle  melted chocolate chips.

On a tray, place the chocolate cake layer.

Evenly spread ice cream filling on top.

Gently press in cookie dough pieces.

Top with chocolate chip cookie dough layer.

Frost with chocolate frosting.

A side view

Cut into pieces and store in covered container.

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