The limited-time dessert gives the chain’s signature skillet cookie its first banana bread base.
BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse has turned a summer social media vote into a holiday-season menu special. The Nutella Gone Bananas Pizookie arrived at BJ’s locations nationwide on 29 October, pairing the chain’s first banana bread cookie base with two scoops of vanilla bean ice cream, a Nutella drizzle and crushed hazelnuts.
The pairing came out of a July social media poll. According to BJ’s brand president Monika Saxena, banana and Nutella drew the most votes among the Pizookie flavours the chain put forward. BJ’s worked the banana into the cookie itself, giving the familiar warm-cookie-and-ice-cream format a bakery-inspired base.
The launch also gives BJ’s a new flavour to run through its existing weekday offers. The dessert is $5 on Pizookie Tuesday. Guests can also choose it for an extra $5 with the $13 Pizookie Meal Deal, which runs all day Monday to Friday. The dessert is available for a limited time, while supplies last.
