Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough is a simple and delicious treat that went viral on social media! This high-protein sweet snack can be customized with your favorite flavors and tastes just like eating cookie dough with a spoon!
Love healthy cottage cheese recipes? Also try my Cottage Cheese Ranch dip, Cottage Cheese Pizza Bowl, and Cottage Cheese Queso Dip.
Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough recipe
Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough is legit delicious. First created by Jake Cohen on TikTok, this healthy treat has been blowing up on social media. If you've heard about it and are looking to try it at home, I've got everything you need, including the full recipe and step-by-step instructions to create and try this delicious recipe at home. Plus, one essential trick to make sure you get that tasty cookie dough consistently!
It tastes like eating real cookie dough with a spoon, but this guilt-free treat is low-carb, gluten-free, and high-protein made with cottage cheese.
It's easier and better than baking a batch of chocolate chip cookies and you don't have to feel bad eating the dough, because there are no raw ingredients in this!
Cottage cheese was once an underused ingredient, but in the past year, it has been blended into all sorts of delicious dips and recipes! If you haven't jumped on the train yet, start with this one and try my Cottage Cheese Ranch dip, Cottage Cheese Pizza Bowl, and Cottage Cheese Queso Dip.
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Why You'll Love this Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough recipe...
- This Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough is easy to make! No oven needed.
- It's a healthy way to enjoy cookie dough. No raw eggs here.
- It's packed with protein. You get the protein from the cottage cheese, plus a boost from your favorite protein powder.
- It's dairy-free, gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan!
- It's made with mostly pantry staples.
- It makes a great healthy, sweet snack that's perfect for sweet cravings.
- It's kid friendly and great for adults.
- If you've been wanting to try some of these more creative cottage cheese recipes, this is a great place to start!
Ingredients:
Here's an overview of what you'll need to make this Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough, but keep scrolling for the full recipe amounts.
- Cottage Cheese: Cottage cheese is a mild fresh cheese that's made by adding acid to a warm milk. It's flavor is so mild that you can transform it into so many things. You can use whole milk or low-fat cottage cheese for this depending on your dietary preferences but the whole milk cottage cheese does give you a creamier texture of dough. You can also use small or large curd cottage cheese.
- Maple Syrup: You'll need some sort of sweetener to give this dough a cookie taste. You can use maple syrup, honey, or agave nectar.
- Vanilla Extract: Vanilla extract is a key ingredient to give the dough that rich cookie flavor.
- Almond Flour: Almond flour is a great gluten-free flour for this cookie dough because it doesn't need to be heated to kill germs. It's just ground-up almonds into a powder. You can usually find it near the regular flour in the grocery store or buy it here.
- Vanilla Protein Powder: If you are looking for a high-protein recipe adding the protein powder is a great way to up the nutrient levels of this snack. If you don't use or like protein powder, you can substitute an equal amount of almond flour.
- Chocolate Chips: Use your favorite type of chocolate chips.
Instructions:
This is an overview of the instructions to make this Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough, but the full detailed printable recipe is below in the recipe card.
- In a food processor, blend the cottage cheese, maple syrup, and vanilla extract. Do not add the almond flour and protein powder in this step or you will end up with more of an icing texture than cookie dough.
- With a spoon, fold in the dry ingredients, the almond flour and vanilla protein powder into the mixture. Do not mix it into the food processor, but make sure to fold it in by hand to get the cookie dough texture.
- Next, fold in the chocolate chips.
- Serve in a bowl with a spoon or as a sweet dessert dip. You can even make cookie dough balls with it.
Variations
I love this Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough as written, but here are some fun variations.
- Make it Strawberry: Use strawberry protein powder and fresh strawberries.
- Make it Peanut Butter: Use peanut butter protein powder and stir in a swirl of real peanut butter.
- Double Chocolate: Use chocolate protein powder.
Other Mix-Ins:
I love the classic cookie dough flavors, but you can change out the mix-ins for any other flavors you like. If it tastes good in a cookie, it will most likely taste good in this. Here are some more ideas.
- Peanut Butter Chips
- Cranberries
- White Chocolate Chips
- Chopped Up Nuts - peanuts, pecans, walnuts, macadamia nuts
- Mini M & Ms
FAQ
Storage & Leftovers
Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Freezing
You can freeze cottage cheese cookie dough by scooping it into bite sized balls and putting it in the freezer. It should freeze for three months.
Can you bake cottage cheese cookie dough?
As written, this will not work as a baked cookie. You'd need to add some sort of oil, like coconut or melted butter to give it enough moisture to stick together in the oven.
Can you make cottage cheese cooke dough without protein powder?
Yes! You can swap out the protein powder for additional almond flour. You might need to add a bit more maple syrup and vanillia extract because the protein powder is flavored, where the almond flour is not.
What if my cooke dough is too liquidy?
Add more almond flour or protein powder to thicken it back up. Also make sure you stir in the flour and protein powder by hand, and not add it into the food processor or it will all come out liquidy.
Can I make cottage cheese cookie dough with regular flour?
No, regular flour needs to be baked or heated to not be considred raw. If you make it with regular flour, you will be eating raw flour.
Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough is a Unique Snack
I love this Cottage Cheese Cooke Dough for being a unique, sweet, and healthy snack. It makes bite of cookie dough heaven with a big glass of milk! If you love cookie dough like I do, you'll have to try this! Or if you love healthy desserts with a high protein twist, this one is for you.
It's spectacular how it all comes together and tastes like eating cookie dough with a spoon! No need to actually bake cookies. This recipe is a true life hack for the healthy foodie.
Cottage cheese is HUGE in the food world right now! If you love the idea of creating unique recipes with it! Give some of these a try too. I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.
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Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough
Ingredients
- 1 pound cottage cheese
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups almond flour
- ½ cup vanilla protein powder
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a food processor, blend the cottage cheese, maple syrup and vanialla extract together.
- With a spoon, fold in the almond flour and vanilla protein powder.
- Next, fold in the chocolate chips.
- Serve in a bowl with a spoon or as a sweet dessert dip.
Notes
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Lauren says
Oh yum. This cookie dough is definitely my new favorite snack - super easy to m ake and tastes amazing!
Ramona says
I just found a new use for cottage cheese and I love it! Using cottage cheese for anything other than savoury dishes never occurred to me.
Dennis says
I saw your recipe and had to give it a try and I was not disappointed. It was delicious!
amy liu dong says
This recipe is awesome, not only it is time efficient but it is also delicious and easy to make! The saltiness, creaminess, and sweetness comes altogether well.
Jackie says
Okay, but seriously, WHY is this so good??!! Made this just for the heck of it not expecting much and even thinking I might be wasting ingredients .. I ate it ALL!
Cathleen says
I never buy cottage cheese because I hate the texture, but I think that I will like this! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe 🙂
Megane says
Oh my, who would have thunk it. Cottage cheese for the win again. I made mine without the maple syrup and used keto chocolate. Super quick and easy for a sugar free snack. I have so many ideas on ways to flavor it now. Thanks so much for a great recipe.
veenaazmanov says
I love the delicious combination of Almond Flour, Cottage cheese and chocolate Chips to this delicious cookie Dough. Kids would love this yummy treat. Just perfect for a kids party too.
Tracy says
I finally now have a way to enjoy cottage cheese! This cookie dough is so good and I love how healthy it is while fulfilling that sweet craving!
Marta says
I love snacking on cookie dough, but it isn't the healthiest. I love your cottage cheese version. The recipe made it super simple to follow, so now it's even easier to indulge in a better-for-me sweet treat.