Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip.
Go put on your stretchy pants.
Seriously. Do it now.
Some days, I find that certain recipes speak to me. Better-Than-Crack-Brownies, Peanut Butter Pretzel Truffles, Cake Batter Bark… those things excite me. This only has happened a handful of times and when I find or create a delicious recipe that I am so passionate about, I can hardly wait to share it with all of you. After all, these recipes wouldn’t be as much fun without you.
This is the situation I found myself in late Monday evening. Sometimes, the best recipes come from you. Never hesitate to tell me about them! A reader, Amber, emailed me to share this delicious recipe. I nearly fell off my chair.
Or the couch from which I was laying on after eating 16 snickerdoodles. It happens.
I couldn’t wait to make it. In fact, I nearly got my rump off the couch and whipped it up at 10:00 pm. But then I remembered that I would want to photograph this amazing creation. And then I also remembered that I would be left all by my lonesome with this dip. It would be close to midnight. I would be in sweatpants. I would eat until my heart was content. I would never fall sleep. I would want to face-plant into cookie dough dip.
I decided to wait.
You can only imagine what I did first thing yesterday morning. I don’t even think I’ve bounded out of bed like that for freshly fried bacon.
So let’s hit all the major points:
1. Super simple (and fast!) to make? Check.
2. Easy enough that you most likely have the ingredients in your house right now? Check. (hint, hint… breakfast!)
3. Freakishly delicious and pants-popping? Double check.
I served it with animal crackers, but for the last 36 hours all I’ve been thinking about are more delectable dippers that would be fabulous. Graham crackers, Nilla Wafers, juicy apples, salty pretzels, homemade cookies, cinnamon sugar pita chips… the list goes on and on. Pick your poison.
Or you can do dirty things like eat it with a spoon.
Cookie Dough Dip
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 8- ounce block of cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cups chocolate chips
Instructions
- Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add brown sugar and whisk until sugar dissolves and mixture starts to bubble. Set aside to cool, and whisk in vanilla.
- Cream together cream cheese and powdered sugar for 60 seconds. With mixer on low speed, add in brown sugar and butter mixture. Mix until combined. I added the chocolate chips at this time so the mixer could break them up into pieces. You can so that, or just fold in the chocolate chips.
- Garnish with additional chopped chocolate. Serves with fruit, cookies, crackers, pretzels or a spoon.
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Oh! I almost left out the most important piece of the recipe that Amber shared. Cookie dough dip “has zero calories when eaten with friends.”
I think I love this girl.
406 Comments on “Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip.”
MMM…it looks marvelous! Question though, for the chocolate chips do you use milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate?
Either is fine, it’s your personal preference. I usually use milk!
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i just ate a tub of cookie dough
i need to make this asap!
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OH MY WORD! I think I’m in heaven! This cookie dough dip totally made my day, can’t wait to make it!
I tried to make this for a party, and it turned out like cream cheese frosting with chocolate chips in it :/ It didn’t turn brown like yours either.
So I just stumbled upon this site and saw this amazing recipe and obviously had to make it.. Delishhhh! Only problem is, after refrigerating, it become rock solid.. Any idea why? Even after sitting out a bit, I couldn’t get it back to that creamy consistency. The only thing I did differently was substitute marscapone for the cream cheese..
I don’t think that I have ever wanted to be an animal cracker as nuch as I do right now! I think I would have to dive right in!
I made a double batch of this for a work even yesterday and it was devoured! It was my first time making it, and I will definitely it add to my collection.
I did have to tweak the recipe since half way through making it I realized the bag of chocolate chips I thought I had leftover had actually gone into the chocolate chip pancakes I made a few weeks ago. I was panicked since it was 11:00 at night and definitely was not going to the grocery store. Luckily, I found a bag of dark chocolate hershey kisses and chopped them up to use instead. It was a hit, especially since some of the chunks were large.
Thanks for this great recipe! Have you thought about a cookbook?
Thanks Gina! Working on one!
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Hey Jessica,
I stumbled upon your recipe last year and have been itching to make it ever since. I finally got around to it last week for a friend’s birthday party and here are the results: http://lucyeats.blogspot.com/2011/04/chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-dip.html
Thanks for the amazing recipe!
I almost fell over when I stumbled on this gem. I am shaking as I write this. What a fantasticly yummy idea. :)
this is almost identical to a cookie dough frosting I made a few month Back. Looks good Lady
Looking at the ingredients, I truly do not understand how this has no calories. I feel like I must be missing something obvious. Can someone enlighten me please?
It was a joke- no calories when shared with friends. Just because you share it with friends, doesn’t take out the calories.
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Now only time will tell when I would be getting my new pants
Mmmmmm! This cookie dough dip looks quite yummy! I’m literaly mouthwatering… and now I’m hungry. Luckily for me, it’s noon, so I can go prepare something to eat. Saving this recipe and sharing the page!
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yeah so i’m giving in and making it right now, at 11pm. definitely going to have to work my BUTT off tomorrow to make up for it…..
this looks amazing!!! where do you buy those cute plates/bowls you put your treats into?
It is the best.. so addictive..died and went to heaven
is there any substitute for the cream cheese…kind of hard…no impossible…to get it in this foreign country…thx
Hmmm I really can’t think of any substitute. Maybe just some canned frosting and omit the sugar in the recipe? But it would be very sweet.
Try and see if you can find marscipone cheese. It is sort of like an italian cream cheese, very yummy and would probably work well as a substitute.
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I made this for our Superbowl party and it was delicious with those square pretzels. For those who thought it tasted to cream cheesy try making it with dark brown sugar. I think that really made the taste and coloring of the recipe better along with using real butter and not margarine. I just came back to get the recipe again for a birthday party. Thanks for posting it!
can’t wait to try this. i think after reading some of the comments though i’ll let the mixture chill for a while and then fold in mini chips. i absolutely love cream cheese so that won’t be an issue at all here :)
sounds a bit like a connoli filling. come to think of it, it would make a perfect connoli filling.
i think the recipe should be renamed as chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake dip. i thought it was delicious and everyone wanted the recipe, which i wouldn’t give them.
what is this geniously constructed dip? I seriously cannot believe my eyes. Ah-mazzzing!
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I dont really mind the cream cheese taste but I do have a question about how to make my cream cheese not chunky.. it still tastes good but there were a bunch of little chunks. any advice?
Was your cream cheese room temperature and did you use an electric mixer? The best way to get it smooth is for it to be softened and just continue to beat it.
yea, I left it out for a few hours and used an electric mixer.. maybe it should have been softer?
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I just made this. Perfect for a lazy Sunday and to take to my staff meeting. DE-lish.
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This sounds amazing! I can’t wait to try it! Now what about cake batter dip? That sounds do-able and you seem to love cake batter as much as I do!
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Is there anything you can substitute for the cream cheese that is dairy free? Could you just omit it and not replace it with anything? Trying to make this a dairy-free treat too. It sounds so delicious!!! Thanks for sharing :)
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I just came across this…and I had to make it tonight! Oh, my…let me just say, being almost 9 months pregnant, thankfully my pants are already stretchy because I could eat this ALL!! I sliced up a couple apples to dip…words cannot describe the goodness. Thank you so much for posting this!!! :)
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Tried the original recipe and it was way too cream cheesy. Loved the idea though and refused to give up on lessening the cream cheese love.
Final take:
change to dark brown sugar up the amount to 1cup
add 1 container of cool whip
up the powdered sugar to 1-1/2 c
up the vanilla to 2-3 tsp.
Much closer to actual ccc dough. Also much closer to putting you into a diabetic coma, but at least you’ll go happy.
Thanks for posting!!
I also thought it was way to cream cheesy- ick. I added pb and it made it more bearable…but I want to try your recipe above :) thx!
AWESOME idea, I didn’t like the first batch, so I’ll have to try your recipe for sure!
Did you use the whip cream instead of the cream cheese or in addition to?
It was WAY too sweet for me like this. I was hoping it would come out tasting more like actual cookie dough but it didn’t. Tasty, and my friends loved it, but WOW sugar.
I have lost 40 pounds (give or take, depending on the day) since june, and I am going to gain them all back since I have been reading blogs like yours! That and since I started (in the process of) a cupcake/candy business!! Love your blog, added you to my reader! :) Blessings…
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we made this for a party on Friday night and everyone loved it!
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