Indulge in Cookie Dough Cake Pops, featuring sweet, soft cookie dough and coated in chocolate for a fun, bite-sized treat. Perfect for parties, gifts, or anytime you crave a decadent dessert.
Cookie Dough Cake Pops are a fun and indulgent treat made entirely from creamy, sweet cookie dough and coated in a smooth layer of chocolate. Bite-sized and perfectly portable, these pops are ideal for parties, gifts, or a simple homemade dessert.
With no baking required, they’re easy to make and packed with rich flavor, making them a crowd-pleasing favorite for kids and adults alike.
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What's in this post: Cookie Dough Cake Pops
Why We Love This Recipe
- No-Bake Dessert: Made entirely from cookie dough, so no oven is needed.
- Bite-Sized Fun: Perfect for parties, gifts, or easy snacking.
- Creamy and Decadent: Rich cookie dough coated in smooth chocolate for the ultimate indulgence.
- Easy to Customize: Add sprinkles, nuts, or drizzle with different chocolates to make them your own.
- Kid-Friendly: A fun, hands-on dessert that kids love to help make and eat.
Ingredients
- All-Purpose Flour: Provides structure to the cookie dough.
- Unsalted Butter, softened at room temperature: Adds richness and helps create a creamy dough.
- Brown Sugar: Gives sweetness and a slight caramel flavor while keeping the dough chewy.
- Mini Chocolate Chips: Adds pockets of chocolate throughout the dough.
- Chocolate Candy Melts: Used to coat the cake pops in a smooth, sweet chocolate layer.
- Multi-Colored Sprinkles: Optional for decoration and a festive touch.
- Lollipop Sticks: Essential for shaping and serving the cookie dough as pops.
You can get the complete ingredient list at the bottom of the post.
Variations
- Flavor Swaps: Use peanut butter, white chocolate, or butterscotch chips instead of chocolate chips for a different flavor.
- Cookie Dough Flavors: Add cocoa powder for chocolate cookie dough or cinnamon for a spiced version.
- Nutty Twist: Mix in chopped nuts like pecans, walnuts, or almonds for added crunch.
- Chocolate Coatings: Use dark, milk, or white chocolate candy melts to match your preference or theme.
- Decorations: Top with sprinkles, crushed cookies, mini candies, or edible glitter for festive fun.
- Mini Pops: Make smaller, bite-sized cookie dough pops for party platters or favors.
- Sprinkles: Roll the pops in colorful sprinkles or press them onto the chocolate coating before it sets for extra visual appeal and texture.
How To Make Cookie Dough Cake Pops
Step 1. Combine the butter and sugar. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter, sugar and vanilla extract with a hand held electric mixer or stand up mixer. Then add in the milk and beat until combined.
Step 2. Then stir in the flour by hand.
Step 3. Add more milk at this time depending on the consistency of your cookie dough.
Step 4. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Step 5. Form the balls. Roll the cookie dough into approximately 1 inch size balls and place on a baking sheet with wax paper. Refrigerate them for 20-30 minutes.
Step 6. Melt the candy. Put the chocolate candy melts in a small microwave safe bowl and microwave for 30 seconds, then stir. Then dip each cake pop stick into the melted candy and place them into the cookie dough balls about halfway into the balls.
Step 7. Then carefully dip each cookie dough balls into the melted candy melts. Make sure that the candy covers the balls completely. Allow the excess melted candy to drip off back into the bowl.
Step 8. Top with sprinkles and allow the candy coating to dry. Continue coating until all cookie dough balls are covered.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is similar but the cake pops are topped with mini chocolate chips. This topping needs to be added prior to the coating being set or it will not adhere.
Store the leftover cake pops in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.
Yes, form the balls and insert a stick. Freeze and coat the next day with coating and topping.
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Whip up a batch of these fun and indulgent Cookie Dough Cake Pops today and delight your family and friends with a sweet, bite-sized treat! Don’t forget to leave a star rating and comment to share how they turned out.
Cookie Dough Cake Pops
Ingredients
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1 Tbsp Milk may need more when making
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup Mini Chocolate Chips
- 16 oz. Chocolate Candy Melts
- Multi-Colored Sprinkles
- Lollipop Sticks
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Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter, sugar and vanilla extract with a hand held mixer or stand up mixer. Then add in the milk and beat until combined.
- Then stir in the flour by hand. Add more milk at this time depending on the consistency of your cookie dough.
- Then stir in the chocolate chips.
- Roll the cookie dough into approximately 1 inch size balls and refrigerate them for 20-30 minutes (no longer as then the sticks won’t go into the cookie dough).
- Put the chocolate candy melts in a small microwave safe bowl and microwave for 30 seconds, then stir. Then continue to heat in 30 second intervals stirring between each one until the candy melts are fully melted and creamy.
- Dip each cake pop stick into the melted candy and then place them into the cookie dough balls about halfway into the balls.
- Then carefully dip each cookie dough balls into the melted candy melts. Make sure that the candy covers the balls completely. Allow the excess melted candy to drip off back into the bowl.
- Then place the stick of cake pops in a block of styrofoam, top with sprinkles immediately and allow the candy coating to dry.
- Continue until all the cookie dough balls have been covered.
- Then the cookie dough cake pops are ready to enjoy!
