Cake Mix Cookies: Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites
Sweet friends, today I have my two favorite things wrapped into one precious little bite. A chocolate cake mix cookie and edible cookie dough are combined to create the most wonderful chocolate chip cookie dough bites / concoction on the planet! Trust me when I tell you that this will be an ALL time favorite, keep scrolling for the recipe!
Before {and while} I became a teacher, I owned and operated a small deli in my home town, The Happy Horse. The best selling dessert was always the cookie dough brownie.
There were times when I would sell over 100 of those chocolate chip cookie dough brownies. With a population of around 2000 people…that is a whole lot of brownies! I would go home at night and dream about them because I made them so much.
So I just couldn’t wait a minute longer to add a version of them here on Practically Homemade. As you know, cookies are my jam! So a cookie combination was definitely the way to go.
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Baking the cookie dough in a mini muffin pan was such a great idea because it created the perfect little cup to hold the dough.
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Making the Cake Mix Cookie Dough Bite in a Mini Muffin Pan
To make the cookie dough, combine your cake mix {be sure to whisk the dry mix and remove any lumps}, 2 whisked eggs and a stick of softened butter with a hand held mixer. I have also done this by hand and that works too.
The dough will be thick but that is exactly the way you want it. In fact, all of my tips for making cake mix cookies are here.
Using a small cookie scoop, scoop mounds of cookie dough into the cups of your mini muffin pan. Be sure that you have sprayed each cup generously with non-stick spray. I like to take my fingers and pat the dough down into the cup, so that it is level.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 8-9 minutes. Remove from the oven and let them cool for a couple of minutes.
To remove them from the pan, run a knife around the edge of the cookies while they are cooling to loosen them up. This should make it easy to remove them and then let them finish cooling on a cooling rack.
How to make Edible Cookie Dough
While the cookies are cooling, it is time to start with the cookie dough. Combine the butter, brown sugar and vanilla until smooth. Then add the dry ingredients. If it is too dry, then you can add a little bit of additional milk.
Once the dough is to your desired consistency, then add the mini chocolate chips. Mini chips work great in this recipe, plus they are so darn cute!
Using the same small scoop, scoop mounds of dough onto the top of each cookie bite.
They are honestly perfect just like this but you know I have to add a little something extra.
Add 2 tablespoons of mini chocolate chips {or regular sized} and 2 tablespoons of heavy cream into a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 20-25 seconds. Whisk until smooth.
Add the ganache to a piping bag {or a small Ziploc bag} and drizzle it over the top of each cookie.
Doesn’t that give them a nice finished look?
But it isn’t until you take a bite of these chocolate chip cookie dough bites that you truly get the heavenly tastes and textures. The creamy cookie dough with the soft cookie on the inside, yet a little crunch on the outside is spectacular.
I can’t say enough good things about these chocolate chip cookie dough bites. If you store then in the refrigerator then I recommend taking them out for a few minutes before eating them. The cookie and dough tend to harden which makes them a little tough to eat. Enjoy! You can thank me later.
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Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites
Ingredients
Cookie Cups
- 1 box chocolate cake mix {I used Devil's Food}
- 2 eggs {whisked}
- 1 stick butter {softened}
Cookie Dough Filling
- 1/2 cup butter {softened}
- 3/4 cup brown sugar {lightly packed}
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp milk
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Ganache
- 2 tbsp chocolate chips {I used the same mini chips}
- 2 tbsp heavy cream
Instructions
Cookie Cups
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare mini muffin pan by spraying each cup generously with non-stick cooking spray. Pour chocolate cake mix into a medium bowl and whisk {or sift} to remove any lumps. Add softened butter and eggs to the cake mix and combine with a hand held mixer until dough is thick and sticky. Using a small cookie scoop {or 1/2 tbsp.}, put a mound of cookie dough into each muffin cup. Using your fingers, go back and press the mound of dough down to create a level cookie. Bake for 8-9 minutes. {Do not over cook, they will set up as they cool.} Remove from oven and let the cookie cool for 3-4 minutes. While the cookies are cooling, run a knife around the edges of each cookie to loosen. Move cookies to cooling rack and let them cool completely.
Cookie Dough Filling
- Cream the butter and brown sugar together on medium until fluffy and combined. Add in the vanilla, flour, and salt. Mix until incorporated. Add in the milk until desired consistency is reached. {NOTE: start with 1/4 cup and then add more as needed} Fold in the chips until evenly distributed.
Ganache
- Combine 2 tablespoons of both mini chocolate ships and heavy cream in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 20-25 seconds and whisk until smooth. Move ganache to a piping bag {or Ziploc}.
Cookie Assembly
- Using a small cookie scoop {or 1/2 tbsp}, scoop mounds of cookie onto each cookie cup. Drizzle with ganache and enjoy. Store in an air tight container at room temperature or in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. They are better to eat at room temperature.