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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MPT says
After making this several times, I just noticed the serving slider was set at 2 servings. So I’ve been eating 2 servings of this dough!
LOL!!!! When I adjusted the serving to one, I noticed the calories were the same. Two servings equals 1/2 cup. I wonder if maybe Ellen could answer that the calories listed are definitely for one serving?
Aimee says
Sorry about the confusion! The recipe originally was listed as being for two, thus two servings, but enough people complained that it made the perfect amount for one. So I updated the name, but forgot to update the calories. The calories are now updated if you eat the whole bowl yourself. It’s definitely not low calorie, but I can usually still split it in half to satisfy my craving when I need.
MPT says
Love this recipe but this time I only had mini chocolate chips in the cabinet. Just use one tablespoon of mini chips and it is still good
Olive says
amazing!!!! love how you came up with this recipe. very good for the craving i was having
Ellen says
Awesome, thanks for the review. We are so glad you love it. We try.
Marcos says
Its ok, i would much rather eat store bought cookie dough. But this is great if you don’t feel like going to go get it
Ellen says
Ha, love your honesty.
Sheryl says
I microwave the butter for 30 seconds before mixing in a glass measuring cup and I love this recipe. I’ve been craving oatmeal chocolate chip lately and tested it with a tablespoon of quick oats added and it’s delicious.
Ellen says
That sounds perfect. Cravings sure keep us on our toes.
Gina says
I love this recipe! Perfect to whip up when you get a cookie craving, but don’t want to make a whole batch. I’ve already made it twice in the last 24 hours. I also recommend putting in fridge for 5-10 minutes before eating. It may be a little dangerous having a recipe this easy. So good!
Arianna says
Is there something I could use instead of milk?
Aimee says
Any milk substitute like almond milk, soy milk, coconut milk, etc should work 🙂
Lori says
I just made this on a whim tonight. I didn’t have any milk, used water instead. The flavor probably wasn’t as rich as it would have been with milk, but it was still pretty tasty.
Ellen says
I’m so glad it was tasty enough for you. Water versus milk, is a difference in texture and flavor. Hope you might have milk next time.
Olive says
You can add water but i am guessing it will taste a little weird. but you can try it out
Evie says
Really good!I was craving cookie dough so i found this amazing and easy recipie!Great size and consitancy. Would deffinatly recommend! <3
Ellen says
We always love recommendations, feel free to tell all your friends. And thank you, so glad it satisfied your cravings.
Katrina says
Great recipe! But the texture is similar to bread dough so I had to add a little more sugar. But it had great flavour that definitely satisfied my craving.
Ellen says
So glad you were able to make the recipe work for you. Isn’t it wonderful to have your cravings satisfied.
Ella says
Delicious! I did this without the chocolate chips as a more flavorful sugar cookie dough recipe!
Alexandra says
Really really yummy, had a sudden cookie dough craving and this totally satisfied! No idea what those “no flavor” comments are about, this is everything you need for a personal bowl of deliciousness!
Aimee says
Thanks so much <3 <3
Meili says
Not sure what the negative reviews are talking about. I usually don’t post reviews. It was really good! I halved the recipe because I was making it just for me and it came out great. I used mini dark chocolate chips.
Aimee says
Thanks so much! Glad it was the right amount for you like that!
Elli says
So good! I’ve found that making it with melted butter and then freezing it makes a great warm-weather treat! Nice and cold and stays in solid dough balls. Thanks for the recipe!
Aimee says
I love eating frozen cookie dough balls 😉 Great idea!
Aurora says
I definitely recommend chilling the dough in the fridge for 2-5 minutes before adding the chocolate chips to avoid melting the chocolate with the warm flour. Otherwise, a great sweet tooth recipe!
Aimee says
Good recommendation! I usually have extra heat treated flour ready for times of need so I forget this 😘
Ashli LeBlanc says
Absaloutely delicious i don’t know what everyone is saying about no flavour, if you do it right it’s so yummy!!!
Aimee says
Ah Thank you so much! I was getting discouraged that there were so many negative reviews in a row. Most people, like you, love it! I’m so glad you did <3
amelia says
its awesome!!
Jacquelyn says
This was great! Perfect amount for two people, amazing flavor, and super simple to make.
Grace says
not a great texture;could not eat more than three bites.
Yasmeen Kazerooni says
it had too much flour , sugar, and salt i don’t recommend anyone trying this i am not satisfied at all😡😡😡
susan says
“where’s the flavor?!”
May says
sub-par. bland & not a great consistency
Nicole Tammaro says
Seriously the best edible cookie dough ive tried
Jess says
It tastes so good, I didn’t have any vanilla essence and I used dark choclate instead of milk but it still came out so good.
Jess says
This recipe has 0 flavor and is not the best. Tastes only like flour and did not mix well. I mixed it for literally 15 mins and the milk would not combine. I made a different batch from a different recipe and it was really good. Wouldn’t recommend to others.
MPT says
It mixes better if you use a mixer with one beater !
Ellen says
Good to know
Kayla says
Tasted great and was a good portion because it wasn’t too small!!
Samantha says
has no flavor, added everything needed.