Grilled Chocolate Chip Cookies: I tried it!

I’ve had a hankering for homemade chocolate chip cookies for quite some time.

There’s just one problem: It’s hotter than Hades wearing a Speedo and swan-diving into an active volcano. (There’s a nice image to put into your head…)

On top of that, I was invited to a bachelorette party this past weekend and since we’re going to be drinking tons of different types of wine, what better to pair the flutes with than No-Bakes and Chocolate Chip cookies?

So, what do you do when you want to bake sugary delights in the middle of a heat wave?

Grill it!

No, I don’t actually grill the cookies like I would a chicken thigh or a T-bone steak. Instead, I’ve read you treat the grill like you would any conventional oven.

Seemed easy enough. I’ve seen tons of videos where people use home-made dutch ovens and cook foods next to a bustling fire, so a gas grill couldn’t be that much different. (remind me to tell you about this modern-day goddess who lives in the high mountains of China! She’s awesome!)

Heh, well, shame on me for thinking anything I want to try off the cuff would go smoothly.

I should have remembered my dad constantly complaining about his grill, and begging my mom to make room in the budget for a new one. One that especially lights itself and doesn’t run the risk of burning your eyebrows off when you attempt to light the burners.

And especially one where the temperature goes above 250 degrees.

So, in my creative problem-solving brain, I thought, hey, I’m sure baking the cookies at 250 is okay, just cook longer. It’ll be fine.

Right…

I ended up baby-sitting the grill for over 35 minutes, and ended up with flatter than pancake cookies that bend and twist like warm caramel.

They still taste good, though.

With that in mind, I decided it would be better to suffer in the kitchen with an oven that can heat to 350 and let me finish baking these cookies.

For the record, the kitchen wasn’t that hot – totally bearable! – and the cookies came out just as I wanted them to: thick, chewy, and melted chocolate chips that pull apart like taffy.