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.
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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!
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.
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 just tried these with TOASTED FLOUR and they were amazing! Using toasted flour means they don’t taste exactly like the cookie dough I used to sneak from the bowl – but it is like that plus plus! I didn’t dip these in chocolate, to help the toasted flour taste shine through. I think I may try sugar cookie dough (with almond extract…) with the toasted flour if I do this again. I also think if I use the toasted flour again I will decrease the salt a bit.
Here is where I found directions for toasting flour: https://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2010/04/squeeze_cookies_a_roasted_flour_experiment.php
– btw I did try the recipe at the link above but these chocolate chip cookie dough balls definitely tasted way better and made the toasted flour shine!
Joy, these are INCREDIBLE. Honestly, revolutionary. I thank you endlessly.
Yes!! The perfect dessert for our Fourth of July bbq….yummy, cold, and no baking involved!
What an absolutely brilliant idea!
These look magical! Bookmarked. Thanks!
Genius. Just printed & will make asap! Thanks!!
Howdy – Just wanted to let you know I featured this recipe on this month’s Crazy Cookie Challenge. I hope you’ll stop by and have a look.
:)
ButterYum
https://butteryum.blogspot.com/2011/10/frozen-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough.html
OMG! no wonder I love reading your blog and listening to your podcast! When I make cookies I very rarely eat the cookies well that might not be true but I definitely eat more cookie dough than baked cookies.
I am so in love with you. I might even dump my boyfriend for you.
Frozen cookie dough. You are god.
YUM. Only tricky part for me would be to see if I can restrain myself long enough to let it freeze.
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Mmm, Greek yogurt. That means these are good for breakfast. Thanks!
I had to thank you for the tip on using yogurt instead of eggs for a binder! We wanted to eat cookie dough (not even frozen, just out of the bowl *blushing* ) and instead of the eggs we subbed 1/4 cup vanilla bean Greek yogurt for each egg, so we didn’t have to worry about (bad) bacterial overgrowth or anything. Thanks!
LOVE these! pure brilliance! but I have to share with you a little experiment I tried, to make a lower fat version. I know, totally outlandish… but I figured the worst part about low fat dough is when you try to bake it, and these are getting frozen, so…. Jst use half a stick of butter instead of a whole one, and sub 1/4 cup of unsweetened applesauce for the missing butter. Cream the sugars into the half stick of butter first, then mix in the applesauce, then proceed as usual. Tried them out on my skinny boyfriend and he even liked the lowfat ones better, they froze a little softer. Enjoy!
So I made these, but I accidentally put a whole extra cup of chocolate chips. I substituted with the Greek yogurt. After freezing some, I decided to cook the rest. They took about 15 minutes at 375 degrees, and they came out tasting exactly like the ones you get from a fast food restaurant (mcDonalds and subway to be exact) it was bizarre! Just thought I’d share. You can still bake them…if they last that long…
Oh, what yummy fun!! Thank you!
: )
Julie M.
That’s the point. And you will. She’s trying to make everyone else fat so that she can be the most beatiful woman in the world.
Ohhhh…these look absolutely amazing.
I’m afraid I’d eat these all in one sitting.
Perfect dorm room Easter Breakfast, thanks! Um, i totally had some spinach, too. I added a bag of mini pretzels instead of nuts. I added oats in my second batch. It’s Tuesday, so Monday was cookie dough- free. And its perfectly fine to freeze it in the bowl and eat it with a spoon. Yum :).
Those look so yummy.
I’m sure they would be great dipped in white chocolate and rolled in rice crisps…or maybe even coconut!
If you want to use EGGS! you can always find the pasteurized eggs in the carton.
One of the companies that makes those- they told me the heat kills the bacteria and it is safe to use in raw smoothies or any uncooked dressings!
So maybe try that !
another A+ recipe
Everyone LOVED these. I will be making them all summer!
where did you find the cute forks??
I veganized these tonight – Earth Balance for the butter, applesauce for the yogurt – and oh my goodness they taste light and fluffy, almost like shortening. Most of the vegan cookie dough recipes don’t retain this light flavor – they’re heavy with brown sugar and quite grainy. I really appreciate this simple recipe – thank you for posting!
Made this on the weekend, they are amazing!
very tasty!
I made about forty bite sized balls instead of nine big ones.
thanks!
LOVE THIS!!!!! I was so excited to find this recipe, I made them instantly. I decided to use the PB as the binder, they came out fantastic but a little too PB tasting and not like cookie dough. I didn’t have any of the other options and no time to run out.. so I tried using softened cream cheese 1/3 cup. OMG they are amazing! Chilling in the freezer now waiting for their chcolate bath :) Thanks again!
These are AMAZING! :) I made them a while ago when I had a dire craving and love to enjoy one as an after dinner treat! I re-posted on my blog today: https://www.noraisinsonmyparade.com/2011/01/chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-balls.html
Thanks so much!
-Marissa
I made these last night and oh my they are wonderful!!
can you sub out the peanut butter for nutella??
OhMyGoodness Nutella would be HEAVENLY in these!!!
I finished my first batch of these about an hour ago. If my boyfriend’s reaction is any indication, these will be a hit at the party I’m going to tomorrow night. Thank you so much for this awesome recipe! Any time I have a chocolate craving, I’m going to be making these.
mmm just made those last night. I am addicted! I’ve ate 3 so far today!
you’re killin’ me, Joy! YUM!!!!
Yummy! Fun and easy to mak. Made it using the PB instead of Greek yogrut, which I had intended to use. Sweetened it a little more. Fun to twirl in chocolate. Fun, even, watching them freeze. A spoonful of chocolate covered cookie dough — I think that I loved the taste as much as I loved the idea of eating cookie dough without “getting caught.”
When I was a child I used to eat raw batter for cakes with my fingertips. Mum let me do it. It was such a delicious thing to do. I wonder if I’ll be brave enough to do it again with your dough balls :-)
Ever since the first time I have seen this recipe on your fabulous site, every time I craved something sweet, I felt like I just NEEDED those dough balls. But I just could not justify to actually freeze raw dough, as opposed to the occasional sneaking-dough-from-the-bowl. I’m feeling brave today and will make them right now, so please wish me luck that I won’t eat them all at once :)
This is such a great idea! I can’t wait to do them….. who wouldn’t like these? You’re brilliant!
I think I’ve found my new best friends….u and the cookies! thanks in advance from a 31 week preggy momma w/her 5th. I may or may not share these w/the other kids! a mom has to have a pleasure somewhere. (ohh and it was pretty funny….i told the kids i was thinking of making these and they all screamed the same thing….’i’m not eating raw cookie dough’ ) I wonder if i should tell them the truth? nahhhhh!
Hi, is it possible tu use normal plain Yogurt for this recipe??
With icecream, glorieus.
And it saves me from the risk of salmonella poisoning with all the regular cookie batter I eat…
I love how you write. The scary part is…I think this way as well…thank you for making raw cookie dough acceptable adult food! I also grew up eating pie for breakfast and it was acceptable by my mother, especially after a holiday meal. She liked pie for breakfast hence the reason we were allowed to have it. My son grew up the same way and people think I am strange when I mention it…go figure.
Thank you for your wonderful craft of writing and creating food.
Sigh, I wish my freezer had space to add these gems. Will have to work on that…
Love the balls! Instead of 9, I made around 25. :) A lot less guilt in each one is the way I figure.
It cracks me up that on the picture link for this you just put the word “balls.” I teach junior high. Maybe it is just me…
I heart cookie dough of any kind but my favorite is Choc. Chip. I made your recipe last week with vanilla greek yogurt. It was yummy!! Thank you!!
I love cookie dough straight from the freezer! Way back when Hardees used to receive their cookies as (frozen) cookie dough, I would go through the drive thru and request one. MMMMMM.
If you don’t have Greek yogurt, set a strainer over a bowl, line the strainer with a couple layers of good paper towels, then dump in some regular plain yogurt. Set this in the fridge overnight. The resultant “yogurt cheese” can be used in this recipe or many others, including dip recipes that call for sour cream.
And you can bet your bottom dollar, I WILL be making these little balls!!
Just discovered your blog- and OMG!!! OMG OMG OMG!! Printed a bunch of recipes to try. Scary!
This one is pure genious! I do have to tell you, I have a recipe for brownies, with a raw cookie dough layer on top! Again, no eggs in dough. Imagine, combining brownies and cookie dough…bliss! Similar to this bliss! Thanks for the amazing blog, and to everyone for your funny comments, too!
These are delish! Thank you for being so awesome!
Oh man, I have got to make these for my bestest pal’s birthday. Takes me back to days of sleepovers and gnawing on tubes of chocolate chip cookie dough. Thank you!
purely sinful.
I was at least 30yo before I realized that you are supposed to actually cook the dough before eating it. These are the quintessential blending of yum and double yum – I think I just added them to the top of my food pyramid….thanks.
I made these last night for “Ladie’s Night Out” and I came home with an empty tray!
Love this recipe. Made it with super chunky peanut butter and with out the walnuts. Amazing love your recipes.
I cannot wait to surprise my son with these! Greek yogurt, yum and perfect. Plus, then you can excuse the rest and call it super healthy! I am thinking my french vanilla greek yogurt.
Fabulous! Delicious! Bliss….Bless you for this magnificent addition to my life
Do you want to see these frozen balls of yumminess disappear in 10 minutes flat? Make them for 4 (yes, only 4) teenage girls! They did’t even wait until the dough was completely frozen!!
I made these this weekend with two of my friends– they were AWESOME! They didn’t seem to freeze real great… I went the applesauce route. Could that be why? Anyway, all of us just loved them and it was a good thing we shared because I definitely would have eaten them all. Thanks for the great recipe!
Ok, I made these a little bigger, dipped them in chocolate and sprinkles and my kids have asked for them every day since. I have to say they are pretty dangerous as I consumed a large portion of them myself!
Thanks Joy, this and your kettle corn are my family’s favorites!
Oh, dang…the faces my husband will make… LOL
Ridiculously yummy!! :)
I recently mader these and did the chocolate chip dipped in chocolate and a batch of the dough, sans the chocolate and just did more walnuts and no dip. Result=delicious heaven! Am making more today, smaller, no chocolate dip and using mini chips. In any case, they are as revelation! Thank you!
oh my gosh! i love frozen cookie dough, but this, this is genius!!! thanks so much for sharing. i will have to try this! :)
You had me at dough balls. Sold.
Made these this weekend with my almost 3 year old son (he always wants to help, but raw egg makes me nervous). He was actually pretty helpful. I used peanut butter as the binder & they are DELICIOUS.
There should be a day named after this ball of goodness! Gotta go by some Greek Yogurt!!
So, I’ve read a whole bunch of your posts/recipes and this is the first one I’ve gotten off my lazy bum to make and Oh. Em. Gee.
Let’s just say, I had one for breakfast, then dinner, then before bed. Yup.
I’ve been making “Cookie Dough Truffles” at Christmas for a few years now. I think I found the recipe in a Southern Living Christmas book. They call for egg substitute, but I’ve seen other recipes that call for sweetened condensed milk to hold it together. I chill the dough, shape it into balls and freeze them. I completely dip them in melted chocolate chips, though, and then store them in the fridge. The chocolate layer is firm, but the dough inside is soft. Yummy! It’s why I only make them at Christmas every year!
sweetened condensed milk sounds like a dream! holy yum!
OMG! I can’t wait to make these! They sound heavenly, lol!
I made these smaller using a cookie scoop and put a cocktail toothpick in each one instead of the plastic fork. They are amazing! I have already made them twice this week because my family loved them. Thank you for the great idea.
Boy, am I glad I’ve no space left in my freezer for this kind of delicious, hip-padding madness.
I could’ve sworn I read somewhere that if cookies are eaten in their uncooked form, the calories don’t count. I am sticking to this.
Why do I suddenly see my freezer filled with these :-)
oh….. my……. god……..
It’s nothing weird in eating raw dough. Some kinds are even better raw, then baked, like my friends says.
So i really like your idea. Looks soo yummy!
greets from Poland. :) You would be surprised how many bloggers here visit your site daily. :)
You are now to be called Saint Joy. I love these things.
Amazing! I can’t wait to try this! I don’t think i’ll be able to stop eating them once I make them.
omg, okay, REALLY?!!! seriously, do you not realize it’s summertime?
i.am.gonna.get.fat.
THANKS! :)
My stove has been broken for a week. I’ve got three packages of chocolate chips in the fridge, and I’m bummed I can’t make cookies… but I could make dough!
I made these last week and couldn’t stop eating them… now they are gone and I’m craving MORE!!! SO GOOD!
very, very, very fun! thanks for honoring the kid in you!
Eat them day and night it won’t hurt ;-)I have been making these for some time now, and even found a recipe for cookie dough without using eggs. if you have to many add some to your ice cream. YUM! Kids and adults alike love them.
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Oh my hearts and stars. It’s about time somebody did this. I’ll be whipping these up for my daughter the grad student. Poor lil’thing has been sick for months and dropped a bunch of weight. But now, thanks to you, I can make her these wholesome, er, yumlicious morsels of heaven.
That’s right. I said it. Yumlicious.
Just when I think your blog can’t possibly get any more amazing, you go and post this. <3
You’re evil! I wonder if regular yogurt would be okay.
If i wasnt a girl (and a straight one, at that), I would have hunted you down, got down on my knees and asked you to marry me. Thats how much I love you. And your blog. And the delectable bits of heaven you cook up everyday. And the scrumptious pics you post. Just, everything.
I love you.
LOL!
These turned out to be the hottest item on our July 4th cookout buffet! My kids thank you…my jeans, not so much!
these look so good! i’m a total sucker for anything chocolate
I can’t keep my boyfriend’s hands off the cookie dough when I try to bake cookies, so this will be a wonderful surprise for him. I am looking forward to trying these myself too!
I just made them today- Yum! I was too impatient to wait until after I dip them in chocolate- I’ve already eaten 3! I used almond butter instead of PB or greek yogurt and it’s a fun change.
I guess I’m the 148th person to tell you this is a great idea!
I’m very exited about trying out you recipe.
But you see I live in France and eating raw cookie dough is not yet a thing that is openly admitted…
So I’m not sure if anybody will dare to share these with me… too bad for them and all the more for me!
Thanks.
you are a genius!
wow- never commented before.. Joy- this is your best yet! I am 35 and ready to feed this to my children. You’re an inspiration
I am 49 and I love LOVE LOVE cookie dough!!
I will try your reciepe soon thanks and happy Ind. Day!!
I just popped mine in the freezer right now!
Now all we gotta do is wait!
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Patience is surely degrading :(
Thank you so much Joy! ^__^
sweet charlotte woman! you just kill me!
WOW! These were fantastic!! I added broken up pretzels to the dough and CAN NOT GET E N O U G H!!!
I too, consider myself an adult. But since my husband and I have been living in Sรฃo Paulo, Brazil for 3 months now in a flat with only a microwave and mini fridge, i have found myself missing my homemade cookies the most. I’m not a huge baker, but I LOVE COOKIES. I’m convinced, however, that this recipe will satisfy my craving and lessen my lack-of-oven problem for the time being. Thank you!! (My husband and I both loved the writing of this post as well – very funny.)
Um, brilliant. Absolute divine inspiration. I need one of those. in my mouth. now.
So glad you posted a recipe like this. The e-coli outbreak last year from Nestle Toll House cookie dough was scary for us in southern Nevada because Linda Rivera who became so ill she almost died worked at my daughter’s high school. We don’t really ever buy cookie dough, and while it would be nearly impossible to get e-coli from homemade, salmonella is always a (slim) possibility I’d rather avoid with my daughters. Thank you for this great alternative.
Made and can I say, “YUM!”? Thank you for a wonderful recipe and the yogurt is an awesome substitute. I would never know it wasn’t eggy cookie dough. It’s probably good I didn’t know about this when I was pregnant. You rock!!
If I make these with the nuts and apple sauce, does that mean I can count them as a health food? Cookie dough counts as one of my favourite mental-health foods (in that I can’t fail to feel better when I eat it :)), but I’m not sure how long I can use that excuse. I seriously need to make these as soon as possible …
OH NOES! Amazing! Thanks for the recipe – I just added you to my RSS feed!
I love that there is no egg! I might have to make these for my preschoolers! (one has a serious egg allergy!)
Do you think they would bake as well with out eggs?
Gah, this sounds perfect for Sunday when the temperatures are supposed to break 90 again! I should start now so they will be all done when I want them… Of course, that is supposing that they will last past their first contact with the enemy.
Fantastic! I can’t wait to try these! =D
Well my husband and I are 58 years old and I had to go into my kitchen and make these immediately. We just had one and all I can say is….I’m in cookie dough heaven! These are the best things ever!!
I would SO love one of your frozen cook dough balls RIGHT NOW!!! We did not eat cookie dough at my house growing up until I tried it at a neighbor friend’s when we made cookies one day at her house. I only like choc-chip dough, but let’s just say it actually tastes better as dough than actual cookies at times…never worried about the raw eggs either (except when pregnant). YUMMMMM!!! Thanks!
Pah! the odds that an egg will have salmonella is 60,000:1
You just made my day! I’m 30 years old and totally capable of doing that, and I have a steady job, own a home, go to the dentist voluntarily for check-ups, but I can’t help it. I eat raw cookie dough, or cake batter for that matter. I don’t even really worry about the raw egg. I know, I’m terrible, but at least I’m not alone.
These look awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m 33 years old :)!! I’m not ashamed to to admit that I have a big inner child who demands raw cookie dough :). See, with pride!
This is something I can totally Veganize because of your wonderful peanut butter/applesauce alternative! Yay for your recipes Joy:)
Holy moly!! Seriously going to be the next thing I put my hands on.. .
Who doesn’t love cookie dough? Or any raw cake mix, cookie mix, lol. Yes, yes, I know you’re not supposed to consume raw eggs – so thanks for takin’ care of us that way!
Love the forks too – cause there is no time for messin’ around w/ these :)
Sarah at blog.candiquik.com
i made this this afternoon when i got home from work….they were spectacular! I am going to be making them for my sisters baby shower p she will love it, cookie dough a pregnant woman can devour!!
No apologies necessary! These look amazing! At least they only make 9, so that’s the max you can eat in one day.
You are a G-danged genius!
Wow… delightfull and so darn good!!! I have eaten many of frozen cookie dough.. oatmeal, lemon sugar… even with eggs. I know… to hell with me!!!
Never ever thought about dipping them in coco goodness. Great idea.
Thanks for sharing.
Oh dear sweet mother of everything… you are officially the most wonderful being on the planet. Oh I am in total love with you and your frozen cookie balls.
I’m curious to know what would happen if you cooked one of those. I guess the chocolate would melt (maybe burn) and re-harden like chocolate chips do, but would the dough turn out like a regular cookie since you used yogurt?
Thank God, I thought I was the only one that did this!!! I was just never brave enough to come out of the closet with it.
I totally DO NOT EAT cake batter either. TOTALLY NOT!
Brilliant.
You’ll never believe this, but I was chowing down on a frozen ball of cookie dough when I pulled up the site tonight! I freeze entire batches of dark chocolate chip dough, but I never thought to dip it in MORE chocolate. Will have to try that asap!
Best. Idea. Ever. Seriously. I CANNOT WAIT TO TRY THESE! Also, I just want you to know how much I love your blog…I stumbled upon it whilst in Paris, and have been hooked ever since. Thanks for making me smile and for inspiring me to bake more :)
Is it a sin to covet these cookie dough balls? No? Is that what I heard you say? Ahh, yes. I agree. It is not sinful to covet deliciousness if you share. One for you. Four for me. One for you Four for me…
No worries about wanting to eat raw cookie dough! I’m an adult (barely, I suppose) of 23, and I just servedcookie dough balls at a party. Not even garnished with chocolate. To a bunch of other adults.
They were all eaten with smiles.
You’re genius. Love your site and this recipe looks amazing.
:)
Jenny
I am so trying this, and so going to hate you for it. ;-ร
brilliant, seriously BRILLIANT! I mean seriously, you and this recipe should be in the dictionary as the definition of brilliant.
Thanks for re-inventing the definition of brilliant
haha
OMG! Seriously?!?!? Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls!!! You are a freakin genius!!! Must. Try. Now!
I love cookie dough. I used to get the tubs of Philsbury Cookie Dough from Costco and eat it.. right out of the tub. Don’t judge.
Oh. My. God. This may be the best blog post in the history of food blogging. Or the best idea in the history of egg-less cookie dough!
What a great idea! Yum!!
My sister came home yesterday. We are totally going to make these. They won’t last long…
Genius, just genius! I can’t wait to make these.
I am SO glad that I am not the only 29 year old with this cookie dough problem! I think I need some frozen ones dipped in chocolate stat! :)
Hello. I would like you to be my best friend and housemate and make bad food for me all day every day.
I love reading your blog, but it makes me oh so hungry.
Mmmm theres nothing better than a big ball of cookie dough, these sound so good, glad theres others out there who have the cookie dough calling hehe!
Those forks are SO cute, where did yah get them?
Hummmmm. I usually think eating cookie dough is worth risking raw eggs. Though I have yet to get sick from it, using Greek yogert (which I love) might be a better plan…
You are the bestest.
And the secret room with a secret freezer comment made me laugh out loud. Like, for reals.
Aren’t you worried about salmonella poisoning because of the raw eggs?
um…. seriously?
haha! (different Jessica here)
Speaking of, does the yogurt make them tangy? Also, have you ever baked these with the yogurt instead of the eggs?
the yogurt gives them the slightest tang… which i totally love.
if you want to avoid the tang, go for applesauce.
and baking!? i dunno… i haven’t baked up this dough. i don’t think it would go well.
I would definitely go for the tang! If I make these soon, I’ll try baking a few and will let you know how it goes. Probably wouldn’t hurt to lose some to a baking tragedy…
are you trying to kill me? seriously amazing. my kids thank you in advance….uhh that was a lie. By my kids I meant me :)
Every time I think I couldn’t possibly love you anymore…
Brilliant.
My family is totally into cake balls but this may bring things to a whole new level.
The small fridge/freezer in the garage would be the perfect hiding place! Keep it coming Joy, keep it coming.
Totally not offended… And basically can’t wait to make some myself. And eat them for breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack and 2nd dinner!
xoxo,
Kimberly
and now you have done it.
I may never leave my freezer’s side if I venture in making these.
One word: FABULOUS!
What do you think about leaving the baking soda out? I’m thinking that since these aren’t baked its probably unnecessary, but do you think it adds to the authentic raw-cookie-dough flavour?
1/2 teaspoon baking soda (i know weโre not baking them, itโs for flavor)
GENIOUS. and… yum!
Oh yuuuum. Genius!
oh. my. goodness. i am on that. stat.
YUM. Better you than me, though. I would NOT be able to stand the temptation. I really would be eating cookie dough for breakfast, lunch and second dinner (not real dinner, though. Hubby is home at that time and demands MEAT! for every dinner.)
And where did you get those spiffy plastic forks? For some reason I’m totally intrigued by the little doohickey on the end…
I made your peanut butter bacon cookies as a surprise for my husband and you won our hearts over. I made them for my dad on father’s day and you won our hearts over again.
This time you may have really outdone yourself. I can’t believe these things exist =)
I have left this page open on my computer all day. I just keep going back to look at those beautiful morsels over and over.
Also, have you ever replaced eggs with yogurt in cookie dough you’ve baked? I wonder if it would work and be good.
I need a secret room with a secret freezer in it.
agree.
you are killing me… MUST.GO.HOME.AND.MAKE.THESE
Thinking how can I go home “sick” from my office so I can do this… hmmm. Hubby is home today I wonder if he would whip some of these puppies up for me…highly doubtful.
Oh my.. I am in love
i seriously can’t wait to try these. i love the peanut butter idea. drool!
My mom always said I could eat whatever I wanted for dinner when I grew up, and I, as a bonified grown-up say cookie dough balls for dinner is just fine by me! So, um…what time is dinner served? :)
Love it -even if it had raw eggs I would love it!
I cannot make these until I have people to share them with, I already know I wouldn’t be able to resist eating the whole batch!
PS. cutest forks ever!
I really, really want to make these right now… too bad that I’d be the only one to eat them as my husband does not understand the absolute pleasure of eating cookie dough.
Um. Marry me?
yes. i will.
Hmmmm – how could you not respond if these babies are calling you!
There is everything right about this. Everything.
Wow. I can say yumm…. can you say yumm? Yes. Yes, You can. You can also Make Yumm. Lots and lots of Yummmm….
Eek! But Yum! Esp w PB. Where’d you get the adorable little forks?
*love*
cool forks, right!?
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Great idea! You can’t not love cookie dough and it’s sugary goodness! :)
Nothing, I mean nothing, can really top this. And I say eat them for b.fast, lunch and dinner and when they are gone (or you’ve o-d’d on them, have a salad as a counter-balance!!! Fabulous Joy!
Any age is a good age for cookie dough! :)
These are very similar to Choc. Chip Cookie Dough Truffles I make at Christmas. SO good! Great idea with the yogurt. I usually just use Egg Beaters since it’s been pasturized.
My mother (age 63) thinks your frozen chocolate chip cookie dough balls are genius. I made a batch of the KAF whole wheat recipe you posted a while ago and gave to her, so she can bake them to bring on the road trip she and my dad are taking. and I’m fairly certain there will be no dough balls left to bake by the time they leave.
But this recipe… finally, my husband won’t scold me for eating cookie dough!! Thank you.
Oh my goodness! I love cookie dough. I’m making this pronto! :). Yumm!
I love it! At least you are dignified to use a fork. I am such an ‘adult’ that I use my hands and lick the chocolate off my fingers…maybe this isn’t something I should share with the world…
Sounds quite perfect to me!
what a rad idea, i love it!
Aww yeah. This has been a classic since I was small. To the freezer I go!
holy crap, you’re a genius! can i come over?!
yes. anytime.
I’ll have to try that. Usually, our cookie dough gets divided into ice-cream bowls and never makes it through the night… :-)
If you don’t like Greek yogurt, should you still use it as a binder? Like, is it the best binder of the non-egg binders?
:) Sooooo excited to make these. It’s my birthday coming up, you know, and these will be awesome to bring to the office!
I would like to live next door to you to eat anything you’d throw my way! I love these. WIll make them this weekend. You rock!
Wait… you mean I can make chocolate chip cookie dough and enjoy it without having to turn on my oven and making my little old house 100 degrees?! You’re BRILLIANT Joy!
O.M.G.
Seeing as I sometimes just make up some cookie dough to eat rather than bake, these are screaming my name.
What will happen if these are baked…? Just burn..? I wonder ???
there are certainly plenty of regular chocolate chip cookie dough recipes in the world… this particular recipe is not for baking.
Completely dough to be eaten in raw !
I never struck on this idea. I like it!
Thank you !
You’re my hero. No more hiding in the closet to scarf down my cookie dough! Now I’ll eat it straight from the freezer on a plastic fork. Like a lady.
Gosh! That looks phenomenal. I am so tempted to just walk out of the office now and go make them. I’m hoping the thirty-year-old adult in me will talk some sense into the sugar-craving child in me.
OH MY!!! those look so yummy!!!
oh dude. now you need to put them in icecream, or make a shake with them. althogh eating them like they are suits me just fine :)
This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.
I love chocolate chip cookie dough! I would eat these until I threw up and then would eat some more! Great recipe.
Uh oh, me thinkest thou has unleashed a beast…..
I love this! The plastic forks make the dish!
I can hear my fiancรฉ now begging me to make him some.
Best. Idea. Ever.
To me this is perfectly logical, sane and adult. Cookie dough snacking access 24/7 – brilliant!
I would have one or three right now for breakfast if I could.
I know they would start the day nicely.
Joy…this is genius. Pure genius.
You were way more responsible than I plan to be when I make these. I’m dunking the whole thing in the chocolate, not just dipping a dainty toe in. So, at least part of your adult sensibilities may have remained in tact when you were making these…
Ahhh… One again you have struck gold. Oh and I think that being an adult all the time is rather overrated. I am a mother of three and the days I feel my best are when I am acting like my children. I can’t wait to make these this afternoon. These will be an awesome treat at midnight when my husband and I finally have some peace and quiet and can watch a little TV.
Yum Yum Yum Yum….I can keep going, really! LOVE this idea….definitely gonna have to try it!!!
Oh yum. This is something I would sneak and do when a teen and my mother told me to make cookies for the family. I always ate the dough as I cooked! My motto was, “A batch in the oven, a spoonful for Jen. Another batch on the sheet pan, a spoonful for Jen.” Ah yes, dough is good, dipped in chocolate?!? Now that’s just naughty!
My mom and I make these at Christmas time and they are so, so, so good. We usually end up using our fingers, though, and dip the dough balls in the chocolate all the way so they are completely covered. They are messy and fun!
I think I just fell in love!
Ummmm…so I totes love how you stuck a fork in these. It just screams, “I’m done! You can eat me now!”
Awesome! We have had temps in the upper 90’s and 100’s here in Baltimore, so something this scrumptious without having to turn on an oven is the best summertime recipe. These will be debuting at our 4th of July party this weekend.
I think this is the best thing I have ever seen! FYI! :)
Oh! Awesome idea, raw cookie dough without egg-anxiety! So you did find something ingenious to do with the cookie dough…although yes, a freezer full of those things, with me alone in the apartment…no bueno. :)
haha so cute! Love those little forks with the swirly on top.
Well, I’m nor offended at all, and I loved the idea!!
Cheers,
Lia.
This looks soooo good. The binder with yogurt is brilliant! I think I might try them with browned butter. My waist band is already getting tighter….
Are you kidding? I think this is the BEST idea EVER!!! ;)
Thank goodness eating raw cooking dough is finally getting the attention it deserves. Thanks for making us feel like adults though – since now we’ll follow your recipe and not feel like grubby little girls eating spoonfuls of dough…!
Agh the little forks totally make this. They’re cookie dough popsicles. Somehow, you’ve legitimized the act of eating cookie dough! Congrats. Good effort. Yum!
Oh my gawd, this is so wrong that it’s good again!!! Don’t you get a belly ache from eating too much raw dough?!
Raw cookie dough is my FAVORITE!!! These look heavenly!
I love these things! I have made something similar and they are so incredibly addicting.
YIKES! Those are definitely calling my name too!!!
Do these stay soft enough to be able to eat them straight from the freezer? I have images of rock solid ‘cookies’ that are hard enough to chip teeth! ?
Sigh. I made raw (eggless too) cookie dough the other day. I sigh because its past 4 am and I promised I wouldn’t look at this post but I did. Now I want to go get some cookie dough.
i just gotta say that i totally adore you! love! your sense of humor!
I only recently discovered the beauty of raw cookie dough. I was making graham crackers and “chilled” the dough, and as I was cutting it into a regular rectangular shape I realised that it didn’t contain eggs… So I ate it. and fell in love.
Thank you for giving me this idea. It opens so many new worlds…!
Wei-Wei
Insane! In a good way. I wouldn’t trust myself with that many in the freezer though. Best just to look at them on your blog, where I know I can’t eat them!
Ohhh this is THE solution to my dilemma.
You see, I want to stock up my freezer this weekend, but the problem is, it’s forecast to be hot, hot, hot, so baking and cooking are right out of the question. But this is brilliant, no cooking, no extra heat, just perfect frozen treats!
Wooow. I totally understand how you can eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It would also be awesome to make tiny tiny balls, stick toothpicks in them and dip them in chocolate, wouldn’t it? Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pralines!
we don’t normally eat raw cookie doughs here in my side of the globe but they look sooooo good. I’ve got to try this, this is so perfect since I don’t really bake…bookmarked it,Joy.
when the dough is perfectly round like that and the balls have been dipped in chocolate with a wee fork attached, it’s basically a real dessert! God bless you, Ms. Joy the Baker; you’ve legitimized cookie dough consumption.
My roommates and I did these a couple of weeks ago… But we didn’t freeze the chocolate! We just dipped our frozen cookie dough balls into hot bubbling chocolate and ate them, fondue-style. Almost too good to be true.
Ain’t that just the sweetest temptation? Teenagers like me are supposed to be body conscious and all, but, wotthehell. I’m savoring every bit of fast metabolism. Im’ma go now and start melting some good ol’ chocolate.
Hey, if they called my name, I’d go running. Sounds absolutely wonderful. I could a couple right now!
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Try using condensed milk as the binder, mmmmmmm…
Brilliant idea, I’ll definetely try them, here it’s so hot that I can’t even think of using the oven. Thanks!
That is seriously evil. I think I’m getting a call from the freezer too!
Ohhhhh they look so delish. and I love the idea of frozen cookie dough.
One day while I was eating Ben & Jerry’s Cookie Dough Ice Cream I dreamed about just eating a bowl of yummy dough. I told myself this would be too crazy. But now I know. It is not. and I’ll make these right now.
Thanks! :)
Joy, it’s swim suit season. How could you do this to me? They look so glorious that I may have to go make them now, and when I do I’ll know who to blame!
You’ve done it again! how has this not been thought of already? i always struggle when making cookies with the dough versus cookie conundrum, but THIS! this is a whole new world of possibility. Amazing x
this looks so delicious,..
Um as another responsible adult, I have been known to make cookie dough knowingly having no intention of ever putting it into an oven. In college my guy neighbors would call me in a drunken stupor at 2 oclock in the morning asking me to make them cookie dough. It is the magical food. Oh so good :)
No one, no one can blame me for trying to make these, because I’m so going to. Today itself. (sigh…) :D