Chocolate Covered Cookie Dough Bites
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Chocolate Covered Cookie Dough Bites are delicious morsels of edible cookie dough covered in melted chocolate and made in an ice cube tray! Only 15 minutes of prep for these easy make-ahead treats, perfect for a party or potluck. Plus video tutorial!
Sometimes the best desserts are bite-size, as in small is beautiful, right? Following on the heels of our Chocolate Covered Cheesecake Bites, these treats consist of a homemade interior covered generously in melted chocolate.
We’ve put them out for everything from backyard BBQs to holiday parties, and they’re always a hit! One reader even made them for a friend’s wedding buffet and they disappeared within minutes.
HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE COVERED COOKIE DOUGH BITES
You should have most if not all of the ingredients for this recipe already in your pantry:
- Semisweet chocolate: baking chocolate is best
- All-purpose flour
- Brown sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Butter
- Salt
- Chocolate chips: semisweet or milk chocolate, or even white chocolate will work
Start with a standard sized ice cube tray, ideally with rounded corners for easy unmolding. Melt the semisweet chocolate in a medium bowl in the microwave.
Then brush or drizzle the melted chocolate into the ice cube tray cavities. It can be helpful to lift and swirl the tray with your hands to help distribute the chocolate evenly:
Then place the tray in the freezer for a good 5 minutes to harden before continuing to the next step. In the meantime, you can make the cookie dough filling.
Since these cookie dough bites have an edible filling, that means there are no eggs and the flour has to be heat treated for several minutes in the oven to eliminate any bacteria present.
Cookie dough goes into each ice cube cavity and is then covered with more melted chocolate to seal in all the flavors. Done! Just let them chill again before unmolding and serving.
WATCH HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE COVERED COOKIE DOUGH BITES:
Chocolate Covered Cookie Dough Bites (with Video)
Ingredients
- 12 oz semisweet chocolate
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips, semisweet or milk
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 350°F. Set aside a baking sheet.
- Place chocolate in a medium bowl and microwave on medium power in 30-second intervals until smooth.
- Take an ice cube tray (see notes) and brush the inside of each cavity with chocolate.
- Place ice cube tray in freezer for at least 5 minutes; meanwhile, start preparing the cookie dough filling.
Cookie Dough
- Pour flour on prepared baking sheet and bake for 5 minutes to heat treat. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
- To a medium bowl, add flour along with brown sugar, butter and salt. Beat until smooth.
- Add milk and vanilla and mix again until incorporated.
- Remove ice cube tray from freezer. Fill each ice cube with cookie dough mixture and add melted chocolate on top to cover.
- Chill for 1 hour to set.
- Remove from fridge and invert on a work surface.
- Wait 10 minutes for the cookie dough bites to drop out as the tray warms slightly. If needed, tap the tray several times to loosen. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
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Is there a way to make these not need refrigeration?
Hi Jackie, Thanks for your question. You need refrigeration so the chocolate sets properly.
Why do the directions not tell you where to put in the milk and vanilla? Great recipe though
Hi Brooke, Thanks for your comment and glad you enjoyed the recipe! You’re absolutely right that milk and vanilla step was missing, and this has been fixed now! Appreciate your feedback and hope to see you again soon on the site 🙂
havent tried them yet but will by thursday
I had trouble spreading the chocolate “shell” the first time round. Kind of just a glob of chocolate. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Lucy, Thanks for your comment. What did you do differently the second time? Usually spreadability depends on the chocolate quality, i.e. bakers chocolate will spread better than chocolate chips… 😉
Is there a gluten-free substitute for the flour that would work as well?
I’d love to make these so that I can enjoy them!!
Hi D’Anna, Thanks for your review and you can substitute gluten-free flour directly in this recipe. Enjoy! 🙂
Would these hold up after removing from freezer in a mailed package?… or do they need to be eaten right from the freezer?
Hi Nancy, Thanks for your question. Treat them like chocolate truffles – if packed carefully in a protective box with bubble-wrap, they should be fine 🙂
Any particular reason why you need to heat your oven and have a cookie sheet set aside for this recipe? (Wink, wink) thinking about making these for a tea party.
Hi Deb, Thanks for your review and such a great question! It’s to heat-treat the flour to remove any bacteria, since we’re making an edible cookie dough filling. Such a great idea to make them for a tea party, thanks for sharing and enjoy! 🙂
I love the fact that these. Ideas are simple to make.
Thanks Marilyn, glad you like them 🙂
Can’t wait to try these! For a little added texture, I substituted half the flour with oats. Hope it turns out well.
To all the peeps arguing about whether to eat raw eggs of not(i’m on the eat them side), let it go! If you like to eat raw cookie dough and you don’t get sick from it then GREAT! No need to be mean to each other.
Thanks Shelly – hope you enjoyed! 🙂
Shelly, I totally agree with you, nicely put.