Cookie Dough Dips

I was trying to come up with a new fruit dip yesterday when I stumbled upon this cute little blog with the most incredible idea....

COOKIE DOUGH DIPS!!

OMG! My sugar loving self was obsessed with the idea. I'm the girl who makes cookies and brownies solely for the moment when I can lick the dough off the spoon... over and over again. I could typically care less about the cookies or brownies themselves. Who says the dough can't be better than the finished product? 

I doubled the recipe below and thought I would give all four different dips a whirl. You can easily use the recipe below for one large batch of your favorite or split it in half and try out two of them. 

Basic Cookie Dough Dip

1/2 cup butter

1/3 cup brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 8oz block of softened cream cheese

3/4 cup powdered sugar

Melt butter in a saucepan. Add brown sugar and whisk over medium heat until sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Set aside to cool.

In a mixer, blend cream cheese and powdered sugar. Slowly incorporate your cooled buttery brown sugar mix into the cream cheese mixture. Add appropriate mix-ins to make your favorite dip(s) below. Serve with apples, pretzels, graham crackers.. or maybe just hand everyone a spoon :)

And now, without further adieu, let me introduce you to my 4 new best friends...

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

For this dip you simply add 1/2 cup of mini chocolate chips to the original dough. 

 Snickerdoodle Cookie Dough 

This dip is my personal favorite. It really does taste like snickerdoodle dough.. love it!! I added 1 tsp of cinnamon and 1/4 tsp of nutmeg to the original dough.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

This one seemed to be the crowd favorite of the four. I added 1/2 cup of peanut butter and a 1/2 cup of mini chocolate chips to the original dough. 

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

A chocolate lovers dream. Tastes just like brownie batter I tell you. Simply add 1/2 cup cocoa powder and 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips to the original dough. 

Pick your favorite. Or make em all! They really do make a sexy team all lined up together.

 Have fun!

(As a sidenote- I fully understand that it's a little crazy to photograph dips in a windowsill- I needed some natural light for my little point and shoot since I have learned to despise a flash. I just wanted to make sure you know that I am aware of the ridiculousness going on in these photos. Can't wait to have my camera back. I didn't think I would miss it this much!)