These no-bake cookie dough babies can be raw, vegan, gluten-free, grain-free, and paleo – with just four ingredients!
NO eggs
NO flour
NO butter / NO sugar / NO oil
If your favorite part of making chocolate chip cookies has always been eating the raw cookie dough, these snackable cookie dough babies are the perfect healthy answer. Take them on-the-go for long car rides or running errands, pack them into a lunchbox, or keep a few on hand so you always have a healthy snack any time you’re craving something sweet.
You could also totally stir some of these into my Banana Ice Cream, for a homemade cookie dough nicecream sundae!
This is the cookie dough variation (one of my favorite flavors) of the fudge babies I made for the live USA TODAY segment on Wednesday. The broadcast went out to over 8 million viewers and was posted on all of their official facebook pages… both crazy exciting and completely terrifying at the same time.
So please just ignore my nervous hair flipping and not looking at the camera in the video if you watch. Definitely will fix those things for the future!
Here’s a link to the shortened version of the video, and if you’re a visual person and prefer to actually see recipes being made, be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel while you’re over there, because it’s where I post all of my recipe videos.
Going back to these cookie dough balls – If you’ve ever tried a Cookie Dough Larabar, that’s what these little energy balls might make you think of when you try them. Just like Larabars, they need no refrigeration and are fine to store in a container for up to a few weeks. The cookie dough bites can also be frozen to always have on hand when a cookie dough craving hits.
To make them refined-sugar-free, you can use naturally sweetened or unsweetened chocolate or cacao nibs, or the chocolate chips can also be left out completely to give you something similar to a Cashew Cookie Larabar, only bite-sized. You could also change up the chocolate chips for raisins, add some shredded coconut or chia seeds, or dip them in melted chocolate – the best part about these fudge babies is how easy it is to customize them… and also how easy they are to eat!
Cookie Dough Fudge Babies
If you want a brownie version, also try the original Fudge Babies.
Cookie Dough Fudge Babies!
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Ingredients
Instructions
*If your dates are rock hard, just soak them in boiling water for a half hour. Most regular grocery stores carry dates; be sure to buy them pitted.
Blend all ingredients in a food processor (or halve the recipe and use a single serve blender or mini chopper). You can add the chips before or after blending. I’ve found that a food processor works much better than a blender because it processes more evenly and the results are not a sticky mess. Roll into balls – I find it easiest to transfer the dough to a ziploc and smush into one big ball, then break off pieces and roll into smaller balls. Feel free to dip in melted chocolate. You can also form bars or even roll out the dough and cut shapes with cookie cutters.
More Cookie Dough Recipes:
Raw Cookie Dough – To Eat With A Spoon
Charlyne says
Hi Katie, Someone mentioned SnickerDoodles…So you have a recipe for them ? Would love to try that also. PS love your site. Found you on Pintrest. So glad ! Look forward to may more recipes from you.
Chocolate Covered Katie says
Thank you so much!! 🙂
https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/11/08/skinny-snickerdoodles/
heather says
We made these for a “healthy snack” project for Brownies and they were a huge hit with the whole troop as well as the moms! Can’t wait to play around with some variations…I’m thinking coconut, macadamia nut, and white chocolate would be amazing!
Holly says
What food processor do you use? I have a kitchenAid that does an ok job, but it doesn’t chop the nuts up as fine as yours. My balls are always pretty chunky looking.
Kristy says
These look delicious! Should they be stored in the fridge? And how long will they keep for? Thanks for all of these fantastic homemade larabar recipes!
Jason Sanford says
Can stay out at room temp for a week or so.
Whitney says
Great video, Katie! You look darling!
Question: which banana bread recipe was that? It looked wonderful!
Also, I had a suggestion (though you’ve probably already thought of it): I know you’re having publisher issues concerning your new book. I was showing your website to my friend, who has already written and self-published several of her own books, and she said to me, “Why doesn’t she self-publish her book? She’s got beautiful photography, and a great layout. And she has such a huge following, marketing and selling it wouldn’t be a problem.” I completely agree with her. So, have you thought of that? It might give you more freedom to do what you want, and when.
Anyway, just a thought. Take it or leave it, no biggie. 🙂
Jason Sanford says
It’s the Healthy Banana Bread: https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2017/01/16/healthy-banana-bread/
Self publishing is definitely something we’ve looked into and might still go with. But right now Katie has so many other things she’s working on that we’re in no rush for the next book. One way or the other, it will happen at some point.
Jason (media relations)
Frog says
normally I say I hate all things cookie dough. Then no honey, strawberry or apple anything allowed due to serious allergies. This recipe looking forward to.
Kat says
Best excuse to just eat cookie dough! Love that they’re packed with dates!
Sabrina says
I made this last night and could not stop eating it. So so so good. Bravo! Awesome space too!
Nina says
My favorite thing! I love cookie dough and now I can make these and feel better about eating it.
Cassie Thuvan Tran says
As a kid, I basically ate more cookie dough than I did actual cookies! The Nestle Toll House cookie dough pretty much could have been my boyfriend. But anyways, I’m totally over cookie dough now. JUST KIDDING! Definitely still love it, but I go for vegan alternatives nowadays. These little fudge babies look so delicious–I would eat all of them any day!
The Curious Frugal says
Yes to anything cookie dough! I would love to try these with macadamia nuts – my favorite right now.
Laura Johnson says
Thinking of rolling it out and making, dare I say, Larab*rs…
Libby says
Do you keep these in the fridge?
Jason Sanford says
No need!
Lauren Newman says
I know this post is old but can anyone tell me if these need to be refrigerated or if not, their shelf life? Would like to make them for my children. Thank you!
Desi says
I just made these tonight to take on my girls beach trip. So yummy!!! I doubled the recipe and used walnuts. Soooo easy and delicious, thank you.
Desi