These No-Bake Cookie Dough Truffles are an easy-to-make, perfectly portioned, bite-sized snack. This simple recipe is egg-free, so you can safely sneak a spoonful of the delicious “raw” dough without the worry of getting sick–a delicious homemade dessert that tastes better than any store-bought candy ball.
Best Cookie Dough Truffles
This No-Bake Cookie Dough Truffles recipe quickly and easily combines everyday ingredients to form an egg-free, creamy cookie dough that’s studded with chocolate chips, rolled into balls, and then coated in chocolate.
While I’ve created plenty of truffle recipes (Strawberry Shortcake Truffles, Lemon Truffles, Peanut Butter Truffles, Peppermint Oreo Truffles, and plenty more) and batches of bite-sized balls (Birthday Cake Oreo Balls, Pecan Pie Balls, Peanut Butter & Jelly Balls), my list was lacking a raw cookie dough recipe.
With a few minor tweaks and revisions to my Edible Cookie Dough, Cookie Dough Bars, and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip recipes, I have created another version of raw cookie dough in the form of these no-bake balls.
I make my cookie dough edible by eliminating the egg (I use milk in its place to give the dough the added moisture it needs) AND heat-treating the flour (eggs and untreated flour have a high likelihood of containing contaminants like Salmonella and E. coli.), so these truffles are totally safe to eat.
Don’t forget, if you don’t feel like forming them into balls and waiting for the chocolate coating to chill, you can always eat the dough by the spoonful!
Why We Love This No-Bake Cookie Dough Truffles Recipe
- Quick and easy to make using basic kitchen staples.
- Simple no-bake recipe that can be doubled or tripled so you can stock up on your sweets.
- Everyone loves eating raw cookie dough, especially when it’s dipped in chocolate.
- Made without eggs and uses heat-treated flour so they are safe to eat!
- Fun to decorate and customize for any holiday or special occasion.
- Perfectly portioned, bite-sized balls that make great portable snacks or anytime sweet treats.
Ingredients / Shopping List
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 3 tbsp sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 2 cups milk chocolate chips divided
- 1½ cups white chocolate chips
- Coconut oil (if needed)
Substitutions and Additions
- Tasty Toppings: Instead of adding a chocolate drizzle to your truffles, you can top them with sea salt, chopped nuts, sprinkles, toasted coconut, or mini chocolate chips.
- Choose Your Chocolate: In addition to chocolate chips, you can use any type of baking chocolate, almond bark, or melting chocolate to coat your truffles.
- Mix Up The Mix-Ins: Replace the chocolate chips in the cookie dough with sprinkles, Oreo crumbs, M&M, Reese’s Pieces, chopped Reese’s cups, white chocolate chips, or crushed candy.
- Customize Your Coating: You can easily customize your truffles to make them festive for any special occasion. Add a coating of green and red sprinkles for Christmas, pink and blue for a baby shower, or red, pink, and white for Valentine’s Day!
Recommended Tools
- Baking sheet
- Silicon baking mat or parchment paper
- Mixing bowl and measuring tools
- 1-inch cookie scoop
- Forks
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How to Make Cookie Dough Truffles
These egg-free No-Bake Cookie Dough Truffles are the perfect bite-sized treat and completely safe to eat! In mere minutes, you can easily combine your ingredients to create the dough, then roll ’em, dip ’em, and decorate! They’re delicious!
- To heat-treat your flour, spread it in a thin layer on a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees Farenheit for 5 minutes.
Pro Tip: Make sure your flour is completely cool before incorporating it into the cookie dough. - Cream together the butter, brown sugar, sugar, and salt and beat until fluffy.
- Mix in the milk and vanilla.
- Incorporate the heat-treated flour until mixture is uniform.
Pro Tip: Your dough should form a ball. - Stir 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips into the cookie dough.
- Scoop the dough with a 1-inch cookie scoop, roll into balls, and place each on the lined baking sheet.
- Freeze the truffles for 1 hour.
- Microwave the white chocolate chips in 30-second intervals, mixing until melted and smooth.
- Using two forks, dip half of the truffles completely in the melted white chocolate, allowing the excess to run off, and place them back on the parchment paper.
- Melt the milk chocolate chips and repeat for the other half of the truffles.
- If desired, use a spoon to drizzle the opposite colored chocolate over the truffles for decoration.
Pro Tip: If melted chocolate is too thick to drizzle, add a small amount of coconut oil to thin it. - Chill the truffles until bark is hardened and serve.
- Enjoy!
Tips
- Since these cookie dough truffles do not contain any leavening ingredients, it is not recommended to bake the dough into cookies.
- You can add a bit more flour if the dough is too soft or sticky, or add more milk if the dough is too stiff.
- To make this even faster, you can bake the flour ahead of time. Then when you are ready to make your truffles, just combine the ingredients.
Storage Tips
- To Store: Store your truffles in an airtight container in the fridge for 5-7 days.
- To Freeze: Place truffles in a freezer bag or container and store for up to 2 months.
Frequently Asked Questions
Traditional raw cookie dough is not safe to eat. The raw egg and uncooked flour have a high likelihood of containing contaminants like Salmonella and E. coli. The edible cookie dough in this truffles recipe does not contain any egg and the flour is pre-treated by baking it prior to mixing it into the dough, which makes it completely safe to consume.
Edible cookie dough is made the same way as regular cookie dough. The only difference is that the flour is heat-treated to get rid of dangerous bacteria, and no egg is used in the edible cookie dough version. That’s what makes it safe to eat without baking first.
To pre-treat your flour, simply spread it on a baking sheet and bake it at 350 degrees for 5 minutes. This will kill off any lingering bacteria that may be present.
Yes, it is easy to double or triple this recipe. As written, this truffle recipe will make approximately 15 1″ cookie dough truffles but you can easily double or triple it to make sure you have a sweet supply on hand!
No-Bake Cookie Dough Truffles
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 3 tbsp sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 2 cups milk chocolate chips divided
- 1½ cups white chocolate chips
- Coconut oil (if needed)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350oF.
- Spread flour on a baking sheet in a thin layer. Bake for 5 minutes. Cool completely before using.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, sugar, and salt. Beat until fluffy.
- Add milk and vanilla. Mix well.
- Blend in heat treated flour until mixture is uniform.
- Using a spoon, stir in 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips.
- Using a 1-inch scoop, scoop dough and roll into balls. Place balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Freeze truffles for 1 hour.
- Melt white chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second intervals, mixing until smooth.
- Using two forks, dip half of your truffles completely in the melted white chocolate. Allow excess to run off and place them back on the parchment paper.
- Repeat with the milk chocolate chips for the other half of the truffles.
- If desired, drizzle the opposite colored chocolate with a spoon for decoration. If melted chocolate is too thick to drizzle, adding a small amount of coconut oil should help thin it a bit.
- Chill until bark is hardened.
Jenn’s Notes
- To Store: Store your truffles in an airtight container in the fridge for 5-7 days.
- To Freeze: Place truffles in a freezer bag or container and store for up to 2 months.
- Since these cookie dough truffles do not contain any leavening ingredients, it is not recommended to bake the dough into cookies.
- You can add a bit more flour if the dough is too soft or sticky, or add more milk if the dough is too stiff.
- To make this even faster, you can bake the flour ahead of time. Then when you are ready to make your truffles, just combine the ingredients.
