Cookie Dough Frosting
Are you ready for the ultimate dessert inception? Cookie dough frosting is the perfect topper for your desserts and may change your life.
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Cookie Dough Frosting Recipe
One of my absolute favorite things in life is making stunningly boujee desserts. And if I can combine two desserts into one, you know I’m going to attempt it. (Hi, key lime pie cookies, raspberry cheesecake cookies, s’mores cookies, I could go on and on). So it should come as no surprise that I’m once again repurposing a dessert as another dessert.
Introducing, cookie dough frosting. You guys, my chocolate chip cookie dough frosting is decadent and delicious. It is packed with chocolate chips and has the perfect texture. It is hard to resist eating by the spoonful. To put it simply, it is the perfect topper to anything you can dream up to put it on. But warning: it will steal the show.
What Ingredients Do I Need?
- Salted Butter – I always use salted butter. If you’re planning to use unsalted, add a pinch of salt to the frosting.
- Brown sugar – We mix the sugar and butter together for so long so that the end result of the frosting isn’t super grainy, although it will have a little bit of texture.
- Vanilla – The vanilla really helps bring that cookie dough flavor home.
- All purpose flour – We will heat treat the flour, instructions below.
- Salt
- Heavy cream – You can use milk in place of the heavy cream, just know you will need to use MUCH less.
- Powdered sugar
- Mini chocolate chips – If you don’t like semisweet chocolate chips, you can chop milk chocolate chips or a bar into small pieces. I am on a mission to create mini milk chocolate chips because they quite literally DON’T EXIST at local grocery stores. haha
How to Make Cookie Dough Frosting
- Start by heat-treating your flour by adding the flour to a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 45 seconds or until the flour reaches 160° F on an instant read thermometer. Set aside. (If you’re looking for more info on heat-treating flour, check out this post!)
- In the bowl of a stand mixer (using the whisk attachment) or with an electric hand mixer, combine the butter and brown sugar, mixing for at least 5 minutes.
- Scrape the sides of the bowl and mix in the vanilla until combined.
- Add in flour and salt, mixing until well combined.
- Add in half of the heavy cream, mixing until evenly distributed.
- Add the powdered sugar and as the powdered sugar is mixing in, add the remaining heavy cream. Mix until smooth.
- Fold in the mini chocolate chips and spread on your favorite cupcake, brownie or cookie.
What can I put cookie dough frosting on?
You can really put this frosting on anything you choose from brownies to cookies and cakes to cupcakes. If you think it sounds good, it will likely work. You can even just eat these on graham crackers if the fancy strikes.
How do I store chocolate chip cookie dough frosting?
You can store cookie dough frosting in an airtight container for up to a week in the fridge or up to 3 months in the freezer.
Can I pipe cookie dough frosting?
Yep, you sure can! Just pipe it prior to adding the chocolate chips and sprinkle them on afterward.
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Cookie Dough Frosting
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup salted butter (softened)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup all purpose flour (heat treated)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Add the flour to a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 45 seconds or until the flour reaches 160° F on an instant read thermometer. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer (using the whisk attachment) or with an electric hand mixer, combine the butter and brown sugar, mixing for at least 5 minutes.
- Scrape the sides of the bowl and mix in the vanilla until combined.
- Add in flour and salt, mixing until well combined.
- Add in half of the heavy cream, mixing until evenly distributed.
- Add the powdered sugar and as the powdered sugar is mixing in, add the remaining heavy cream. Mix until smooth.
- Fold in the mini chocolate chips and spread on your favorite cupcake, brownie or cookie.
