This easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard is made with storebought ice cream and homemade cookie dough! It’s as delicious as a Dairy Queen blizzard, but made right at home. It’s thick, creamy and so delicious!
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This cookie dough blizzard is thick, creamy and delicious! It’s made with creamy whipped store bought ice cream and sweet homemade chocolate chip cookie dough. Grab your spoon because you’ll definitely want to make this!
I love Dairy Queen blizzards! I came up with this recipe so that you can make a cookie dough blizzard at home!
If you’re looking for more cookie dough recipes, make my cookie dough brownies, Biscoff cookie dough and this edible sugar cookie dough!
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Why This Recipe Works
- Super easy to make! Store bought ice cream is a delicious store bought. The homemade edible cookie dough comes together in minutes.
- Delicious! The decadent cookie dough is a dessert in itself. Add it to whipped ice cream and you have the best frozen treat!
Ingredients
Below are some helpful notes about some of the ingredients.
- Butter: Take your butter out of the refrigerator 1-2 hours before making the cookie dough.
- Brown sugar: Dark brown sugar can also be used. Both add extra flavor from molasses.
- Milk or heavy cream: Add this a half a tablespoon at a time until you get the consistency you like for the cookie dough!
- All purpose flour: I recommend heat treating the flour. See more about why and how to heat treat flour below.
- Chocolate: Use good quality chocolate bars such as Lindt. I find chopped chocolate mixes in the blizzard better than chips do. I prefer chopped dark chocolate. I like how it tastes in contrast with the sweet ice cream.
- Vanilla ice cream: Use store bought or homemade vanilla ice cream. To make it easier, I like to use good quality store bought ice cream. We whip the ice cream to give it more of an airy, blizzard-like texture.
See recipe card below for full list of ingredients and measurements.
Substitutions & Variations
- Swap in semi-sweet, milk or white chocolate in place of dark chocolate.
- Use regular or mini chocolate chips instead of chopped chocolate.
- Make these cookie dough blizzards with chocolate or any flavor ice cream instead of vanilla.
- Layer in or drizzle some hot fudge sauce on top! I like to use the sauce from my condensed milk brownies. You can also use store bought hot fudge sauce.
Instructions
STEP ONE: Heat treat the flour. Microwave the flour for three or four 30-second intervals, stirring in between or until flour reaches 165°F.
Alternatively, spread flour on a baking sheet and bake at 350°F for 5 minutes.
STEP TWO: Cream the butter and sugar. Use an electric mixer to cream the sugar and butter on medium speed until creamy and combined.
Next, add the vanilla followed by the milk or heavy cream
STEP THREE: Add the flour and salt. Turn the mixer on low and add gradually add the flour and salt until combined. Then stir in the chocolate chips.
STEP FOUR: Scoop out the cookie dough. Use your hands or a small cookie scoop to form the dough into balls. This will make it easier and less messy to distribute the dough into the blizzards.
STEP FIVE: Whip the ice cream. Add the ice cream to the bowl of an electric mixer. Whip the ice cream on medium until creamy. Be careful not to overmix.
Next, add the chopped chocolate, a few tablespoons of cookie dough and a couple tablespoons of hot fudge sauce (if using). Mix very briefly to combine.
STEP SIX: Assemble the blizzards. Spoon some ice cream into a glass. Crumble up a few of the cookie dough balls on top.
Next, drizzle some hot fudge sauce, followed by more ice cream. Continue layering until you reach the top of your glass. Top with a few balls or one giant scoop of cookie dough enjoy immediately!
Recipe FAQs
This cookie dough is safe to eat because there are no eggs and the flour is heat treated. Heat treating the flour is a precautionary step to kill off any existing bacteria. This step is optional but recommended.
No. You should heat treat the flour, but the dough does not need to be baked.
Dairy Queen mixes soft serve ice cream and add ins for their blizzards. They have a special machine that mixes them.
It’s possible to make your own homemade cookie dough and homemade blizzard with this Cookie Dough Blizzard recipe! It will satisfy any craving for something sweet! Best part: it couldn’t be easier to make!
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard
Ingredients
Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
- ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon brown sugar light or dark, packed
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 – 2 tablespoons whole milk or heavy cream
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons flour heat treated (directions below)
- 3 ounces dark chocolate chopped (or semi-sweet, milk, or white chocolate, chopped or mini or regular chocolate chips)
Cookie Dough Blizzard
- 4-6 cups vanilla ice cream
- 1 ounce dark chocolate chopped
- hot fudge sauce optional
Instructions
Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
- Heat treat the flour. Microwave the flour in a microwave safe bowl for three or four 30-second intervals, stirring in between or until flour reaches 165°F on an instant read kitchen thermometer. Alternatively, spread flour on a baking sheet and bake at 350°F for 5 minutes. Give flour a stir then set it aside for a couple of minutes to cool down.
- In a large bowl or in the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the sugars and butter on medium until creamy and combined, about two minutes. Add the vanilla followed by the milk or heavy cream.
- Turn the mixer on low and add the flour and salt until combined. Stir in the chocolate. Use your hands or a small cookie scoop to form the dough into small balls. Place on a plate and set aside at room temperature.
Cookie Dough Blizzards
- For best results, place the bowl of your electric mixer in the freezer for at least 30 minutes before using. Add the ice cream to the bowl of your electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Whip the ice cream on medium until creamy, about 30 seconds. Be careful not to overmix. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the chopped chocolate, a few cookie dough balls, and a few tablespoons of the hot fudge sauce (if using) into the ice cream. Turn the mixer on low and mix very briefly til just combined.
- Spoon some ice cream into the bottom of your glasses.* Break up a few of the cookie dough balls and sprinkle them over the ice cream. Drizzle some hot fudge sauce over top, if using. Continue layering and finish with balls of cookie dough or one big scoop of cookie dough! Enjoy immediately!
Notes
Nutrition
Please note that nutritional values are created by an online calculator and should only be used as an estimate.
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Alexandra Rees
Made this with the kids: A huuuuge hit. So easy to make and fun for them too.
Natalie
Hi Alexandra!! Yay! So great you made this with your kids. Happy they had fun and that the blizzards were a hit! Have a fantastic week 🙂 -Natalie
Chythia
I did It for the brownies. It’s so yummy. it looks delicious like that. Recommended to everyonewho like desserts. It will surprise you and trust me brownie lovers will love the taste. This recipe is really easy to understand . I love it. Let’s do it together.
Natalie
Hi Chythia,
Thank you so much for your comment! I’m so happy you enjoyed this recipe! Have a great day! -Natalie
Ellie
Absolutely delicious – best cookie dough blizzard I’ve ever had! The cookie dough on its own is the best edible cookie dough I’ve had. I’m planning on making more this week just to eat on its own. Move over, DQ!
Natalie
Hi Ellie,
So awesome! Thank you so much for your sweet comment and for making this cookie dough blizzard! So glad you loved it and happy to hear you’re planning to make more cookie dough this week!! Have a great day 🙂 Natalie
Jessica
This is BETTER than a blizzard from Dairy Queen. Absolutely delicious. My husband was in heaven and I really enjoyed it as well. It will probably become one we make frequently! I highly recommend!!
Natalie
Hey Jessica,
Thank you so much for making these blizzards and for your sweet comment! I’m so happy you and your husband loved these! I agree-definitely better than DQ!! 😉 XO Natalie
Ellie
This looks absolutely amazing and I’m so excited to try it!
One question: why do you put the bowl of the mixer in the freezer for half an hour? (I trust you but I have a very small freezer 😅)
Thank you!
Natalie
Hi Ellie! Sooo excited for you to try this blizzard!! Thanks for your great question. I also have a small freezer, so totally get you. You can definitely skip putting the bowl in the freezer. The chilled bowl keeps the ice cream from melting as quickly while we whip it and assemble the blizzards, but it’s definitely not necessary. I will make sure to note that this step is optional 🙂 Please let me know if you have any other questions! Hope you love your blizzard! -Natalie
Ellie
Thank you, that makes a lot of sense! 🙂