Today is Sugar Spun Run’s 3rd (un)Birthday*! It’s hard to believe how far this website has come in the past three years, and I have every single one of you who is reading this today to thank for it. So, sincerely, from the very bottom of my heart, THANK YOU. Thanks to you baking, photographing, writing, and videoing for Sugar Spun Run has become my full time job (!!!), and I am so, so grateful. Today I’m sharing these cookie dough pops as a token of my gratitude, and I think they’re a great choice for celebrating three years of cookie dough and sprinkles.
Cookie Dough Pops are similar to cake pops in their appearance, but they’re quite simple to make. The first thing you’ll want to do is prepare your cookie dough, roll it into balls, and then chill it. Chilling the dough is important so that the dough doesn’t melt when you dip it into your chocolate, but you don’t want the cookie dough to be too cold, or it can cause the chocolate to crack as it sets (I discovered this issue when I made my Oreo balls!). You’ll need some cake pop sticks (affiliate) for dipping, and to help the cookie dough adhere to it you should dip each stick just about half an inch into your melted chocolate before spearing your cookie dough. Finally, dip your cookie dough into your melted chocolate and immediately add sprinkles (if using).
I recommend using melting wafers (you can use regular chocolate or white chocolate!) for this recipe because the chocolate coats smoothly and solidifies quickly, but you still will need a place to set your cookie dough pops while the chocolate hardens. Ideally you shouldn’t lay them down on wax paper or a cooling rack because they’ll end up with uneven sides or unattractive marks in the chocolate, so I recommend using a small box or piece of styrofoam and using a knife to make small holes over the surface and then standing your cake pops up in the prepared holes while the chocolate sets.
Do make sure that whatever you are using will actually support the cookie dough pops once you’ve added the heavy cookie dough to the end of the sticks! The first time I did this, my shoebox refused to hold the pops and they all fell on top of each other, which was so frustrating, to say the least!!
Once more very important thing to note: while these cookie dough pops are made egg free, there have been E. coli outbreaks linked to consuming raw flour. Because of this, I recommend you heat treat your flour, and instructions for doing so can be found in my edible cookie dough post and more information can be found here. Enjoy! *You can check out last year’s UnBirthday post to read more about why today is not quite a birthday This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you purchase anything through these links I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you. Please view the disclosure policy for more information.
