Description
This easy and delicious Cookie Dip tastes just like chocolate chip cookie dough, featuring a smooth, creamy texture that’s perfect for parties or quick snacks. Made with butter, cream cheese, sugars, vanilla, mini chocolate chips, and chocolate chip cookie chunks, this dip pairs wonderfully with graham crackers, animal crackers, fresh fruit, pretzels, and more. It’s a versatile dessert dip that is gluten free, egg free, nut free, and can be made vegan with simple substitutions.
Ingredients
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Base Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (or vegan baking stick)
- 8 ounces cream cheese (use full fat block cream cheese)
Sweeteners and Flavoring
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Add-ins
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
- 10 chocolate chip cookies, broken into tiny chunks
Instructions
- Prepare the Cookie Chunks: Break the 10 chocolate chip cookies into small, bite-sized chunks and set them aside for folding into the dip later.
- Beat the Butter: In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the 1/2 cup of unsalted butter until it becomes smooth and creamy, which should take about 2 minutes.
- Add Cream Cheese: Beat in the 8 ounces of cream cheese until the mixture is smooth, creamy, and free of lumps, about 1 minute.
- Incorporate Sugars and Vanilla: Beat in the 1 1/2 cups of confectioners’ sugar, 1/4 cup of packed light brown sugar, and 1 1/2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract until all ingredients are well combined with no lumps remaining.
- Fold in Chocolate Chips and Cookie Chunks: Using a spatula, gently fold in the 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips and the broken cookie chunks to evenly distribute them without overmixing.
- Serve and Enjoy: Serve the cookie dip with your choice of dippers such as graham crackers, animal crackers, fresh fruit, Nilla wafers, pretzels, or even broken ice cream cones for a delicious treat.
Notes
- This Cookie Dip tastes exactly like chocolate chip cookie dough, with a smooth and creamy texture that’s incredibly easy to make, taking only 10 minutes from start to finish.
- It’s a perfect addition to parties or a quick snack, pairing wonderfully with various dippers like cookies, pretzels, graham crackers, and fresh fruit.
- The recipe is naturally gluten free, egg free, and nut free, and can be made dairy free (vegan) by using a vegan butter substitute and dairy-free cream cheese.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tablespoons
- Calories: 221 kcal
- Sugar: 21 g
- Sodium: 75 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 0.3 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 31 mg