Thursday, November 19, 2015

100 Best Cookies Take Twenty-Six: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles

We continue the Reble-Thanksgiving recipes with these cute dough balls you saw a hint of in the last post:


Here's the special ingredients for this recipie (If you're new here, "special ingredients" are those that I didn't already have in the cabinet, items I had to go to the store for.):


To make the cookie-dough insid, beat together the butter, brown sugar, and vanilla. 


Add the flour...


and stir it up. 


Toss in the chocolate chips,


and attempt to stir them in. 


I say "attempt," because they didn't stir in very well. Far be it from me to say something has too many chocolate chips, but I willingly admit that these chocolate chips did not incorporate well.  See the chocolate chips sitting around the lump in that picture? All of those wouldn't go in. 
After trying to mix them with my hands for almost five minutes, I resorted to smashing the extra chocolate chips into the dough as formed it into balls. Here they all are! 


You can make them as tiny or big as you like; if you need enough for a party or want to keep some in the freezer, I'd suggest doubling the recipie. After this, stick the balls in the freezer, melt the chocolate, take out the hardened dough, and dip them! 

Because I was making these for Reble for Thanksgiving, I didn't get to dip them; she'll do that next week. But because, of course, I had to, I did try just a few. 
I dunked them in milk chocolate (not the milk/dark mix recommended by the recipie). Regardless, they were delicious! And so fun and cute! And (redundant for emphasis) yummy!


I'm a huge fan of this new recipie. I think cookie dough with no egg is so fun, and these looking like truffles adds even more fun! I'll definitely make these again. (and again. and again. and maybe tomorrow.)

Taste: 9-10
Easy-to-Make: 6/10 (It wasn't actually difficult, but the chocolate chips didn't stir in well and each ball has to be rolled and dipped, so it's a little high maintenance.)
Visual: Not sure because I didn't finish them out, but I'd guess 9/10 or higher! 

So there you have it! Make these fun cookie dough truffles for your next party. Or anything, really. Maybe make a batch, freeze them, and eat one per day. Here's the recipie link!
http://www.bhg.com/recipe/cookies/chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-truffles/

Update: I did indeed make these again, so here's some pics! We put sprinkles on some, and I thought that made them so cute. 

This was the first time I'd used a rack when dipping things in chocolate. It enabled lots of the extra chocolate to drip off without pooling like it would have on a tray. And when I moved them to the wax paper, they stayed round because most of the extra chocolate had dripped off already. I'll definitely do that again. Also, using a rack that only has lines going one way made it v easy to clean. 




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