This Edible Monster Cookie Dough is a copycat from The Yard in Gulf Shores – my favorite vacation spot. It’s filled with peanut butter, M&Ms, Reese’s Pieces, peanut butter cups and even Butterfingers! No baking required!!!
What You Will ❤️ About Monster Edible Cookie Dough
- Safe to eat! We’ve all taken a bite of raw cookie dough – but now – you’ll know it’s safe from bacteria!
- Customized for you! This recipe is for Monster Cookie Dough but you can swap out the candies to make it how you like.
- Delicious! You’ve got all the sweetness of chocolate chip cookies but it’s a whole new form of dessert. It’s fun to open the fridge and just grab a spoonful when you need a sweet treat!
The Yard in Gulf Shores
Gulf Shores is one of my favorite vacation spots!!! It’s just the right amount of laid back beach time with some fun touristy stuff. I always make sure to stop at The Yard for their amazing and over-the-top shakes! But now – they’ve added Edible Cookie Dough to their menu and I had to grab some of that too. They have a bunch of flavors but Monster stood out to me first! Yum – so good!!!!
Edible Cookie Dough Ingredients
This Edible Cookie Dough recipe will surprise you at how much it tastes like cookie dough – but it’s completely safe to eat! You can also customize the candy filling to match your tastes!
- All-purpose flour – you’ll be heat-treating this flour just to make sure it’s safe from bacteria
- salt – you could skip the salt and use salted butter
- unsalted butter
- light brown sugar – feel free to use dark brown sugar if that’s what you have
- granulated sugar
- milk – any milk is fine here
- vanilla or vanilla extract
- peanut butter – I like to use creamy peanut butter
- CANDY!! Butterfinger, Reese’s Pieces, mini M&M tubes & mini Reese’s PB Cups
- SUBSTITUTIONS:
- You could also add in oats or mini chocolate chips
- If you’re not a fan of any of these candies – feel free to swap out with ones you like better! Crushed milk duds, Crunch bars, Oreo cookies or Kit Kats would all be great!
How do you make Edible Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
- Heat treat flour: place in microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 45 seconds. Use an instant read thermometer and check the temp is 165 degrees F. Cool completely.
- Once cooled, add salt to heat-treated flour – mix and set aside
- In a mixing bowl for a stand mixer, add butter, peanut butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar and beat on low until fluffy, about 3 min
- Mix in 1 1/2 Tbsp milk and the vanilla.
- Add in flour and stir in with a spatula. Add more milk if you need to thin it – about 1 Tbsp at a time. The batter should be pliable and not too stiff.
- Using a rubber spatula fold in butterfinger, Reese Pieces, mini m&ms and pb cups
- Store cookie dough in refrigerator (note that it will harden up once chilled because the butter will solidify, you can let it rest at room temperature if desired).
- Serve in small ramekins and top with sprinkles!
FAQs about Edible Cookie Dough
It likely could but it’s safe to keep in the fridge for a month – although I doubt it will last that long!
Yes – definitely! Place scoops on sheets of Parchment paper and freeze until hardened then place in freezer bags and keep for up to a year.
Yes – it is advised to refrigerate the dough. Keep dough in an airtight container.
You can bake it but it doesn’t contain the leavening agents to rise – so they aren’t too tasty when baked.
Add a little milk!
From all my research, it appears it is as there are no eggs and the flour is heat-treated but always consult your physician.
This recipe is not because it contains milk and butter.
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What can you do with Edible Cookie Dough?
Edible cookie dough is great in ice cream, milkshakes, pancakes and more. Just scoop it out and add to your favorite treats – or spoon it up and eat it alone! You could also add it as the top layer to my famous Love After Lockup Prison Fudge!
Easy Dessert Recipes
Egg-free Dessert Recipes
Copycat Edible Monster Cookie Dough
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1/8 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 Butterfinger chopped
- 1 bag Reese's Pieces
- 2 1.7 oz tubes mini M&Ms
- 1 bag mini Reese's PB Cups chopped
Instructions
- Heat treat your flour: place in microwave safe bowl and microwave for 45 seconds. Use an instant read thermometer and check the temp is 165. Cool completely.1 cup all-purpose flour
- Once cooled, add salt to flour – mix and set aside1/4 tsp salt
- In a large mixing bowl, add butter, peanut butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar and beat on low with a hand mixer until fluffy, about 3 min1/2 cup unsalted butter, 1/2 cup light brown sugar, 1/2 cup peanut butter, 3 tbsp sugar
- Mix in 1 1/2 Tbsp milk and the vanilla.1/8 cup milk, 1 tsp vanilla
- Add in flour and stir in with a spatula. Add more milk if you need to thin it – about 1 Tbsp at a time. The batter should be pliable and not too stiff.
- Using a rubber spatula fold in butterfinger, Reese Pieces, m&ms and pb cups1 Butterfinger, 1 bag Reese's Pieces, 2 1.7 oz tubes mini M&Ms, 1 bag mini Reese's PB Cups
- Store cookie dough in refrigerator (note that it will harden up once chilled because the butter will solidify, you can let it rest at room temperature if desired).
Notes
- Store in air tight container in the fridge for up to 3 weeks
- Scoop into balls and freeze for up to 6 months
- Great in ice cream, milkshakes, pancakes and more
Lauren Michael Harris says
What a fun dessert. While my kids will love this edible dough, peanut butter cups are my favorite and I’m definitely going to eat my share ha!
Catherine says
Oh my goodness what a fun and indulgent treat! Who doesn’t love cookie dough! ;D I have to make this for the family soon!
Jessie says
OMG!!! This looks so good and like so much fun! My daughter is going to love this one for sure!
Biana says
This cookie dough looks amazingly delicious! Such a fun treat to make anytime.
Jacqueline Meldrum says
I actually said oh my god out loud and got a funny look from.my husband. Mmmmm!