Cookie doughn't you want some?

I don't think I have EVER made cookies and not snuck a little bit of the dough to eat before I baked them...or just ate the dough straight from the bowl and had very little left to bake! Guilty as charged!

I won't lie, coming back to work after vacation and visiting my friends and family was really tough. I've spent a night or two just hanging out in bed, missing everyone. There are a few things just are just GREAT for cheering yourself up -- exercise, of course (I am so happy to be back sweating it out at The Mercury Method), best friends (so happy Brett is finally moving to Chicago!), and JUNK FOOD!

Everything in moderation. And there are times you just need to indulge. Especially when you're feeling a little down. 

I have two delicious edible cookie dough recipes here, one is healthy,  and one is, well, let's call it traditional. The choice is yours! 

Eggless Cookie Dough

Hands on time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes

What you need (all of which is conveniently already in your cabinets, for those cookie dough emergencies):

• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, or maragine, whatever you have, softened
• 1/4t vanilla
• 1/4 cup skim milk (I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk because it's what I happened to have)
• 1 cup flour
• 1/8 t salt
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Cream together the butter and the sugar. You can use a mixed or do it by hand depending on how urgently you want to eat the dough! Add in the vanilla and milk. Finally combine with flour and salt. Fold in your chocolate chips...and YOU'RE DONE! The dough tastes best if you put it in the fridge for an hour or so. It can also be frozen and eaten later! OR I have even rolled it into little balls and then covered them in cocoa powder to make cookie dough truffles! 

Flourless Cookie Dough

 adapted from Chocolate Covered Katie

Hands on time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes, food processor or chopper required!

What you need:

• 1 can chickpeas drained and rinsed
• 1/8 t salt
• 1/8 t baking soda
• 2 t vanilla
• 1/4 cup nut butter, almond is probably the best if you want it to taste like traditional cookie dough, but peanut works too for a little extra flavor! 
• Splash of milk, to taste for consistency 
• 1/2 cup brown sugar 
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 3 T quaker oats

This one is super easy. Dump everything besides the chocolate chips into a food processor and blend until desired consistency. Add a little more or else milk depending on how thick you want your dough. Transfer to a bowl and fold in your chocolate chips. TA DA! Cookie dough dip! WITH PROTEIN! 

What you get: 

Try one! Or try them both! Healthier choice or not, you get an edible cookie dough, and let's face it, when it comes to cookie dough, no one really cares about nutrition, so just enjoy!