I’m twenty nine years old. ย I’m an adult. ย I pay my bills. ย I do my taxes. ย I go to jury duty. ย I stand in line at the post office without heavy sighs. ย I floss too! ย I totally floss.
And yet. ย Somehow. ย I thought it would be ok… not just ok, but reasonable… not just reasonable… but a good idea to make chocolate chip cookie dough, freeze it and then dip the balls in melted chocolate.
Now I have a ย freezer full of giant cookie dough balls dipped in chocolate and I’m panicking. ย I need an adult. ย I’m about to eat cookie dough for lunch, cookie dough for dinner, cookie dough for dessert, and then cookie dough again for second dinner.
Incidentally, if the blatant consumption of raw sugar and butter offends your sensibilities, perhaps you might be better suited with these Blueberry Applesauce Muffins or Low Fat Oatmeal Banana Bread. ย And you’ll have to accept my sincere apologies for the ridiculousness of frozen cookie. and chocolate. ย together. ย forever.
Raw cookie dough. ย Sooo dang good.
Now before anyone starts yelling about raw eggs and poison and disease, let me assure you that this dough has no raw eggs in it. ย Instead, I used Greek yogurt as the binder. ย You might also use applesauce or peanut butter if you don’t have thick yogurt on hand.
Here’s how this happened. ย I made eggless cookie dough, scooped it up in generous portions on a waxed paper lined cookie sheet, stuck cute plastic forks in the dough and froze those suckers overnight. ย The next morning I melted down some chocolate chips, dipped the frozen dough balls and returned them to the freezer. ย Serve them right from the freezer… It’s sort of the best thing ever.
Now if you’ll excuse me… I can hear someone calling my name from the freezer. ย It must be these dough balls. ย It would be rude not to respond.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls
makes 9 large balls
1 stick (1/2 cup or 4 ounces) unsalted butter at room temperature
1 cup plus 2 Tablespoons all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda (i know we’re not baking them, it’s for flavor)
3/4 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup Greek yogurt or applesauce or peanut butter
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
1 1/2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips, melted for dipping
In the bowl of a stand mixer fit with a paddle attachment (or with a large bowl and a wooden spoon) cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about three minutes in the machine. ย Beat in yogurt or applesauce or peanut butter along with the vanilla extract and stir to combine.
Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. ย Add all at once to the butter and sugar mixture and stir until incorporated. ย Fold in chocolate chips and wanuts.
Scoop large spoonfuls or ice cream scoops onto a ย waxed paper lined cookie sheet. ย Spear each dough ball with a cute plastic fork or a popsicle stick. ย Place in the freezer overnight or until frozen, at least three hours.
When ready to dip the balls, melt chocolate chips in a small saucepan over a low flame or in the microwave. ย Remove balls from the freezer and dip into warm chocolate. ย Return to the lined cookie sheet and return to the freezer to harden. ย Serve cold from the freezer.
304 Responses
I was looking through your recipe index the other day and I came across this delightful treat. I finally caved and made these this weekend. They are uh-mazing! You can even tell there is greek yogurt in it. I thought it would make them taste weird but it didn’t at all. I think these would be super fun to make for a bridal/baby shower or girls night.
Thanks for the great recipe!
I am a nanny and have made these with the kids several times. They are a huge hit and their most requested baking project! We recently made roll-out cookies and the girls asked me if it would be possible to make that dough into cookie dough balls. It’s obviously a completely different recipe, but do you think it would work to make the recipe as written, simply substituting 1/3c non-fat Greek yogurt per egg? It seems like your recipe is fairly similar to a recipe for a half batch of chocolate chip cookies. Thanks!
PS We’ve taken to rolling the balls in sprinkles, after we dip them in chocolate. We also use a small cookie scoop, as the size is more manageable AND so I don’t feel guilty letting them have more than one.
Joy, these were delicious with peanut butter, but too crumbly. I think if you’re going to add 1/3 cup peanut butter, maybe a tablespoon or two of applesauce or yogurt is needed as well. Also, I used 1/2 cup toffee chips and 1/2 cup chocolate chips because that’s what I had, and that was a great combo!