COOKIE DOUGH BLIZZARD // VEGAN & GLUTEN FREE

That moment when Natalie from feasting on fruit, Britt from the banana diaries and I devised a plan in quarantine to bring more edible cookie dough into the world. Toady we bring to you three incredible cookie dough recipes for your Friday night! So grab a friend, make some cookie dough treats, turn on your favorite 90’s chick flick, and enjoy!

SO get ready for Homemade Cookie Dough Blizzards, Edible Cookie Dough Oreo’s & Healthy Protein Cookie dough!

Check out Natalie’s Cookie Dough Oreo’s HERE

For Britt’s Beautiful Edible Healthy Cookie Dough click Here

For my recipe I am making a Cookie Dough Blizzard!

Not a milk shake, not a smoothie, not soft serve, but a blizzard.

When it comes to ice cream I am a tried and true expert. I have spent most nights ending my day with a beautiful bowl of slightly melted, chocolate coated ice cream that brings me all the joy! Some fall in love with their mothers baked goods, or their grandmothers homemade pies, but it was my Pas love for ice cream that won me over!

Ice cream was a staple in the house and was acceptable to eat any time of the year. It was also very important that ice cream accompanied any cake, pie, cookie, etc. that came into the house. They were simply friendly additions to a perfect bowl of ice cream.

In the summertime our go to spot was Dairy Queen! It would only open for a few months during the year and we would always make sure to be there the first day it opened!

My dad’s favorite was their soft serve cones, and who could blame him? They are the best around! The second best option was their blizzards! The consistency is thick and creamy, theirs tons of texture and it’s loaded with your favorite goodies like cookie dough, peanut butter cups, etc.

I had o figure out how to get the same texture which wasn’t easy. I tried blending frozen coconut cream, frozen bananas, ice cream and more, but nothing was coming out right. I was watching the Bon Appetite YouTube channel when Clair was making choco tacos. In order to get the ice cream piped into her taco base she simply put the ice cream in a bowl and used a spatula to mix the ice cream until it became like a thick cake batter.

I realized this was exactly what you need to make the frosty consistency at home! You simply need a bowl, spatula, your favorite ice cream & your favorite add ins!

Today I am showing you how to make your own vegan cookie dough blizzard, but feel free to use whatever you want! Get the kids involved, make it a family ordeal and most importantly have fun!

Ingredients

• 1 Pint Vanilla Ice Cream

• 1/4th cup Chocolate chips

• Almond flour

• agave

• vanilla

• sea salt

• 1/4th cup cacao Nibs

Instruction

1. In a bowl mix together your almond flour, vanilla, sea salt and agave until fully combined. fold in the chocolate chips.

2. Using a teaspoon measure scoop the cookie dough and form them into small cookie dough balls and set aside.

3. Scoop your vanilla ice cream it into a mixing bowl. Mix with a spatula until slightly soften. The ice cream should resemble thick cake like batter.

4. Gently fold in your cookie dough balls and cacao nibs. If your ice cream is looking runny, place the bowl in the freezer for about 10-15 minutes.

5. Serve with whipped cream, extra toppings and more chocolate if you want

6. most importantly, enjoy!

   NOTE

   totally customizable method! You can use whatever ice cream is your favorite and simply fold in your favorite cookies, cake, fudge, nuts, seeds, candy, etc!

   Pssssst! Don’t forger to Pin the recipe!

Cookie Dough Bites // Guten Free & Vegan

Hello there, and welcome to another episode of What I Made During COVID-19! Today I am bringing you guys the vegan and gluten-free cookie dough bites that are sure to trump those store-bought cookies you bought in a panic because they were the only dry goods left in the store…

Anyway, these cookie dough bites are brought to you today in an effort to provide fun and easy recipes that you can make with simple ingredients! I also want to ensure that these recipes are indeed kid-friendly! I have 9 nieces and nephews all under the age of 10, so trust me when I say I would not be afraid to make these with any of them…except maybe the baby, but he would just sit there and sleep anyway so maybe it would work?

Other than the fact that these are delicious, simple, kid-friendly, healthy, vegan, gluten-free, etc. They also allow you to work with what you have! For example, If you are not a sunflower butter family, use what you have on hand! Just keep in mind that if your peanut butter or whatever other nut butter you use is sweetened, It will alter the flavor and sugar content.

If you don’t have almond flour laying around, you could definitely blend up oats and use that flour instead of the almond. Just keep in mind to check in on the consistency. If it is too runny add in more oat flour about one tablespoon at a time until the texture is a little thicker and easier to mold. With oat flour, you can also leave the mixture in the fridge for about 15 minutes and see how it looks as the oats will soak up some of the liquid!

You don’t have agave? Use maple Syrup!

All of these things will change the texture and alter the flavor of the recipe a bit, but when it comes down to it, the same idea applies! This recipe is about being able to utilize what you have on hand and do something fun while everyone is cooped up at home!

SO without further delay, here is the recipe for your Cookie Dough Bites!

Ingredients

• 1 Cup almond flour

• 1/4th cup sunflower butter

• 1/4th cup Agave

• 1/2tsp vanilla

• Pinch of sea salt

• 1/2 cup dairy-free chocolate chips

• 1 Tbsp coconut oil

Directions

Combine the Almond flour, sunflower butter, agave, vanilla and sea salt together.

Fold in half of your chocolate chips, reserving the rest of the chocolate chips for your chocolate coating, and put in the fridge.

For the chocolate coating, combine the rest of your chocolate chips and the coconut oil and melt using a double boiler method.

Once your chocolate is melted, remove your dough from the fridge and roll into balls. I used a tablespoon measure, but you can make them smaller using a teaspoon measure.

Once you have formed the dough into balls coat in the melted chocolate and place on a plate covered with either parchment or wax paper.

When you are done, sprinkle with flaky salt or sea salt and place in the fridge or freezer until the chocolate has set.

Serve and enjoy!