Technically, this ice cream flavor doesn’t have to be made with only chocolate chip cookie dough. You can make no-bake versions of your favorite cookie dough – peanut butter, oatmeal, snickerdoodle, and brownie cookie dough would also all be delicious! This is a flavor that we used to buy at the store all the time. But our favorite brands are pretty pricey for a pint. It makes much more sense to make it yourself. And that way you also get to customize it however you like, with bigger or smaller chunks of cookie dough throughout the vanilla base. And fresh-churned homemade ice cream tastes better anyway! Everybody loves chocolate chip cookies, but let’s face it, we all love tasting the dough before any get to the oven! This is a custard based ice cream which is made with egg yolks to make it scoopable and creamy. It’s a great vanilla all on it’s own and is the perfect backdrop for the chocolate chip cookie dough.
What you need
heavy cream whole milk granulated sugar egg yolks salt vanilla extract edible cookie dough (anywhere from ½ to ¾ of a batch, unless you really want to load up your ice cream with cookie dough) mini chocolate chips
I typically use equal amounts of heavy cream and milk, although you can adjust the ratios to get the ice cream consistency you like best. You could even use cream and half-and-half or all half-and-half if that’s what you have on hand. A note about the balls of cookie dough: They really should be very small. It not only makes the ice cream easier to scoop but gives a better mouthfeel as well. The easiest way to get the small chunks of cookie dough is to scoop 1 teaspoon of cookie dough at a time and use a small knife to cut it into thirds or fourths. Even ½ teaspoon size balls seem a little big when mixed into the ice cream. Ben & Jerry’s (who claim to have “invented” cookie dough ice cream back in 1984 at the suggestion of one of their customers) makes a whole like of “snackable” cookie dough in different flavors, but I highly recommend making my edible cookie dough recipe, which is based on theirs anyway.
How to make chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream
Why stop at chocolate chip?
If you really love cookie dough ice cream, you can try making this recipe using peanut butter cookie dough, oatmeal cookie dough, sugar cookie dough, or chocolate chocolate chip cookie dough! Or any other version you can think of. The possibilities are pretty much endless.
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