Football Cookies
Easy to make and enjoy, these Football Cookies are the perfect dessert to serve at your next watch party!
Football season is here! If you’re planning your game-day menu, these cookies should definitely be a part of it!
They are easy to make, thanks to the use of premade dough, but still cute enough to impress any guests, and when you pull them from the oven nice and warm, they taste just like homemade!
All you need to do is stack them together and bake. Perfect for a quick, sweet snack that any member of the family can throw together. The combination of the cookies together makes for an extra sweet and gooey center that makes biting in feel like a huge treat. These Football Cookies are a sure-fire touchdown!
Looking for more snacks for game day? Try this Fried Pickle Dip, Funeral Sandwiches, or Rotel Cream Cheese Sausage Balls. Or make a White Bean Chicken Chili bar with toppings for a meal before your cookies!
Why Make This Recipe
- Perfect for Game Day: These cookies are super quick to make and look adorable with a festive little football on top.
- Winning Dessert: This cookie is a combination of sugar cookies and chocolate chip cookies, a winning combo in my book!
- Easy Assembly: These football cookies are so easy, you could pass this job off to one of your kids to help. Just stack the pre-made dough and bake!
Ingredients to Make Football Cookies
Here is a visual overview of the ingredients in the recipe. Scroll down to the recipe at the bottom for quantities.
- Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough: I love Tollhouse for ease, but you can use any chocolate chip cookie dough you prefer. You could even make your Chocolate Chip Cookie dough from scratch if you’ve got the time!
- Pillsbury Football Shape Sugar Cookie Dough: The cute football shape on top is what makes these cookies so fun. Explore other cook-and-bake Pillsbury sugar cookies as well!
How to Make This Recipe
Step One: Portion the chocolate chip cookie dough out into about 20 portions about 2 Tbsp each, and shape into balls.
Step Two: Place an uncooked football cookie on top of each chocolate chip cookie.
Step Three: Bake until the edges are set.
Expert Tips
- Pillsbury comes out with different sugar cookie shapes seasonally. Save this recipe to try different shapes for Halloween, Easter and Christmas!
- Plan ahead! Like I said, Pillsbury sugar cookies tend to be seasonal so if you see a shape you want to use, buy it and freeze the dough for when you are ready!
- Keep the dough cool. Your cookies will spread more if your dough gets warm before baking. For thicker, chewier cookies, keep your dough cool.
Recipe FAQs
Premade cookie dough needs to be refrigerated, so look in the refrigerated section of your grocery store for these packages of cookie dough. You may notice other shapes of Pillsbury sugar cookies. Feel free to swap out whatever makes sense for your celebration!
You can absolutely use homemade dough for the chocolate chip layer. The football layer is probably harder to create on your own. Using premade dough makes this recipe absolutely failproof!
If you prefer thicker cookies, make sure you keep your dough chilled. You might even want to put your cookies back into the refrigerator for 10 minutes before baking to help them hold their shape.
Yes! Freeze these cookies in an airtight container for up to two months.
You should not need to grease the baking sheet. These cookies have enough butter to prevent sticking. I always like to use a sheet of parchment paper on my baking sheet for easy cleanup.
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Football Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 36 oz container Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
- 1 package Pillsbury Football Shape Sugar Cookie Dough
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Portion the chocolate chip cookie dough out into 20 different portions of 2 tablespoons each.
- Roll the dough into a ball shape between your palms. Place each dough ball on an ungreased cookie sheet, gently pressing the ball to slightly flatten the top. You will probably need to use 2 cookie sheets.
- On top of each chocolate chip cookie dough ball, place 1 uncooked Pillsbury Football Shape Sugar Cookie.
- Bake for 10-11 minutes or until the edges of the chocolate chip cookies are set. Allow the cookies to rest on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before removing them to a cooling rack. Enjoy!
Notes
- Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough: You can use any chocolate chip cookie dough you prefer. You could even make your Chocolate Chip Cookie dough from scratch if you’ve got the time!
- Pillsbury Football Shape Sugar Cookie Dough: Explore other cook-and-bake Pillsbury sugar cookies as well!
- Pillsbury comes out with different sugar cookie shapes seasonally. Save this recipe to try different shapes for Halloween, Easter and Christmas!
- Plan ahead! Like I said, Pillsbury sugar cookies tend to be seasonal so if you see a shape you want to use, buy it and freeze the dough for when you are ready!
- Keep the dough cool. Your cookies will spread more if your dough gets warm before baking. For thicker, chewier cookies, keep your dough cool.
