Made with almond meal, cashew butter, dark chocolate chips, and fine sea salt, these cookie dough bites are a guilt-free treat that takes 5 minutes to whip up!
Lately I’ve been craving cookie dough all the time. I’ve been wanting to bake cookies just so that I can eat the dough. Who can relate?
I think it started a month or two ago when my husband and I had a date night in downtown San Diego. We grabbed a bite to eat in Little Italy, strolled around to check out the art walk that was going on, went to a Padres game, and capped off the night by stopping into the new Salt & Straw gourmet ice cream shop.
Just like when we visited the Salt & Straw in Portland, the new shop here was packed, and we waited on a long line to get in. But we were determined to eat their ice cream… A 30 minute line couldn’t hold us back!
I opted for their sea salt caramel + cookie dough ice creams in a cone. I ordered a split scoop, so it wasn’t a ton of each kind. When I bit into a piece of their cookie dough, it was heavenly…. but then, I never wound up with another piece of cookie dough. The madness!
Don’t get me wrong, their ice cream was amazing. It’s made so rich and creamy with bursting flavors, so I will be back at Salt & Straw soon… but man, I was left wanting more cookie dough.
FYI to those who are dairy free, Salt & Straw now has vegan options now as well!
This story is what leads me to today’s recipe. Ever since that night, I seem to be jonesing for cookie dough.
I wound up finding pre-made healthy cookie dough bites at my local Sprouts store a couple weeks ago, but I was kind of disappointed by them. They were super coconutty and not gooey enough… so I did what any food blogger would do, and I came up with a homemade cookie dough recipe myself.
These cookie dough bites are really easy to whip up. All you need is a food processor and eight ingredients, and you pretty much just throw everything in there to blend together. I added in some fine sea salt because I dig the sweet + salty combo. It gives these bites a little something extra.
The result? A sticky, doughy ball of raw cookie dough deliciousness!
Just roll them into balls, and voila, they’re ready to be devoured.
The bites provide a sort of built-in portion control and are a great little dessert… but I can’t make any promises that you won’t eat half of the bites in one sitting!
Salted Cookie Dough Bites {vegan + gf}
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond meal
- 1/4 cup creamy cashew butter
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 TBSP shredded coconut
- 2 TBSP dark chocolate chips
- 1 TBSP almond milk
- 2 TSP vanilla extract
- 1/4 TSP fine sea salt
Instructions
- Place all ingredients except the chocolate chips in a food processor.
- Process until everything is blended together well and forms a sticky ball of dough.
- Add in the chocolate chips and pulse for just another 10 seconds until the chocolate chips are blended in.
- Remove the dough from the processor and roll into 10 balls. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Tell me… What food have you been craving lately? Anything interesting that you’ve been eating on the daily these days?
Gah I want to reach through my computer screen and grab a few of these right now!! I never can resist taking nibbles of cookie dough when I’m baking cookies. I like that these are pretty healthy too.
Thanks so much! I like to think that creating relatively healthy sweet tooth recipes is my specialty!
You know I am all about the dough balls! I love the salted angle on any sweet thing. It makes the flavor 100% more interesting.
I totally agree – salty + sweet can be SO good!
That would be a bummer only getting one bite of cookie dough — I love the mix in’s in my ice cream! These cookie dough bites look and sound amazing Nicole and I would love snacking on these!
I hope that you try this recipe out, Marcie! I’m confident that you’ll enjoy them.
ooh who doesn’t love cookie dough!?
SERIOUSLY! Can’t say I recall ever hearing someone say, “Cookie dough sucks!”
I love the flavor inspiration for these cookie dough bites, Nicole! A 30-minute wait for ice cream? That’s intense, but I must admit that I would wait in the line if the ice cream is as good as you say. 🙂 These sound quite delicious…perfect for snacking on warm summer days!
I’m telling ya, it’s worth the wait! If you ever find yourself in Portland, LA or San Diego, make sure to check out Salt & Straw for yourself.
haha yup I can definitely relate! Hence why I’ve been making cookie dough hummus like mad. lol And these bites! They sound sooooo good! I need to make a stash this long weekend to have on hand!
Your cookie dough hummus looks so good!! I have to try it soon.