This edible cookie dough has been made and enjoyed by hundreds of people. It’s a favorite late night treat, and a great safe to eat solution when that craving strikes! This is the perfect single bowl serving so you don’t have to share!
Reader Richard commented “I couldn’t wait and had to try this last night. It was so good! Tasted just like cookie dough should taste. This is going to be a fun, easy treat that me and my daughter can enjoy. Thank you!” ★★★★★
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When that cookie dough craving strikes – I have the perfect treat for you!
This eggless cookie dough is SO EASY to throw together. It only takes like 2 minutes to gather the ingredients and mix them up and then you’re ready to eat delicious, irresistible cookie dough (that is totally egg free and edible!)
I love this Easy Edible Cookie Dough Recipe for one
- Quick and Easy – This cookie dough can be made in just a couple of minutes, all in one bowl.
- Perfect Late Night Treat – Making up a a bowlful of this edible cookie dough for one is the perfect late night treat after a long day of work, or a long day with kids, or just because you’re craving it.
- The Real Deal – This delicious cookie dough tastes just like the cookie dough you remember eating straight from the bowl as a kid, but now its safe to eat so you can eat as much as you want.
- Customizable – Change up the mix ins to your cookie dough bowl for different flavors and textures, try peanut butter chips, sprinkles, chopped nuts, candy bar pieces, etc.
Eggless Cookie Dough ingredients
This is an overview of the ingredients needed to make edible chocolate chip cookie dough. Find the full recipe with the ingredient amounts below in the recipe card.
- UNSALTED butter (softened) – keeps the dough rich, held together and with that cookie dough flavor
- brown sugar and granulated sugar – these sweeten the cookie dough
- vanilla extract – adds a nice flavor
- whole milk – this replaces any eggs in the cookie dough, to add extra liquid. You can use your favorite dairy free milk as well.
- salt – adds a nice flavor to balance out the sweetness. If you are using salted butter SKIP the extra salt
- all purpose flour – heat treat your flour by zapping it in the microwave in 30 second increments (1 minute total), or cooking it in the oven to reduce any risks
- chocolate chips – I love using mini chocolate chips so they are more spread throughout the dough
How to make Edible Cookie Dough
- Cream together the butter and sugars. Add your butter, brown sugar, and sugar to a small bowl and mix them together for a couple minutes. Add in the vanilla extract and milk and stir until combined.
- Add in the dry ingredients. Add in the salt, and flour, and mix until you have a nice soft cookie dough. If the dough is too soft, or thin add a little more flour. If it’s too dry, add a dash more of milk.
- Add in the chocolate chips. Stir in the chocolate chips and enjoy the bowl right away, or stick it in the fridge for 10 minutes, then enjoy. You can also roll the dough into balls and eat those, or pop them in the fridge or freezer for whenever you need a bite of cookie dough.
Tips and Tricks:
- Heat treat the flour. Microwave your flour in 30 second increments, stirring after each, until hot throughout (it only takes about 1 minute in my experience), or bake extra and store it until needed at 350 F on a rimmed cookie sheet for about 5 minutes, until the flour reaches an internal temperature of 160 F. Let the flour cool for about 10 minutes before using in the cookie dough
- Extra Mix Ins – Make the cookie dough with whatever add ins you enjoy, try pretzels, white chocolate chips, sprinkles, Oreo cookie pieces, or whatever you might enjoy.
- Cookie dough Truffles – Use this cookie dough, and roll it into balls. Refrigerate them until hardened slightly and chilled, then melt chocolate until creamy and dip the balls into the chocolate. Let the chocolate set and enjoy.
More Cookie Dough Flavors
If you want to make other flavors of cookie dough, there are simple changes and additions you can mix in to the dough to make more flavors. Here are some of my favorites:
- Sugar Cookie Dough – Replace the brown sugar with granulated sugar. Only use granulated sugar in the recipe. Add white chocolate chips or sprinkles instead of chocolate chips.
- Double Chocolate Cookie Dough – remove 2 TBS of flour, and add 2 TBS of cocoa powder instead.
- Peanut Butter Cookie Dough – Add 2 TBS of peanut butter when creaming the butter and sugars. Add 1 extra TBS of granulated sugar. Try adding Reeses Pieces, Peanut Butter Chips, or chopped Peanut Butter Cups if desired.
If the way I’ve written up the notes for these changes is confusing, here’s the fully written out recipe here too.
Sugar Cookie Dough Recipe
- 2 TBS unsalted butter
- 3 TBS granulated sugar
- 1 TBS whole milk
- 1/8 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 TBS all purpose flour
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 TBS sprinkles
Double Chocolate Cookie Dough Recipe
- 2 TBS unsalted butter
- 2 TBS brown sugar
- 1 TBS granulated sugar
- 1 TBS whole milk
- 1/8 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 TBS all purpose flour
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 2 TBS cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Recipe
- 2 TBS unsalted butter
- 2 TBS peanut butter
- 2 TBS brown sugar
- 2 TBS granulated sugar
- 1 TBS whole milk
- 1/8 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 TBS all purpose flour
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup mix ins (chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, etc)
Storage Instructions:
The eggless cookie dough should stay good in the fridge for about 1 week in an airtight container. Or it can be stored in the freezer for 3 to 6 months.
How to make a Bigger Batch of Cookie Dough?
If you want a bigger batch of cookie dough, because you have more people to share with, want a bigger bowlful, or want to store some in the fridge or freezer for longer, here are the amounts you’ll want to use:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour (heat treated)
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Edible Cookie Dough Recipe FAQs
No, you cannot bake this cookie dough. It is missing eggs, and leavening agents which are key ingredients to allow the cookie to rise and lift when baked. You will end up with a hard cookie, not a soft and chewy cookie.
Yes, this is a great recipe to add to store bought or homemade ice cream to turn it into cookie dough ice cream. I like to flatten the dough out on parchment paper, and chill it in the freezer for a few hours. Then I cut it into small pieces and mix them into the ice cream as desired.
Yes, you can use all granulated sugar if needed, but you’ll lose a bit of the classic chocolate chip cookie dough and your batter will taste more like sugar cookie dough. If you’re fine with that – then go for it!
Yes, you can make the dough without an electric mixer. I usually mix it with a fork or spoon since its such a small batch recipe, it doesn’t take much arm strength to mix.
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Eggless Cookie Dough
Ingredients
- 6 TBS all purpose flour
- 2 TBS UNSALTED butter softened
- 2 TBS brown sugar
- 1 TBS granulated sugar
- 1 TBS whole milk
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- **Microwave your flour in 15 second intervals, (30 seconds to 1 minute total) until it reaches an internal temperature of 160 degrees, to eliminate any risk of e. coli or salmonella. Set it aside to cool for a few minutes.
- In a small bowl, cream together your butter and your sugars until mixed.
- Add in the milk and vanilla and stir to combine.
- Add in the flour and salt and mix until all combined. (Add a little more flour if mixture is too wet).
- Dump in the chocolate chips and stir them into the cookie dough.
For Sugar Cookie Dough:
- Replace the brown sugar with additional granulated sugar. Make the rest of the recipe the same.
For Double Chocolate Cookie Dough:
- Remove 2 TBS of the flour with 2 TBS of cocoa powder. Mix the cocoa powder into the dough when adding the flour. Make the rest of the recipe the same.
For Peanut Butter Cookie Dough:
- Add 2 TBS of peanut butter to the butter when creaming it with the sugars. Add 1 extra TBS of granulated sugar. Make the rest of the recipe the same.
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Notes
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Nutrition
Recipe Originally Posted on April 04, 2014. The Photos and text were updated for clarity on April 12, 2024.
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Kimberly says
My boys loved it mixed in with their homemade ice cream!
Ellen says
That sounds divine.
ralph says
its yum yum in my tum
Ellen says
🙂 so glad
Eleanore says
Better than the other bakeless cookie doughs I’ve tried.
Ellen says
Thanks, we are so glad!
bob jones says
yummy
Ellen says
Thanks!
Shanelle says
It turned out a bit gelatinous for me? Wondering if I did something wrong. The taste is there but the texture was off. Maybe I should’ve used a mixer like someone suggested.
Aimee says
I always just use a fork and spoon and it works fine, I’m not sure why yours didn’t work out, it should just be like regular cookie dough. :/
Alexis says
Love this recipe! Took me about 5 minutes to make and was really close to cookie doughs taste. I did get really full though after a little, so I personally would share this with someone. Was looking for a good recipe for a while.
Aimee says
I usually can only eat a couple bitefulls at a time as well. My husband on the other hand could gobble up two of these bowls haha 🙂
Sydney Whipple says
The first bite is okay, but my problem is that the sugar makes it very grainy and it just straight up tastes funky🤷🏼♀️
Aimee says
So sorry, you might be able to stir it longer to get the sugar to dissolve more, it shouldn’t be any less dissolved than actual cookie dough you’d bake up (and I usually sneak some of that and don’t notice 😉 ) or you could buy ultra fine sugar
this recipe was not good says
I was originally very happy to make this, a nice eggless cookie dough recipe tasting “like real cookie dough”. When starting all the steps, i noticed things were off, like how much butter there was compared to actual dough. Although, I, with high hopes, shrugged it off and added the chocolate chips (that did not stick to the cookie dough) and took a bite. I was overwhelmed with flavorless, yet sicky-sweet dough. After a few more bites, the feeling of nausea came over from how rich and heavy it was. Overall, I would suggest skipping this recipe and all other recipes like this one, and if you REALLY need cookie dough, suck it up and make some good ole’ fashioned cookie dough with eggs and all, not this sorry excuse. No offense to the creator I guess.
Aimee says
If you notice all of the amounts are smaller because it’s a cookie dough “for one” therefore the “unusual” small amount of butter in the recipe, as well as the other amounts being similar. The recipe is the same as a chocolate chip cookie dough recipe would be, just shrunk down and with milk for moisture instead of eggs. Sorry you weren’t satisfied with it.
Keriann says
This is delicious! Tastes just like cookie dough with egg 🤤 I will say if you use a kitchen aid double the recipe otherwise things wont cream together well but definitely will be making again! Thanks so much for sharing this with us
Aimee says
Good tip! I’ve struggled with small amounts of things not mixing in my kitchen aid as well. I usually just mix this with a fork in a small bowl, but it’s not bad to double it 😉
Jane says
this was so nasty. im sorry but it was not the classic chocolate chip cookie dough texture at all. you could really taste the flour, and i thought the ratio butter to flour was not right at all. It was something i had to through out. waste of my time and effort .
Aimee says
So sorry you didn’t like it Jane. The recipe is literally the same as a chocolate chip cookie recipe but without the egg (so the milk is added to replace the egg.) Was it too dry or too wet for you? There can be a lot of issues with measuring flour.
Leroy says
I love the taste of this cookie dough, I just feel like I’m eating a spoon full sugar. Is there any way to melt the sugar and then add? So I don’t chew on it? Hope to get a response. Thanks for posting this recipe
Aimee says
Since we’re trying to keep the recipe as close to regular cookie dough like you’d bake up for cookies, as well as keeping the texture I don’t think there is a way to melt the sugar. I’d recommend creaming the sugar and butter together longer and that usually helps it dissolve a little more, or buying ultra fine sugar that you can find at many grocery stores. You could try using honey or maple syrup but of course those will give a different flavor too.
Veronica says
Not bad at all. My son wanted some cookie dough and we found this recipe. Tastes almost like baked cookie. But I would cut down on the granulated sugar next time. Thanks for this. It makes just enough for him. Though think I’ll have to make some cookies now that we have chocolate chips!
Megan says
i loved this recipe except i was worried about eating raw flour so I did as the directions said and microwaved it for the longest time (1.5 min) however this burned my flour
Aimee says
So sorry that time was too long for your microwave. I’m guessing since it’s such a small amount. I’ll adjust that
Veronica says
Depending on your altitude and the wattage of your microwave I only did about 30 seconds or so.
Nikki says
This is the best cookie dough recipe and my go to! I’ve made this so many times that I know the measurements by heart. 🥰 I like to use 4 tablespoons of flour because the dough is more sticky. I’ve substituted the brown sugar with white sugar when I wanted to make a sugar cookie dough.
Lucy Williams says
I would give it 10 stars if I could! This recipe is amazing! Me and my girlfriend tried a lot of different recipes for cookie dough, ranging from sugar cookie to choco chip, but this one is by far the best tasting!!!!! We ended up tripling it for movie night!
Aimee says
Wow so glad you guys loved it! It’s definitely good enough to double or triple 😉
Kayan says
It says in the title that its a cookie dough for one but later says serves 2. How many does it serve?
Aimee says
Hi! Sorry for the confusion. So the recipe was originally for two because it makes enough cookie dough for 4 cookies. But it seems most people want to eat the whole bowl themselves 😉 so you can decide. Most likely it’s just the right amount for 1 person, but the calories are obviously high accordingly
Cheryl says
Perfect for a treat, even if you don’t have chocolate chips on hand, it’s still just right to scratch that cookie dough itch!
NaoMos says
I just realized I never gave it any stars!! 5 across the board! : )
Ellen says
Whoa!! Thanks so much, so glad you liked them!
NaoMos says
This is my new favorite dessert for one recipe!! The measurements work perfectly! I used a fork to “cream” the butter and sugars together
and it definitely reminds me of licking the beaters! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
Ellen says
I love it! Thanks for letting us know.
mia :D says
this is so yummy omg
compared to all the others this by far is my favourite!
Ellen says
I am so glad you like our cookie dough, we of course can’t stop eating it. 😉
Amelie says
This was so easy and fun. It took like 2 minutes to cook this is amazing
Ellen says
I am so glad you like it.
aanya says
This was so good!! I loved how there was no floury texture which I have found with some other recipes. Thanks so much.
Christina says
Delicious! However, it had a cream-cheese taste to it. Might have been the new brand of butter I used, but it was still very good.
Aimee says
Strange, I’ve never had a cream cheese taste to mine and a lot of the recipes do call for cream cheese, but I leave it out so that I don’t get that taste haha. Glad you still liked it 🙂
Karen says
One of the best cookie dough batches I’ve ever made. I will definitely be using this recipe again!
Ellen says
Thank you so much.
Shelby says
This recipe did not work for me. Very clumpy and gross. Maybe I made it wrong 😂
Aimee says
So sorry. You should mix everything until it’s smooth, I’m not sure why it would clump up 🙁
Katie says
OMG!!!! This is so good. It’s a very little amount though. So just a heads up quadruple the recipient and you will get a lot more. So good u have to try it.
Aimee says
It’s so yummy, I always want to eat more too 😉
Katelyn says
this is a really great recipe!!! love, love, love.
great for one person and easy to make. (ps… while you are cleaning up put your cookie dough in the freezer for about 5 mins, it really makes a difference!)
Ellen says
I love cold cookie dough. Yum!
mia says
really good
Ellen says
Thank you!