Oooey gooey chocolate cups stuffed with edible cookie dough! These little candies are dangerously addictive, friends!
Happy Monday! Happy Monday after Thanksgiving. Back to routine… sigh. But today is a special Monday because we are celebrating! The lovely Kayle of The Cooking Actress is expecting a little boy soon… so some of her blogging friends decided throw her a COOKIE themed virtual baby shower. 🙂 Kayle always bakes the best cookies (and has a slight cookie dough obsession — her words, not mine…) so this theme is PERFECT!
I decided to join the fun by making a no-bake cookie dough treat. Cookie Dough Cups are where it’s at, guys! Think peanut butter cups… but instead of peanut butter, you get cookie dough! These little bites are so easy to whip up and are SO delicious. Plus (and I did this just for Kayle and all my pregnant friends out there)… this cookie dough is absolutely 100% safe to eat by the spoonful. We all know that eating raw eggs, especially during pregnancy, is ill-advised but did you know that eating raw flour is also a hazard? Le sigh. So instead of making cookie dough with regular flour, I decided to make cookie dough with OAT flour. Just pulse some oats in a food processor… and presto! Oat flour. This makes the cookie dough a little less traditional, but the nutty flavor it adds is totally worth it.
These little cookie dough cups would be great to have on hand throughout the holiday season when you need a sweet treat for guests, a unique addition to your cookie plates, or just for a portion-controlled pick-me-up. They are really easy to put together and store well in the fridge or freezer for a few weeks… if they last that long! You probably have all the ingredients in your pantry right now… so please make a batch soon. 🙂
Congrats, Kayle! So excited for you. I know everyone says that girls are “sugar and spice and everything nice” but can I just say that little BOYS are also full of sweetness?? Not just snips and snails and puppy dog tails (whatever that even means)! My little boy is a boy through and through (hello trucks and dirt and messes galore) but he loves hugs, snuggles, and cuddles. So don’t let anyone tell you otherwise! I don’t know if anyone has, but now that I’m a boy mom I feel the need to share my pro-boy agenda with anyone who will listen. 🙂 So glad we could celebrate you today!!
Be sure to scroll down to see what else was cooked up (ha ha ha) for this cookie themed virtual baby shower! 🙂
one year ago: Loaded Cornbread Waffles
two years ago: Mashed Potato Casserole
three years ago: Gingerbread Muffins
four years ago: Harvest Pear Crisp with Crystalized Ginger
five years ago: Teriyaki Meatball Bowls
six years ago: Thai Peanut Ginger Chicken Wings
seven years ago: Blackberry Mustard Marinade
Cookie Dough Cups
cookie dough recipe from Show Me The Yummy; method from my Pumpkin Pie Peanut Butter Cups
Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
- sprinkle of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
- 12 ounces chocolate almond bark (or chocolate chips)
Directions:
Set out 12 silicone muffin liners on a baking sheet, or line 12 muffin wells with paper liners.
With a mixer, cream together butter and sugars. Beat in salt, vanilla, and milk.
With a food processor, pulse oats until they turn into flour, then fold into butter mixture. Stir in chocolate chips.
Melt chocolate almond bark – I usually do this in the microwave, heating on 50% power in 20 second bursts. Stir well each time and be careful not to overheat. Spoon about 1 tablespoon into the bottom of each muffin liner. Then scoop a heaping 1 tablespoon of cookie dough on top. Press down to flatten, then top with a generous 1 tablespoon of chocolate almond bark.
Allow to fully set before removing from muffin liners, then store in the refrigerator or freezer. If you use chocolate chips instead of almond bark, you may need to allow them to harden in the refrigerator or freezer. You may have a little extra cookie dough or almond bark–enjoy eating it or scrape it together to make an extra cookie dough cup! Enjoy!
Also, check out the rest of the baby shower recipes made by my fellow hosts!
Turtle Thumbprint Cookies – by Confessions of a Confectionista
Cookie Dough Billionaire Bars – by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
Derby Pie – by The Spiffy Cookie
Chocolate Chip Rice Krispies Treat Cookies – by Pies and Plots
Eggnog Crinkle Cookies – by The Domestic Rebel
Cookie Dough Cups – by The Pajama Chef
Homemade Salted Caramel Oreos – by Eats with With Others
Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies – by Blahnik Baker
The Pajama Chef 
Dear Pajama Chef:
Your father’s cookie jar will be empty before you know it.
Love, Dad
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Hahaha!
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Oh, how delicious!! I’m a sucker for cookie dough desserts and these cookie dough cups sound amazing!!!
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Thank you!
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GIRL. This recipe is genius-I love oat flour and the fact that I can enjoy cookie dough again with theeeeese (lord I miss cookie dough lol). Thank you so much for this amazing shower-you guys are the sweetest!!!! And I love the fellow boy-momma advice, I’m fully expecting a sweet cuddly little guy 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Ahhh you guys are so sweet!!!!!! And I love oat flour so using it in the cookie dough is genius (ahhh I miss cookie dough so much!). These seriously look delicious and I would absolutely eat them up! Thank you so much for being a part of this and thank you for the awesome boy-momma wisdom! I’m fully expecting a sweet cuddly little boy 🙂
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well it appears my comment that I didn’t think posted did…lol
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Congrats Kayle!
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So true Sarah! Boys are so sweet. Mine is true and through trucks and destroying everything but loves snuggles and mummy kisses 🙂 Love these cookie dough cups!!
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Thank you, Zainab! 🙂 Little boys are really the best.
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I love that you used oat flour in these! It is such a bummer though that we have to worry about the eggs and flour. Remember the good old days when we could taste cookie dough???
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I still do eat cookie dough…but I’m a little more hesitant now. It is a bummer though. Good thing oat flour is yummy!
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How thoughtful of you to make these with oat flour too! I bet these are super delish!
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They are! Thank you Meriem!
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I didn’t think it could get any better than peanut butter cups and then you made these!
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haha thanks erin!
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These look awesome! Boys are definitely little love bugs!
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thanks, amy!
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